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They also took away too many things that Skadi once had.

"How long has it been?"

Skadi was talking to herself in the wind.

A dark, murky current gathered in the ocean.

They kept rising from deeper waters, pushing up wave after wave of unnatural giant waves.

The eyes, scarlet eyes, were like lamps lit underwater.

They gazed at Skadi from the abyss.

Skadi's crimson eyes never left them.

She slowly raised her right arm and straightened it.

She stretched out her five fingers and put them together.

What Anita saw next reminded her of some stories that her grandmother Petra had told her.

Some lost stories about the sea.

—Legend has it that long ago, a man led a group of refugees on a desperate escape, while behind them was the army of an enemy country.

But they had escaped to the sea, where there was nowhere left to retreat.

Before him was the surging sea, and behind him were terrifying soldiers.

How to do?

When people were in despair, the leader came to the sea and prayed to the heavens.

A miracle occurred: the sea split in two, revealing a wide path.

The refugees fled along this road, only to regroup when the pursuers arrived, thus escaping danger...

The same is true now.

Skadi swung her hand down.

The speed was so fast that it could not be captured by the naked eye. Anita only saw it for a moment before her hand was already hanging down at her side.

But the sea before her—accompanied by a straight wave of air—split open directly, tearing apart the dark currents with their blood-red pupils until the sand and rocks near the seabed were exposed.

The wind and ocean currents were altered, and the counter-currents could not fill the enormous gap, forming two vertical walls of water that cascaded downwards for a long time...

In a cave deeper than the seabed, a pebble fell from the ceiling and landed on the damp hood.

The person who was hit looked up in confusion, but the stalactite-covered rock wall blocked his empty view.

"Strange, why are the ocean currents so turbulent today? Goredia, do you have any clues?"

"...have no idea."

[Event] Under the Tide, Seafood abounds: Chapter Twelve - The Fisherman Never Goes Home Empty-Handed

"I thought there was an earthquake... With such a commotion, won't Hai Si be scared away?"

The sea, which had been cleaved open by a hand, had gradually returned to calm, but the surging waves had not yet completely subsided.

An even stronger stench arose as the water filled the gap, creating eddies that churned the surface—countless shattered blue limbs and red liquid rose to the surface, becoming visible on the sea.

"There's no need to worry. The inferior Terrorfish will kill each other day and night. The number lost here is not enough to be detected by the higher-level Sea Heirs."

"Fearfish? You call this thing a fish?"

Although they had been reduced to twitching fragments by Skadi's attack, the remaining parts still showed that they were far removed from being "fish".

A four-legged animal that looks like a hunting dog and has a large, serrated mouth.

Animals that float on the top layer, with long tails like tadpoles.

An oval-shaped object whose body is fused together with various pebbles.

Even some plant-like creatures that have grown spear-like and sickle-like limbs...

"It's just a general term... They are born on the seabed, hence the name. As for why they look so ugly, it's because they frantically imitate everything they come into contact with, whether it's living things or weapons. That's why the Agor people would never easily use high-tech weapons when dealing with them. That's why we deep-sea hunters, who use superhuman physiques to fight with cold weapons, came into being."

Skadi rarely spoke at length, no longer allowing Tommat to question her expertise as a deep-sea hunter.

After speaking, she turned around gracefully, swayed her long skirt, and lightly leaped onto the breakwater.

"Skadi Skadi!"

Anita was thrilled to see her taciturn friend return, and everything she had witnessed still filled her with excitement.

Skadi is just like the person who stepped out of the story—mysterious, powerful, and interesting!

"You were amazing just now! You split the ocean in two with one slap! The spray even flew right up to me!"

"...I've already told you not to come near here. The dinosaurs won't let you off the hook just because you have little meat."

For Skadi, this local girl, so different from the other apathetic citizens, was indeed a bit of a problem. However, during their interactions, a subtle feeling she evoked made her not simply dismiss her with indifference as usual, but instead choose to accept her following and conversations time and time again.

"Fearfish...that's a scaled fish? That's strange. Besides the day the bishop mentioned, are there other scaled fish in the sea? Are they edible? Although we'll be able to eat something tomorrow...Grandma and the others are starving, and I'm hungry too..."

Anita gazed pitifully at the coastline behind Skadi, as if a tempting delicacy was hidden there.

The situation in Saltwind City is dire. The remaining food has long been devoured, and the land is beyond repair. Any attempt to seize food is illegal, and law enforcement provides no supplies whatsoever...

But the bishop said that if he sent a lucky person to the sea every hundred tides, the sea would bring delicious food to everyone—and this actually came true. People then believed everything the bishop said and looked forward to the ceremony day and night.

"Those are the things I just killed. Do they look edible? Look at all those people in the city, all acting like idiots. I bet their carcasses are mixed in with their so-called catch. They're just feeding on them and turning you into monsters like them."

Skadi didn't need to use a serious tone; her calm expression was enough to make others think she was earnestly discussing these serious matters.

"Perhaps among them are those who 'voluntarily joined the sea' before, and they have turned into disgusting creatures, then turned their malice back on their former compatriots."

What Skadi was saying was probably too complicated for someone who had been trapped in Saltwind City since childhood.

She has never even seen the starry sky, so how could she know about the evil that lingers in this world?

"Hmm, I don't understand, but..."

Anita pointed behind Skadi, questioning her earlier words with a hint of disbelief:

"Really? But that older brother seemed to be enjoying his food."

"...what?"

Skadi turned around and saw Tomat holding a piece of the dinosaur's broken limb, biting through the hard outer shell without any resistance, and then swallowing it in large gulps.

"It's really a bit intoxicating, and it feels a bit tingly."

Seeing Skadi looking in his direction, he raised the Terrorfish in his hand and nodded to her.

"...He's not human, at least not a normal person. Don't be like him, okay?"

Skadi shifted her body slightly, blocking Anita's view, urging her to stop watching. Then she turned to Tomat and raised her voice slightly to remind him:

"Mommy, it's because they're poisonous! Don't eat them!"

"It's just poisonous? That's alright then, don't worry about me. I'll catch a few alive later and bring them back as gifts. They taste like solidified Originium worm jelly, pretty good."

"..."

Seeing that Tomat didn't stop despite her "kind" reminder, Skadi seemed to sigh—but she held it back, and then led Anita toward the city center, preparing to continue being a "wandering singer" until tomorrow.

Tonight, local residents will choose someone as the bishop's sacrifice through a lottery, and perhaps some clues about Hai Si will be revealed during the process. She doesn't intend to miss this opportunity.

While she waited, Goredia on the other side made quite important progress.

The Hai Si she had been relentlessly pursuing now appears to be meeting with the bishop.

Of course, as a deep-sea hunter despised by the bishop who worships the Sea Spirit, even if she pretends to side with the bishop, she will not have the opportunity to meet the "messenger" who is so sacred in the bishop's eyes.

"Tomorrow, we will offer you new sacrifices, and Godia has lured another enemy of a great being here. Tomorrow, she will surely appear, and at that time, her life or death will be decided by you."

Goredia could clearly hear these nauseatingly flattering words.

If she could, she would rush in right now and kill the bishop along with that filthy Hai Si.

However, she was unsure of the extent of the sea creature's evolution, how many skills it possessed, and whether her solo efforts to stop it would give it a chance to escape.

A good hunter should ensure that his prey never escapes his pursuit, but Hai Si is clearly too adept at escaping.

"...Kutus, my brother, why do you say that tomorrow, some land-dwelling beings will become our kin?"

The unclear and fragmented words reached Gretia's ears intermittently.

"Yes, Your Excellency, what is it?"

The bishop's voice also became somewhat confused, because the messenger almost never "asked questions".

But today, including the one mentioned above, it raised two questions in succession:

"Then why are there people swimming in the sea?"

[Event] Under the Tide, Seafood abounds: Chapter Thirteen - Excellent ingredients will always come to you.

If you are lucky enough, you may find a creature called the dinosaur in lakes or rivers connected to the ocean. Although it is called a 'fish', it does not actually have the common scaly appearance. Its specific form depends on the environment in which it lives and is affected by human and natural factors.

If you find an unidentified creature that glows blue or red on the beach and experience migraine symptoms during contact, then you have probably encountered them.

Congratulations! You are very lucky. This creature with its mysterious ecology is perfect for being used as sashimi while it is still alive, or sliced ​​and served cold with a little salt or soy sauce. It is a delicacy that far surpasses ordinary fresh seafood.

However, please contact professionals for harmless treatment before consumption, and do not cook it yourself.

The above content comes from "Terra Food Guide" written by a Saiyan who wishes to remain anonymous. However, due to its bizarre and absurd content, people simply consider this poorly selling book to be a fabrication.

"If it dies completely, it will become dry and extremely salty, like a completely dehydrated dried fish. It's definitely better to eat it alive."

The nearshore reefs have been eroded by the waves into jagged, bizarre shapes.

Tomat was sitting on a slightly larger rock, next to a pile of dinosaurs nearly two or three meters high—they weren't completely dead, but their bodies were still intact.

The monster, which would not have lost its vitality even when cut into pieces and would have stubbornly continued to regenerate and hunt, could now only make weak twitching movements to prove that it was still alive.

"The four-legged ones have no bones inside. The contents are similar to crab roe, but the taste is more like beef or lamb. Not bad."

"It looks like an octopus, and its tentacles are very chewy. It's best eaten sliced. Not bad."

"The flying thing has fluffy meat inside, and it's hot and fluffy, just like popcorn. Not bad."