The knight, who had always insisted on overcoming the barriers, once again threw himself into the monster’s attack towards the ship, or rather, towards her, without saying he was going. There was no way to stop him when he said so.
“Ru…!”
Hayden involuntarily flinched, then slightly leaned forward again. There was no way to stop the knight from doing so.
“Sigh…”
He sighed deeply, but quickly followed Ru with magic and gaze. She had returned this time, but he didn’t know if she could come back alone next time. Turquoise lights were flashing here and there in the shallow sea, which was stained with white foam in a sinister manner.
Ru faced dangerous situations where she couldn’t secure her vision due to the pouring seawater. As if water bombs exploded, it was difficult to breathe properly. The water began to feel heavy.
‘Can she do it?’
Thinking about it wouldn’t help. It seemed that he was definitely tired. Was it because he was too excited about the fact that she had teleported once in front of Carlos, cursed and tied up?
Ru, her face occasionally hit by pouring seawater, faced the relentless situation, enduring it as best she could. It was hard to breathe as the water poured down like a waterfall. The water felt increasingly heavy.
‘Can she make it?’
Thinking about it wouldn’t help. It seemed that he was definitely tired. Was it because he was too excited about the fact that she had teleported once in front of Carlos, cursed and tied up?
Ru, her face occasionally hit by pouring seawater, faced the relentless situation, enduring it as best she could. It was hard to breathe as the water poured down like a waterfall.
She checked how far the curse had gone and struck Delgaw hard. Each attack was crucial. For a young sage, it was impossible to withstand by engaging in a war of attrition in unfavorable conditions with environment and stamina.
‘Up to the shoulders. Is this the limit?’
Bang! Flames burst even underwater, creating a lot of foam.
After taking a direct hit, Delgaw stretched out all its legs, writhing to catch Ru and sweep her away. It was a wise move.
When such a giant monster thrashed in the sea, a thin presence like Ru’s was bound to be swept away no matter how much she resisted. She, who had avoided it until now, felt it was impossible this time.
‘…I need to take a hit for now.’
To reduce the impact when hit. While busy casting defensive magic, she knew that the magic would be insufficient to block Delgaw’s attacks.
Thud!
A heavy sound shook Ru, but strangely, there was no impact.
“Our esteemed sage seems to think that getting hurt is not a big deal.”
Moreover, strangely, even though they were underwater, the voice sounded too clear. Ru quickly looked up. Hayden, who lightly embraced her, was smiling while blocking Delgaw’s attacks with his hand.
His sudden appearance, the power to block all these attacks and currents with his hand, the ease, and the expression of conveying breath and voice through magic—Ru didn’t know what to be more surprised about, so she just gave up being surprised and adjusted her grip on the sword.
“May I intervene?”
“Please help.”
Hayden made a surprised expression at the words that came out before the end. The moment he intervened, everything became safe and peaceful.
Despite Delgaw’s powerful attacks, creating several large whirlpools in anger, it had no effect at all around Hayden and Ru.
“I… Well, is it okay… Can I?”
A puzzled Hayden stammered and asked. Ru asked as if saying, “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Why not? If I do it alone, half of my body will fly away instead of him dying, and if I help, my body will be intact, and we can kill him too.”
“No, I thought you wanted to kill Ru alone. But if it’s not too dangerous, I was going to stay out of it.”
“I do want to kill him alone. But now I’m not fighting alone, am I? If you can get help, you should take it.”
No matter how brilliant a knight she was, she was not a genius knight right now. If she was an inexperienced sage who had to receive help from senior sages and learn a lot, she naturally had to be careful and protect herself.
“You brought me all the way here with difficulty. The priority is to try not to get hurt.”
The efforts of senior sages who barely rescued her, the sincerity of Hayden who continued to rescue, treat, and nurse her—she couldn’t turn them into sea foam.
“So please help.”
The young sage smiled and spoke to the much older sage. Looking at that smile, Hayden smiled back and held the hand that held Ru’s sword once again.
“Ready?”
“I’m ready.”
“At once?”
“At once.”
“Good. Feel it.”
A pure white light, tinged with the color of tender sprouts, began to penetrate the sword, devour the sword itself, and grow in size. This was the enormous light spear shown during the monster subjugation. The moment Ru realized what force it was and how it was composed, she smiled with joy and excitement.
“Take out the power. We’re throwing it three times. One, two, three.”
In the depths of the sea, a flash crossed Delgaw’s territory.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
