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The moment he fell into the sea, a massive amount of seawater rushed into Wood's mouth, nose, ears, every other orifice capable of absorbing moisture. His consciousness spun in a chaotic mess, as if it had been thrown into a washing machine spinning at maximum speed. By the time he regained his senses and realized that King Arthur had thrown him into the sea without a wetsuit or an oxygen tank—
His feet were stepping on a piece of soft, smooth, grayish-black rock.
(Wait a minute! Soft rock?)
Wood felt an inexplicable chill run down his spine. He cautiously knelt down, wanting to determine exactly what kind of deep-sea behemoth the "rock" beneath his feet was, but in the next second—
(Aaaaaah!)
The earth shook and the mountains trembled!
His feet lost their footing, his body tumbled up and down and side to side in the warm seawater, just like a Jellyfish.
(War.. warm..)
Wood gasped again.
He saw that the deep sea, which should have been dim and lightless and cold year-round, actually showed specks of red, appearing to be dark red magma produced by a submarine volcanic eruption, a cry that filled him with terror and unease rang in his ears once again.
Papa!
Papa!
My dearest Papa!
I can finally see you again, my dear Papa!
(Papa.. I.. I.. what.. what exactly.. am..)
Amidst the chaos, a small black mountain rose from the deep sea, at the center of the mountain were a pair of massive red eyes.
Wood floated blankly before the eyes, his height barely reaching the radius of the eyeball.
(W-what is this thing!)
(Could it be the White Dragon from the Arthurian Legend who unfortunately lost the struggle for ownership of Wales to the Red Dragon?)
(W-W-Will I be eaten by this Monster?)
(I.. I..)
Papa!
The tender and clinging voice rang out in his mind once again. Wood looked at the massive Monster before him in disbelief.
(Are you calling me Papa? Am I your Papa? But..)
Papa! My dearest Papa! Papa, who has suffered so much! I love you—
I want to swallow you into my body, I want to protect you forever!
[Accept me!]
[Be swallowed by me!]
(Ah—!)
Terrified screams echoed in Wood's mind.
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The Monster slowly opened its mouth.
Its eyeballs were massive, with a radius comparable to Wood's height, its mouth was also—
Even though the light in the deep sea was dim, Wood could still see that it had twenty rows of fangs in its mouth, with the exposed parts of the teeth measuring at least two meters long.
“.. Why do you want to eat me! I'm not even enough to get stuck in your teeth!”
Wood shouted and yelled, only realizing as the words left his mouth that this was the deep sea, a place where both sound and light were extremely scarce, and—
(Why didn't a large amount of Seawater rush into my body when I opened my mouth to speak?)
Papa, you were deceived by humans and have forgotten your true self.. You only appear small, but your true self is..
Who am I really?
[The real you—is, is, is, is..]
The voice invading the mind suddenly faltered, repeatedly stuttering the word "is," unable to smoothly utter the words that followed.
What's going on? Why can't I finish a sentence? What on earth are you! And what am I?
Wood continued to press for answers, refusing to give up.
This time, the Monster did not answer Wood.
It opened its massive mouth, with one gulp—
swallow Wood!
..
(Ugh..)
The moment he was devoured by the Monster, Wood's vision plunged into total darkness.
A strong, pungent stench rushed toward him, a weird and disorderly voice from something unknown rustled in his ears.
(What should I do now? Is this where my fate ends? And then.. but.. but..)
Wood felt a surge of intense resentment in his heart.
It was not just the resentment of being devoured by a Monster, nor was it the resentment of being chosen by the Holy Sword only to achieve nothing; what truly scorched his Soul and became unbearable was—
(I don't even know who I am!)
(And I still don't know Boss's true identity!)
And—
(Why are there countless better options in this world, yet the Boss chose me!)
(I don't want to die silently inside a Monster's belly, turning into a pile of limb fragments mixed with blood and washed out of the bathtub!)
(I..)
Obsession scorched his entire body like fire. By the time Wood came to his senses, the Holy Sword in his hand was already shining brightly like a glow stick.
(A light sword?)
In an instant, Wood felt as if he had been possessed by Skywalker, his fear vanished instantly, leaving only an intense—
(I will cleave through this darkness! I will kill this nonsensical Monster that claims to be my son!)
(I am not its Father!)
(Absolutely! Not!)
[Father! Father! Can you feel my warmth?]
I can feel Father clearly.. You are within my body, we shall never be parted again~
Father! My dearest Father! Father, who gave birth to me and who needs my protection~
The cries that made Wood's scalp tingle echoed in his mind one after another, shattering the resistance he had worked so hard to gather.
(Could it be.. I really am its Father.. Between him and me.. but..)
(What kind of child would swallow their own Father in their belly just to protect him!)
(Lies! It's all lies!)
(This Monster is not my child! I am not its Father! I—)
Whoosh—
Intense rage transformed into a flashing longsword, slashing outward.
One strike after another!
Thick, warm blood sprayed toward him with the strike of the Holy Sword, splattering all over Wood.
I am not your Father! I have no child like you! I—
[I am glad.. after thousands of years, my blood once again stains Father's body.. the body that conceived us.. that filthy and selfish body..]
Father—I love you! I will love you forever!
Love you! Love you! Love you—
The cries, sounding like mental pollution, rang wildly in his ears and mind. Wood could do nothing but swing his sword incessantly, using the blood splashing against his face to offset the eerie and terrifying impulses brought by those voices.
.. Father! Don't ignore me! I truly love you! I am willing to do anything for you!
Everyone around you is lying to you! They are deceiving you with lies, making you believe that you are a human just like them! But you are not! You are not! You are my Father! We are of the same kind! We—
Shut up!
Wood shouted in unbearable frustration, "I know I am human, I only acknowledge that I am human! I will never admit that you and I are of the same kind!"
[When you said those words, your heart had already begun to waver!]
You are afraid! You are uncertain of your own identity! You know that you are not like the humans around you, but you cover your eyes!
You are deceiving yourself! You want to live forever in the lie that you are human! You—
Stop talking! You monster!
Wood cursed while swinging his sword, "You keep claiming that I am your father and that you are my child! Then—what is your real name! And what is my real name! Why did I turn into what I am now? Why did you become a monster of the deep sea! Speak! Speak!"
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