The water pressure was getting to Julie. She shook her head to clear her mind but the subtle pain the deeper she got into the abyss was starting to become a pest.  

Occasionally she would swim out of the abyss to get comfortable again and rest up.  Alongside the small periods of resting time, she would retake the many ingredients that allowed her to stay in the water. 

Every time she dove down into the water though the pressure would lessen, even if it was a bit compared to the last time. 

From time to time the water rippled around her because of the explosions that were happening on the surface. 

"Chance, I hope your safe" Julie prayed and scourge the wall for tell-tale signs of a corpse.

The water grew darker and murkier as she advanced deeper into abyss. 

No signs of life was detected no matter how hard she looked. it was just stone walls corroded by erosion and poison. Poison? Does that mean she was getting close.

Julie went up to the surface to get a breath of fresh air and to comfort her body, which was going through a series of spasms from the pressure. 

Julie looked toward the boat to see a horrid sight. 

The wood seemed decayed, the sound of fighting could be heard  among the raging storm that was blowing. Krakens were jumping from the ocean to combat the creatures spawned by Kylia that fell from the sky. 

Julie became unsettled when she saw a kraken being carried off the ship and torn to pieces in the sky.  Not far from the boat the clouds gathered together and a pillar of death narrowly missed the ship. 

Julie made up her mind to go into the sea to find the sword to end this madness.

Diving deep into the abyss, farther than she had ever gone before  she followed the sighs of the poison. 

at first it was small grooves, then came long lashes and scars. About 100 kilometers further the lashes became holes, and then caves. 

She swam deeper and deeper, not caring how the medicine was about to run out, nor the pressure building up.  She just wanted it to end, all the fighting, the death. "A quiet life with my friends" Julie muttered to herself, reminiscing  in the moments and time she spent with everyone.

Chance happily laughing at Tura as a larva when she ate from her hand.

Yoshiro failing miserably trying to get girls to like him. 

CKet and Tis messing with Roa as they randomly threw objects into the fire part of him. 

Isla  just playfully manipulating water and splashing everyone and overall the fun moments of her life.

Looking at reality, CKet mortally wounded.  Tura impaired for life, Chance descending into madness, and more. 

Julie pushed forward, her body growing rigid from the extreme pressure and cold. Her lungs screaming for air as the ingredients slowly decayed. 

Finally she found a large body the size of the blimp H.M.A. R101c, the body was mostly torn apart but once could tell it used to be a monstrosity. plumes of poisonous liquids ascended from the body, plaguing the area around it. 

Julie felt relieved and swam toward it,  but once she started, her vision blurred. 

"What is happening?" Julie asked and then she realized that she couldn't breathe. 

"Air' I need air, the ingredients" Julie realized and she searched for the bag to find it missing. 

"I was to hasty" She thought and pushed herself to get the sword. If she was going to die might as well get the sword and pass it on.

Her body started to crumple in on itself but she pushed forward with strong determination. 

The pain increased her skin grew blue due to the cold, her bones becoming powder as the pressure crushed them. 

Julie felt herself losing form and thinking "Is this the end?" 

She just drifted toward the sword, the one protruding from the skull of the beast and she felt herself undergo a radical change upon contact.

Congradulations on obtaining the Water Sword: [Abyss]. Water is known for the life it gives, but is as equal as death. From healing potions to poisons, water is the most precious to all life. 

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Special Effect: Abyss has an inter-dimensional space that can store any liquid 

Special Effect: The Abyss is a dark place, the place of secrets since no one knows whats in it. Wielder of this sword can learn the secrets of past wielders.  When stabbed into a living thing there is a chance to absorb all liquids in their body.

Since the [Humans] are the ones who retrieved [Abyss] first, they are granted a race bonus of +20% Water resistant and natural affinity to Water (Lesser)(this goes for all humans and human subspecies)  

Evolution: the Humans (Lesser) have a new evolution path available to them, the Naga species is now available to those who wish to undertake the evolution. 

Julie was dying, when the message popped up to ask if she wanted to evolve to Naga she quickly accepted. 

and she fell into a deep slumber.

When Julie woke up she looked around to see that she was still in the abyss, but the pressure wasn't as intense and she could breathe again.

She gave a sigh of relief and swam toward the surface with the sword in hand. 

"Yoshiro, Roa I got the sword, lets head back" I sent through a transmission stone and they appeared as she journeyed back to the boat. 

"Whoa, what happened to you?" Yoshiro asked and Julie was confused.

She then looked at herself and gasped in surprise. Her once pale skin became a light blue, her brownish hair was now sea-green, like seaweed.  her legs were those of a fish, like a mermaid. 

"I found the sword and underwent a change I guess" Julie shrugged and she lept back onto the ship alongside Yoshiro and Roa. 

"Whoa" Julie gasped when she landed. Aside from her legs going back into a two regular legs the scene that met her on the ship wasn't pretty. 

The ship was decaying, the new wood had become brittle tinder, the steel was rusted beyond recognition, the sail had become fluff, and the bodies oh the bodies were mostly decayed, dried withered corpses. 

The corpses of kraken strewn about, some complete, others not quite. Some intact and others decayed. the amount of corpses were unnatural, they all seemed to be scattered, but there were piles of bodies in a few locations. 

Wandering through the mess they came across the mutilated body of CKet, her whole body seemed to be sliced in two, arms missing, a number of legs bent and cut off.  Her Abdomen and Thorax smashed beyond recognition and half of her head existed.  

"Rest in peace our friend" Roa prayed and they continued to move on.  Compared to before the ship was eerie and  quiet.  They had met no survivors which plunged Julie's heart in despair.

Another hour of searching and someone groaned.

Julie jumped from the sudden noise, She hadn't expected there to be a survivor but when she looked in one of the mounds of corpses she saw Tis. 

Tis raised her head slowly and looked at Julie.

"ah.... you all cane hack, good hye the friends, It was fun to work with you all" Tis said and he moved slightly before curling up.

the spot he moved from had two people laying there, they looked peaceful as if sleeping but from how the rest of the ship is it was more than that.

Chance and Tura hugging each other. both peaceful in death despite how horrid everything around them were. At this sight Julie knelt to the ground and wept, Yoshiro placing a hand on Julie's shoulders to comfort her while Roa went off to find a secluded place.

"Good bye....." Julie cried, and she drowned herself in memories of Chance.