The chamber answered his words.
The abyssal eye dilated fully, its vertical pupil splitting into concentric rings as a pressure far heavier than before slammed outward. The water screamed as space bent, the trench walls groaning under a force that wasn't merely mana, but will.
A Low Diamond pressure sharpened into true Diamond intent, a vicious wave of power pulsing out towards the trio to suppress them.
At the same time, when the eye let out that pulse of Diamond Intent, the suspended mermaids began to viciously convulse, with thin lines of black corruption flared across their bodies like living veins as the eye began to drink.
Mera cried out as she saw this, "No!"
She surged forward instinctively, but Albedo snapped an arm out, stopping her with a wall of heat and force that solidified the water between them.
"Stay back," he said, voice low and absolute, "I'll cut it off."
