Pindo and Kelpie collided.
Towering waves erupted across the water's surface, only to be reduced to nothing the instant they neared the two bodies by the violently clashing magic.
"You're awake now, aren't you—Kelpie?!"
Pindo glared furiously at the fairy wrestling against him and roared his question.
"Why did you cause the flood? Why did you slaughter everything?!"
Kelpie met Pindo's gaze, his eyes still unfocused.
Why—?
A flood?
Slaughter everything?
Pindo suddenly gritted his teeth. In an instant, the sword in his hand erupted with light, overwhelming Kelpie's power.
Bzz—
BOOM!!!!
The magic bursting from Pindo suddenly exploded outward, shoving nearly all the surrounding water away. The ground beneath the unfathomably deep water was briefly exposed before rapidly being swallowed again.
Kelpie was slashed across the chest by Pindo's magic. Blood burst from his mouth as he was sent flying backward.
His mind was still full of confusion.
What exactly had happened—?
That question filled Kelpie's thoughts.
Splash—!!!
He crashed into the water, intense pain shooting through both his chest and back, but that was not where Kelpie's attention lay now.
He could feel the magic brimming within his body.
No—it should be called overflowing magic.
"Pwah—"
Pindo's sword plunged deeply into Kelpie's abdomen, making him uncontrollably spit out a mouthful of blood.
The blood of a great fairy splattered across Pindo's face, making his furious expression appear even more savage.
"Who—are you?!"
His instinct to survive supported Kelpie as he gritted his teeth, grabbed the sword Pindo had driven into his abdomen, and demanded with difficulty.
He could feel the strange magic emanating from this man destroying his body, while the equally strange source of magic within his own body was repairing it.
The dual agony of destruction and restoration struck his body at once, and his eyes