The power of the Abyss... appeared on its own.
Feeling the familiar energy fluctuations, Skirk nodded lightly. Her red eyes moved from the longsword and focused on Yuto.
"Although I don't know why Master chose you, since he did, it means he has his own reasons."
Hearing this, Yuto raised an eyebrow slightly, then tentatively asked:
"So... in a sense, you're actually my Senior apprentice-sister?"
Skirk was startled at first, as if she had heard something new, then nodded gently and said calmly:
"According to the terms used on the surface... yes, but in the Abyss, you are too weak and don't quite match that title."
Hearing Skirk's sharp assessment, the corner of Yuto's mouth twitched involuntarily, and just as he was about to ask something...
Skirk directly moved closer.
She was still holding the sphere containing the Star-Devouring Whale in one hand and dragging the unconscious Tartaglia on the ground with the other.
Looking at Skirk, who was less than ten centimeters away from him, Yuto felt a little suffocated for a moment.
It wasn't that Yuto was afraid Skirk would do anything to him, but rather...
He was afraid Skirk would directly use Tartaglia as a weapon and swing him at his face later.
Based on his previous understanding of Skirk... someone with a martial arts obsession might actually do that.
However, the bizarre scene he imagined didn't occur. Skirk merely sensed the aura on Yuto for a moment before returning to where she had been standing.
"I take back what I just said. If the seal within your body is lifted, you would indeed be worthy of that title in the Abyss."
Hearing this, Yuto nodded slightly. He could glean some information about the Abyss from Skirk's words, but... that information wasn't important for the current situation.
—What was important was how Yuto could get the Star-Devouring Whale back from Skirk.
In a sense, the Star-Devouring Whale was Surtalogi's pet, but it was also Yuto's and Neuvillette's spoils of war.
If Skirk just took it now... what if this whale escaped again while she was cultivating?
If it escaped and caused trouble in Fontaine again... what then?
However, just as Yuto's mind was racing, wondering how to get the Star-Devouring Whale back from Skirk... Skirk spoke:
"Catch."
With that, Skirk threw the black sphere containing the Star-Devouring Whale towards Yuto as if it were trash. He instinctively caught the sphere, then fell into a daze.
What?
One second he was figuring out how to get this thing back from Skirk, and the next second his cheap Senior apprentice-sister just threw it to him?
Huh?
Yuto's brain briefly crashed, seemingly struggling to comprehend the current situation.
But Skirk then said:
"Since you are my... fellow disciple, you should help me with some things."
With that, Skirk looked at Tartaglia, who was slumped on the ground, and continued:
"I only went into secluded cultivation for a while, and I didn't expect my disciple to fight with Master's pet..."
"Although I had anticipated something like this happening, it's a bit too soon."
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