My Stubborn Soul Card Follower

[The enormous squid surfaced from the sea.]

[Its tentacles surged from beneath the ocean, creating gigantic waves that covered the entire sea within sight, resembling a dark forest of writhing, slippery squid arms as far as the eye could see.]

["Ahhh! What on earth is happening!" Alice shouted as she navigated her small boat swiftly through the forest of tentacles.]

[Alice's small boat dodged the Master of the Deep Sea's repeated attacks with the ease of an eel, which only made it more furious.]

[The ocean turned pitch black, shrouded by the domain of the Master of the Deep Sea.]

["It's the Master of the Deep Sea! Clotho, the Master of the Deep Sea!" Xia Lulu clung tightly to the Golden Ship, her beautiful fish tail flailing wildly, "I don't know why it's here, but we have to escape quickly!"]

["Is it scarier than the Sea God?" Alice shouted over the howling wind. She had to yell to make herself heard.]

["It's different!", Xia Lulu replied loudly, "The Sea God is merely a man-made disaster, but this is a natural catastrophe! It's the ocean's wrath!"]

[Boom!]

[Just as Xia Lulu's words ended, a thick tentacle caught Alice in a moment she couldn't evade, crashing through her small boat as it shot up from the sea.]

["Damn! I spent 3 Demon Crystals on that boat!" Alice shouted towards the Golden Ship, "Golden Ship! It's up to you now!"]

[The Golden Ship snorted, stepping on the boat's remnants, leaping directly in front of Alice.]

[Alice landed steadily on the back of the Golden Ship, gesturing towards Xia Lulu, who was clutching the horse's tail tightly: "Hold on tight!"]

["Ahhhhh!!!"]

[With Xia Lulu's screams, Alice rode the Golden Ship along the tentacles of the Master of the Deep Sea, heading for its head.]

["What are you doing, Alice!", Xia Lulu shouted, "Why don't you run!"]

["The trouble I started, I should end!", Alice looked towards the land. Clotho emerged too close to the harbor of the Dawn Continent, and if Alice left it unchecked, the entire coastal area could be ravaged by this deep-sea disaster.]

"Wow, she's quite responsible," Freymia said, sitting beside Shen Sui, swinging her snow-white legs as she observed Alice's every action on the Dueling Device, "Such a cute but stubborn little Alice."

"I'm just worried that I'll have to clean up the mess," Shen Sui retorted. This giant squid couldn't be handled merely by Alice and Anna.

["Don't be foolish, Alice, you're not strong enough!", Xia Lulu said.]

[Alice instinctively touched her ring.]

[If I don't succeed, help me, Claude.]

[Alice thought silently, lifting her head to look firmly towards Clotho.]

[But before that, I will do everything I can!]

[Alice didn't want Claude, who had just recovered his soul, to be harmed again because of the trouble she caused.]

Reading this part, Freymia happily patted Shen Sui's shoulder: "Look! Look! Alice is growing up! She's starting to care for her old father!"

Shen Sui opened his mouth to explain, but didn't know what to say.

Considering the situation, the fact that Alice is still worried about not causing trouble is indeed thoughtful.

But you must act within your means! Not asking for help in such a situation is clearly being stubborn! When there's time, I must teach her properly!

["Anna!", Alice shouted to Anna, who was flying beside her.]

[Anna nodded, not needing any more words from Alice, she already understood Alice's thoughts and began to execute them steadily.]

[She slowly raised her hand, and a new domain began to spread from her center, gradually replacing the Master of the Deep Sea's domain.]

[After merging with Alice's flame, Anna's sinful power underwent a significant transformation. It didn't make her stronger, but instead, enhanced the domain's power.]

[Anna's redeeming domain, together with Alice's flame, exerted maximum strength as long as Alice was present.]

[The Master of the Deep Sea felt a peculiar power eroding his domain.]

[However, before it could react, it saw that despicable human charging towards it on a pure white horse.]

[Alice wielded the Holy Authority Staff, the flames of redemption blooming around her.]

[The Golden Ship showed no fear, even as the squid's slippery tentacles seemed like flat ground under its hooves.]

[Alice used the Eyes of Truth bestowed by the Holy Sword.]

[Countless points of light appeared before Alice's eyes.]

[They were the weaknesses of the Master of the Deep Sea.]

[Under the observation of the Eyes of Truth, none of the weaknesses could escape Alice's sight.]

[However, Alice's strength was insufficient to break through the weaknesses of the Master of the Deep Sea.]

[But! Anna can!]

[Alice's gaze fixated on the head of the Master of the Deep Sea, where the biggest weakness lay. Yet, around this weakness, the Master of the Deep Sea had woven a strong defense barrier. Before its power was depleted, even if Anna gave her all, she couldn't shatter it.]

[That's it!]

[Alice decided to use a decapitation tactic.]

[Since the academy incident and the Sea God incident, Alice had realized the special nature of her flame.]

[Perhaps, she could try to use her flame to burn through the Master of the Deep Sea's defense.]

[Alice solidified her plan, conveying her intent through subtle body movements entirely to the Golden Ship.]

[The pure white steed was to execute all its owner's intentions.]

[Alice's flames enveloped the Golden Ship, creating a barrier of pure white flame.]

[The Golden Ship gently tossed Xia Lulu to Anna's side.]

["Are you ready! Golden Ship!" Alice raised the Holy Authority Staff, pointing towards the Master of the Deep Sea's weakness.]

[The Golden Ship raised its proud head.]

["Good! Charge!" Alice's power surged into the Holy Authority Staff, the flames forming a pure white Holy Sword.]

[The Mage Alice was now in the past, she would charge at the ocean's calamity as a Knight.]

[Ding! Your Soul Card Follower has gained a new form: Pure White Knight Alice]

[The Master of the Deep Sea never imagined being so underestimated by a mere seventh-level mage.]

[It could not tolerate this.]

[Countless tentacles surged like a torrent of steel towards Alice.]

[Anna flung her arms wide, the domain of redemption unfolded instantly, deflecting all other tentacles of the Master of the Deep Sea.]

["Not good!" Just as Anna was about to speak, her expression shifted suddenly.]

[The enraged Master of the Deep Sea had completely disregarded its injuries, using oceanic might to forcibly break Anna's domain, gathering a force capable of destroying a city at a single point, directing it towards Alice.]

[Even the gods dared not claim they could block this destructive blow.]

["Alice!!!" Anna screamed in terror.]

[Alice also saw the deathly attack coming towards her.]

[Yet, Alice showed no fear of death, her gaze was firm, unwavering.]

[Whoosh~!]

[The destructive force dissipated miraculously upon touching Alice, accompanied by a faint sound.]

[Around Alice, the pure white flame spun continuously, slowly forming the shape of a fish.]

[The blessing of the Holy Spring Fish King!]