The Boat Capsized (Bonus Chapter-Please Subscribe)

The speedboat cut into the illusory Ocean. Takumi Oga felt as though he had entered another world. Cold, salty seawater soaked through his clothes, pants, shoes, and socks, then forced its way into his nose, mouth, and ears.

He held his breath almost at once, but the icy water still swallowed him, inch by inch, until he was sinking into the Ocean.

They lied to me. This is a real Ocean!

Takumi Oga thought in fear.

The next moment, a terrifying summons assailed his mind.

The next moment, a terrifying Summoning invaded his will. In a daze, Takumi Oga saw countless strange beings from ages past building a magnificent altar together in the city called R'lyeh.

They chanted, whispered, and sang... Across countless ages, they used the same language to make the Summoning to the Evil God:

"Cthulhu, who slumbers beneath R'lyeh."

"He sleeps at dusk. He wakes at dawn..."

"Spirits flee at the sight of him, and gods tremble before him..."

"..."

Indescribable terror seized Takumi Oga's mind. After echoing through R'lyeh for countless years, the Summoning of those unknown horrors had become something like a command.

They were like unknown, bodiless crawling creatures, wriggling into Takumi Oga's head and slowly causing Corruption in his mind.

At any moment, he might go mad and die.

"No..."

"I don't want to go mad. I still have my parents. I still have my daughter..."

"You damned monster! Aaaah!"

Takumi Oga floored the accelerator. The modified amphibious speedboat slammed into something oily and slick.

A sharp crack rang out.

Takumi Oga felt the world spinning around him.

"Failed..."

"It failed..." Tagawa Masamune watched on the monitor as the speedboat struck the Evil God Cthulhu Fhtagn. Cthulhu Fhtagn was unscathed, while the boat had capsized. He tossed aside the novel The Call