The Deeper The Water The Uglier The Fish นิยาย & เรื่องราว

“The guy selling it to me told me to get the black cord instead of a chain so you could wear it in the water. Something about it not sparkling.” I smiled up at him. “Barracudas and sharks are attracted to sparkly things,” I stated, my brain going into Science Mode without me realizing it. “The flashing looks like a distressed fish to them.” “You are such a teacher,” he said with a chuckle. “Do you like it?” “I love it,” I answered honestly.

“Let me give you an idea how deep our oceans are. The tallest mountain in the Stork Empire is Fuyō-hō, the Lotus Peak, but if you dropped it in our deepest ocean, it would still fall short of sea level by seven thousand feet. “It’s common for blue Slayers to freedive down to eight hundred. We call that layer the Twilight Zone. There you’ll find swordfish and sperm whales. Our clan’s blue camouflage isn’t effective at that depth because most of the animals that live there are transparent with red stomachs. But even farther than that is the Midnight Zone, a place of eternal darkness where the animals are either red or black all over their bodies.

Soaking in red blood these creatures succumb to the taste that they never knew until now. It could be easy if it was only one but there were more of them to count. There are more of them, more of them that one would question their sanity after seeing such a despair sight towards the surface water. Along with the bubbles floating on the surface, the shadows of the fish-like creatures are covering the whole ocean that one's eyes could not see the end of unending numbers. One word... One word was enough to explain the situation we- they are in. It's hell.

I have already dived towards the gate. I am thrown into the deep, dark depths of the sea. The water here stings, like there are remnants of Hell’s water mixed into it. It feels like swimming into diluted acid. If a normal person tries to swim in these waters, there’s no doubt in my mind that their skin will end up peeling and they will go blind.