They appeared before the vast blue ocean, their boats sinking into the beach sand as they confronted its overwhelming immensity. The wind swept the sea waves in all directions, harmonizing with the quiet that filled the distance.
Raiden and his comrades exchanged confused glances. This wasn't the destination they had expected; nothing in their sight indicated a path forward or hinted at the presence of a leviathan.
"Where are we, Chrono?" Raiden asked, his confusion apparent as he turned toward the other man.
Chrono gestured toward Odard, pulled a note from his pocket, and handed it over to Raiden. Raiden accepted it, confusion still etched on his face as he read.
"You'll need to recite the incantation to call forth a leviathan," Chrono said, shrugging. "Like I said, the leviathan path is a mana pathway."
Raiden took a closer look at the incantation scrawled across the sheet and shook his head in disbelief. "We would need mana to actually summon it, wouldn't we?"
