Gelman teleported straight to the last of the eleven special Teleportation Points: "Tusks Bay."
As its name suggested, the entire bay was shaped like a pair of tusks, with sharp points at either end and a narrow middle, like a pair of canine teeth.
With that, all the "Eleven Stars" guiding him had lit up, and the previously unseen "Twelve Stars" finally appeared.
"Teleportation Point—Dark Wall Gate"
Gelman didn't hurry over. He still needed to obtain the "key" from the "Mist-like Creature Ai." It was a necessary requirement for entering "Dark Space."
By then, the world had already begun to change.
The clear sky was suddenly swallowed by layer upon layer of dark clouds. The sun quietly disappeared, and night fell without warning.
Before long, a red crescent moon rose into the night sky, surrounded by countless stars, bathing the entire world in blood-red light.
Buzz—
Gelman instinctively felt a pressure building in his head, but he quickly suppressed it and continued forward.
The tide began to rise at Tusks Bay, the water roaring and churning.
He looked back and saw the waves surging in the distance, each one higher than the last. The sea wind made the trees on the shore shiver and rustle.
It seemed the "Deep Sea" was making its move, too.
Gelman used the Lantern to sense it, and sure enough, he could feel the underwater city slowly rising. It would soon reach the surface.
Everything was proceeding according to plan. But if either the "Deep Sea" or I made a mistake, the other would fall into an endless hell.
Gelman walked over wet mud and fallen branches, from one end of the narrow Tusks Bay to the other.
The bay's creatures, which should have been active nearby—the fat lizards, the saw-toothed crocodiles, the ugly, vulture-like