Warlock Apprentice

The water current was made obvious since the force of it brought a lot of white bubbles and foams with it. It was heading toward Angor’s position extremely fast.

The torrent was so powerful that the barrier sunk a little when hit by it. The water did not get inside, but it indirectly created a strong hurricane inside the barrier that further destroyed the already damaged buildings.

The ground was still shaking madly, while the violent water didn’t seem to be stopping. It only grew worse.

“Why’s the sea current suddenly turned opposite?! Hey Luna, don’t let go!”

Angor heard a familiar voice yelling from somewhere near him. He looked up and saw Keely trying pretty hard to descend through the current. She was aiming for his spot.

It seemed she couldn’t see what was under her due to all the bubbles and waves, so she could only rely on Luna to tell her where to go while trying her best to keep her body stable.

When she felt a brief decrease in the strength of the current, she cast a bright ember using the oil lamp she had been holding. The light finally helped her see where she was heading—a series of “man-made” buildings.

She was very surprised to find such things 8,000 meters below the sea surface. However, judging from Luna’s clue about Angor and how Angor always made the right choices until now, Keely believed that the buildings had something to do with the puzzle.

“Yeah, right… You’re an apprentice for less than two years, huh? Discern Letters, Discern Language, I know all of them. I can also read special characters such as the ancient rune scripts, the Mona tongue used in abyss, the scripture of winter…” Keely mentioned a number of strange concepts. “Those are all necessary for an apprentice. You better go and study more if you like to venture outside alone.”

Angor recognized none of these things and felt as if he was an unlettered peasant in front of Keely.

Well… at least I know something others don’t—Kanji.

He forced a smile despite his wounded ego. “I discovered their language, but I can’t read them. A little help?”

It was rare for him to ask for assistance from a stranger, and when he did, he tried to be as polite as possible.

Keely wasn’t interested in the ugly creatures, but she assumed that Angor had some clue that could help them escape, so she agreed to it.

Before Angor could prepare another illusion to display the characters, an extremely deadly aura suddenly made his hair stand.

It was followed by a sharp noise of something slashing past the air.

“Get out of here!”

The roof of the house was smashed in by a giant tentacle before it hit where they were standing a second ago.

Keely also avoided the attack thanks to Angor’s alert. They quickly left the house and were shocked by what was waiting for them outside.

A black octopus clung to a stone wall nearby as it gazed at them with its glowing blue eyes. That thing must be at least several hundred meters long, tentacles not considered.

“Is that a black version of Lord of Tentacles??” Angor quickly thought about the terrible monster he dealt with not long ago.

“It’s a half-step-wizard level monster too!” Keely glanced at the trembling Luna and quickly ascertained the monster’s strength. “We can’t fight it like this. Run!”

Angor quickly listened to the order. The octopus couldn’t use wizard-level power to suppress their movement from afar yet, which meant they could always avoid it.

It seemed the octopus saw their plan and quickly swung its thick arms around, causing the water currents to go berserk again.

“So this thing’s behind the tidal waves earlier??”

The deadly environment further convinced them to get away as fast as possible.

“Don’t resist, I’ll do something!” Angor still needed Keely to help him translate, so he ejected his soul and began to drag both his body and Keely toward where they came from earlier.

Keely felt a strange force taking control of her momentum. It took less than a second before her body was hurled away from the settlement like a bullet.

As they went farther, Keely glanced back at the giant monster and saw something strange.

Is there someone standing on its neck??