YLTESCIA: A Reincarnator's Tale in the Lands of Merusia (3)

Chapter 404: A Very Big Squid

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A deafening roar thundered all throughout the sea and rocked the skies, a massive and deadly beast appearing out of nowhere and lashing out its gigantic tentacles all over the place, breaking chunks of ice every time it lashed.

It whipped out one of its tentacles and the thick layers of ice were split and broken easily, glaciers thrown left and right and in the air. Loud thuds and crashes echoed throughout the air as the massive chunks of ice rained down on the Winter Forest.

It was a beast which resembled a massive squid, reaching over 50 meters in length, eyes bigger than a car, and each lash packing enough power to annihilate the islands as if they were fragile toys. Its eyes were full of rage, painted red as can be.

A creature Grey was all too familiar with, appearing in all sorts of shows and fictions he's read in his past life. There were all sorts of variations, but one thing was clear in all of them, and that was that it was a powerful and aggressive destroyer.

《Appraisal》 ［Grey］

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【Demonic Beast】

【Species】Kraken
【Status】Healthy, Starving, Enraged
【Sex】Female
【Age】158

【Mana Capacity】16,011     【Mana Quality】A
【Combat Power】5,207       【Threat Level】S
【Attribute】Water
【Intelligence】87

【Description】
A giant Cephalopod-Type which dwells in the deep and dark reaches under the sea. It is referred to by many as the "Nightmare of the Sea", often sinking boats and ships with its tentacles in the rare events that it surfaces. The number of its tentacles grow in relation to its age, reaching 12 during adulthood.

Krakens often live in solitary lifestyles and are highly territorial. Though it is famous for its water magic which can wash away entire towns, it is even more infamous for its corrosive properties enough to melt iron in an instant ants sticky tentacles which ships have slim to no chance of escaping from.

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It was a Kraken, alright. A beast which is often dubbed as one of the "Three Terrors" of the seas along with Scylla and Charybdis, ranking second only after the Leviathan. They are true powerhouses which rule the oceans.

What's even worse was that it wasn't just any Kraken, but a Corrupted Kraken whose bloodlust was all over the place. Its roars were filled with intensity and hunger, ready to devour everything in its path be it other beasts or massive chunks of ice.

Normally, Krakens reach the middle-ends of A-rank once they reach adulthood, but since it was a demonic beast before there, it is now in the bottom of S-rank. Now, it is comparable to a normal Leviathan in terms of combat power.

"Grey, isn't this..." ［Yuna］

"Yeah. I'm doubting that possibility too..." ［Grey］

However, one thing didn't just line up with Grey and Yuna's findings. Though demonic beasts aren't really extremely rare, they aren't common either. Yet after the Leviathan before, they found yet another aquatic beast that has been corrupted.

With how big the ocean is, it was very much likely that it was a coincidence, however, Grey just couldn't shake off the ominous feeling from before, growing stronger and stronger with doubts and confusion towards the subject.

"No, it's still far too early to make unsupported conclusions like that. It could just be a huge coincidence as well. That's more likely to be it than not." ［Grey］