All the people panicked with worried faces staring at the sea.
Kriss's figure disappeared into the engulfing waves, along with his surfboard.
With a loud voice, everyone, especially the men, started moving towards the middle of the sea to get ready to search for Kriss.
Vino, who was already on the beach, was shocked as he clearly saw Kriss falling off the surfboard and into the waves.
Anyone swept away by the waves had a chance of disappearing beneath the surface, making it quite difficult to find them.
Kriss's disappearance at sea made Iva scream and cry out for help.
Alaine and others tried to calm Iva down to create a more conducive situation.
Some beach security officers began to move to search for Kriss.
However, Vino had already started moving into the sea after Kriss disappeared for tens of seconds.
Everyone remained silent and prepared to search near the beach. People thought that the waves would bring Kriss to the shore.
Waves over 1.5 meters high could be considered dangerous waves. Instead of bringing the dragged person to shore, the waves would pull anyone entering them away from the shore.
This also put the beach security officers on high alert, and they began the search immediately.
The beach security officers urged people not to surf anymore after seeing the large and threatening waves.
"Everyone, please play in the safe section of the beach! Do not swim further away from the shore!"
One security officer had the task of reminding tourists. Other officers started swimming and spreading out to search for Kriss's whereabouts.
It had been over 2 minutes since Kriss fell into the waves, and Kriss had yet to resurface.
"What exactly happened?" A beach security officer asked the officer who was guarding the beach spot where Kriss and others were about to surf.
The beach guard explained while glancing at the sea, "At first, there was one person surfing, and that person surfed very well, showcasing their surfing skills excellently. Suddenly, one of the three men carrying surfboards approached the waves and wanted to surf. Unfortunately, his surfing skills were not good and perhaps not lucky, as the man who followed the initial surfer fell into the waves."
"Where is the man who successfully conquered the waves?" The officer who heard the story became curious about the man who surfed the large waves successfully.
However, when the officer explaining heard his colleague's question, his expression changed.
"Wait, where is that man?!" The officer quickly scanned the tourists on the beach but did not find the man in question.
"I can't find him. Wait, I'll ask someone else who saw."
After saying that, the officer asked people on the beach.
Seeing the officer running to ask several tourists, the officer who asked became anxious.
Dozens of officers were conducting the search. Some entered the water, while others on the beach started helping other officers search for the missing man.
The officer chatting with the other officer ran towards the sea, and some officers who saw this asked what was happening to him.
"Why are you going to search in the sea?" asked the monitoring officer on the beach.
With quick steps, the officer replied, "The missing person turned out to be two people."
Splash!
With makeshift gear, the lone beach security officer entered the water to search for the additional missing person.
A few seconds after the officer entered the water, the questioning officer came to look for his counterpart.
"Where is he?"
The monitoring officer from the shore said, "He said there were two people missing, and he wanted to help with the search."
"He's right, the man who managed to surf was reported to have entered the sea before us. Three minutes have passed, and he still hasn't appeared!"
Hearing the officer's words made the other officers anxious.
The search widened and intensified, with some officers spreading out along the shore to monitor.
Meanwhile, a few officers entered the sea to search directly for a while.
The situation was an emergency, preparations took time, while they were fighting against time to save the two people who were believed to have been swept away by the waves.
Iva, along with the other women, watched the officers and the beach scene with faces full of anxiety and worry.
For over 3 minutes, Iva cried with cheeks wet from tears.
Meanwhile, Alaine was also worried as she witnessed Vino jumping into the sea for unknown reasons, and he had not resurfaced until now.
Maddon and Diell were still standing at the edge of the beach, helping to monitor and search for the missing Kriss in the vast ocean.
Their panicked and pale expressions showed confusion about what to do.
As everyone was searching for Kriss and almost forgetting about Vino, at a depth of dozens of meters underwater, Vino was struggling to drag the unconscious Kriss to the surface.
Swimming while dragging someone was not an easy task.
"Rip Current, this is hard to deal with," muttered Vino as he gradually made his way to the unstable sea surface.
Finding Kriss who had sunk and run out of breath several hundred meters from the shore, Vino could assume that Kriss had been caught in a rip current after being rolled by a big wave, which pulled him away from the shore.
Luckily, he acted quickly, managing to find Kriss at a depth of more than 10 meters from the sea surface. If left any longer, Kriss's body would continue to sink and be carried further from the shore.
Splash!
"Hah~ .... We made it out!"
Vino's head finally surfaced about 200 meters away.
With his still strong arms, he lifted and moved the unconscious Kriss onto his back, then swam with one hand through the slightly larger waves.
"I can do this."
Recalling the swimming skill temporarily provided by the System, Vino used it to the fullest.
Not long after Vino swam closer to the shore slowly, the coast guard team on a jet ski searching for the missing Kriss and Vino accidentally spotted Vino in the distance.
"Bring him ashore first! I can still swim until help arrives!" Vino shouted loudly.
Without raising his voice, it would have been hard for the officers to hear him.
The officer immediately reported this, requesting assistance from other officers to quickly retrieve Vino from the sea.
Vino was quite far from the shore, and it would take some time for the other officers to reach him.
The officer brought the unconscious Kriss ashore on the jet ski, leaving Vino floating in the sea.
A few moments later, Vino was rescued, with his body in good health and unharmed, just a little tired.
Meanwhile, Kriss had to be temporarily hospitalized. Fortunately, Kriss was fine, without any serious injuries or illnesses from his near-drowning incident.
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