Even though the throat of the woman making the sound was clamped shut, she still struggled to lower her head and look at Moli in her pajamas below, whispering,
"Ah! It’s a sea ghost!!"
Moli’s face turned pale with fright; she almost fell to the ground as she lost her footing but luckily, she just stepped back a few steps.
At this moment, because she stepped back a bit, the door that was supposed to be closed was opened again, allowing the monstrous girl to fall from the ceiling.
Her originally expressionless face finally showed a smile upon seeing Moli, a smile so pale and hollow, like a puppet, that Moli wanted to vomit.
"Moli... come with me..."
In panic, Moli picked up a mop nearby and blindly poked at the person crawling toward her with closed eyes, but the mop was as useless as poking into a pile of mud.
In her frantic attack, she stepped back in fear, and then heard a series of light knocks from the window behind her. She turned to look and almost lost her soul.
The window sill behind her was filled with countless faces with elongated necks pressing against her window, their expressionless faces turning into sinister smiles upon seeing Moli in the room, continuously hitting the window, as if trying to squeeze into the confined space.
Moli walked forward in fright, only to encounter the woman lying on the floor ahead; looking up, she saw several individuals in Saint Nali University uniforms smiling at her outside.
At that moment, her heart almost stopped, but she forced herself not to revert to her Whale-man form.
Now that Lord Ramasitia had returned to the deep sea to prepare for the upcoming Full Moon Period, the absence of response to her prayers meant she could not transform from a Whale-man back into a human form.
If she transformed into a Whale-man Species, everything here... the friendly roommates, classmates, and teachers would...
She gritted her teeth, but the window behind her was already broken, and several heads surged in, forcing her to retreat helplessly and wield the mop weakly against the monsters below.
Suddenly, a monster leaped up and grabbed her right foot, causing her to collapse weakly beside the wall.
Mother had once warned her that all physical strength belongs to the individual, there was no such thing as a "Battle State," which was a condition where negative energy controlled the body, resulting in an "imbalance."
"Your Blessing is the largest among the Whale-man Species; correspondingly, your curse is equally significant, which is why your Companion Sea Beast, Fragrance Soul, is so huge, capable of easily stirring up waves that symbolize destruction."
"But the existence of Companion Sea Beasts is only to help young Whale-man Species balance their blessings and curses. You must understand that ultimately, only you can achieve the balance of life. You are nearly grown up and should learn this."
Terrified, Moli closed her eyes, frantically recalling her mother’s teachings, but no matter what, she could not muster any strength in such a state. If she let the life-draining curse take control, she would revert to the previous "Battle State."
I... I can’t do it... Mother...
Countless monsters swarmed her, and just when they were about to overwhelm her, her body suddenly transformed into that of a Whale-man Species, and the softness in front of her body noticeably shrunk.
When she opened her eyes again, the water that had previously sparkled with faint light was now terrifyingly dark. In that instant, a blast erupted beside her, scattering all the monsters.
Moli then emotionlessly stood up, pointing her finger at the monsters with strange expressions. Wherever she pointed, their bodies rapidly withered as if the life energy was being sucked out by some force.
The monster struggled to speak; the next second, it turned into withered stone and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
With ease, she cleared the room of monsters, but the darkness in her eyes grew denser, spreading from her pupils like an oppressive force, turning the whites of her eyes black and then spreading around her eyes, revealing twisted lines.
She walked out of the room with a cold expression, sweeping aside the appearing monsters not with physical strength, but merely pointing at them, causing the energy of life to dissipate at her fingertips.
Unbeknownst to her, in the distant depths of the sea, a giant Sea Beast lying on the sea floor suddenly began to struggle in pain, trembling with a body larger than mountains and volcanoes, emitting mournful cries as if some eerie force was corroding it.
Once it moved, a massive wave surged out of the dark Sea Trench, but that vast stream of water was immediately stopped by a woman’s hand.
Deep under the Abyss, a Whale-man Species wearing a deep blue crown suddenly emerged from the Sea Trench at a speed beyond sight.
She punched at the spreading void force along the ocean, waiting for the massive force to push the water back, and then swiftly darted toward the suffering Sea Beast, lightly tapping her hand on its colossal body, which was hundreds of times larger than her own.
A gentle force spread from that touch, reaching deep into the soul of the Sea Beast.