The walls of water that had been parted from the strike fell back with a roar.
Azel appeared behind Anastasia's back with his chest heaving as he took deep breaths. His hands trembled slightly as residual electricity crawled across his skin like angry insects.
That was too close… If he had stayed in there for even an extra moment then he would have been completely destroyed.
He looked up.
The red sky stretched endlessly above them, bleeding crimson light across the ocean's surface. It wasn't just over Elun'varis anymore.
The entire world seemed painted in blood.
'Did Merek do this?' Azel thought, watching the sky pulse with unnatural light. 'Or is something else happening?'
"I really didn't think this would kill someone like him…" Anastasia murmured beside him.
The water parted violently.
Merek floated upward from the ocean floor, dripping wet.
