Roxy breached the surface, replaced by the dense, icy embrace of the ocean.
The roar of the wind and the crashing waves above were instantly muffled, swallowed by the heavy, suffocating silence of the water. Bubbles trailed in her wake as her momentum carried her downward.
[You know sometimes. I really admire you]
Nikki wanted to reply but she was trying to understand why she was not breathing under water yet.
For a fraction of a second, the crushing weight of the water panicked her human instincts. But before her lungs could seize, the ancient, abyssal mana she had absorbed during her time in the Spires flared to life in her chest.
A shimmering, brilliant blue light erupted from her skin, illuminating the dark water like a sunken star.
The waterproof leathers she wore seamlessly dissolved into her inventory, replaced by the magic of her oceanic biology.
