Half a minute later.
The hall quietened, with only a few white beetles left behind, crawling aimlessly on the ground.
The amber-colored pond water rippled slightly. The whole pond was deeper than imagined, at least five meters. Casio was not floating in the water, but eerily adhered to the bottom of the pond. A powerful force kept him at the very bottom.
Thump!
With explosive effort from his sinewy legs, Casio tried with all his might to leap out of the water. But a massive force seemed to be pulling him down as if thousands of hands were dragging his body.
His usually spring-like force to bounce up to three or four meters was completely nullified. Casio only managed to leap up about thirty to forty centimeters before he succumbed to the force and dropped back down.
A sinking feeling in his heart hinted that something wasn't right.
