When It Rains, It Pours

Alvin carefully chopped off one of the giant octopus's tentacles, and the Corpse-Eater Vine answered his summons, appearing on the cruise ship's lowest deck.

Alvin quickly ran a circle around the giant octopus, which was more than forty meters across, making a rough assessment of its size.

When he thought he had a good enough idea, Alvin swung his Battle Axe hard and chopped off a tentacle near the damaged part of the cruise ship.

Following Alvin's command, the Corpse-Eater Vine plunged into the giant octopus's body through the spot where the tentacle had fallen off.

The cold created by Holy Freeze Aura had numbed the giant octopus's sense of pain. Or perhaps it simply didn't care about losing a small tentacle. The Corpse-Eater Vine's entry into its body didn't seem to provoke any reaction.

Alvin concentrated more intensely than ever as he carefully sensed what was happening inside the octopus. He was afraid the Corpse-Eater Vine might get carried away and eat something vital.

The Corpse-Eater Vine cautiously made its way two meters through the giant octopus's body before reaching something that seemed to be one of its digestive organs.

Alvin immediately ordered the Corpse-Eater Vine to stop moving forward. Instead, it turned diagonally downward and started making its way back toward the outside of the octopus.

When the Corpse-Eater Vine broke through an opening, passed through the steel plating on the bottom of the cruise ship, and emerged again, Alvin felt that he could pull this off.

He was going to use the Corpse-Eater Vine to stitch this unlucky creature to the cruise ship. The process might be a little brutal and painful, and something unexpected might happen, but that didn't matter. I can heal you.

To keep the giant octopus from going berserk, Alvin put his plan