Book 5: Chapter 210: Meeting Again
Erica slowed her pace. Although she had pushed her vision to its limits, the darkness stretched ominously beyond ten meters, stressing her out rather badly. She wasn’t in her own body, limiting her ability to harness its full potential in case of danger.
Furthermore, she was hindered by Lilith, whose severe injuries rendered her helpless. In these uncharted waters, they must remain cautious.
Suddenly, the water around them stirred unnaturally. Erica froze, heart racing, only to see a huge fish glided past.
“Oh… it’s just a fish…”
It was larger than both Lilith and herself combined, fat and slick like the catfish she often ate, seemingly harmless and not predatory. Despite this, Erica couldn’t shake off her anxiety.
She waited until the fish was well out of sight before preparing to descend further, but Lilith, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up in a faint whisper. “Don’t… go this way, change direction…”
“Huh?”
“There’s something… really big down there. I… can’t see it, but… I can hear its heartbeat…”
“What… how big is ‘really big’? And which way should we go?” Erica was about to press for details when she realized Lilith had slumped against her shoulder, unconscious.