Her mind froze, however, the second something wrapped around her ankle and dragged her under, ripping her through the filth around her. She kept her mouth shut, knowing to avoid inhaling or, worse, swallowing anything around her. Still, she was temporarily blind and had no idea what was holding onto her. The next thing the hunter knew, she broke through the surface and landed hard on a pile of rotting bodies.
Heart had faced many creatures in her vast existence, from beautiful to grotesque, but this thing before her now, was easily the most horrifying of them all. It appeared to be a pile of flesh, vomit, and blood, covered in eyes and many sets of teeth. Tendrils of wet-looking tentacles whipped at the air around it while attempting to focus its many eyes on her. Some of the mouths were
