If the seawater along the coast suddenly vanished, one might mistakenly think it safer because the water had receded.

However, the sea had not been emptied. It was merely that a massive current had been drawn seaward for a moment.

It resembled the stillness just before exhaling after taking a deep breath.

That is why, before a tsunami surges in and the sea as a whole rushes toward the land, such a retreating phenomenon often occurs.

Amid this chaotic melee, the only one with any margin to spare, Gunggi, observed the far side of the sea with a perception-type ability.

‘This isn’t a natural phenomenon. The waters here are shallow, and we’re far from any undersea fault lines. Someone used an ability. At this scale, even if a higher being lent their power, it wouldn’t be strange. Could it be that an assassin has come targeting my malice? No. If that were the case, they would have attacked from the sky first, not the sea.’

Since he had planned to bring Jo Eui-shin nearby, Gunggi had investigated this region in advance for safety and reached that conclusion.