107 Terror is scaly. (2/2)

A loud roar sounded, even in a state where my ears no longer worked, my organs shook with the vibrations. The pure agony in the animalistic shriek caused the water to mellow out. A fountain of blood shot out of its mouth making a trail over its chipped and olden scales.

A second roar sounded as the dislodged fang buried itself into its lower jaw. As a reflex it closed its mouth. That was a bad move as it turned out, for as soon as it did, the crack lines on the first fang redoubled before with a soft crackle the second one too, crumpled down. Though unfortunately it fell off the creature's mouth making the arduous journey into the bubbling water.

The endeavor taking a visible toll on me as I sagged, the world zooming back into focus as my heart made its way into pace with the actions I had just taken. ”No time to waste, fast! Faster!!” I roared out loud as I sonido'd out of way of a rabid mad serpent.

The world shuddered around me as I stepped onto a bit debris that flew through the air. All around me a mixed fog of dust, pinkish fog and water clouded around. The piece of cobblestone under my foot one of the only survivors to the rampage of the serpent.

With a sudden heave the water shook as it flung its way at the wall. As the scaly torso moved I could finally get a clear view of the outside of the serpent's constriction. Suffice to say it wasn't a pretty sight.

A whole host of Yuda swarmed against the survivors that fought tooth and nail against them. The water was so saturated with the reptilian menace that as far as the eye could see, there was no water! Only a wide swath of scales and hair.

The water only added to the problem, it raged frothing and fuming with a wrath that got the hammer that was I shuddering silently. The group of sea kings made a desperate last stand, unable to navigate the tough and fearsome waves. Somewhere in all the commotion the only route through the mountain had been blocked with a stray piece of stone, thus making the only available escape route underwater.

We Were fucked weren't we..?

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Roma gasped as she faced the mounting waves, every meter that she got closer to the hulking monolith saw the water increasing in ferocity and lethality. Already she had jumped up and down the deck six times rescuing people who were unfortunate enough to face the storm unprepared.

They couldn't be slighted for it however, after all the calm belt was supposed to be calm! She wouldn't even be blamed for making the assertion that that was the whole point of the damn belt! But Nay! the water seemed more than satisfied to fuck with them at every turn!

”Captain, did we navigate into the grand line by mistake..?” the youngest of her crew called out, clearly sea sick.

”Reality be damned! I wish that was the case…Nope this is the calm belt all right…” She muttered, firing a curious glance at the log pose tied to her waist. It still made no sense, as was only right if it wasn't placed on the grand line. Good to know.

A crackle roared out as a roar echoed out of the now terrifying looking mountain. The Yuda looked more and more fanatical as they renewed their efforts, blood coming off of the scales that had had the unfortunate fate of being caught in a rip tide.

The creatures had their tongues lolled out and their eyes completely wide as they made their way forward in a crazed and mad dash.

Finally, after what felt like a month of wrestling with the unruly sea they finally made their way to the cave system that they were so familiar with, but it was different… There was no one keeping watch as they were used to.

There were no soldiers giving them once-overs from their vantage point at the edge of the wall, what was there however, managed to chill Roma more than she could happily confirm.

Water swamped the wide cave systems, it was at such a height that she would drown. The stalactites glared down at them glowering maliciously as the Yuda till made forward. The mast scraped at the ceiling death trap as they barely made their way through.

And as they exited from the other side, there was only terror that awaited them….

”Oh God…”