Elliot turned to look behind him, a trace of despair appearing in his eyes.
The steadily falling sea surface was drawing closer and closer to him, close enough that he could easily see it with the naked eye.
In just a little while, it would catch up with him.
Elliot gritted his teeth and activated [Secret Art · Overdraft] again.
Abundant strength returned to his body, sweeping away his exhaustion, and that wonderful feeling of being able to do anything welled up in his heart.
Yet Elliot showed not the slightest happiness.
This time, I'm probably really done for.
His diving speed was actually quite fast, but his starting position had simply been too shallow.
And breaking out of the Dock had cost him a considerable amount of time. It had only been a matter of time before the waters of [Ebb Tide] caught up with him.
Elliot looked into the depths, but the Abyssal Sea's bottom was still nowhere in sight.
Meanwhile, the sea surface behind him was already within arm's reach.
He lowered his head to look at his hands. They were covered in wrinkles and dark spots, and there was no concealing the air of old age about them.
He had already used Secret Art · Overdraft three times in a row.
As time passed, the strength in his body gradually ebbed away once again. He knew he could not hold on.
Unwilling to give up, he looked back at the sea surface one last time. The water's descent had not slowed in the slightest, and his last hope shattered.
Elliot closed his eyes in pain.
He had never imagined that his end would be to die here.
He prayed for a miracle, trying to feel for the Difference Engine Core in his arms, trying to communicate