When I opened my eyes again, it was the Deep Sea. I clenched and unclenched my hand, activating my Tide Sense. Calm, quiet, the occasional desolate sound of flowing water was the only noise in this world.
Though I couldn't see an inch in front of me with my own eyes, it felt strangely welcoming. I immediately sat down. There was no time to waste.
I had to figure it out. The reason he hesitated. 'Taeheo was clearly afraid of me.'
From the start, he could have crushed me to death with a flick of his finger. But he didn't. Or rather—he couldn't. That's why he was wary of me. He tried to avoid a fight, tried to appease me, and was reluctant to strike until the very end.
Even while he spoke, all he did was try to shatter my mind. Does that mean… perhaps.
"Was he reluctant for me to die?"
What changes if I die? I am an outer god. Outer gods don't just die—but in the first place, I'm not a perfect outer god, but a peculiar case of a human who became one.
I might actually be able to die. But that was still just chasing my own tail. If he was reluctant to kill me, why was that?
My death means the death of the outer god of the Deep Sea. The one who governs the Deep Sea disappears. So what happens then.
"...I don't know."