Anomaly

Author: Rowen

Chapter 305 – The Primordial Fear [23]

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After dealing with the giant spider, I resumed my descent toward Tenebrya, even though I had absolutely no idea where it was. My wings beat hard, pushing me deeper and deeper into the abyss.
Behind me, the reaction team followed in silence. Victor, Arthur, and especially Rupert didn’t seem to have any complaints about the speed at which I was moving.
And honestly, I couldn’t blame them. Just a few minutes earlier, all of them had been one step away from becoming spider food, anything that got them out of that place faster was reason enough to keep quiet.
Fortunately, nothing seemed to come after us. No more giant spiders, flying fish, or any other absurd anomaly. At some point, as I kept descending into the abyss, the environment began to change.
The once oppressive darkness gave way to a bluish glow rising from below, bright like the distant shine of an underwater lighthouse.
The walls, once made of twisted flesh, gradually lost their organic look. Their texture became more neutral, almost like freshly cut grass that had been washed and stretched across the surface.
Farther ahead, they started to turn translucent, revealing distorted glimpses of whatever was on the other side, vague shapes, passing shadows, and the occasional flash of light I couldn’t identify.
Colorful fish, sleek sharks, curious dolphins, imposing whales, and dozens of other marine creatures moved around us, gliding through the ocean with hypnotic grace.
The glowing coral cast beams of light in multiple colors and patterns, painting the underwater scene as if it were a living mosaic.
In the distance, massive submerged rock formations rose like natural towers, their cracks releasing small bubbles that drifted lazily toward the surface. In short, it was a breathtaking, almost unreal display of beauty.
“I have no idea how I’m supposed to feel after almost becoming dinner for a giant spider” one of the reaction team members muttered, his voice shrinking with every word.
The reaction team didn’t look much different from me, their expressions reflected the same astonishment as they took in that strangely beautiful and welcoming scenery, a stark contrast to the fact that just moments earlier we had almost been devoured by a giant spider.
Some exchanged quick glances, as if searching for confirmation that this wasn’t just an illusion, while others took a deep breath, trying to cling to the unexpected calm before the inevitable chaos caught up to us somewhere in the darkness below.
“It’s an interesting feature...” Arthur murmured suddenly, his low voice still cutting through the tension and making everyone turn toward him: “But does this happen because we’re inside the anomaly? Or did the whole area end up like this after the place turned into an anomalous environment?”
His eyes narrowed as he stared at the distant glow at the bottom of the sea: “Considering how far we’ve descended” he murmured, adjusting his monocle with a light touch: “we should be at least a few miles deep by now. The fact that we can still see light down here means we either didn’t sink as far as we thought... or something is distorting our perception”
“Maybe the inside of this thing just follows different rules than the outside world. Anomalies with temporal distortions aren’t exactly unheard of” Victor commented, crossing his arms as he shot a narrow look my way. I just blinked: “After seeing a giant spider inside a submerged anomaly, under tons of water...” he sighed, shrugging: “honestly, I’m not sure I’m even capable of being surprised anymore”
Some team members nodded at Victor’s words, while others kept unreadable expressions. I, on the other hand, was already preparing myself for another bizarre encounter, something that would appear out of nowhere, like before.
But nothing happened. No apparitions, no new anomalies in the following minutes, and we certainly didn’t have to run for our lives again. Outside, the ocean continued to follow our silent descent.
The distant lights grew colder, more bluish, as the underwater vegetation slowly changed in shape and color. The creatures around us grew paler and stranger, taking on an increasingly unsettling appearance the deeper we went.
The coral, once vibrant with shimmering colors and patterns, became dull, showing nearly faded tones. The fish, once abundant, became rarer the farther we descended, their silhouettes stretching in strange and unnerving ways. Everything around us seemed to lose life and shape, as if the ocean itself were guiding us toward a place where even light didn’t dare to enter.
A nearly inaudible comment slipped from Rupert, who was watching the scenery outside with his hands wrapped tightly around his weapon: “This is... creepy. In a lot of ways. This place gives me the chills. I can’t shake the feeling that something’s just gonna pop out of nowhere. I really don’t like it here”
All of us, including me, nodded in agreement with Rupert’s words. The truth is, this place is unsettling even for me, and I don’t usually care much about this kind of thing. Maybe it’s inevitable, nobody likes gloomy environments, and I’m not that different.
It’s not exactly fear that I feel here, but a constant sense of unease, like carrying an extra weight on my back. What really gets on my nerves is having to stay alert all the time, wondering if something is going to come out of the darkness at any moment. It’s a pain having to genuinely worry, and that alone is enough to make everything even more unpleasant.
After a few more minutes of descending, the outside was swallowed by absolute darkness. Every now and then, isolated corals jutted out from the abyss, releasing brief flashes of light, faint glimmers far too weak to actually push back the surrounding shadows. Even so, those fleeting moments of clarity only made the returning darkness feel even more suffocating.
For some reason, the feeling that something out there was watching me started to intensify, a silent weight settling at the back of my neck. Beside me, Victor was also staring into the thick darkness around us, his eyes narrowing with a tense reflex, as if he’d sensed the exact same thing.
“What’s with that look?” Rupert asked when he noticed the sudden stiffness in Victor’s expression. His forehead creased just slightly, but enough to show that something deep down had caught his attention.
At first, Victor didn’t respond. He just stayed still, eyes locked on the darkness outside. When he finally broke the silence, his words were enough to make everyone tighten their grip on their weapons against their chests.
“I feel like there’s something out there...” he muttered, his voice rough but steady: “Something that’s looking straight at us”
I knew Victor carried a fraction of my powers, enough to sharpen his senses beyond those of any normal human. So there was no doubt he could feel those invisible stares clinging to our skin as well.
It was like every trace of attention around us was converging on the exact same point of darkness where we had fixed our gaze. And still, out there... there was nothing. Just silent, dense, impenetrable emptiness.
My senses kept insisting in that same direction, signaling that something really was there. But then, suddenly, everything shifted. The sensation moved, now it was coming from behind me. I whipped my head around instantly, following the invisible thread tugging at my attention. A moment later, though delayed, Victor seemed to notice the shift too.
He narrowed his eyes, one eyebrow lifting in a reflex of alertness before he directed his stare exactly where I was looking. And then... something in him simply stopped. His expression froze, his body went rigid, almost locked in his own shock. His lips parted, as if he wanted to say something, but no word could break through his throat.
One by one, as if noticing something was off, the other members of the response team, along with Victor, Rupert, and Arthur, turned their eyes toward the same point of darkness where Victor and I were staring.
Their reactions mirrored ours perfectly: wide eyes, disbelief written all over their faces, bodies tense as if every muscle had turned to stone. A thick silence spread through the group, making it painfully clear that whatever that thing was, everyone was seeing the same thing.
Where there should have been only darkness, there was a colossal eye. The pupil, thin and vertical, resembled that of a predator, while the sclera, a dull, faded gold, emitted a strange, faint but persistent glow that carved through the surrounding black. It was like that silent light was trying to force its way through the void, revealing the presence of something that should never have existed there.
Not a single sound had been made since the moment the eye appeared. No one dared to speak, no one moved, even our breathing felt suspended, as if the air itself had lost the courage to circulate. Some covered their mouths with their hands, trying to stifle any involuntary sound that might betray them.
The narrow pupil shifted slowly from side to side, sweeping through the void like a patient predator searching for its prey. Each movement was smooth, and terrifying. It lasted only a few seconds, miserably short, almost insignificant, but for those watching, it felt like hours.
Then the eye closed again, as silently and abruptly as it had appeared, and in the blink of an eye, it was gone. Outside, everything descended once more into absolute darkness.
But this time, it wasn’t just the absence of light. We could feel, with an uncomfortable certainty, that the darkness was hiding presences, things we couldn’t have imagined even in our worst nightmares.
One by one, the sounds of short, rapid breaths began to echo, as if everyone had only just remembered how to breathe. And still, no one looked away from the spot where that colossal eye had been just moments earlier.
It was almost possible to hear the collective thought, as clear as my own: Is that thing coming back? Why the hell didn’t it attack? Did it not see us? Questions no one dared to voice, but that hung in the air with the same suffocating weight as the silence surrounding us.
“What the hell was that? That’s the scariest thing I’ve ever seen...” Rupert whispered, his voice trembling. His breaths still came short and uneven, like every sip of air scraped against his lungs. His hands shook slightly as he tried to catch his breath, eyes scanning the darkness around us for any sign that the thing might return.
“I have no idea what that was, but I can guarantee it wasn’t friendly. We were lucky, really lucky, that thing didn’t see us” Victor murmured. His voice came out steady, but carried an uneasy nervousness he was trying, and failing, to hide.
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Chapter List

Chapter 1 – First Contact [1]
Chapter 2 – First Contact [2]
Chapter 3 – First Contact [3]
Announcement!
Chapter 4 – First Contact [4]
Chapter 5 – First Contact [5]
Chapter 6 – First Contact [6]
Chapter 7 – Outbreak [1]
Chapter 8 – Outbreak [2]
Chapter 9 – Outbreak [3]
Chapter 10 – Outbreak [4]
Chapter 11 – Outbreak [5]
Chapter 12 – Outbreak [6]
Chapter 13 – Adaptation period [1]
Chapter 14 – Adaptation period [2]
Chapter 15 – Adaptation period [3]
Chapter 16 – Adaptation period [4]
Chapter 17 – Adaptation period [5]
Chapter 18 – Threat from the shadows [1]
Chapter 19 – Threat from the shadows [2]
Chapter 20 – Threat from the shadows [3]
Chapter 21 – Threat from the shadows [4]
Chapter 22 – Threat from the shadows [5]
Chapter 23 – Threat from the shadows [6]
Chapter 24 – Threat from the shadows [7]
Chapter 25 – The director’s visit [1]
Chapter 26 – The director’s visit [2]
Chapter 27 – The director’s visit [3]
Chapter 28 – The director’s visit [4]
Chapter 29 – The director’s visit [5]
Chapter 30 – The director’s visit [6]
Chapter 31 – Conducting experiments [1]
Chapter 32 – Conducting experiments [2]
Chapter 33 – Conducting experiments [3]
Chapter 34 – Conducting experiments [4]
Chapter 35 – Conducting experiments [5]
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Chapter 36 – Conducting experiments [6]
Chapter 37 – Conducting experiments [7]
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Chapter 38 – Conducting experiments [8]
Chapter 39 – Conducting experiments [9]
Chapter 40 – Conducting experiments [10]
Chapter 41 – Black Lake [1]
Chapter 42 – Black Lake [2]
Chapter 43 – Black Lake [3]
Chapter 44 – Black Lake [4]
Chapter 45 – Black Lake [5]
Chapter 46 – Black Lake [6]
Chapter 47 – Black Lake [7]
Chapter 48 – Black Lake [8]
Chapter 49 – Black Lake [9]
Chapter 50 – Black Lake [10]
Chapter 51 – Black Lake [11]
Creation of the Discord server
Chapter 52 – Black Lake [12]
Chapter 53 – Black Lake [13]
Chapter 54 – Black Lake [14]
Chapter 55 – Black Lake [15]
Chapter 56 – Black Lake [16]
Chapter 57 – Black Lake [17]
Chapter 58 – Black Lake [18]
Chapter 59 – The call [1]
Chapter 60 – The call [2]
Chapter 61 – The call [3]
Chapter 62 – The call [4]
Chapter 63 – The call [5]
Chapter 64 – The call [6]
Chapter 65 – The call [7]
Chapter 66 – The call [8]
Chapter 67 – The call [9]
Chapter 68 – The call [10]
Chapter 69 – The call [11]
Chapter 70 – The call [12]
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Chapter 71 – The call [13]
Chapter 72 – The call [14]
Chapter 73 – The call [15]
Chapter 74 – The call [16]
Chapter 75 – The call [17]
Chapter 76 – The call [18]
Chapter 77 – The call [19]
Chapter 78 – The call [20]
Chapter 79 – The call [21]
Chapter 80 – The call [22]
Chapter 81 – The call [23]
Chapter 82 – The call [24]
Chapter 83 – The call [25]
Chapter 84 – The call [26]
Chapter 85 – Storm [1]
Chapter 86 – Storm [2]
Chapter 87 – Storm [3]
Chapter 88 – Storm [4]
Chapter 89 – Storm [5]
Chapter 90 – Storm [6]
Chapter 91 – Storm [7]
Chapter 92 – Storm [8]
Chapter 93 – Storm [9]
Chapter 94 – Storm [10]
Chapter 95 – Storm [11]
Chapter 96 – Storm [12]
Chapter 97 – Storm [13]
Chapter 98 – Storm [14]
Chapter 99 – Storm [15]
Chapter 100 – Storm [16]
Chapter 101 – Storm [17]
Chapter 102 – Storm [18]
Chapter 103 – Storm [19]
Chapter 104 – Interludio – A little chat
Chapter 105 – Something called Life [1]
Chapter 106 – Something called Life [2]
Chapter 107 – Something called Life [3]
Chapter 108 – Something called Life [4]
Chapter 109 – Something called Life [5]
Chapter 110 – Something called Life [6]
Chapter 111 – Something called Life [7]
Chapter 112 – Something called Life [8]
Chapter 113 – Something called Life [9]
Chapter 114 – Something called Life [10]
Chapter 115 – Something called Life [11]
Chapter 116 – Something called Life [12]
Chapter 117 – Something called Life [13]
Chapter 118 – Something called Life [14]
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Chapter 119 – Something called Life [15]
Chapter 120 – Something called Life [16]
Chapter 121 – Something called Life [17]
Chapter 122 – Something called Life [18]
Chapter 123 – Something called Life [19]
Chapter 124 – Something called Life [20]
Chapter 125 – Something called Life [21]
Chapter 126 – Something called Life [22]
Chapter 127 – Something called Life [23]
Chapter 128 – Something called Life [24]
Chapter 129 – Something called Life [25]
Chapter 130 – Something called Life [26]
Chapter 131 – Something called Life [27]
Chapter 132 – Something called Life [28]
Chapter 133 – Something called Life [29]
Chapter 134 – Something called Life [30]
Chapter 135 – interlude – Hidden intentions
Chapter 136 – Inside the mist [1]
Chapter 137 – Inside the mist [2]
Chapter 138 – Inside the mist [3]
Chapter 139 – Inside the mist [4]
Chapter 140 – Inside the mist [5]
Chapter 141 – Inside the mist [6]
Chapter 142 – Inside the mist [7]
Chapter 143 – Inside the mist [8]
Chapter 144 – Inside the mist [9]
Chapter 145 – Inside the mist [10]
Chapter 146 – Inside the mist [11]
Chapter 147 – Inside the mist [12]
Chapter 148 – Inside the mist [13]
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Chapter 149 – Inside the mist [14]
Chapter 150 – Inside the mist [15]
Chapter 151 – Inside the mist [16]
Chapter 152 – Inside the mist [17]
Chapter 153 – Inside the mist [18]
Chapter 154 – Inside the mist [19]
Chapter 155 – Inside the mist [20]
Chapter 156 – Inside the mist [21]
Chapter 157 – Inside the mist [22]
Chapter 158 – Inside the mist [23]
Chapter 159 – Inside the mist [24]
Chapter 160 – When logic escapes [1]
Chapter 161 – When logic escapes [2]
Chapter 162 – When logic escapes [3]
Chapter 163 – When logic escapes [4]
Chapter 164 – When logic escapes [5]
Chapter 165 – When logic escapes [6]
Chapter 166 – When logic escapes [7]
Chapter 167 – When logic escapes [8]
Chapter 168 – When logic escapes [9]
Chapter 169 – When logic escapes [10]
Chapter 170 – When logic escapes [11]
Chapter 171 – When logic escapes [12]
Chapter 172 – When logic escapes [13]
Chapter 173 – When logic escapes [14]
Chapter 174 – When logic escapes [15]
Chapter 175 – When logic escapes [16]
Chapter 176 – When logic escapes [17]
Chapter 177 – When logic escapes [18]
Chapter 178 – When logic escapes [19]
Chapter 179 – When logic escapes [20]
Chapter 180 – When logic escapes [21]
Chapter 181 – The Burden of Remembering [1]
Chapter 182 – The Burden of Remembering [2]
Chapter 183 – The Burden of Remembering [3]
Chapter 184 – The Burden of Remembering [4]
Chapter 185 – The Burden of Remembering [5]
Chapter 186 – The Burden of Remembering [6]
Chapter 187 – The Burden of Remembering [7]
Chapter 188 – The Burden of Remembering [8]
Chapter 189 – The Burden of Remembering [9]
Chapter 190 – The Burden of Remembering [10]
Chapter 191 – The Burden of Remembering [11]
Chapter 192 – The Burden of Remembering [12]
Chapter 193 – The Burden of Remembering [13]
Chapter 194 – The Burden of Remembering [14]
Chapter 195 – The Burden of Remembering [15]
Chapter 196 – The Burden of Remembering [16]
Chapter 197 – The Burden of Remembering [17]
Chapter 198 – The Burden of Remembering [18]
Chapter 199 – The Burden of Remembering [19]
Chapter 200 – The Burden of Remembering [20]
Chapter 201 – The Burden of Remembering [21]
Chapter 202 – The Burden of Remembering [22]
Chapter 203 – The Burden of Remembering [23]
Chapter 204 – The Burden of Remembering [24]
Chapter 205 – The Burden of Remembering [25]
Chapter 206 – The Burden of Remembering [26]
Chapter 207 – The Burden of Remembering [27]
Chapter 208 – The Burden of Remembering [28]
Chapter 209 – The Burden of Remembering [29]
Chapter 210 – The Burden of Remembering [30]
Chapter 211 – The Burden of Remembering [31]
Chapter 212 – The Burden of Remembering [32]
Chapter 213 – The Burden of Remembering [33]
Chapter 214 – The Burden of Remembering [34]
Chapter 215 – The Burden of Remembering [35]
Chapter 216 – The Burden of Remembering [36]
Chapter 217 – The Burden of Remembering [37]
Chapter 218 – The Burden of Remembering [38]
Chapter 219 – The entity of pride [1]
Chapter 220 – The entity of pride [2]
Chapter 221 – The entity of pride [3]
Chapter 222 – The entity of pride [4]
Chapter 223 – The entity of pride [5]
Chapter 224 – The entity of pride [6]
Chapter 225 – The entity of pride [7]
Chapter 226 – The entity of pride [8]
Chapter 227 – The entity of pride [9]
Chapter 228 – The entity of pride [10]
Chapter 229 – The entity of pride [11]
Chapter 230 – The entity of pride [12]
Chapter 231 – The entity of pride [13]
Chapter 232 – The entity of pride [14]
Chapter 233 – The entity of pride [15]
Chapter 234 – The entity of pride [16]
Chapter 235 – The entity of pride [17]
Chapter 236 – The entity of pride [18]
Chapter 237 – The entity of pride [19]
Chapter 238 – The entity of pride [20]
Chapter 239 – The entity of pride [21]
Chapter 240 – The entity of pride [22]
Chapter 241 – The entity of pride [23]
Chapter 242 – The entity of pride [24]
Chapter 243 – The entity of pride [25]
Chapter 244 – Timeless State [1]
Chapter 245 – Timeless State [2]
Chapter 246 – Timeless State [3]
Chapter 247 – Timeless State [4]
Chapter 248 – Timeless State [5]
Chapter 249 – Timeless State [6]
Chapter 250 – Timeless State [7]
Chapter 251 – Timeless State [8]
Chapter 252 – Timeless State [9]
Chapter 253 – Timeless State [10]
Chapter 254 – Timeless State [11]
Chapter 255 – Timeless State [12]
Chapter 256 – Timeless State [13]
Chapter 257 – Timeless State [14]
Chapter 258 – Timeless State [15]
Chapter 259 – Timeless State [16]
Chapter 260 – Timeless State [17]
Chapter 261 – Timeless State [18]
Chapter 262 – Timeless State [19]
Chapter 263 – Timeless State [20]
Chapter 264 – Timeless State [21]
Chapter 265 – Timeless State [22]
Chapter 266 – Timeless State [23]
Chapter 267 – Timeless State [24]
Chapter 268 – Timeless State [25]
Chapter 269 – Timeless State [26]
Chapter 270 – Timeless State [27]
Chapter 271 – Timeless State [28]
Chapter 272 – Timeless State [29]
Chapter 273 – Timeless State [30]
Chapter 274 – Timeless State [31]
Chapter 275 – Timeless State [32]
Chapter 276 – Timeless State [33]
Chapter 277 – Timeless State [34]
Chapter 278 – Timeless State [35]
Chapter 279 – Timeless State [36]
Chapter 280 – Timeless State [37]
Chapter 281 – Timeless State [38]
Chapter 282 – Timeless State [39]
Chapter 283 – The Primordial Fear [1]
Chapter 284 – The Primordial Fear [2]
Chapter 285 – The Primordial Fear [3]
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Chapter 286 – The Primordial Fear [4]
Chapter 287 – The Primordial Fear [5]
Chapter 288 – The Primordial Fear [6]
Chapter 289 – The Primordial Fear [7]
Chapter 290 – The Primordial Fear [8]
Chapter 291 – The Primordial Fear [9]
Chapter 292 – The Primordial Fear [10]
Chapter 293 – The Primordial Fear [11]
Chapter 294 – The Primordial Fear [12]
Chapter 295 – The Primordial Fear [13]
Chapter 296 – The Primordial Fear [14]
Chapter 297 – The Primordial Fear [15]
Chapter 298 – The Primordial Fear [16]
Chapter 299 – The Primordial Fear [17]
Chapter 300 – The Primordial Fear [18]
Chapter 301 – The Primordial Fear [19]
Chapter 302 – The Primordial Fear [20]
Chapter 303 – The Primordial Fear [21]
Chapter 304 – The Primordial Fear [22]
Chapter 305 – The Primordial Fear [23]
Chapter 306 – The Primordial Fear [24]
Chapter 307 – The Primordial Fear [25]
Chapter 308 – The Primordial Fear [26]
Chapter 309 – The Primordial Fear [27]
Chapter 310 – The Primordial Fear [28]
Chapter 311 – The Primordial Fear [29]
Chapter 312 – The Primordial Fear [30]
Chapter 313 – The Primordial Fear [31]
Chapter 314 – The Primordial Fear [32]
Chapter 315 – The Primordial Fear [33]
Chapter 316 – The Primordial Fear [34]
Chapter 317 – The Primordial Fear [35]
Chapter 318 – The Primordial Fear [36]
Chapter 319 – The Primordial Fear [37]
Chapter 320 – The Primordial Fear [38]
Chapter 321 – The Primordial Fear [39]
Chapter 322 – The Primordial Fear [40]
Chapter 323 – The Primordial Fear [41]
Chapter 324 – The Primordial Fear [42]
Chapter 325 – The Primordial Fear [43]
Chapter 326 – The Primordial Fear [44]
Chapter 327 – The Primordial Fear [45]
Chapter 328 – The Primordial Fear [46]
Chapter 329 – The Primordial Fear [47]
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