Wizard of the Deep Sea

The first thing I tried was binding it with puppet threads.

Naturally, it didn’t work. The blade-like edges at the tips of its tentacles easily sliced through the slowly extending threads.

"Figures…”

I had wondered if it might ignore them since they were something trivial, but no.

Letting out a sigh, I slowly backed away while watching it.

'Let’s just observe what kind of thing this is first.'

Just from the increased pressure around it, it was clear that this wasn’t an ordinary deep-sea creature anymore.

And indeed, it didn’t try to attack me with its tentacles.

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