Madness In Wonderland

The Scarlet Sea

*Splash*

*Splash*

I can't hear anything except for the sound of my footsteps. No matter where I look, there's only red. Even the "ground" I'm stepping on is a scarlet-red sea of blood.

It was a bit weird to step on. My feet sink a few centimeters onto the sea, making noise whenever I walk. But that's it.

Everything here was red. Even the sky itself had a disgusting red tint to it. This place is weird, but I'm not creeped out by it.

I'm just bored.

I don't know how long I have been walking, since the "sun" is completely still, not moving even a tiny bit. But, I'm sure, it has at least been a week or two.

Not really sure how I got here. My first memory of this place was just me walking. Perhaps I was born here, and I just couldn't remember?

I couldn't tell you.

It's quite uneventful, really. While someone will be mesmerized, or perhaps horrified, when they first witness this place, it gets rather boring when you have nothing else to do but "walk" across this sea.

How do I know it's a sea of blood? Well, it's simple, really. The smell is disgusting, reminiscent of a metallic smell. And second, I occasionally see bodies a few meters deep into the ocean.

They were dead, I'm sure of it. Their gazes were hollow, and although a bit hard to inspect due to being a few meters deep into the water, I could see bones sticking out of them.

There was a solemn depth in their eyes, eyes full of true horror and shock. I don't know what happened to them, but I could tell, It wasn't pleasant. I thought it was because of the fish roaming this sea, but from the lingering fear in their gaze, It seemed to be something far worse.

*Splash!*

Ah, speak of the devil.

I turned my head towards the blood underneath me, and from a small distance underwater, I could see a fish coming towards me at a frightening speed.

They were rather large, probably at least a meter or so in terms of length alone, and they were wide. They had razor-sharp teeth, similar to sharks.

Sharks? Huh, It's odd, I feel like I have a memory of what a shark is, but I can't really recall what it was.

Weird.

Anyways, I just kept staring at the fish, before slightly moving a foot and tilting my body just when it was about to launch at me.

*SPLASH*

A few of the blood water splashed on my face when the fish appeared out of the sea, but It didn't bother me. I already knew it's trajectory beforehand, which is why I tilted my body and moved a feet or so to dodge it.

This fish monster let out a freakish sound as it tried to bite me, but alas,

*Slice*

I already predicted all of this. With a single slash, my sword cut through its body like melted butter. I used the fish's own momentum, and with the strength of my slash, I easily cut it into two pieces.

Due to the still running momentum in its body, or, well, two halves, they passed by me and landed on the sea before immediately disappearing and turning into particles.

A shame, really. I always wanted to taste them, but everytime I kill one, they just disappear. It's not like I'm hungry, but I just wanted to taste something.

I once tried to grab one and take a bite out of it while it was alive, but the moment I tried to bite it, it seemed to teleport back into the sea. These fish things were really my only source of entertainment in this place. But killing them got boring after the first few tens of kills.