Secondly, he could not launch a comprehensive search as time was not on his side. Everything would go south if he dragged this out too long.

Right at that moment, he found a mark embedded into the lakebed. It was an arrowhead, firmly pointing in a direction. The mark seemed to be leading him somewhere.

Following the arrow, Adrian found three more markers, which all led him to a statue. It was of nine dragons, and they were coiled around a sword. The sword itself was covered in intricate patterns but had become rusty after being submerged in water for so long. There was hardly anything visible aside from this.

'Is that Dragonking's sword?'

Furrowing his brow, Adrian pulled at the sword, and the entire statue suddenly broke into pieces. Almost out of oxygen, he quickly headed for the surface with the sword in hand.

As the statue crumbled after Adrian pulled the sword out, the Partingian princess opened her eyes.

Splash!!!

Adrian resurfaced.

Mya was surrounded from all sides. Th