If Only the Sword Maiden Were Here

"Ash, Ash, are you all right?" "I'm fine..."

In the Black Sea, Philly was using her Jet-Black Wings like rowing oars, so frantic she was nearly in tears. But she did not know how to do anything; even holding Ash looked clumsy.

Ash endured the nausea-inducing dizziness and cast Joy Sword on himself. His body and thoughts gradually steadied.

"Where are the others?" Little Lamb's answer was no surprise. "They're all gone."

Just now, the four Legendary Arcanists had suffered an earth-shattering attack—in the ocean, a giant Nine-Headed Fish-Slaying Dragon had leaped out!

Yes, a Nine-Headed Fish-Slaying Dragon. A brand-new variety never seen before.

But they were all battle-hardened artificers. The instant they were attacked, each of them responded: Ash took Philly and slipped into Watcher mode, while the other three deployed their Saint Domains and counterattacked on their own.

Even if it was a Nine-Headed Fish-Slaying Dragon, at most it would be something a Legendary Arcanist could not kill. It could not possibly instantly kill a Legend.

But the situation took a sharp turn for the worse—Ash charged into the sea, intending to puncture the Nine-Headed Fish-Slaying Dragon's heart, only to discover it had more than a dozen hearts. He had just burst two when it began rapidly regenerating, forcing Ash to slip into Watcher mode again.

The others were not faring well either. Aside from Vishy, who could fly out of the encirclement of the nine slashing tails, Igula and Harvey were both trapped by the slashing tails, relying only on their Saint Domains to hold on bitterly. Ash rushed over, appeared, and chopped off one slashing tail; the next second, another slashing tail whipped over.

Ash did not take it seriously either and directly raised his Saint Domain to block it.

When the slashing tail touched the