She had clearly already made it through the hardest times.
She had clearly exhausted all her wisdom to win this war with great difficulty.
She had clearly been on the verge of retiring in glory and returning to the Empire amid honor and cheers.
And now, she was actually going to be utterly buried in these dark depths because of such a ridiculous mistake?!
How could this happen? How could this damned thing happen?!
"How could I possibly accept that, you bastard?!"
Feeling a tearing pain in her lungs, John immediately widened her eyes in fury and roared inwardly.
Then, she forcibly suppressed the instinctive urge to struggle beneath the enveloping seawater.
She curled up her body with all her strength, adjusted her center of gravity downward, and tightly clamped her only usable right hand between her knees.
Finally, after raising her head and confirming that the faintly shimmering surface above was within her field of vision, she unhesitatingly released magic through the spell circuit in her palm, aiming at the deep sea below.
Whoosh!
The thrust formed by magical wind rapidly lifted John toward the sky.
Although the flowing seawater kept flooding into her eyes, making her tear ducts instinctively produce tears and causing her vision to blur uncontrollably.
As she watched the sea surface draw ever closer, her heart filled with hope and excitement.
Yes, just like this!
Just like this!!
As long as she broke through the surface, as long as she could reach it.
Then she would succeed...
Buzz!
Just as John kept encouraging herself, trying to rely on wishful thinking to complete her escape.
The next second, a tremor from the spell circuit in her right palm made John realize a fact that drove her into despair.
Perhaps the body's instincts had previously helped her