Deep and the others, who had entered the crevice of Punos's nail, finally returned. They seemed trapped in a nightmare, clutching their heads and gritting their teeth in anguish. But, one way or another, they were still alive.
In Deep's webbed right hand, he grasped a piece of a hand bone—this was Charles's purpose in coming here.
Charles tossed the dark-red eyeball. After tumbling through the water, the dim eyeball regained its luster. Its trailing blood vessels began to sway, and like a tadpole, it burrowed into Punos's body.
Having reclaimed His eye, all the other eyes on Punos's body slowly began to close. A few seconds later, His enormous body dissipated in the ocean like foam.
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SWOOSH—BANG! Eleven Exploration Ships suddenly appeared in the coastal waters of Hope Island, startling the island's Navy.
But once they saw the ships belonged to their own island, they breathed a collective sigh of relief.
