Time Passed

Entering the lake everything is different like a different world.

This place has a subtle light coming from the volcanoes everywhere no matter where you look.

The temperature here is beyond hell like Mike is swimming under the magma.

Because this place has dim lights Mike can see a little from his surrounding without relying on the view of the dazzling stars. But he can only see in a short time because of the pressure that will destroy his poor eyes if he opens it longer.

Mike might not notice but his eyes are sharper than Daniel now but no one can say that Daniel is still the same from the past because he might change into something more terrifying at the surface.

The only senses Mike can use underwater are his sense of touch and his sense of sight.

But he can't control his body well in this harsh place.

It's been three months since Mike entered the lake and his body is still in not in perfect shape.

His regeneration can't handle the speed of his body breaking into pieces.

There are bubbles inside the lake but there are totally different from the bubbles he ever saw.

They are so little, just the size of his head, and as he descends the bubble getting smaller and smaller as each have passed.

The air inside them can only be used for once for him and cannot even be called a safe place because Mike can't even get inside.

Not only it's small when Mike puts it in his face he feels the burning air that will surely dry up his lungs if he inhales it. But with no other choices, Mike resolved himself to take a step forward.

When Mike first time seeing it he cries out a complaint because it takes almost 2 weeks for him to find a single bubble.

The hardness of the bubble is surprisingly hard even its small.

By putting the bubble to his mouth and nose and inhaling it will give him a supplement amount of air to last him for weeks of not breathing.

(If only I knew that will be my last safe bubble then I will take my time and enjoy my last moment of comfortableness. *sigh*) As he gives out a thought Mike descends even further the deep.

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Four months after.

Nothing much happened for these past months.

Of course, Mike is still alive just not too well like he used to be when before he entered the otherworldly Lake.

Mike's body gets used to the volcanoes' heat as his body has gotten weirder as each day has passed.

He still uses a lot of amount of weird substances to suppress his body from breaking.

Only barely keeping himself up without much sleep, Mike still doesn't lose hope.

For some reason, yesterday when Mike is in a jumble thought, his hunger that was always been there for four months was instantly gone before he could realize.

Asking for an answer to his reliable partner, Imuthis could answer by; [Figure it by yourself!]

Mike could only reply by saying: (Fuck you!)

He can't do much to Imuthis because he can't enter the garbage void in this situation.

(This is like the time when before I could realize I don't need to drink something to suffice my thirst. Don't tell me I turn my body into something that doesn't need food!?)

Of course, it wasn't what Mike is thinking... There is the reason why his hunger disappears but he doesn't have much information to know what's behind that reason.

If this helps him then there's no need to question it back.

While Mike descends he finds two small air bubbles for him to inhale too.

(Two, huh... Luck I guess.)

Graciously accept the hell's offer Mike inhales one of the bubbles as he brought along the other bubble to his descending journey.

(This will be handy in the future.)

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Another week has been passed.

Mike encounters a new creature in another color.

The yellowish-green light is the newly encountered creature.

Not gigantic like the black creature nor aggressive predator like the red creature.

This has distinctive features than the two which separate it from the rest.

If one could describe it...

They are too many to count.

[Mike dodged them!]

(Stop saying impossible stuff!)

Mike is in a pinch situation.

He was surrounded in every counter by these creatures.

They are small actually the size of a teacup but the troublesome part is their numbers.

These creatures are trying to tear up the weird substance barrier around Mike.

Of course, Mike isn't letting them by shaking them off or trying to kill them by his weapon like hands that can crush anything from his grip.

However, because of the numbers, he can't save himself by killing them but there are no other choices than this.

[Mike your drying out.]

(That quickly!?)

(Argh...! Fuck this!)

In his desperation, he shakes his whole body with all of his might imagining that with this he will shake off those tiny creatures.

But those creatures are too fast that once they are off from his body they quickly continue to attack him again.

This is a worse situation.

All of the experience he was in is all worse so no one talking back there.

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Four days have passed Mike managed to finally kill those pesky creatures.

The weird substance barrier is still around him but cannot be repaired for a short time because of his sustained damage from the battle.

Most of the creatures managed to get in the barrier and started to chomp his body while some managed to actually get in his body. The latter is the most painful thing Mike experiences in his life.

He managed to kill the ones inside him by crushing them through intense pressure that his body made by fighting his muscles and the weird substance inside his body.

His body might be beaten to a pulp but he still strives to survive to continue his journey towards the deep hell.

At the end of this day, Mike finally found the very bottom of the ocean.

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