Liebe thought, Well… no choice.
He used his sword to create a small cut on both his own finger and Elizabeth's finger.
Liebe thought, Unholy substance only makes me stronger… but for anyone else, it's deadly.
He touched his blood to Elizabeth's and then used it to absorb the toxin from her body.
Elizabeth's eyes fluttered open.
Liebe said, "Thank God you're okay."
Elizabeth said, "What… happened?"
Liebe said, "You lost consciousness. Now stay here—I will take care of that beast. You'll only get in my way."
Just as Liebe was about to fly down, Elizabeth said, "Please… don't go, brother. If something happened to you, I wouldn't be able to take it."
Liebe said, "You're still my idiot little sister. Of course I'll come back, okay? Don't worry."
Then—
"Dark Magic: Unholy Angel's Descent!"
He dove straight into the water, crashing into the head of the beast.
Liebe said, "Dark Magic: Mask of Dark!"
A small black mask formed over his mouth.
Liebe thought, This acts like gills… converting dissolved oxygen from the water into my mouth. With this, I can breathe even underwater.
Liebe said, "Now it's just you and me, ugly."
The beast lashed out with a massive tentacle.
Liebe said, "Dark Magic: Gradient Slash Barrage!"
All the tentacles were torn apart, and the beast screamed in pain.
Liebe shouted, "Take that, ugly!"
Then the beast struck him hard with its claw, sending him crashing through the water.
Liebe said, "No choice… only one way to end this."
He slashed himself in several places, blood flowing freely.
Liebe said, "The more blood I lose, the stronger the technique becomes."
The monster lunged again, claws and poisonous stingers aimed to finish him.
Liebe roared, "Dark Magic: Blood Lust!"
In an instant, he shredded all the incoming attacks. His eyes turned pure black.
Before anything else could happen, he launched countless Gradient Slashes toward the beast. Each strike tore into it, weakening it further.
Liebe said, "I will end you now… Dark Magic: Slash Through—the Blade of Hatred! Black Excalibur!"
The attack cleaved through the monster, slicing it in two.
But then, Liebe lost control of his Blood Lust and almost turned on Elizabeth.
At that moment, his Mask of Dark spell unraveled—he couldn't breathe underwater anymore. Gasping, he began to lose consciousness.
That shock jolted him back to his right state of mind, and he flew out of the water, struggling to stay aloft.
Liebe said weakly, "Hey… Elizabeth… I got it. Now… let's go."
Elizabeth, relieved, said, "Liebe… you really almost scared me."
Then she opened the Shadow Realm and took the beast within.