Luna stood next to the Mildrith, giving it one st look before the fight against the Kraken began.

  She wanted to savor her st moments just in case this thing killed her the moment she stepped into the cold waters. It was hard to put her trust in a person who often told her half-truths.

  Luna had transformed the suit’s nanomites into a diver’s suit. Its underwater functions were now at an acceptable level of functionality and its heated system was fully functional now that she had made a few repairs.

  Over the final week, Luna had spent most of her time refining her pathetic control of life essence and her ability to use Poison Sin and its enchantments properly.

  Her experience with a dagger hadn’t been the best of course. But she was finally getting a hang of it since it was the only weapon she had in her arsenal. Short bdes were not her style at all, it often felt like she wasn’t extending her soul each time she practiced with poison sin. To master the bde, Luna turned to her memories to transform herself into someone skillful with short bdes like this one.

  She wasn’t skilled enough. But at least she had the basics tucked within her mind.

  To top up her new skills, Luna acquired some control over her physical strength, which was the main purpose of her Qi training. This was because her physical strength was very necessary in this coming fight. She had also learned that her strength came with the special blood flowing in her veins--which wasn't news because many suspected so. Generational Blood Type humans were so rare so very little was known about her blood type.

  "If she gain full control of my essence, I would never have to worry about my mundane body ever breaking down."

  Also, now that she was in control of some of her strength, Luna’s body could combat the pressure while underwater and at the same time let her deliver blows without being worried about them getting weaker by any chance. This meant that as long she didn’t burn through her essence or allow the tentacles to absorb it, Luna did have some advantage if she stuck to the pn of getting the creature out of the water. When most of its body was out like when she first arrived, Storm Rider would then destroy it with whatever trick she had up her sleeve.

  That was the whole pn and she was the bait in this situation.

  But Luna was fine with that because she was sure the Cursed Tyrant was much weaker after having a parasitic pnt growing in it for two whole weeks now. By now, its life essence must be leaning on the low side because of the tree’s terrifying nature.

  Today, the three weeks of training would finally prove their worth by letting her survive and get her off this tower.

  “I’m not even sure the Fire Keeper knows it's been three weeks because this level of the tower is trapped in semi-darkness.”

  Some parts were completely dark while some parts—like where the sea and the coral building were located—were stuck in an endless twilight. That, the blizzard, and the orange light were the only unchanging things Luna had observed about this floor.

  …Oh and Storm Rider since she was an immortal.

  ‘Immortals are unchanging.’

  Speaking of Storm Rider, Luna was still suspicious of the Fire Keeper despite the time they had shared over the past weeks. There was a lot that the Fire Keeper was hiding from her. But instead of focusing on that, Luna was going to focus on surviving today first and then proceed with investigating Storm Rider ter.

  ‘She wouldn’t kill me for essence, at least that I know.’ She consoled herself when she remembered an interesting fact about the Fire Keeper’s abilities. If the Fire Keeper wanted to, Luna would be dead by now considering that Storm Rider was the superior human in this case. She could wipe her out of existence if she wanted and leave behind ash.

  That proved that she was morally upright.

  “I just have to take caution should the time come and she wants me dead.”

  But where would she run? Storm Rider could fly and do so much more with all that experience.

  “I’m being too pessimistic about all of this.”

  After clearing her thoughts and saying her prayers to the dead gods, Luna sighed and slowly walked to the balcony where she first climbed onto when running from the Kraken weeks ago.

  There, she found Storm Rider who was in her usual clothes with a bck cloak on top. “Lunaris, are you ready?” She asked with a pleasant smile.

  “If ready means terrified. Then yes, I’m scared for my damn life. And if I do survive, I might never go for a cold swim ever again. Or for a swim at all.”

  Luna gred at the frozen water, her breath trembling at the sight of the white expanse of ice. These were times when she wished Len or her mother were here since they could fight freely without worrying about dying from hypothermia.

  “So what’s the pn?”

  “I thought you know the pn?” Storm responded. She then raised her hand and a network of golden electricity started to cackle around her fingers.

  ‘I am still living in doubt.’ Luna didn’t say a word, remembering that they had discussed this pn over and over again. If she died here, Storm Rider wouldn’t be able to save unless she appeared on the surface of the ice.

  She heaved out a sigh and shook her body to warm herself. “Let’s do this.”

  Luna drew in a sharp breath and stared at the sea. Her adversary was still in the waters waiting for her like a hungry predator.

  Luna could feel its chilling blood lust all the way from her. What did this thing want from her so badly to stay so close to a Fire Keeper’s territory?

  ‘Well, I am going to find out away.’

  With that thought, she called upon her helmet and jumped off the balcony with her dagger in hand. The ice shattered on impact as her body plummeted softly into the cold waters. The first thing she felt was a cold chill that made her entire being tremble but her suit adjusted immediately by warming her up.

  She was surrounded by nothing but water.

  The shadow of the Kraken was still visible from a distance, its size being so noticeable in the dim dark waters. She was still safe from its reach due to the active enchantment cast around Storm’s territory.

  However, when she left the territory, Luna would no longer be protected by The Fire Keeper’s magic. She would be on her own till she’s out of the water with the creature itself.

  She bottled up her fear, exhaled sharply, and propelled herself forward with great speed. The size of the Kraken grew as she got closer and closer to the boundary. She sensed its powerful gaze but shook off her fear as she was overcome by the fierce determination fueled by her will to live.

  Underneath the helmet, she carried a dark expression as she gred at her enemy while moving like a human torpedo.

  She crossed the boundary at an intense speed and ignored the strange vertigo it always caused. Then, she maneuvered her body into a spin and avoided the immediate glowing tentacles that the Kraken shot at her. It wasn’t hard to avoid getting hit or captured because of their size.

  But its speed was unsurprisingly incredible underwater because it wasn't affected by the natural forces that slowed down rge bodies while in water.

  “Biscuits…” Luna cursed through gritted teeth as she continued swimming further away from the building, heading to the agreed upon center of the sea.

  Right above the ice, hidden in the dark clouds, lines of golden electricity started to gather in the center above the frozen water body at the command of one person…

  Storm Rider smiled when the massive Kraken moved its body, turning away from her building and chasing a smaller figure. They were both moving at incredible speeds, one chasing the other running for her life.

  A wicked smile appeared on her calm face. The golden lightning had doused her entire body in golden light. Her red eyes were now glowing a unique red-gold glow as her qi gathered even more to create an attack that would bring down their adversary…