331 Sunken Ivory Castle (1/2)
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If this was the first time that Raven went here, he might've been completely surprised.
That being said, even if this wasn't his first time seeing such spectacle, it still didn't spare him from the bewilderment.
The Sunken Ivory Castle, is chained at the body of a gargantuan Tier 7 deep see overlord, a Kraken.
The Kraken didn't move too much, yet even the slightest action from it caused the sea floor to shake and the sea water to boil.
Despite the castle being chained onto it's body, make no mistake. This Kraken can move. The castle might hinder some of it's movements but it's not enough to completely shackle it down.
Raven saw this monster moved once. All it did, was to swim a couple meters forward but the reaction from every marine lifeforms and demonic beasts were thunderous. Everything in this sea is afraid of it. In the depths of this sea, the Kraken is the ultimate predator without a doubt.
*Hiss!*
His neck snapped back to look behind him. There he saw Venus glaring at the light screen with her fangs out and her body trembling. Some nerves on her head became visible and she was releasing a fearsome aura in poor attempts to suppress the deep seated fear she felt.
Raven can't feel it because he's not a beast. While he might feel threatened, this was due to his rich battle experience. On the other hand, what Venus felt was greater than that. She felt like just a gaze from this monstrosity is enough to kill her.
”Oh, sorry about that.” Raven chuckled and went closer to her.
He then picked her up and gently caressed her body, he then whispered: ”It's fine. We're not going to fight it. Not now, at least. So long as we stay inside this place, it shouldn't be able to see us.”
Venus relaxed through Raven's comforting. She snuggled her head on his face but she was still feeling some apprehension towards the Kraken.
”Sleep for now, our target isn't that thing but what's behind it. Worse comes to worst, I'll just hide us here.” Raven told her and Venus agreed, she transformed into a scarf and hid her head inside his shirt to sleep.
Raven then sighed and went back into the controls. He then slowly moved the Spatial Abode forward, making sure that he's driving it along the turbulence to create as little disturbance as possible.
While he said that the Kraken cannot see the Spatial Abode, it still won't hurt to be careful. A Kraken is something that's completely out of Raven's capabilities. Not to mention that he's under the depths, he was sure that he won't even be able to lay finger on this beast.
The Kraken failed to sense any disturbance due to what Raven did, it remained resting on the sea floor while it's tentacles swayed ever so slightly. Raven's gaze was fixated on the beast and the castle, he was searching for the entrance.
The Sunken Ivory Castle took on a rectangular shape with several fortresses surrounding it. The man-sized chain locks became more visible and moved forward, the chains were also seemingly coming out of the kraken's body, but Raven knew that a Kraken is not born chained so there's only one explanation for this. As Raven got closer, a nigh-invisible dome that covered the entire castle was seen by his ocular technique. The entrance of the castle is facing the back of Kraken, where it's tentacles were.
Couple of meters away from the dome, Raven controlled the Spatial Abode even slower. He would move it one meter closer at a time with differentiating intervals. He was mostly watching out for the turbulence and moving the spatial abode according to the flow to mask it's movements from the Kraken.
Raven was in no rush. He knows that rushing in blindly will cause his death. He wasn't impatient since he had confidence that once he entered the castle, he would be able to capture the ingredient he needed without fail. The real trouble is getting close to the castle without the Kraken noticing.
*Woosh!*