Crimson Ocean Chapter 1 Novels & Stories

The tides no longer whispered they screamed. It started with a crack in the sky. A tremor deep beneath the earth. Then the waves turned black. From the watchtower above the Eastern Ridge, the first soldier screamed as he saw them creatures that didn’t belong in any world touched by light. Towering beasts of kelp and bone, crusted with barnacles and glowing runes, crawled from the sea and tore through the barrier like it was silk. The sea had come to claim the land.

The sky above the Crimson Desert was no longer red. It was a bruised, terrifying purple. The massive wave of shadows I had called forth stood like a wall of liquid night, taller than the mountains. I could feel the heartbeat of every grain of sand beneath my feet. I was no longer Kaima; I was the eye of the storm. "Fire!" Damon’s voice screamed from the deck of the golden ship. The cannons roared again. White-hot beams of energy tore through the air, hitting my wall of shadows. But the darkness didn't break. It swallowed the light. It grew hungrier. It grew larger.

Livia I could hear murmuring in the distance. Everything is so dark. Where am I? How did I get here? "We're losing them." "Losing who?" "Clear." I fell to my knees in pain while a bright blinding light engulfed my body. Next thing I knew, I was standing on a beach. The sand is the gentlest hue of gold with just the right comforting warmth. But it was something about the ocean that always drew me. It correlates so much with mortal life.

Chiri’s eyes ablaze with a pronounced ferocity inspired by her battle with the Kraken, they were mildly unsettled by the fear that she instilled within them. Conveyed into the depths of the ocean by the blade lodged into the beast’s wounded tentacle. Chiri had soon found herself far below the rolling waves above after disembarking the vessel. Immediately confronted with the Kraken in the dark soundless waters, she had little time to dither in the undertaking of her mission. The heart in her chest pounding furiously as it struggled against the shock of being plunged into near freezing temperatures, it retaliated as she seized the handle of the knife in the creature. The symbols of the hexes e

Outside, the horizon pulsed gold — not blinding, not angry, just endless. The silence deepened, and for the first time in history, every human heartbeat paused in perfect unison — one breath held by an entire species. --- Then, faintly, from somewhere beneath the waves: A single voice began to hum. And the world exhaled. --- End of Chapter 25 Next: Arc II, Chapter 26 – “When the World Remembered Its Name.”

The midnight skyline of Port Apex was obscured by a thick fog, turning the massive steel cranes into looming phantoms over the black water. Inside the glass-walled command center of Vance Enterprise, the air was sharp with cold air conditioning. Massive wall monitors glowed with real-time global trade routes, but three major digital corridors stretching from Singapore to Rotterdam had suddenly flashed from deep blue to a stark, ominous crimson. Victoria stood before the central map, a glass of untouched scotch resting in her palm. The amber liquid caught the harsh red glare of the screens. She had discarded her blazer, wearing a sleeveless midnight-black tailored vest over her crisp blouse.

The setting sun was the last thing I saw as the time we went underneath the sea. We followed Amansinaya, we also stopped when she stopped. She closed her eyes and cast something. Then, pieces of the crystal-like structure appeared in front of us. Until I realized that, it was making a portal for us. After it finished, Amansinaya gave us a signal to enter the portal. She was the first to enter, followed by Orlene. When it was my turn, I took a deep breath before slowly letting my whole body get eaten by the portal. End of Chapter 6

Soon the beautiful sea shell dissolved in my palms, turning into bright red, spilling through my fingers. ‘BLOOD!’’ The unmistakable stench of blood hits my senses strongly. I staggered back, my eyes staring at the ocean in shock, unable to believe what my eyes were telling me. The once blue ocean was now darkened and nothing more than an endless sea of blood. “This… this can’t be happening.” My whisper vanished into the air as the sky above cracked open with thunder, clouds twisting into a storm. “This can't be real!” I tried to move but I couldn't. My legs were clamped by something deep under water. Cold. Unyielding. Clutching onto me right, and pulling me down deeper like a sinking sand.

No way out. The ocean is drawing you further in, the waves aren't letting you go. You should have never mistaken the taunting as teasing. You should have never listened to me. Because it had only been the calm before the storm. And now, I have become the riptide. And they have become the silly prey. Are you going to helplessly fight against me as they do? Or will you give up? The sounds of their howls of pain is so sweet, like a tune to my ears. My claws dig into their skin and it has become fun to draw out their scarlet blood. A river of crimson dance on the surface of the soil.

⸻ “You’ve finally come back…” A long silence followed. Then the sleeping man slowly opened his eyes. They were the same impossible crimson that had appeared in Alessio’s visions. He smiled faintly. ⸻ “Now…” ”…it’s time to remember why you chose to die.” End of Chapter 15