Leviathans

The cove was about one kilometre in diameter with numerous small pools of fish interconnected by dozens of small underwater passages. Surrounding the cove where sheer cliffs and the only entrance was a tight cave.

The cliffs where a dark grey due to the effects of water spray and the greenery around the cove was lush and vibrant with life. To the left of the cave entrance was a medium sized house on stilts and below the house was a workshop.

Daedalus was currently stood at the center of the cove fighting off a sea serpent known as a leviathan. Daedalus had been fighting at least one per day for the last few days, however he realised that the leviathans where likely being guided.

But that didn't matter as it only gave Daedalus a source of food and training. Not to mention that the leviathans meat was filled with energy.

On the twentieth day of the constant fighting against the leviathans Daedalus had started to fight upward of ten at a time. Eventually due to the stress his body was under and the energy rich food. The seal on his memories was released.

He knew the seal had been somewhat effective but it probably wouldn't do much even if he knew the problem. Either way due to the energy rich food Daedalus body had been well and truly saturated which resulted in his cultivation increasing. As he soon found out all of Daedalus' tethers had reached the immortal tether stage and he only had to purify his auras.

And so over the next month or so Daedalus fought an ever increasing number of leviathans while slowly progressing with purifying his auras. The first aura became an immortal Aura at the end of that same month, it was his elemental aura. Daedalus had chosen this aura for the first one because it would give him an overall increase rather than a stronger but limited increase in strength.

Now he fought about forty leviathans each day. This constant fighting was creating a heavy strain on his body and it started to become very obvious. It also heavily affected how much time he had to cultivate and prepare food.

So in the end Daedalus forsook cultivating almost entirely unless he needed to replenish his energy for fighting. The rest of the time he took advantage of the energy rich leviathans to expedite this process.

Then the day came when Daedalus couldn't kill off all of the leviathans before the next wave came. Thus as he fought he cooked them and ate them as he killed them. Eventually it got to the point where Daedalus was truly struggling, it didn't help that his wooden foot had long since broken.

And finally a state of calm seemed to take the place of the constant battling. Daedalus though didn't even consider before running to his workshop and quickly rebuilding a new foot. It was also a much stronger one than the previous ones he had made.