Vague and unclear, a tribute to Cthulhu.
Goki didn't know why humans would turn squid and octopus, seafood that had been food millions of years ago, into an Incarnation of fear—he loved eating squid!
But Goki had to admit that these twisted, soft, and viscous things could indeed, in some sense, give rise to the primal fear in the human heart.
The Seaborn, a life form resembling a hive mind and evolving at high speed, possessed a large number of soft, invertebrate, soft-bodied structures.
Whether they were sliders or runners, Kinder Eggs or Rafflesias, no matter how rigid their exteriors, their rectums—ahem, ahem, ahem—their interiors were always soft.
Even monster hunters like Goki and Skadi, whose hearts were as resolute as steel, felt exceptionally disgusted when fighting these sticky, slippery, and bursting enemies, let alone ordinary people.
And in Yharnam, there were even more giant squid-type monsters; Kin-type monsters felt like they weren't living up to their name if they didn't have two tentacles.
Mind-suckers would sprout large tentacles from their heads, and even those big-headed dolls from before, when pushed, would have countless thin, soft tentacles emerging from their heads.
At the end of Yharnam, when Goki challenged the Blood Moon Queen, that damnable goddess even tentacle-played him all over, almost Awakening some strange hobbies.
It was also thanks to her not being a beautiful girl but a tentacle monster that Goki was able to slaughter her so decisively—go eat shit, Nyarko!
However, when it came to a truly standard giant squid, a seafood medley, there was only one number one in Goki's mind.
"Ebrietas—"
Passing through the heavy stone gate of the main tomb, crushing the harmless Miscellaneous soldiers blocking the way, Goki and his group followed the downward slope all the way to this massive knight burial ground.
From Old Man Ling Guang, Goki had obtained most of the design plans for Kazimierz knights' tomb styles over several centuries.
Logically, this place was already dozens of meters underground, and before them should have been a wide flat area, with a mausoleum surrounded by numerous knight statues.
However, what lay before Goki now was a huge pit, hundreds of meters deep.
And in the pit, a twisted giant beast was restlessly waiting, bound to the ground by countless heavy silver chains.
Moreover, there were faint blue glows constantly flickering on the chains—Goki recognized it at a glance; it was the rarest weapon Ore in Yharnam, Blue Quartz.
The bound entity was a massive and twisted giant monster, nearly a hundred meters in diameter—even larger than the Celestial Envoy they had seen before.
Her lower body was like fleshy tree roots, deeply embedded in the ground; her arms were composed of countless tentacles, without the common suckers of the Seaborn or a smooth surface, but rather shriveled and dry like skin.
Behind her were a pair of broken wings, their membranes already rotten, leaving only hollow skeletons that blotted out the sky.
Her face was almost entirely composed of tubular, coral-like fossils, encircling an upright, gaping maw that could swallow the Nearl Family's mansion whole—and within that maw was a colossal eye, constantly emitting a starlight-like radiance.
She somewhat resembled Goki's old adversary, the Daughter of the Cosmos Ebrietas, but not entirely; instead, she was identical to the insane entity Goki had seen when he infiltrated the Celestial Envoy's consciousness in Columbia.
Most of the silver chains had already snapped, and countless figures, like ants, were crawling on the giant beast, using Shining Spells to help remove the chains—they were Unification Sect believers.
Each Spell bombardment would trigger a considerable explosion, directly backfiring and turning the caster into a piece of charcoal, yet countless people continued to destroy this Seal, fearless of death, even fanatical.
"Hiss—Ah ah ah ah ah ah! Knight King!!!"
She did not emit the roar of a beast; instead, she continuously let out Soul-shattering human roars of rage, but utterly devoid of reason, completely insane screams, her voice echoing in the vast underground space, amplifying its volume several times.
"Ugh—uh."
The moment Shining heard that roar, she frowned, clutched her head, and immediately raised her staff, blocking out the sound.
"What is this, what is this?!"
Platinum's reaction was even more intense; her face turned bloodless in panic, and her long legs couldn't help but start trembling.
In stark contrast, neither Skadi, whose expression remained calm as she clutched her greatsword, nor Nightingale, who was leaning against Goki's chest in his arms, reacted at all.
Of course, Goki was the same—he knew this was an effect similar to Bloodline suppression.
A Great One could suppress the Bloodline of weaker Great Ones; for Mortals, it was more like a cat to a mouse, with even more deadly effects.
In Iberia, the First Speaker's existence had been concealed by Goki to this day; in the Sargon Rainforest, the God of Burning Wind was ultimately just an Incarnation; and in Columbia, no matter how powerful the Celestial Envoy was, he was merely a low-level Kin.
Now, although this twisted tentacle monster was bound, there was no doubt—it was a true Great One, and one of no weak Rank!
Facing an unspeakable ancient god directly would require a Sanity Check of 1d100-1!
This was not a knight's tomb, but a large Seal!
[Indeed...]
Looking at Skadi, who remained unfazed, and Nightingale in his arms, who, though somewhat nervously shrinking closer to his chest, was mostly startled by the loud noise, Goki understood that both of them possessed considerable Great One power within them.
Skadi's situation was easy to explain; she herself had the potential to become Red Skadi, but Nightingale... [It seems this Confessarius organization... really needs to be looked into.]
However, this was not the time to think about future tasks; Goki walked to Skadi's front, handed Nightingale to her, and quickly rushed to Platinum's side.
Among the five people present, she was the only one who had never experienced such immense pressure. Goki had brought her down, so he naturally had to protect her and ensure his future Nona didn't run into any trouble.
Within just two or three seconds, Platinum's brown eyes began to fill with starlight, and her entire body started to tremble uncontrollably. She couldn't even describe the hallucinations she was seeing; immense fear almost engulfed her.
There was no helping it; among the few people present, she was the only pure Mortal—a killer was still a person! Her Originium Arts could only enhance her eyesight!
Subconsciously, she called out that name—the person who, though nominally her "Master," had been taking care of her all this time.
"Gao, Woo...Goki!"
Since leaving her homeland and arriving at Armorless Union, Platinum had always acted alone; Armorless Union's absolute neutrality also meant extreme indifference, and killers would not care for each other.
The current Platinum, her Master, would only occasionally assign her easy jobs—even if something went wrong, killers mostly relied on themselves, and if truly desperate, would commit suicide, never bringing trouble to the organization.
Although she always acted like a big shot, truthfully, she really enjoyed her time at Goki's home.
Amidst immense fear, she lost her killer's indifference and laziness, and with a crying voice, called out to that bastard man.
The next second, a pair of large hands gently cupped Platinum's face. Goki's eyes reflected a soft white light, meeting the little horse's gaze.
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"It's alright, I'm here. Take a deep breath—imagine you're in a bright sea of flowers, with soft moonlight soothing you."
Although Goki knew that the Blood Moon Queen's power wasn't a good thing either, this power could at least fight poison with poison, protecting Platinum from the invasion of other Great One powers for a while.
Pale moonlight spread from Goki's dark eyes, projecting into Platinum's eyes, causing her trembling body to gradually calm down.
"Hoo, hoo... Th-thanks."
Platinum took several deep breaths, finally recovering, the fear in her eyes slowly dissipating—the pale moonlight had freed her from the vast and suffocating sea of stars.
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