Even though Theo and the others couldn't get enough of their underwater adventure, they still had to leave at some point.
When Matue, their chief diving instructor, noticed that their oxygen tanks were approaching low numbers, he immediately called them to follow him upwards.
Theo, Aurora, and the others were a little bummed that they had to leave their new friends, but they still followed the instructors.
Just like that, they slowly swam upwards as they mustered all their strength to do it. As they did that, they understood why Matue said that they had to be calm and steady when they swam upwards. They could feel it was much easier to swim downwards than upwards. Plus, they had to do it slowly to not decompress too quickly.
During their struggle, their new jellyfish followed them as well. And the result of their action was a spectacular scene. The rainbow trails left by the jellyfish made it seem like Theo and the others were ascending the skies through a rainbow beam.
The group was too busy with their struggle to swim upwards, so they didn't even notice that. But the instructor with the professional camera, took a bunch of pictures of this peculiar scene.
A while later, after a slow and difficult ascension, Theo and the others managed to emerge from the ocean waters.
They felt the sun shining brightly on the sky and felt like they just traveled between worlds.
But they didn't have much time to reveal on this feeling as Matue and the other instructors started to assist them to climb onto the boat again.
Soon after, everyone was back on the boat once again, Matue and the other instructors were fine as they were used to even more difficult dives, but the majority of the group was left panting as they sat down on the boat.
The only ones with even breathing were Theo, Ayia, Shizuka, and Kaori.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThey were martial arts masters at the end of the day, so they were used to putting their bodies through even more difficult situations.
But even they had to admit that it swimming upward was a difficult feat.
"Guys, you can rest for a while. Try to take deep breaths and calm down your heartbeats." Matue suggested.
Everyone nodded and just rested for a while, but their excitement for what just happened won in the end.
"Oh my god!" Ayia exclaimed with a wide smile on her face.
"Yes! Oh my god!" Sam exclaimed as well with a laugh.
"I have only word for what just happened, magical!" June commented.
"I had heard about the Rainbow Jellyfish and Starry Fish, but I never thought that they were this beautiful." Kaori commented with a dreamy look on her face.
"I know, right? And we even made friends with them!" Sayuri commented excitedly.
"I named my jellyfish friend, Olaf." Aurora commented with a giggle.
Everyone laughed when they heard that.
"Oh, let me see if I took good pictures." Ayia suddenly shouted as she picked up her phone.
Phones nowadays were so advanced that Ayia could take hers with her on the dive and the phone would work normally.
"I took some pictures as well!"
"Me too!"
Just like that, everyone picked up their phones to check the pictures they had taken under the water.
But to their dismay, few of the pictures they had taken were good in the end. After all, phone cameras were not built to take underwater pictures. Plus, their bodies were not used to diving, so a bunch of pictures was spoiled because of their trembling hands.
"That's a bummer, I only took one good picture." Carolla commented with a disappointed face.
"Me too! But at least the good picture I took was from my jellyfish, Olaf." Aurora said with a small smile.
"You're lucky, Aurora-chan!" Umaru exclaimed.
Just like that, they started to discuss and show each other the pictures they had taken of the amazing underwater world.
After a while, they heard Matue speaking to them once again, "What a great adventure, huh? I hope you guys liked it." He said with a laugh.
"Are you kidding? That was beyond awesome!"
"Yeah, I don't think I ever saw something so magical."
"It seemed as though we were in another world."
Everyone replied with excited voices and smiles.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmSeeing that, the middle-aged Matue smiled as he said, "I'm glad you guys liked it because our adventure today has only started. In a while, the boat will sail once again toward our next stop. There we will have the opportunity to see the giant sea turtles."
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that, their hearts started beating faster with the prospect of seeing and experiencing amazing scenes once again.
"We will sail for around 20 minutes, so you guys are free to relax until then. If anyone of you is cold, we have warm blankets and hot drinks to warm your bodies." Matue explained as he pointed at the table filled with blankets and hot drinks.
Theo and the others were happy when they saw that. Even though the ocean waters were warm and the day was sunny and hot. After they left the water, they still felt a little cold.
"If you want to check the pictures that our instructor took from you all, you just have to ask him for it." Matue finished his explanation as he pointed at the instructor at the side with a professional camera in his hands.
"Thank you, Matue." Theo said with a smile.
Theo and Matue started to chat about their adventure, but while the two were chatting the others had a different reaction to the last information that Matue told them.
While they were checking the pictures they had taken on their phones, they had completely forgotten about the instructor with the professional camera.
That's why as soon as Matue informed them about it, they all looked at the instructor as if they were a predator looking a prey.
Their eyes shone with happiness, but the instructor felt a little afraid when he saw the way they were looking at him.
It did not take too long for everyone to surround the poor instructor to ask for the pictures.
This instructor was not that fluent in English, but he still could understand that they were avid for the pictures he had taken.
That's why, to pacify them, he quickly showed the pictures he had taken of their adventure.
The camera he was using was a professional camera built for underwater shots, so the quality of the pictures was the best that could be.
That's why when everyone saw the pictures the instructor had taken, they were mesmerized by the underwater world once again.
They were especially impressed with the picture of them ascending through a rainbow path.
In this picture, the whole group appeared in the picture, and the situation seemed so magical!