The Duke's Passion

Chapter 854 I knew he had more

Blood mixed in the sea as Claude's cars, nose, and eyes bled from the silent but deadly waves underneath the water. But with gritted teeth, he clung to the Kraken's head. His sharp fingers were plunged deep into the soft and slimy surface of the Kraken while his other hand picked out the parasite one after another.

His vigilant approach from the beginning turned aggressive in a blink of an eye. He had no

choice but to adapt to the situation because picking out one parasite brought unimaginable pain to the Kraken.

'Last one!' Claude shut his eyes tightly and reopened them again, telling himself to hold his breath a bit longer.

He had been underwater for who knows how long if he wasn't trained enough, he would have to return to the surface to take a breath. However, Claude knew going back underwater and searching for the Kraken's head would be ten times harder.

'That... onc...' Claude outstretched his hand, wiggling his fingers trying to reach the last parasite clinging on to the Kraken's head. Just a bit... closer...'

Claude clenched his teeth, narrowing his eyes. Being underwater and holding his breath wasn't the only thing he had to endure. There was also the pressure as he was currently deep in the water, the piercingly quiet sound waves from the Kraken, and clinging on to the monster while it tried to shrug him off.

Claude sank his nails deeper into the Kraken to push himself closer. However, as soon as he plunged his fingers deeper into it, the Kraken wiggled more aggressively. Claude had no choice but to pierce his one hand into the Kraken to not separate from it.

On top of the struggle, Claude was annoyed. He was running out of air, conserving it as much as possible. He knew he couldn't stay underwater longer.

'Fuck it!' his eyes shone in bright red, glinting menacingly as he raised his head. The Kraken was still moving as was fighting another annoying lad on the surface of the water.

Determined to get rid of the parasite once and for all, Claude had to take a risk. He pulled out his hand, producing inks and blood that instantly mixed in the water. He didn't care about it, though. Claude searched for the parasite and when he found it, he didn't look away from it. Ilolding onto the Kraken while it was wiggling and fighting was impossible. Thus, Claude didn't take his eyes off of the monster as he dragged out his other hand in the Kraken's thick skin. Using the downtime as the Kraken would take pauses every once in a while, Claude pushed himself up. I lis feet stepped on the hole his hands left on it, swimming over the Kraken's head to the other side.

SHRIEEEK!!

His pupils went instantly wide, looking back for a moment, only to see a dark and powerful underwater wave coming at him. Claude had a choice; one of them was to cling onto the Kraken and try to withstand another sound wave and force or he would swim up to avoid it and take a breath.

Claude's option was obvious.

Claude set his eves back to the Kraken's head, swimming forth as if he didn't care about the incoming sound wave that might truly leave permanent damage to his cars. He stretched his hand, clinging on to the parasite tightly. Pulling it out wasn't easy. Claude had to place his feet on the side of the Kraken's head to gain force and pull the last parasite that was leeching on the Kraken.

SHRIEEEK!

'Ahhhh!!' Claude mentally roared, using every bit of his strength and reserved energy to pull out the parasite on the Kraken. At first, it was as though it was cemented in the Kraken; it clung as if it was already a part of the Kraken's skin. However, when the parasite moved slightly, it continuously moved away until the flesh that got inside the Kraken was right before Claude.

Claude set his eyes on the Kraken to check if it was calming down. It didn't. Before Claude could even think about what had just happened, a tentacle suddenly came to his side and sent him flying.

For a moment, Claude was in shock with his eyes wide. But then, the pain slowly erupted on the side of his stomach, making his lungs constrict. The last air Claude was conserving escaped as his mouth parted from the pain.

'No... hell... Before he would lose consciousness, Claude could only think of cursing the Kraken. After what he had done for it, the Kraken would return his kindness with a punch to the gut.

The tentacles underwater continuously moved, and his body slowly fell deeper and deeper into the water. Claude's vision shook and despite the darkness underwater, he could see a bit of light from somewhere. He knew deep in his heart he couldn't afford to lose consciousness. 'Uncle Klaus...'

Ilowever, no amount of tricks could deceive his mind anymore. Ilis body wouldn't listen to him as the effect of enduring the powerful waves and pressure was now creeping into his bones. I le was exhausted and beaten.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

I'm... doomed.' Soon, Claude's eyes and body felt heavy, as if a boulder was placed on top of him. His eyes slowly closed as darkness embraced him tightly, accompanying him to the depths of the dark ocean.

*****

Meanwhile, on the surface of the sea, Stefan had fought the Kraken fiercely. He had taken advantage of the fact that the Kraken lost its composure and simply went wild without any calculated move, unlike in the beginning.

Stefan had chopped off several tentacles, but only a tiny portion of it. After some time, Stefan noticed that the Kraken slowed down after his last aggressive struggle and thus, launched a continuous attack on every weak spot the Kraken had.

After his aggressive and continuous attack, Stefan found a large tentacle floating on the ocean. Watching his weight not sink, he stood there and kept his eyes on the remaining severed tentacle over the surface of the water.

"It stopped moving" came out a whisper, narrowing his eyes as the severed tentacles were akin to a statuc. "Is it dead?" if it was, then it was only possible that it already sank into the water.

"What's going..." Stefan trailed off as the Kraken moved again, but this time, it was a slow movement. Waiting for whatever the Kraken would do, Stefan held his breath as another long tentacle came from the bottom of the ocean. I knew it. He had more."

Stefan prepared himself for another fierce battle when he noticed that in one of the tentacles, the Kraken was holding something. He narrowed his eyes, focusing his attention on it, and when he realized what or who it was, his heart stopped beating for a second.

"Claude..."