Exploring the Dimension After Reincarnation: Academic

Roaring the Ocean

Currently, Szesc with Peruru is sailing away from the mainland. Although the two only used a small canoe that was supposed to catch small fish, their spirits did not decrease at all and remained smoldering under the hot sun after leaving the beach.

Their speed is just what it is. Using paddles as propulsion, there was absolutely no sail or motorized engine pushing the ship. With this, their speed was truly pitiful for a sailor. Szesc himself will not be too picky way as long as his stamina can remain stored until it can reach its destination–Jormungand–.

“Yahoo! Let's sail across this vast ocean!” Szesc stood on a canoe with one hand pointing to the sky.

“Tu-Wait, don't do that, Szesc! This sampan will be reversed if one of us does not keep his balance!” Peruru looked worried and frightened. “What if we both upside down and sink in the sin? I can swim, but I'm not too sure of my devotional abilities when I'm in deep waters like this!”

‘Quietly, just calm down.” Szesc sat back as Peruru had said. “You want us to turn upside down or not, I'm sure this boat will definitely turn upside down later when meeting Jormungand. Do you think such a big creature wouldn't affect this little canoe?”

“Gluk..” The peruru swallowed his saliva.

He recalled about Jormungand's enormous size even when he saw it from a distance. He was thinking about how nervous it would be to see such a large creature up close, also he would be swayed by the impact when Jormungand moved. Just thinking about it made Szesc horrified, but he had no choice but to follow Szesc's words.

“Shall we just go back, huh? The colossal size of the creature would not be able to be easily conquered by itself, right? For security and compensation, wouldn't it be safer to bring more people to this place?” peruru lirih.

He may not be able to fight Szesc, but he can still convince him. Indeed both will benefit if Szesc wins, but this also applies to the opposite. He would be a penth food if Szesc failed in his duty.

“Calm down, relax. We'll be fine. I guarantee it.” Szesc gave a gentle smile to Peruru. “If I lose, at least I will have my penther–spirit– to save your life, even if I have to leave myself.”

•••••

*open!*

In the deep waters, Jormungand's eyes opened slowly again.

His pupils were shaped like a cat with a golden color that lit up very brightly within the darkness of the ocean. His mouth was tightly closed, but several of his teeth were sticking out like a very sharp fang. His body covered in blue scales looks shiny and reflects the bright light of the sun he receives when he comes out of the ocean.

‘Grm…. Someone's coming! How dare they approach towards my sarangku.’

He let out a very creepy snarling sound. Although the pressure of sea water makes the growl not very clear, but there are vibrations like it will tear down the earth and the rocks around his body. The fish and other small animals ran away, afraid that they would become the food of this creature.

‘I intend to take a nap after eating some fish meat. I didn't think there would be some people who would dare disturb my sleep. Did they come just to be my lunch? Or will they have the ability to resist me? I don't give a shit. I'll just chase them away or eat them if they insist.’

Slowly, this colossal monster began to move its body and started to come out of its nest, heading towards the surface where Szesc and Peruru were.

•••••

“Hey, do you think he will come to us, or do we need to go to his lair under the sea?” ask Szesc.

“Su-Easy…. I'd rather go back and cancel this one. I still love my life and don't want to throw it away for sheer futility.” Peruru's voice sounded trembling as she said it.

*rumble!* *rumble!*

The sea started to rumble. Small waves began to form like ripples. A creature of enormous size was coming towards them at this moment.

*wave!*

A huge wave came towards them.

It reaches 3 meters more. Their little sampan would have drowned or capsized if the waves had reached them. After all, such a small sampan was indeed not the place to do a fight against a huge monster like Jormungand. It was a mistake to choose a vehicle to fight.

However, Szesc chose the canoe just to take him to this place. The sampan was indeed not used in this fight and definitely would not help A.K.A much useless.

*byur!*

Szesc directs his hand to front–on the wave–, then gradually the wave goes down.

Not all the waves in front of them came down. Only the waves the size of their canoe disappeared and opened a gap for the canoe to survive. Szesc's goal was to only defend the ship, he still saved the use of his stamina for the upcoming fight.

‘Originally the energy I have is from Shoggoth who gave it to the spirits, then I borrowed the power from those spirits. In terms of energy, I have a lot of reserves out of it because it comes from either one that has lived for hundreds of years. But for my physical stamina, it is still limited and needs to rest for a few minutes to recover it.’

*zrash!* *zrash!* *zrash!*

A huge wave again appeared with a very loud sound.

This time, Jormungand himself appeared with his huge body above the water surface. His head leads to the small canoes Szesc and Peruru. His eyes were sharp and hateful with anger. He had just started sleeping a moment ago, yet several intruders appeared and disturbed him. It's not funny at all for some people.

“Grm…. A human! Which one of you dares disturb my sleep?” Jormungand's heavy and big voice intimidated.

“Awawawawawawawawawaw Peruru was already very frightened and could not dialogue anymore.

“Hou…. If you look closely, the shape of your body looks clearer, yes. Perhaps, those blue scales will sell at a great price if I can release them one by one. Can you just give up and be my pet?” Szesc smiled sinisterly, as if challenged to a fight.

“Are you the one who dared to challenge me? I don't think I need to ask you this, and I'm sure the answer is “ya”. That's right, isn't it?” Jormungand grunting.

“Do you want to run and hide?”

“In your dream, Man!”