It was clear that Elsa was actually being very careful.
She adjusted where and how quickly she nibbled according to how fast Maeve regenerated her flesh.
But Maeve, who kept getting bitten every so often underwater, felt nothing but despair.
She felt as though she had become some little dessert that Elsa was eating as a snack.
Fortunately, the two of them really did make a highly efficient team, and Elsa dug extremely quickly.
She occasionally stopped to let Maeve sense their surroundings with [Wild Hunt] and point out the direction before continuing to dig downward.
"How about it? Do we need to go farther down?" Elsa looked at Maeve.
Maeve: glug, glug, glug.
Only when Elsa saw Maeve's eyes starting to roll back did she remember that she had forgotten Maeve still needed to breathe. She hurriedly wrapped a tentacle around her and extended it all the way upward, bringing her above the surface.
Come to think of it, her Nightmare Form did not seem to need to breathe air. If anything, she became more agile and light underwater.
Could she originally have belonged in the water?
Elsa's tentacle reached above the surface, carrying Maeve into the air.
But Maeve had already swallowed a great deal of water, and her whole body was as limp as a noodle.
Elsa's tentacle deftly wrapped around her ankle and turned her upside down, then coiled around her swollen belly and squeezed hard.
A great deal of spring water gushed from Maeve's mouth and nose.
When Maeve finally stirred awake, Elsa pulled her back underwater. "Quick, sense it. Is it somewhere nearby?"
Maeve weakly raised a hand and pointed, and Elsa's tentacles began digging furiously again.
This time, it did not take long before her tentacles stopped, then gently lifted an object from