"It's a Dreadkraken!" Jonah shouted.

He slumped against the cabin door, his teeth chattering.

"According to legend, this sea creature from Wailing Deep feeds exclusively on living humans."

As he spoke, more tentacles lashed out from every direction. Some wrapped around the mast and snapped the sturdy timber clean in half. Others thrust into the cabin, smashing the supplies to bits.

A young soldier was grabbed by a tentacle and hoisted high into the air. He screamed his comrades' names in terror before being flung into the crashing waves, disappearing beneath the surface.

The ship lurched violently to one side. Several crew members lost their footing and went tumbling across the deck.

A military medic with his medical kit rushed to help wounded soldiers, but a tentacle that came out of nowhere knocked him down. The kit spilled open on the deck, scattering the herbs that were instantly soaked by seawater.

Suction cups along the tentacle latched onto his leg. He shrieked in pain an