The Lost one's journey

Chapter 16: Dangers of the sea.

The first one is an odd creature that appears only to be a head. Its mouth is wide open, with sharp teeth at the top and a flat bottom. It has a single red dot above the.Mouth which appears to be its eye. Surrounding the eye and above the mouth is an odd black shell which has a large root like veins. Inside of its agape mouth is what looks to be a reef with different fishes and tall seaweed. The second is yet another odd creature. Its body is pitch black besides two red eyes and three red horns on its odd oval head and thin neck. Its torso is thin with protruding shoulders at his stomach. Its rib cage is able to be seen with the black bones popping out of its body. The creature has no legs. instead at its waist, it has three short tentacles, each with a sharp end. It does, however, have two arms. They are long and thin with two rectangular fingers that allow it to stand on both its arms. The third and final creature is similar to the one before. It's also pitch black with small red colors on it, but this one doesn't seem to have eyes. Instead, its head appears to look like two tentacles with each having red tips. Its torso is similar as well as it has a thin body but it doesn't have its rib cages showing instead it has a red strip across its body. Its legs are two thick tentacles with pointed ends. Its arms are the most prominent feature about this creature. They begin with a simple thin tentacle, but it as you go down on its arm tentacles protrude from seemingly random parts of the arm with each tentacle spawning off another one and another until it has a maze of tentacles across the drawing. "What are these Raphael?" He asks curiously. "The first one is called Parazates. It's a parasite creature that stabs the black root veins it has into a creature, then starts to absorb their nutrients and mana. It has an ecosystem in its mouth that also feeds off the creatures' mana and nutrients. The Parazates are the most important species within those creatures. As if a creature eats it, it evolves. Nothing can handle a sudden influx of mana and eating the parasite gives all the mana it's absorbed to whoever or whatever ate it. The sudden flow of mana changes the creature, as its personal mana combines with the parasites mana so it essentially fuses the two creatures. The Kokons are an example of this. We don't know what was the original species, but they ate it and now they what they are. The two other creatures in the drawings are a Valis and Baltais. The Baltais is the female looking Valis you have seen around. They ate a parasite and became what you see now. The first one is called Melnais Valis, not too much is known about it besides its combative abilities. The natural water abilities that all Valis have are enhanced almost tenfold from what I know. Its physical capabilities are stupidly powerful. It moves at extreme speeds under the sea, moving so fast that no humans can see it move. However, other races that specialize in hunting like Beastkins can see it. Its arms are also at this same speed it could cut you in half and you wouldn't even notice. The spikes on its head can even shoot out, piercing pretty much everything. That's pretty much all we know. besides its frail. Guess you and it have something in common." Raphael laughs as she finishes her sentence. "Haha, so funny." Rodet says sarcastically and annoyed. "What about the last one? I'm guessing it's pretty much the same, but instead of speed, it focuses on strength and it's large amount tentacles to overwhelm?" Rodet asks as he looks at the drawing again. "Yeah pretty much. It's called the Oniksa Valis and is the female variant. It's stupidly strong like you said, but just saying that isn't the whole truth. Its strength is enough that a simple wave of its tentacle can stir up tornados under the sea or just seemingly make your body disappear." Rodet sighs, frustrated about what he's learned. "Damit. There's absolutely no way we can get to the gate until the end of Carnaval?" Raphael puts a hand to her chin and thinks "well we coulda used Leviathan but 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 didn't listen to me years ago and decided to seal him in a different world." She says while glaring at Rodet. "I still stand by what I did. The kings can't be left in their domains." He says adamantly. "But ignoring that and getting back on track. Is there any way to make Carnaval end faster?" Raphael shakes her head no. "Nope." Raphael starts to think to herself as she notices something. 'Rodet is supposed to be a in a rush, right? I'm surprised he hasn't already left as soon as I said I can't help. This isn't like him. Normally he would go out and do it anyway. Maybe that kid is rubbing off on him?'  Rodet groans out loudly, frustrated. "Aughhhh! I don't have much longer. Those two are sure to be here soon." He says, frustrated, as he starts to try to think of a plan. "Y'know, why don't you just give the kid to me?" Raphael suggests. "What?" Rodet says, surprised. "Look Gal, I've known you since you first came to Kruha here, and that was decades ago. I was there when you made the contract. I was with you when we first sealed the kings away. I know you is what I'm trying to say and you aren't a caretaker type of person. I bet you tried getting someone else to take care of the kid as soon as you met her. Not even mentioning that your body is frail from the contract. You can't even cast a spell without your nose bleeding, right?" She says in a calm voice. Rodet is shocked she even knew about that. "Y- yeah I can't." He says in an unsure voice. "Exactly, but now compare you to me right now. You're a grumpy, rude person who only ever wanted to live a quiet life. You have a frail body and can hardly cast spells without something bleeding, not to mention doing anything physical will probably break a bone, but in comparison to me? I am a relatively well tempered person who loves to help people. I have a healthy and fit body. I can cast a myriad of healing and divination spells without any issues. Not to mention I used to take care of my little brother before he went off to do his own thing. Aren't these why you gave me the name Raphael? As you said before in the past Raphael was a person who helped heal the sins of your world. So let me ease your burden. You can just go rest as you always wanted." Rodet doesn't respond. Raphael smiles and puts her hands together as a yellow aura surrounds the room. "You said it was the Strength and Chariot Arcana coming right?" Rodet nods, knowing what she's doing. Raphael pops a finger and then a wide sphere of yellow magic fills the room. It makes a display of Sajūsma with two dots far off moving at a relaxed pace. "We still have around two days until they arrive. They don't seem to be in a hurry. So please take this time to consider my offer. You can use the guest room while you're here. I need to get back to the festival. I'm the coordinator after all and I've been on break long enough." She says, smiling and chuckling as she goes to her room to change.