Chapter 39: Deep underwater {1}
Immediately after that, I was flung several hundred meters through the water. What I saw next was almost impossible to comprehend.
Above me floated a whale—no, not an ordinary whale. This one was colossal, far larger than any mountain I had ever seen. It eclipsed the sea like a living island, casting a shadow so vast it darkened the water for miles.
As I looked around, my disbelief only grew. Sea monsters—gigantic ones, as tall as mountains—were moving across the ocean floor. Some of them were walking, panting, their forms rippling with raw, unnatural power. Strangely, despite their weight, the seafloor beneath them didn’t collapse. Somehow, I too was able to walk here, as if gravity worked differently under this immense pressure.
Based on my speculation, each of these creatures possessed power equivalent to a 7 or 8-Star beast. The sheer aura they exuded was enough to send chills down my spine. One of them, a particularly ancient-looking entity, approached me and delivered a complex, living map—etched not on paper, but within my very mind.
It spoke in a language that been embedded too me and gave me a deadline: two years. I had two years to complete the path laid out in the map—or my heart would stop beating.
Fortunately, when we forged the contract, I had already prepared for the worst. I had wrapped my heart in the legendary Jelly Defense Spell. It was risky. A single misstep would suffocate my heart, and death would be instant. But it was my only shot at survival.
The spell was still stabilizing. I could feel it slowly syncing with my body. My heart pulsed heavily but steadily.
I began to walk.
The seafloor beneath my feet wasn’t made of ordinary sand—it was compacted into dense, rock-like grains, pressing into each other with crushing force. Despite that, I kept going. Enormous sea plants loomed over me like underwater trees, their tendrils swaying lazily, almost as if watching.
Thankfully, the map embedded in my mind was incredibly detailed. It showed safe zones—places where I could rest and hide if needed. One such place was the Deep Sea Kingdom, marked clearly as a shelter.
It felt like a dream down here. Everything was surreal. And strangely, no sea monster dared approach me.