BIOLOGICAL SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM - C.1047: Hotter Than a Summer BBQ (5)

<I need to stay calm...>

Erik couldn't lose his mind to fear. He needed to act rationally, because while the situation wasn't simple, it might still be possible for Erik to save the ship.

The young man started searching around with his instability brain crystal power. He couldn't see past the fog, but he still had a way to see how the situation within it was thanks to Instability.

For starters, the waves were high, and hitting strong the ship, but they were less violent than before, secondly, the temperature dropped a little, meaning the Leviathan serpent got relatively far from his position. Third, his Instability brain crystal power told him the monster was reaching for the illusion.

Now, the only problem was to find the Chimaeric Demons. he could only use mana to do that.

However, doing that while maintaining the illusion, influencing the Leviathan Serpent's thoughts, wasn't easy.

<Damn, guys! Where are you?>

Just as Erik felt he might collapse from the strain, a familiar voice cut through his mind. It was his voice, or better, one of his clones.

<Which one are you?>

<Those sent to find the Shadowmaw Behemoth.>

That was simply great.

<Did you find it?> Erik asked without losing time.

<We did, master!> The news was great, but Erik was still in the middle of the fog and not out of danger yet.

<The creature moving towards you is indeed the Leviathan Serpent.>

<I know that...>

The Chimaeric Demons didn't reply.

<Master, we can't see the ship. Where are you?> Another clone said.

Erik gathered his remaining strength to send a reply.

<The ship is hidden in a vapor cloud I made, taking advantage of the frostwind fire tempest brain crystal power. But I can't keep myself hidden, and the creature at bay for much longer. My mana is almost down to o.>

Erik felt the growing apprehension within the Chimaeric Demons. There were many questions on their minds.

For starters, why was their master in that situation? Why hadn't he already killed the monster?

If he didn't, it meant he couldn't, and if he couldn't, it meant the monster was out of their league, too.

Erik didn't know how much the monster was stronger than them or if they would have found the behemoth.

But Erik's plan to bring the creature here turned out to be a great idea, because now he could use this situation to his advantage. As if sensing Erik's thoughts, the Chimaeric Demons said something.

<Don't worry, Master. The Behemoth is following us. We're heading towards the vapor cloud

now.>

That was great. If the Chimaeric Demons could see the vapor cloud from their position, it meant the Shadowmaw Behemoth could, too.

And if that was the case, the massive creature must have realized its territory had been invaded by the Leviathan Serpent.

A battle between these two titanic sea thaids was inevitable.

<The problem is that I'm going to be caught in the middle of the clash,> Erik thought without sharing with the Chimaeric Demons.

<Hurry!> he then said. <I might need to abandon the ship if I can't bring it away from here. Be ready to fetch me, but be careful, the vapor can cook you alive!>

The Chimaeric Demons rushed towards the ship's location. It wasn't easy to miss it, anyway.

Erik turned his attention back to maintaining the illusion and keeping the Leviathan Serpent away from the vessel, but the strain got increasingly bigger.

<I can't take this anymore...>

Erik's vision started blurring, and he felt his knees weakening. But he forced himself to stay upright, to keep channeling mana through his neural links.

Through his mental link, Erik could sense the Leviathan Serpent's growing frustration. The illusion was beginning to fade as Erik's mana waned.

<It found out...>

Then the creature realized it had been tricked. At the same time, he felt a new presence approaching—the Shadowmaw Behemoth. The beast was mad because of the intrusion.

It obviously knew the Leviathan Serpent was within its territory.

At that point, even the Leviathan Serpent realized there was something big and powerful coming toward it.

The ship rocked violently as the sea churned, stirred by the movement of the two colossal creatures.

"Come on, come on," Erik said through gritted teeth. At that point, he stopped channeling mana altogether. He couldn't do that anymore. But it didn't matter, because the Leviathan Serpent got focused on the Behemoth at that point.

Soon, he ran toward the ship's steering wheel and changed its course, turning it toward the corridor once again.

The Leviathan serpent ended up on Erik's left at that point. The cloud of vapor he made through the glacier he conjured up had dissipated. The ship was out in the open, and only the cloud created by the boiling water was still there.

Suddenly, a deafening roar split the air. Not metaphorically, the Leviathan Serpent was challenging the Behemoth.

The roar released a shockwave so powerful that the fog dispersed.

At that point, Erik saw the beast in all its ungodly magnificence.

The Leviathan Serpent was an incredible sight. Its immense body rose from the ocean like a chain of mountains on the horizon. It was so long that Erik couldn't see where it ended.

Each part of its body was as wide as a city street.

But it was impossible to miss the head. It was bigger than the ship, with a mouth that could easily swallow it whole.

The creature's skin looked like rough, old stone. Its back had a line of sharp bumps, making it look even scarier than it was.

Huge fins stuck out from its sides, despite obviously being a snake-like creature, and each

one was taller than a building.

The Leviathan Serpent moved slowly but smoothly. It mustn't have been easy to move that colossal body, and that was why it developed fins.

While it swam, it pushed so much water that it created giant waves.

<Holy fuck!>

Erik looked farther. The Shadowmaw Behemoth was almost there, but Erik was able to find

that out because of the huge tsunami that the moving creature generated. It was scary, a scene

out of a movie.

<I need to go through the fog.>

There was no other way to get far from the monsters. But Erik knew it would be dangerous.

The fog was directly made by the Leviathan Serpent, which meant it was hotter than the clouds he made through his brain crystal powers.

<System, how much mana do I have?>

<500 points.>

"Shit..."