Timothy turned into a blob. It wasn’t that he enjoyed being a blob, but after Genta led by example once she shifted, he had to follow along. She wanted to swim towards the deep seas, and only the gods knew how deep she actually wanted to swim, as blobs were known to stride in the deep waters, so this journey might end up being dangerous. Genta was very sparing of details, she didn't care to explain everything to her team mate.

  “This will do, right? I think I've got the species right.” He asked, “I'm a Grundus Blob, and this form should keep me alive if we end up all the way down there, in the deep sea?”

  “We'll be fine,” She added, and yet she didn't answer any of his questions directly.

  Tim was a three foot long, and two foot wide blob now, so he had to leave his armor behind, just like Genta did. He hadn't been so keen on seeing a naked, melting, old goblin lady transform, but that was just one of the things an adventurer had to do for the sake of progress!

  After they shifted, he discovered that he could swim down to twelve-hundred meters below the sea surface, without suffering damage from the water pressure! Once he discovered this, he came to trust Genta a bit more, as it was apparent that she knew exactly what she was doing!

  Anyway, after shifting, they swam downwards. The waters around them got a bit dark after they crossed the two-hundred meter depth mark, but they weren't scared of such depths, as they've swam even deeper than this back in Valporovus, within The Old Sea, so they just kept pushing forward. Timothy’s eyesight was exceptionally sharp, even in greater depths.

  “We have to go a bit deeper, I can smell them.” She assured.

  This was the first time that Genta explored this portion of the sea, here in the main universe, but nevertheless, she didn't seem lost. The direction she took was very straight, linear, and self-assured, which made it all the more clear that she absolutely knew what she would end up finding!

  In just ten minutes' time, at the five-hundred meters mark, she found a large crack-like entrance along the deep-sea wall, and it was a crack that seemed ordinary to the untrained eye, truly. However, that was not the case!

  It was noticeable that this crack had been purposely hollowed out by numerous creatures in the past. It was several meters long, it was shaped much like a river, and there were portions on the crack that were conveniently wide enough for a blob to fit in!

  “I can smell them even better now! They're in there, vegetating…” She whispered.

  “Are you sure about that?” He asked, “Because if they are here, then the reef had been in more danger than I thought it was! If there are a bunch of blobs hidding here, less than a kilometer away from the reef, then what else could be living in our fucking front yard?”

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  “You have the deep sea as your front yard, so I hope your question was rhetorical.” She followed along, and she didn't care to entertain him any further.

  Genta pushed her body through the gap, and slipped in. Although the gap they found was just a foot wide at most, blobfish were called ‘blobs’ for a reason! She had this great ability to squeeze through very tight spaces, regardless of how she was two whole feet wide! Tim then managed to do the very same.

  They squeezed through a one-to-two foot wide, hollow tunnel for several meters, up until they got where they wanted to. They floated into an opening, a wide cavern to be exact, and they discovered that there were numerous species of animals here, not just blobfish! Amongst other species, there were tens of anglerfish here as well, who kept the place very well illuminated.

  “There we go, the Grundus Blobs are down there.” She gestured, at the bottom of the cavern.

  “They definitely look like us,” He added, “How do we get them to come with us, though? I hope you're going to talk them into it, like you said earlier, because I am not carrying these fat, vegetating bastards on my back!”

  Although his description was harsh, it was truthful, he made a good point. Luckily, Genta wasn't as rash to these creatures, and she knew exactly what to do in order to get them moving.

  She explained, “These blobs vegetate when they have nothing else to do. They need a goal, a motive that'll keep them moving!”

  These instincts that she described, sounded a lot like what the common human could go through a few times in their lifetime. This was a long topic, and she didn't bother indulging in it.

  She just swam a bit closer to the bottom of the cavern, and then she yelled out. “Fish of the dark sea, hear my plea, my offer!”

  “I invite you to our reef, where opportunity shines more than the brightest anglerfish you have here! I invite you to come and get a spot on our reef now, and help us shape it into greatness! This is your window of time, your lucky opportunity to be part of something greater! The reef will be a popular stronghold really soon, a stronghold that shall protect us from any, and all danger, including those disgusting sharks that had plagued the reef before! We have an army of humans, and goblins to protect us as well!” She pitched.

  She did not mention mana, or mana roots, because she didn’t need these fish accepting her invitation with greed in their mind. The safety she promised was a decent deal on its own, and she knew that these blobs would work hard if their motive was to maintain widespread peace! Being out in the open waters, and maintaining their peace there, sounded a lot more exciting to them than hiding in a cave here, vegetating, that was for sure!

  After pitching the offer, Genta then asked. “How many Grundus Blobs seek refuge in our reef? We need 320 of you, and of course, other species are also welcome there. We have space for you, and all of your friends!”

  Their overall excitement sky-rocketed! These blobs snapped out of their vegetating state of mind quickly, and started moving around more than they did in a long while. She pulled their heart strings in all of the right ways!

  “Nice work… but, you do know I haven't pulled my slaves through the portal yet, right? I’m yet to pull them out of Purpureus Mundi Aqumus.” He added.

  “Big deal,” She remarked, sarcastically. “You can summon a portal in this universe too!”