Cheat Awakening

Confusion clouded Myne's mind. "What is the cosmos? How did that glutton become a vengeful spirit, and what in the world is this thing? After finishing him off, I remembered tossing the fatty's body into the Divine Beast Forest's river. How can his... whatever spirit it is...

be here and that too so soon?"

Myne bombarded Fenrir with questions, making her shake her head in helplessness. She knew that answering one question would unleash a torrent of more, and she still hadn't completely forgiven Myne, her ungrateful friend. She had no mood to become his teacher and explain him anything.

"Perhaps his soul slipped out before you realized it," Fenrir explained after thinking for a while. "It could have been transforming inside that room. When you left, it followed you. But you were lucky to have me.

I managed to save your ass, otherwise, if you were alone, and that thing possessed you, believe me, without any skill to deal with souls, you might never have been able to get rid of it by yourself before it would have eaten away your soul bit by bit, causing you to die a very horrific death."

Having sufficiently scared Myne until his face paled in fright, Fenrir nodded with satisfaction and gestured for him to follow her towards the magic pond in the corner of her cave.

Myne thought she might be worried he'd already used up all the magic water she had given him before, which of course, wasn't the case and wanted to give him more. So, he happily followed, thanking her profusely.

"I know it, Fenrir. You still care about your poor friend, even though the magic water hardly has much effect on me unless I drink a large quantity. But as an apology gift, I'd still be happy to accept a few dozen barrels of the magic water..."

Fenrir cut him off with disgust full expression. "Shut up. You and I both know your punishment isn't over yet. Not only that, you now also owe me a favour, but you still dream of taking more magic water from me? How can such a good thing in the world? You've truly changed, Myne.

After getting beaten to a pulp by that demon, you're no longer the kind and honest Myne I remember. However, your greedy nature remains exactly the same, which you know I never liked much. You never miss a chance to take advantage of me."

Fenrir gazed at the small pond's entrance, which occasionally released a shimmering blue light, revealing its seemingly bottomless depths like the maw of death. She spoke casually, making Myne laugh awkwardly before continuing.

"By the way, how long can you hold your breath underwater?"

Myne was caught off guard by this strange question. He first looked at the magic water pond before him, seemingly understanding something. He gulped nervously before speaking. "As long as you want. I have a very close relationship with water, you can rest assured about this."

"Good. Then climb onto me, and no matter what happens, don't let go. Otherwise, you might once again find yourself separated from your family, and believe me, this time the separation could be permanent. There are some things which if caught you along without me, no one can save you."

Fenrir's voice was deadly serious. Knowing her personality quite well, Myne understood the gravity of the situation. After climbing onto her back, he quickly used paste skill on his lower body on her back, receiving an approving nod from her. Clearly, she felt this was more secure than him holding on with his hands.

Before Myne could ask another question, he suddenly felt a cold, refreshing water splash on his face with great force. When he opened his eyes, he found himself in a narrow underwater passage with only a faint blue light illuminating it. Thankfully, with his Night Vision skill, he could see everything clearly, although there wasn't much to see except rock walls.

Though the water was cold, Myne felt no different than outside. He could breathe perfectly normally, his body functioning flawlessly without any resistance he expected after entering the water even making small movements needed to use some strength. He felt like a fish returning home, and the feeling was even more comfortable than being on land.

[ Mystic Abyssal Breathing (Passive Skill)

Description: Enhances the user's lungs, allowing them to extract oxygen from water molecules. The user becomes capable of seamlessly transitioning between breathing air and water, adapting their respiratory system to the surrounding environment with ease. ]

This skill seems far less useful than I expected, If I stay in the water too long, I am afraid one day I will become addicted to this feeling and end up building my underwater home and have to find a mermaid girlfriend like in the stories to take care of it, hehe...

Wait, if this skill is so powerful, my ability to see clearly in the water isn't brought by night vision; this skill is also helping me, right? Lost in his thoughts, Myne deactivated his night vision skill, but he felt no difference. He could still see everything as clearly as day, as far as his sight could reach.

A sigh escaped Myne's lips. Now this skill only strengthened my resolve to become an underwater treasure hunter. Maybe my plan to bring everyone to see the ocean needed to be accelerated, He thought with a smile before closing the appraisal window.

Normally, communication underwater wouldn't be possible, but with Fenrir's telepathy skill, they conversed effortlessly.

"Fenrir, where are we going?" Myne couldn't help but ask, seeing no end to the narrow passage even with Fenrir's incredible swimming speed which can leave even the fast fish eating water in shame.

"Didn't you once ask how deep this pond is? Today, I'll take you to see its depths. Just hope you don't get any unnecessary ideas like stealing something or getting away from me. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind keeping you at the bottom of the pond for a few weeks until you become the kind and honest Myne again."

Myne didn't take Fenrir's low-level threat seriously. Instead, he flippantly replied, "Oh yes, yes, of course. You're the boss." He ignored the annoyance in her voice. He already understood that the current Fenrir was no different from an angry Aisha. Until her anger subsided completely, he'd only get unpleasant words from her.

The problem, however, was that with Aisha, a few good hours in bed was enough to settle everything, and her mood would magically return to the lovely, and playful little wifuu mode he liked the most. But... This was not possible with Fenrir. Otherwise, he might already be having a heart-to-heart conversation with her instead of swimming in this watery abyss.

"Sigh, sometimes I truly wonder if you lie about your actual age and children. You don't seem as mature as you should be. To me, you're no different from Aisha and Sylphy, at least when you're angry. You behave exactly like them. But the problem is, I can't use my ultimate move on you that worked with them to coax you back. It's driving me nuts, you know!"

Myne disliked hiding things from Fenrir, so he spoke his mind directly. His honesty earned him a disdainful snort from her, and then silence descended upon them for a few minutes, before finally, her voice echoed in his mind again.

"Be ready. Lower your head, and try not to get hurt." With that warning, Fenrir's speed surged. Like a torpedo leaving a trail of water behind her, she shot towards the faint light ahead. Myne barely had time to acknowledge her words before his upper body was bent backwards, his head literally pressed painfully against Fenrir's back due to the sudden acceleration.

He quickly regained his balance, made himself straighten again, lean forward until his nose touched her fur. He tightened his grip on her fur and cast several defensive spells on himself.

Soon the narrow passage vanished, replaced by an endless expanse of calm, dark water. Barely any light reached this abyss. Directly in front of him, hundreds of gigantic underwater tornadoes spun madly, attracting everything around them like a cosmic vacuum. Neither their size nor the place where they were was natural as if someone created them.

Even the smallest had a width of 1 mile, let's not talk about the biggest one at the end of their way which was probably more than a dozen miles in width, and because they were in the water they looked far more dangerous than outside.

Myne was so shocked by the sight that he accidentally inhaled a large amount of sweet water. Thankfully, it was magic water. Even if he swallowed it, it would soon convert to mana, and he wouldn't have to worry about his stomach filling with a lot of salty seawater. However, he was truly bewildered by such a dangerous sight. After all, they were simply going into a small pond in Fenrir's cave. Read new chapters at empire

Who would have thought that there was an entire endless ocean concealed within that small cave?