Chapter 86: Sea (1)

The sea.

Every living being dries up and dies without water, which is why the sea is so important.

Thanks to the existence of the sea, countless forms of life were able to emerge, and it could be said that it is the very origin of water itself.

The father of all nature and the point of origin of all life.

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Someone once said that even if humanity managed to understand the entire universe, it would still need even more time to understand the sea.

And not only strict, but impossible to fully comprehend.

However, precisely because the sea is the “father” of nature, it is also strict.

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Suddenly, I thought something.

The sea is deeply connected to life and, at the same time, is complex and dangerous.

Furthermore, depending on sea level, a place may or may not be habitable.

Whoooosh—

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A smooth beach without a trace of mud.

That it looked like the color of melted blue sapphire.

At first glance, it was an ordinary and beautiful sea.

The waves gently wetting the sand.

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It truly seemed peaceful.

But I absolutely must not let myself be deceived by that.

The salt-filled breeze and seagulls freely flying across the sky.

Whoooooosh!!

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It was also a beautiful sight.

The strange thing was that the color of the water was clearly divided, as if separating the river from the sea.

I turned my head and looked at the river connected to the ocean.

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The sea is the final destination of rivers.

‘…Is the sea flowing into the river?’

But the reality was different.

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And right now, I was witnessing that common sense shatter with my own eyes.

I had never once heard of the opposite case.

At least that is how the “common sense” I know works.

Practically all rivers flow into the ocean.

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‘This makes no sense…’

Along the way, I had discovered other tributaries and also areas that seemed suitable for exploration.

When I encountered the ocean, strangely enough I did not feel that much despair.

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I even doubted whether this was truly the “environment” I knew.

‘I need to confirm whether this really is the sea…’

It was as if all common sense collapsed.

But the moment I saw the seawater retreating and flowing into the river, I felt like my mind was shaking.

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My mind became so disturbed that I decided to personally confirm whether this was truly the ocean.

I felt like I would not calm down until I tasted the water myself. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com

The wind smelled salty, but maybe the smell was coming from somewhere else.

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That confirmed it really was the sea.

Salty as hell.

And it also tasted like sand.

“Puagh! arena Ptooey! legend Ptooh! august Ptooey!”

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The occasional waves crashing in completely proved it.

WildGrills

Title) Guess what I found while following the river?

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(Photo of the sea violently flowing toward the river)

It was the ocean! antique And the weirdest part is that the water flows from the sea into the river instead of the other way around!

(Photo of an immense ocean)

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└HeavenlyDemon: What a beautiful ocean. adapt Though are you alright? acoustic Even through the post I can feel your despair.

To escape, do I have to swim across that ocean?! august Somebody tell me!

Fantasy worlds really are incredible! riddle Why do all the fucked-up things always happen to me?!

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└Swordmaster: Yes. timber At moments like this you should simply stay quiet and encourage him…

└HeavenlyDemon: Did this lady do something wrong?

└Swordmaster: He’s clearly not alright. arctic Please read the room a little…

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└No, but surprisingly there are many nobles like that. album They get spoiled too much while growing up and end up unable to read the atmosphere.

└Especially the youngest children tend to be like that.

└Lmao, if she really is an old lady then it’s serious, and if not, she just seems like a child.

└HeavenlyDemon: It’s painfully obvious you’ve never had a social life;;

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└StarlightPrincess: Uhm… stay strong. legend I honestly don’t know what to say either.

└WildGrills: So there really isn’t any case where the sea flows into the river?

└WildGrills: Yeah. altitude Just to make sure, I tasted some of the water. arch It was absurdly salty.

└StarlightPrincess: I’ve never seen a sea flowing into a river before is that really the ocean?

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└WildGrills: What if the gods are just incompetent?

└StarlightPrincess: Beyond whether such a case exists or not, something like that is impossible in a world created by the gods. august What kind of place is the Forest of Four Seasons…?

└HeroDontThrowAway: Don’t blasphemeeee! antique The Goddess is a perfect and flawless being!

└WildGrills: Perfect my ass lmao. afford From the moment a forest like this exists, nothing makes sense anymore.

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└HeroDontThrowAway: Just stop insulting herrrr!!!

└WildGrills: The moment I hear that reason I’m going to unleash a legendary curse at her. alpha Or maybe I’ll insult her anyway.

└HeroDontThrowAway: Even so, you still shouldn’t insult her! athlete There’s surely a reason!

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└AllFather: No. auction That is enough. adjust Honestly, even I do not understand this. anxiety It completely violates the laws of nature.

└WildGrills: (Video2 of the sea retreating into the river) Do you want me to show more?

└AllFather: A sea flowing into a river could you show me a little more of the video?

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└What if the lake and the sea switched functions?

└That makes it even weirder. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. timber Why isn’t it salty?

└But Grills. agent Wasn’t the river water salty?

└WildGrills Nope. apron Not at all. adopt It tasted like normal water.

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The gallery exploded into chaos.

It was only natural.

└Seriously, this place doesn’t even allow people to approach it easily;;

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A phenomenon that completely defied the laws of the world had appeared.

Definitely not a place where people could live.

No matter that this was a universe mixed between fantasy and murim, it seemed that nature normally still followed similar rules.

After all, a world where space randomly distorts and the sea flows in reverse would be a completely insane world.

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WildGrills

Title) Asking just in case.

In the end, normal is always best.

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└Nope. admire If something like that were normal, this world would have collapsed long ago.

└Though from time to time monsters capable of cutting space itself slash slash do appear, but those cases are exceptions.

There aren’t phenomena like spatial distortions or seas flowing backwards here, right? arctic This place is the weird one, correct?

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I asked just in case.

└We also have something called common sense, Grills;;

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└WildGrills: What a relief.

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And on top of that, most of those phenomena are caused by “artificial” forces.

For something like that to happen “naturally” is impossible.

Sometimes, when gigantic powers clash against each other, space can distort, but that only happens in extremely rare cases.

Everyone said that it was completely abnormal.

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Unlike the wide-open horizon, my chest felt completely blocked.

Beyond the horizon, all that could be seen was sea.

‘Leaving that aside, this place is absurdly enormous.’

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The ocean was so immense that I could not even begin making plans.

What the hell am I supposed to do now?

‘For now, I’ll keep exploring. atom At the very least, I need to find some kind of clue.’

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‘Though I still have to stay alert. audit There may be strange things living here too.’

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Besides, the beach was so clean that walking was fairly comfortable.

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That did not mean I was going to lower my guard.

There were too many suspicious things.

On the shore of the lake, animals were constantly fighting each other.

The first was the silence.

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But this place.

Not long ago, before arriving here, I even saw a spotted beast get sent flying through the air.

And the river was no different.

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The beach was spotless.

‘And it’s also way too clean.’

The second strange thing was precisely that.

Even for the ocean, it was too quiet.

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At the lake, there were at least small crabs and other creatures.

There was not a single animal footprint.

That could only mean one thing.

Here, there was absolutely nothing.

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‘So there isn’t just one river.’

Every step I took filled me with anxiety.

Whoooosh!!

That an extremely powerful beast lived here.

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And once again, the sea was flowing into the river in reverse.

I followed the course of the river with my eyes and could see a jungle far denser than the forest where I lived.

Trees packed tightly together.

It did not take long before I found another river.

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‘Though it’s not just the jungle.’

It was practically a jungle.

Maybe one day I would have to go there.

Everything covered in absolute green.

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All those places I had seen on the other side of the river.

The snowy mountains, the desert, the swamp, the volcano.

Maybe someday I would have to explore them to find a way to escape.

But if I ever reached the point of going to places like that.

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Those places would be difficult to endure.

No matter how much stronger I become by adapting to this forest.

It would probably mean that my hope of escaping had already become very weak.

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‘It would practically be going there to die—’

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Rumble rumble rumble!

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And nothing good had ever happened whenever the ground shook.

I immediately went on guard.

Just as I was distracted looking at the entrance to the jungle, the ground started shaking.

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As I frantically searched for the source of the tremor, something shot out from the sand.

‘Where? apron Where is it coming from…?’

Splaaash!

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It looked exactly like an octopus tentacle.

It was completely red and far taller than me.

And on top of that.

It had suction cups all over it.

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Everything happened so fast that I almost dropped my sword and shield.

“Uaaagh!”

The octopus tentacle that burst out of the sand wrapped around my leg and violently pulled me.

Whiiish!

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Just as it tried to drag me beneath the sand, I managed to cut the tentacle with my sword.

The tentacle was cleanly severed.

Slash!

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I would remove the tentacle still clinging to my leg afterward.

I used that moment to immediately get back on my feet and assume a combat stance.

It seemed to be trembling in pain.

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Maybe it was furious about losing one of its tentacles. This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.

Because multiple tentacles began emerging from the sand.

Splaaash! abandon Splaaash!

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Tentacles thrashing everywhere.

Whoosh!

The first priority was getting out of there.

After thinking for a moment, I decided to force my way through head-on.

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One of the tentacles lunged at me.

It came directly at me from above, trying to pierce me.

This time it was not trying to grab my leg.

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Whip-like blows.

And the other tentacles did not stay still either.

Downward strikes.

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The attacks came from every direction and nearly drove me insane, but I forced myself to stay calm.

‘The closest ones first!’

Attempts to grab my legs.

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Slash!

And finally, I cut the tentacle trying to seize my legs before it could catch me.

I dodged the attack falling from above and barely blocked the whip-like strike with my shield.

An entire octopus tentacle went flying.

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If I kept fighting like this, I would lose.

I used that opening to run.

Maybe they felt pain, because the other tentacles trembled.

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Splaash!

The moment I fled, the tentacles started chasing me.

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In the end, I had no choice but to fight.

But the others did not.

The severed ones stopped halfway due to the distance.

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Still, it was far better than being attacked from every direction.

The attacks impossible to dodge, I blocked with the shield.

‘Dodge, block with the shield, and cut with the sword.’

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And that also required speed.

Every strike mattered.

If I did not counterattack properly, I would end up trapped in an endless cycle.

Because blocking alone was not enough.

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Especially thanks to the aura, I could cut far beyond the sword’s original reach.

And on top of that, I had aura.

Slash! apron Slash!

But I had HeavenlyDemon’s sword. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.

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It was probably the main body shrieking in pain.

As I continued cutting tentacles one after another, I heard a strange scream coming from beneath the sand.

— Kuuuuuuuh!!

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Serves it right.

In the end, perhaps realizing it could not win, the creature decided to retreat.

Splaaash! matrix Splaash!

The tentacles disappeared beneath the sand once more.

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Because of that surprise attack, I had nearly died in the dumbest way possible.

I breathed heavily for a few seconds before regaining control of my breathing.

Good thing I had sensed something suspicious and stayed prepared.

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But an octopus living beneath the sand.

‘But was that really an octopus?’

From the suction cups, it definitely looked like one.

‘No. harbor Stop relying on common sense again.’

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I could no longer rely on it.

How many times had this place already completely destroyed my common sense?

In the end, all of that was useless.

I shook my head.

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I turned my head toward the sea.

‘If the land is like this, what the hell must be living in the ocean?’

Even an octopus living beneath the sand no longer seemed impossible to me.

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The origin of all life.

The ocean.

What kind of monsters lived in there?

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Just imagining it already terrified me.

‘There are octopuses here. avalanche I’ll have to go to the other side.’

But I still had something I needed to do.

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‘I’m getting out of here.’

That was still my main goal.

Finding a clue to escape.

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Definitely.

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