In an instant, the Sword of Water truly became water. After Pindo's sword passed through it, it gathered together again, reforming into a complete blade that slashed toward Pindo's chest.
"What!?"
Pindo had never seen a sword like that before. Caught off guard, he failed to evade in time and was struck across the chest, sent flying downward.
"Mash!"
Mash hurriedly leapt up and caught Pindo, preventing him from crashing directly into the raging water below.
"Sir Pindo, are you alright!?"
Pindo shook his head and landed on the ground, rising to his feet.
He lowered his head to look at the wound on his chest, gritted his teeth, and looked up.
Blood dripped onto the "ground" Robin had created, quickly diluted by the water. In the past, water fairies fond of blood might already have come flocking over.
But now, Kelpie's magical energy was enough to drive away every living thing.
"The current battle puts us at far too much of a disadvantage." Fujimaru Ritsuka gritted his teeth and looked anxiously at Kelpie in the sky. "He keeps staying up there instead of coming down. Mash can barely make use of her combat abilities at all."
"That's what I want to know! Why the hell can this guy fly!? Can the Holy Grail even do something like that!?" Robin grumbled as she poured all her magical energy into keeping everyone steady, holding back the crashing waves and creating a relatively stable battlefield.
Even if she and Kelpie were not particularly close, they had known each other for centuries. She had never once seen Kelpie fly, yet that thing that could not fly was now in the air. How was she supposed to explain that?
"I'm fine, Master."
Whoosh—
Kelpie raised his hand, seized two streams of water from below,