Sunny Submarine

Wrapped in the protective shell of shadows and the onyx carapace of the Mantle, Sunny breathed with the help of the Essence Pearl and fell into the murky depths. He had swum away from the shore and then manipulated his weight to plunge down like a rock. The water pressing down on him was crimson and dark. 

It was also poisoned and teeming with myriads of invisible, gluttonous horrors. 

'Ah…'

He didn't like it at all.

The poison of the Bitter Cusp had spread far, by now, and should have killed numerous microscopic creatures that permeated the bloody water. The rest should have been weakened, as well. But was it enough to save him?

Sunny was going to find out soon. 

'I haven't received any fragments, either... what a scam...'