"I've heard the elders of my clan mention it..."
Avril frowned slightly, her long, slender fingers tapping her chin as she adopted a thoughtful expression.
After a moment, she added, sounding a bit unsure.
"That Deep Sea monster... I think it's called a Kraken?"
Seeing the grave look on Roland's face, Avril rose lightly onto her tiptoes and patted his shoulder with her slender hand.
"Don't worry! That thing usually hides in the Deep Sea and doesn't dare show its face. Now that it has the guts to pop up..."
She turned to look toward the harbor, her tone full of conviction.
"Lord Gandar will definitely not let it get away."
Before her words had even faded, the distant sea surface began to churn violently.
A mountain-like black shadow slowly rose from the Deep Sea.
Seawater streamed down its furrowed, purple-black skin. Its enormous single eye glowed with an eerie green fluorescence in the twilight, like a Ghost Fire from the Abyss.
