Erik focused on his Instability brain crystal power, injecting an astronomical amount of mana into its neural links, but enough to create a big ass illusion.
He then probed around with his mind, searching for the creature hidden in the steam and
swimming in the waves.
As Erik's consciousness expanded, he searched for a minute, then two. This went on until he found the beast, and oh... He found it.
If Erik wasn't already in a state of panic given what he saw, at that mont, for the first ti in years, that feeling ca back. Fear, simply pure and unbridled fear, rushed through Erik like a tidal wave crashing through a paper fortress.
The sheer enormity of the beast's presence almost overwheld his senses, making him feel as insignificant as a minnow facing a galodon.
The depth and complexity of the emotions emanating from the creature were beyond anything Erik had ever experienced.
These weren't the chaotic, instinct-driven thoughts he usually found when reading a Thaid's mind. No, these were strangely coherent, almost... human-like in their structure.
Yet the sheer power radiating from the unseen monster, the imnse cloud of vapor it generated, most likely thanks to the imnse amount of mana it had, all pointed to sothing far beyond humans.
It had capabilities, even Erik didn't have. The young man dug deeper into the creature's mind. He found the creature didn't think in words like humans did, but it was very similar. However, its feelings and thoughts were clear, coherent, ordered, and terrifying.
The monster felt as if there was so kind of territorial intrusion. That much was clear.
There was no other alternative. The ship went through the corridor within the two monstrous thaids Hin was wary of.
So, since the monster wasn't using tentacles, by exclusion, only the serpent could be the one before Erik, and it looked like it perceived the ship's presence as a violation of its domain.
But sothing didn't add up. Erik knew they weren't and had never been within the Leviathan's territory. Not before, and not now. This was especially true in the current situation, since Erik told June to bring the ship into the area controlled by the Shadowmaw Behemoth to escape the Serpent.
Erik thought hard. Harder than he had ever made, and suddenly realized sothing important, or rather, it got scared by sothing else other than the Leviathan Serpent.
Erik thought about how Hin, the country nearest to Mur, handled these clever sea monsters. He wasn't sure if his ideas about the creatures were right, but he couldn't ignore the possibility, and that humans, enemies at that, could sohow keep the monster at bay concerned him.
Sweat poured down his face, not just from the intense heat, but because of how much mana he was using. Besides, the ice had already lted at that point, and Erik's skin was becoming red.
With his mana reserves already strained, Erik understood it was ti to act.
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