In the vast and freezing Northern sea,
Fino was being chased by two massive and fast orca whales. He swam as fast as he could, not stopping even for a second—because if he slipped up or slowed down, he could die right then and there.
From afar, Cold Orca switched her vehicle from a small boat to a jetski.
"Hahaha! You think you can escape the ocean? All you have to do is keep swimming until you're exhausted… and become dinner for my beloved orcas~" Cold Orca said with her crazy laugh.
Fino kept focusing on swimming, occasionally glancing back, seeing an orca's head just a few meters behind him.
"Damn it, I need to find land as soon as possible," Fino thought.
But suddenly, the waves started acting strange. It was because the two orcas were controlling the sea with their massive bodies and movements, slowing down Fino's swimming speed.
"They're trained orcas… wait, where are they…?" Fino stopped for a moment as he realized the orcas were gone.
Without doing anything reckless, Fino immediately kept swimming—and it was the right move. If he had paused even for a second, he would've been swallowed whole. Suddenly, from below where he had just stopped, an orca burst out of the water, leaping high into the air.
"Damn, that was close!" Fino kept swimming fast, knowing this was his chance.
After swimming for a long time, his body growing colder, Fino finally spotted land in the distance.
"Finally… I need to get there fast, huh?"
Just as hope appeared, something felt off. Right in front of the shore, one of the orcas was already there, waiting—as if it wouldn't let Fino reach land.
"Fuck… this won't work… even if I can handle cold water, staying in it too long will still cramp my body," Fino said, immediately swimming sideways.
Fino kept swimming, trying to find another way to land—but just like before, one of the orcas would always disappear and somehow arrive first at the shore he was aiming for.
Fino got annoyed, and now he was in the worst moment—trapped from both front and back. Fino was in the middle, and since he wasn't swimming at that moment, his speed would instantly be caught up the moment he moved.
Fino took a deep breath and grabbed the weapon in his pocket.
He didn't swim sideways—instead, he went straight toward the orca behind him.
Both orcas immediately charged forward, opening their mouths wide, ready to swallow Fino.
Fino's face stayed calm. Just as the orca behind him was about to hit him, he dropped something behind him—and it was instantly swallowed. At the same time, Fino quickly dove downward, while the orca in front swerved aside to avoid crashing into its partner.
Suddenly—BOOMM!!! Something exploded inside the orca's mouth. It turned out to be a bomb Fino had taken from a high-caste guard.
Without wasting time, Fino moved again. He saw the other orca staying near its injured companion, seemingly worried, nudging its body.
The orca that got hit by the explosion was still alive—but Fino immediately pulled out his sharp weapon and stabbed it from below.
The other orca looked furious and immediately rammed its injured companion aside to chase Fino. But Fino had already swum quickly toward land—and this time, he finally made it ashore.
Meanwhile, Cold Orca felt something was wrong. She approached her orcas—she had been moving slowly on her jetski, thinking they would keep chasing, and if they stopped, it meant Fino had already lost.
But what she saw was both her orcas had stopped… and there was no blood or Fino's body.
From a distance, she saw Fino on land, waving.
Cold Orca's eyes widened—not because Fino reached land, but because of her orcas.
She jumped off her jetski and checked on them.
"MY LOVES!!! WHAT HAPPENED??? HUH? NO… NOOO!!!!"
Cold Orca saw the slash wound under her orca and its mouth completely destroyed.
"…"
She went silent, got back on her jetski, swallowed a predator capsule, and immediately sped off to chase Fino.
"BASTARD!! I'LL KILL YOU BRUTALLY!!"
Fino had already started running, but this land was still far from any safe place—and Cold Orca managed to catch up.
"TAKE THIS!"
Cold Orca threw something—it was her scythe, and it almost hit Fino's leg.
"Damn, that crazy woman is way too fast… my stamina's almost gone…"
Fino tried to find somewhere to hide.
But there was nothing. No place at all, forcing him to stop and face Cold Orca.
When Fino stopped, he thought Cold Orca would talk first—but he forgot that he had just made her extremely furious.
The moment she saw him stop, Cold Orca attacked brutally without pause. She lunged with her scythe while clawing at him. Fino dodged with everything he had and countered with a strong kick to her stomach, then stabbed her shoulder with his weapon.
Cold Orca only flinched slightly, blood flowing, but she didn't back off at all. She countered with a scythe slash that forced Fino to jump back. Fino still managed to punch her hard in the face, but Cold Orca caught his arm, twisted it, then kicked his chest, sending him flying into the snow.
Fino struggled to get back up, his breathing already ragged. He tried to attack again, slashing her arm and chest multiple times. But the woman acted like she didn't feel pain. She kept advancing, clawing deeply into Fino's shoulder, then kicking his leg until he dropped to his knees.
"She's not human anymore…" Fino muttered while coughing up blood.
Cold Orca stayed silent, then kicked Fino's face, sending him crashing to the ground. Without giving him any chance, she clawed his body over and over until his clothes were torn and blood flowed heavily. Fino tried to fight back one last time—he stabbed her thigh, but his strength was already gone.
Cold Orca kept clawing his body nonstop until he was nearly unconscious.
"Bastard," Cold Orca said.
Fino gave a weak smile and casually said, "Don't get too confident."
Annoyed, Cold Orca kicked his face again until it bled, and eventually she assumed he was dead, covering him with snow.
"Shit, I need to save my beloved orcas first!"
Cold Orca returned to the sea, only to freeze when she saw her beloved orca already floating, while the other one stayed there, holding its body in place so it wouldn't drift away.
"BASTARD! I'LL KILL ALL OF THEM!!"
At this point, Cold Orca intended to interfere elsewhere as her rage peaked, while the surviving orca stayed still, looking down—because Cold Orca didn't take care of its companion, even though it wasn't completely dead yet.
To be continued...