Seraphina shot through the water like a torpedo, now only fifty ters away from her prey. She fired a jet stream of water at the fleeing group while following closely, leaping out of the ocean. The attack was too fast—one of the n who had managed to escape alongside Nerissa was cut in half, his body torn apart by the sheer force of her spell.
"What have you done?!" Nerissa shrieked in terror, gripping her staff with its snake-shaped head, her hands trembling.
"Sothing I should have done a long ti ago," Seraphina laughed hysterically. With a lazy wave of her hand, she summoned sharp water spikes from the ocean and sent them flying toward Nerissa.
Nerissa knew she was outmatched, but she refused to give up. She retaliated, conjuring a four-ter-tall wave and sending it crashing toward Seraphina.
But Seraphina only laughed, effortlessly parting the wave with a flick of her wrist. Both masses of water rged into a rushing river, surging back toward Nerissa.
Yet, the girl was no longer there.
A new river had ford beneath Nerissa’s feet, lifting her into the sky as her lackeys followed.
Seraphina didn’t hesitate. She channeled her own river beneath her feet, rising to pursue them. As she ascended, she fired multiple ice spikes, aiming to intercept Nerissa before she gained too much altitude.
Clever, Seraphina thought with mild amusent. Taking the battle to the sky was a smart move—here, she wouldn’t have an endless supply of water to manipulate.
But what Nerissa didn’t know was that Seraphina’s mana was recovering faster than she could use it, even with her relentless attacks.
Even so, Seraphina was annoyed that the girl was still alive and trying to escape. With an irritated sigh, she drew her staff and fired a razor-sharp water blade at one of Nerissa’s stragglers. A woman lagging behind the rest.
The blade cut through both of the woman’s legs, sending a crimson shower of blood into the air.
Seraphina smirked.
This was no ordinary spell. It was a mythic-tier skill—lightning-fast, incredibly powerful, with minimal casting ti and a low mana cost. Easily one of the top ten skills in her arsenal.
The woman’s agonized screams filled the air as she lost control of her magic, plumting toward the ocean below.
Seraphina fired a second water blade, slicing the woman in half before she even hit the waves.
It would take ti for her to truly die. If the head or neck remained intact, death wasn’t imdiate.
But it didn’t matter.
The blood in the water would make the perfect bait for the creatures lurking in the depths.
The sun had almost completely set, and once she was done dealing with these pests, she planned to hunt and test her newfound power to its fullest.
Above, Nerissa still refused to surrender. She fired a high-pressure jet stream of water straight at Seraphina.
Seraphina’s staff began to glow, the crystal embedded within it pulsing with energy. The air around her vibrated as she drew upon her true strength.
When the jet stream ca close enough, she took control of it.
With a flick of her wrist, she transford the attack into twenty razor-sharp ice needles and sent them flying back at Nerissa.
Nerissa’s eyes widened in shock as she hastily summoned a water barrier.
"That’s right, you little wretch. You are nothing compared to ," Seraphina thought with satisfaction.
That had probably been one of Nerissa’s strongest attacks, and Seraphina had countered it effortlessly.
A wicked grin spread across her face as she saw that one or two of the ice needles had pierced Nerissa’s defense, leaving shallow cuts across her skin.
"This is how it should have been all along," Seraphina mused, pleased with how easily the girl was falling apart.
She struck again, killing one of Nerissa’s followers with a sudden surprise attack.
Now, the rest of the entourage retaliated, firing a barrage of ice and water-based spells in her direction.
Pathetic, Seraphina scoffed.
With a re thought, she seized control of the incoming attacks and flung them back. Only far more powerful than before.
Even now, she had barely lost any mana.
Her soul was simply too strong.
Her resources replenished almost instantly.
With another wave of her staff, she fired another water blade, aiming directly at Nerissa. The girl barely managed to dodge, the razor-sharp edge missing her by inches.
By now, they had climbed over a hundred ters into the sky, still rising as the battle raged on.
Below, Seraphina caught sight of the struggling woman she had wounded earlier, just as an enormous bonefish devoured her whole.
Too early, Seraphina thought with mild disappointnt.
She wasn’t done with that one yet.
But the bodies of the fighters in front of her would make excellent bait as well.
Seraphina picked up the pace, launching spell after spell at Nerissa. The air crackled with power as magic clashed between them.
Her prey was getting desperate. They must have thought they could exhaust her.
How foolish.
That plan might have worked before the ritual.
"Our patron will hear of this! And then you’ll be finished!" Nerissa shrieked.
Seraphina just laughed in response.
But then....
Sothing changed.
A few of Nerissa’s lackeys simply vanished.
Seraphina froze mid-attack.
How?
Had they escaped?
They shouldn’t have been able to teleport away.
Were they too far from the palace’s influence?
No matter.
She still had two water mages left.
Two who hadn’t been able to afford the credits to escape.
Slowly, Seraphina turned her gaze toward them, her lips curling into a cruel smile.
"Hello, you two," she cooed in a sugary-sweet voice. "Why don’t you tell what just happened? And I promise I’ll kill you just a little faster than the others."
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