water boy

Far below, Adam and Xihai were picking up the slack. My friend ran atop the surface of the water, which rose into bridges and troughs as needed. As a school of Grimm swarmed towards him beneath the surface of the water, Adam gestured with his blade and the water level shifted around him, sinking around to Grimm to reveal them even as it pushed them up from below and forced them into the line of fire. Adam sheathed his sword smoothly and drew it far faster, a wave of energy cutting cleanly through the ranks of the Grimm and continuing on to trace a long, thin line across the belly of the Leviathan.

At the same time, Xihai rose behind him, snakelike coils raising her high above my taller friend. She gestured with a hand and a Karkinos exploded from the waters; a twitch of the other tossed up an Akheilos. Adam cut down the latter from a distance and drew close to the other, jumping onto its shell and driving his sword down like a nail into its shell. Xihai lifted her hands and another pair of creatures rose and fell—and when Adam quickened his pace and cut down more and more, she reacted by growing four more arms in response, tearing creatures from the sea with reckless abandon. Then, seemingly growing tired of it, she brought her six hands together in front of her chest and then spread them wide with a tearing motion.

The water plunged as if cratered, creatures of Grimm held out in bubbles along the sides. Adam jumped, blade angling down as he flew through the air, and then with fifteen Far Strikes he tore them all apart. He landed for a moment on the other side, Xihai supporting him, and then he was off in search of other prey.