Chapter 209 - What Did the Sea Demons Do Normally? (2/2)
“Digging giant squid! It is a kind of…” Tiel frowned and was working hard to find a suitable term. “Natural resource that can regenerate?”
Subsequently, she moved her tail around and said, “In short, it is something that looks very similar to a giant squid. It might be the remains of an ancient life form. It is very, very gigantic and covers an entire patch of the sea bed. Its tentacles could grow and regenerate. After it is dug out, it will regrow after a period of time. Furthermore, the giant squid’s tentacles would greet or dance with the sea demons. It is especially interesting! Every few days, we will go and dig the squid. Ah right… Previously, we fought with a group of deranged humans because they put down a foul altar on the sea bed where we dig the squid. That altar would constantly stir the sea bed and mess up our fields. We sent people to negotiate with them, but it was useless, resulting in the battle.”
This time, even Amber and Rebecca were stunned. To be honest, for a regular human’s world outlook, it was truly impossible to understand what this sea demon was trying to describe!
“A kind of giant living corpse? It is already dead but it will constantly regenerate?” Rebecca was distracted as she said, “Then… how many individuals can be fed by it?!”
This young lady might be an unconventional viscountess, but her train of thought was correct. In fact, when Gawain heard of this description, he immediately wondered if it was edible. However, his mind thought a little more thoroughly than Rebecca and immediately realized that a constantly regenerating flesh probably wasn’t ‘safe-to-eat food’. Especially when that thing came from the strange and horrific deep sea. Who knew how much more peculiar and stranger things were down there?
In fact, the sea demon race was already considered a “peculiar and strange thing” in Gawain’s eyes…
Even Amber couldn’t help but feel interested in this daily activity as she asked, “What do your people dig the squid for? Do you really eat it?”
“Mm, it is actually mainly used as a fuel for the magic reactor, but it can also be eaten…” Tiel had a rather embarrassed expression. “The large squid’s flesh has very concentrated energy and a great texture too. We sea demons don’t really have a great sense of taste, right? Therefore, if something is rich with energy and has great texture, it is a delicacy for us. But in normal situations, the giant squid has the priority to supply the reactor. We will normally just take a few quick bites…”
Gawain continued to be dumbfounded: “It can be used to burn as fuel and can also be eaten? What kind of sick thing is that?!”
Furthermore, these deep-sea creatures would actually eat the fuel of their homes… Wasn’t it the same as those little brats that tried to sneak a sip of gasoline?
Just as Gawain expected, the deep sea… did have some strange things.
Due to curiosity, Gawain followed up with more questions regarding the “giant squid”, while the giant squid’s various traits slowly pieced together in the minds of everyone.
It was a massive ancient lifeform’s remains. A single tentacle had a length of a few kilometers, and it was just like a small mountain.
It was dead on the sea bed for countless years, but there were no signs of decay, and it would constantly regenerate. But every time it regenerated a little, the sea demons would dig it up and burn (or eat) it.
The giant squid’s tentacles would occasionally grow smaller tentacles that would greet or dance with the sea demons. However, the sea demons’ main evaluation of these tentacles were their chewiness.
The giant squid was normally surrounded by deep-sea creatures that were rather aggressive, but they were also rather chewy.
The giant squid would occasionally attract some creatures from some remote area and make them die in the vicinity of the tentacles while making it as though the creatures went there to suicide. As for the creatures that came from the other sea regions, they didn’t have as much chewiness.
It was obvious that Tiel judged many of the things in the deep sea based on their “chewiness”… It was unknown if this was her personal habit, or were all the sea demons the same…?
After listening to Tiel’s descriptions, Gawain’s mind had a sudden doubt:
What exactly did this group of fish dig up from the sea?
Didn’t they dig out an ancient god?!
Gawain’s mind wasn’t overly imaginative, but after hearing all the descriptions from Tiel, he couldn’t help but associate it with the god’s flesh that was found in the ancient fortress. The god might be dead, but the flesh wouldn’t decay or disappear; furthermore, it would affect the minds of other lifeforms. This trait was simply too special and distinct, and it was hard not to recall about it.
The deep-sea “giant squid” would constantly regenerate, but the god’s flesh that Gawain found wouldn’t regenerate. Perhaps it was some kind of suppression effect from the crystal cube that the Gondor Empire’s Master Mages had created.
However, the giant squid could affect the minds of many lifeforms, but why wasn’t it able to affect the sea demons? The sea demons didn’t just treat the “giant squid” as a fuel, they had also treated it as food… What was this group of fish made of?