Water splashed everywhere as the giant claw struck the sea surface, sending a shower of droplets onto Lucas and Noli.
At this moment, Lucas was holding Noli, dodging across the sea surface, heading toward the shipwreck ruins.
Just as Lucas had anticipated, the creature’s main target was still Noli.
Perhaps the blood of an elf held some special allure for it, driving it to reckless purs
“Watch out, it’s coming again.”
During the journey, Noli became Lucas’s informant about the situation behind them.
Receiving Noli’s intelligence, Lucas sped up and once again avoided the giant claw’s strike.
The huge waves pushed the two of them forward a good distance, thanks to which the distance between Lucas and the shipwreck ruins grew shorter.
“Hold tight, Noli.”
Lucas lightly tapped the water with his feet, leapt high, and jumped onto the shipwreck ruins.
The drowning ghosts still tried to grab them, but they couldn’t catch the agile Lucas at all.
“Careful, its claw is about to strike here.”
Noli warned, glancing back.
“Got it, brace yourself for the impact, hold on tight!”
Noli clasped her hands firmly around Lucas.
Lucas turned to face the enormous creature and, just as its claw was about to slam down on him, he jumped off the shipwreck ruins.
The uncontrollable giant claw struck lightly but completely destroyed the shipwreck ruins, scattering the wooden planks and drowning ghosts into the sea.
The drowning ghosts dissipated, while the floating wooden planks became stepping stones for Lucas, allowing him to rush toward another shipwreck ruin.
“Nice, now only one is left.”
Noli looked at the last shipwreck ruin.
“Be careful, its attack is coming again.”
“Heh…”
Lucas smiled with a victorious glint as he looked at the shipwreck ruins, which made Noli somewhat puzzled.
But soon, she understood what Lucas meant.
The drowning ghosts on that shipwreck ruin, seemingly trying to help the giant beast capture Noli, threw an Iron Chain toward Lucas’s direction.
“Noli, hold tight. This next part might be a little exciting.”
Lucas held Noli with one arm while the other readied itself, his eyes fixed on the flying chain.
At the moment the chain was about to reach him, Lucas caught it with his hand, letting it pull him up onto the shipwreck ruins.
“Thanks for the help.”
The moment he landed, Lucas kicked the drowning ghosts controlling the Iron Chain off the ruins one by one.
No time to catch his breath—the giant beast’s claws came again in quick succession.
Lucas timed it perfectly and, just like before, leapt off the shipwreck ruins, letting the beast destroy the ruins beneath him.
“Die, all of you!”
Noli shouted at the drowning ghosts falling into the sea as she clung to Lucas.
“Don’t celebrate too soon.”
Lucas put Noli down and together they looked at the enormous creature.
“What do we do with this thing?”
“Yeah, it’s really huge. Just one head and one hand are massive; I can’t even imagine what’s below the surface.”
Noli calmed down and stared at the giant beast swimming toward them.
Even combined, their heights couldn’t reach one-third of the creature’s teeth.
To be honest, with such a huge beast, it was already incredible that Lucas managed to dodge its giant claw attacks.
Even now, with the divine authority he wielded, how could he kill this monstrous creature before them?
“Freeze it…”
Noli muttered as she looked at the beast, “I’ll freeze it.”
“But—is that okay? You’re not on land, and you said it’s hard to feel the natural aura here. If you forcibly freeze it, you…”
“There’s no better option now, right?”
Noli looked at Lucas, the blizzard around her growing fiercer.
“Let’s do it, Lucas. Even if it puts me in danger.”
Without giving Lucas a chance to stop her, a cold wind swept across the sea.
Lucas had no idea where Noli had obtained such immense power.
He would rather be the one in danger than let Noli exhaust herself like this.
The sea around Noli began to freeze, gradually spreading toward the giant beast.
“Noli, stop! There must be another way!”
Lucas, ignoring the biting cold of the blizzard, reached out to grab Noli.
She was the person the gods had told him to find—how could he… how could he let anything happen to her?
Holding Noli’s hand, Lucas suddenly noticed her normally red eyes were glowing with a faint blue light.
“Noli…”
Lucas stared blankly into her eyes.
Earlier it was the patterns on her legs, now it was her eyes.
What was going on with Noli?
Was she some special kind of being?
The giant beast’s head and claws began to be covered in a thin layer of ice.
The ice thickened, eventually encasing the beast entirely.
Noli looked up at Lucas, her eyes showing a trace of surprise.
“Lucas? Why… you’re not leaving… Don’t worry about me…”
“Noli, your body…”
“I’m fine… Hurry, while I can still hold on…”
Lucas clearly felt the blizzard’s ferocity slowly waning.
Noli was probably reaching her limit.
He didn’t dare hesitate—this was the time Noli was desperately buying for him, and it could not be wasted.
“I’ll come to you soon. You must hold on.”
Lucas raised his saw spear and sprinted toward the frozen giant beast with all his might.
Please, hurry, faster, I have to catch up.
The ice on the giant beast was gradually cracking.
It looked ready to break free from the icy prison at any moment.
Lucas jumped onto the giant beast’s claw, using it as a springboard to leap onto its head.
He pulled his saw spear and sawed down at its skull.
Ice shards flew everywhere as Lucas pushed the spear into the beast with all his strength.
The saw blade cut through the ice and began to penetrate the creature’s head.
It was cutting in—this result thrilled Lucas beyond measure.
The saw blade carved a deep wound into the beast’s head, but Lucas did not stop.
The spear continued to sink deeper until the saw blade disappeared entirely, with most of the spear buried inside the giant’s skull.
The frozen giant beast trembled violently, and the ice covering it began to crumble. Lucas’s heart skipped a beat—this was bad; Noli wouldn’t hold on much longer.
He couldn’t care anymore, dropped the saw spear, and turned to run back to Noli.
But on the sea surface—there was no sign of Noli.
“Noli!”
Lucas dove beneath the waves, struggling to open his eyes.
Below the sea surface was pitch-black; even with the divine authority’s aid, it was hard to see clearly underwater.
Noli, where are you?
Please, don’t be hurt.
In the darkness, Lucas noticed faint blue lights flickering.
Was that Noli?
He wasn’t sure.
But now, he had to grasp at even the smallest hope.
Without hesitation, Lucas swam toward the blue light.
At last, he saw the familiar figure.
The blue light indeed emanated from Noli—perhaps a remnant of her power—and it was this that allowed Lucas to find her.
Got you, Noli.
Lucas reached out, grabbed her, and brought her back to the surface.
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