"Roar!"
At the command of the leader before them, the monsters behind him all let out feral roars from the depths of their throats, then suddenly surged forward amid howls that nearly shook the heavens, charging at the sea monsters in their sight.
Facing these sea monsters that sought to drown the land and turn it into their own habitat...
"I was a failure. I barely noticed whether the sunlight was bright or not, because I had no time.
"My parents couldn't support me, and I wasn't highly educated. I wandered through the city alone, searching for a future.
"I found many jobs, but none of them hired me. Maybe no one liked someone who wasn't good at talking, didn't like socializing, and hadn't shown enough ability.
"For three whole days, I ate only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Fortunately, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement without having to endure the unusually bitter winter wind outside.
"Finally, I found a job. I worked night watch at a hospital, watching over the morgue.
"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The wall lamps in the corridors weren't lit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the faint light spilling out from the rooms to see where I was stepping.
"The place smelled awful. Every so often, a dead person would be brought in stuffed inside a body bag, and we would help carry them into the morgue.
"It wasn't a good job, but at least it let me afford bread. I could also use my free time at night to study. After all, no one wanted to come to the morgue unless a body had to be brought in