The short Soldier turned his head and shouted into the cabin behind him:
"It's alright, Your Majesty, Queen, you can remove your disguise magic now!"
The next moment, a cloud of snowy white mist erupted from the short Soldier's body, revealing her true appearance.
Her face was exquisite and flawless, her emerald eyes like jewels. Her golden hair fluttered in the wind, and her white clothes rustled in the sea breeze, a truly heroic sight.
Aurora!
From the very beginning, she was on this ship!
Aurora did not delay but ran quickly towards the ship's rail.
She knew that dealing with warships at sea was not her strong suit after all.
The most suitable opponent for a Super Warrior was undoubtedly a giant dragon!
Aurora leaped, jumping from the deck and plunging into the sea ahead, shouting into the water as she jumped:
"Sea Hag, you continue to use magic against those warships at sea, I will deal with the Eastern Witch!"
The golden-haired girl turned gracefully in mid-air, pulling out the wine bottle from her waist with incredibly skilled movements and pouring the brown medicinal wine into her mouth.
As the last drop of bitter medicinal wine was swallowed, Aurora also fell into the water.
Plop!
The spot where Aurora jumped was precisely the dark, buoyancy-free water. Her body was sinking rapidly, sinking further and further!
The icy seawater immersed her body, and the discomfort of being unable to breathe followed.
But a few seconds later, Aurora completely adapted to it all.
Her legs pressed together, rapidly fusing into a beautiful fish tail.
The medicinal wine that turns humans into mermaids!
Mermaid Aurora continued to sink, landing steadily on the seabed, blocking the way between the Sea Hag and the dragon that the Eastern Witch had transformed into.
The next second, a sharp sword was unsheathed, and the crisp metallic sound of the sword being drawn echoed in the dark seawater.
"We meet again, Eastern Witch."
"This time, I won't let you escape again!"
Aurora held up her sword, pointing it directly at the dragon.
Even as a mermaid, it was difficult to float in this dark, buoyancy-free water; she could only swim near the seabed.
However, after transforming into a mermaid, Aurora clearly felt that the seawater had become her friend, no longer hindering her movements. Her lifts, slashes, and evasions—every movement seemed to merge with the seawater.
Moreover, she had gained fish gills, allowing her to breathe freely in the water, unlike the Eastern Witch, who had transformed into a dragon and had to fight through the agony of no air!
"How does it feel, Eastern Witch, to suffocate?"
The golden-haired girl held her longsword pointed forward, with a vibrant red fish tail beneath her.
A crazed smile spread across her beautiful face.
"The taste of no air is very painful, isn't it?"
"You must feel like your lungs are about to explode right now, don't you?"
The golden-haired girl's smile grew even more insane and terrifying, completely unfitting her seemingly harmless, innocent, and beautiful appearance.
The next moment, Aurora's smile turned into killing intent:
"This is the pain those innocent people, whom you turned into fish and suffocated to death on land, experienced before they died!"
The dragon that the Eastern Witch had transformed into stared blankly at Aurora pouncing on her, dumbfounded and utterly shocked, unable to even react.
"It's that incredibly skilled girl next to Sage Rhine!"
"Why?"
"Why is she here? On the ship the Queen is on?"
"Didn't she go abroad with Sage Rhine?"
"Maglido told me I didn't have to worry about this Super Warrior anymore?"
"How did she suddenly appear at sea?"
"Or was the intelligence wrong from the start?"
The Eastern Witch suddenly felt a tingling sensation in her back, and a chill climbed up her spine:
"If this girl has been on the ship all along, then who was the girl who went abroad with Sage Rhine before?"
...
Two weeks ago, the palace of White Kingdom.
Rhine, Aurora, and the Queen were discussing the plan to hunt the Eastern Witch.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I have a question," Rhine asked, "can your disguise magic, which you used to pretend to be an old peddler woman, be used on other people?"
The Queen nodded:
"Uh, of course, it can."
At this, the Queen regained her usual domineering aura, saying with a hint of pride:
"My disguise magic is almost flawless; practically no one can recognize it.
"Hehe, although I'm not good at fighting with magic, I'm still a Witch capable of joining the Witch Society. I do have some unique skills!"
Rhine smiled:
"That's good. Our plan is like this..."
...
In the forest of White Kingdom.
The Soldiers originally responsible for escorting Sage Rhine were returning to the royal city in an orderly manner.
The fake Aurora still rode her horse, her previously solemn expression now much relaxed.
Her face was filled with relief, and her eyes were full of hope.
"Sage, you must capture that utterly evil Witch and avenge my father and sister!"
She was just an ordinary girl from White Kingdom. On the day the Eastern Witch arrived in the royal city, she forever lost two of her closest relatives.
Her father and sister died tragically in the streets, suffocating to death on land, their faces purple, their expressions distorted and pained.
Now, she finally had the opportunity to participate in Sage's plan to capture the Eastern Witch, to avenge her loved ones through her own efforts!
...
Under the dark seawater.
Immersed in shock, the Eastern Witch had no time to dodge or defend as Aurora's sword pierced her dragon scales.
The sword she used was precisely that epic holy sword, bought at great expense from the dwarves!
Blood spurted from the Eastern Witch's body, dispersing in the seawater.
"How is this possible?"
The Eastern Witch, in her dragon form, was utterly horrified, her features contorted by intense pain.
"She can hurt me?"
"Compared to last time, this girl is stronger!"
"No, not only is she stronger herself, her attacks are swifter, and her martial arts more refined. The weapon in her hand is also sharper!"
Aurora stabbed again and again!
In the viscous, dark seawater, the Eastern Witch's movements in her dragon form were noticeably much slower. Faced with these waves of attacks, she could only retreat step by step.
During the intense exertion, the air in her lungs became scarcer, and the pain of suffocation became more pronounced.
And the wounds on the dragon's body also increased under Aurora's fierce assault.
The Eastern Witch in her dragon form tried to cast magic several times, but each time Aurora found the right moment and precisely interrupted her.
Now, Aurora had the experience of fighting dragons before, possessed a sharp sword that could cut through iron like mud and split hair, and her enemy was restricted by the seawater and the pain of suffocation!
Last time, she and her teacher, both of them, could not take down the Eastern Witch.
But now, Aurora's attack alone was enough to make this former formidable enemy gasp for breath!
"You look very pained. Do you want to breathe so badly? How does it feel like your lungs are about to explode?"
Aurora attacked while taunting the Eastern Witch, whose features were distorted in the seawater.
The girl knew she had no past hobby or habit of mocking enemies in battle.
But facing this Witch, who cruelly massacred civilians and whom she hated from the bottom of her heart, she naturally uttered these words. Because the other party deserved her malice.
"Perhaps I have a talent for this, I just never realized it before." Such a thought flashed through Aurora's mind.
Another sword thrust!
The dragon bled profusely, already severely wounded.
The dragon transformed from the Eastern Witch flapped her wings, retreating in pain.
"No, if this continues, I will die, I will definitely die!"
Facing Aurora's fierce assault and the threat of death, the Eastern Witch also considered:
Like last time, activate the only remaining magic silver shoe to teleport and escape.
Even if the destination was random, it was better than dying by the girl's sword!
However, her clothes and shoes had already merged into her new form during the transformation. To use that one magic silver shoe, she had to revert to her human form.
And in this deep sea with terrifying water pressure, under Aurora's fierce assault...
As soon as she reverted to human form, losing her powerful dragon body, she would die miserably in the very next instant!
"This is... a trap against me!"
"Whether I revert to my original form or maintain my dragon form, I cannot escape; I will only die for sure!"
Feeling the suffocating pain of depleted air in her lungs, feeling the pain from every wound on her body, feeling the dizziness from excessive blood loss...
For the first time in her life, the emotion called "despair" was born in the Eastern Witch's heart.
She wanted to call out to that mysterious reinforcement but couldn't speak freely in the seawater. Besides, this was the deep sea; even if she roared loudly, no one would hear her cry.
As the dark clouds of despair enveloped her heart, the Eastern Witch called out the name of that reinforcement in her mind:
"Save me, Maleficent!"