The pressure hit like a wall. Diamond-rank intent flooded the chamber in a suffocating wave, the water itself trembling as if reality had briefly forgotten how to hold its shape. The abyssal eye dilated, its vertical pupil narrowing as it fixed entirely on Mera.
The eye felt extremely hungry, letting out constant pulsations as it stared at Mera.
Albedo didn't hesitate.
Mana surged through his limbs as he took one more step forward, boots skimming against water held solid by his will. His presence snapped outward, not killing intent, but declaration.
'You're not touching her.'
The chamber reacted. The tendrils embedded in the walls convulsed violently, veins of black-violet light flaring as the core pulsed once, twice, and then it spawned.
The water ruptured.
~SHRRRRAAAAK!~
