Chapter 1404 Three Years Later

• An awful stench consumed my senses, the effect of Ashton's blood gushing out of his wound from his injured arm. As the effect of the poison kicked in, I slowly ran out of strength. He held me in his arms and tried to swim us back to the shore.
• Unfortunately, a strong shock wave stopped us from approaching the shore. I could feel Ashton's convulsing arm and knew that he was almost running out of strength. He held me firmly in between his arms again, yet we were nowhere close to the shore.
• After I pulled myself together, I mustered all my strength and pushed him away from me.