"—The Mion River, we can walk across the surface?" Tohsaka Tokiomi looked toward the river.
But then he was stunned, because the Mion River had completely dried up.
"Where did the river water go?!"
If there had been water, the Sea Creature might have been able to invade.
But now, there was none.
"—Right, the earthquake! Could the river have changed course?!"
Tohsaka Tokiomi immediately thought of the reason. The earlier earthquake had likely affected the Mion River as well.
Could the Sea Creature still use its power in a place without water?
Tohsaka Tokiomi wasn't sure.
But he had also seen Skadi directly summon the sea.
And just then, another torrent of black magical energy poured down from the sky.
"This is bad—"
Everyone had been advancing under the cover of the ruins. The "Heavenly Eye" couldn't see them, but the enormous Sea Creature was another matter.
Yet when the black energy blast struck the Sea Creature, it caused no damage at all.
Instead, a ghostly blue glow began to emerge from its body. At the same time, Abyssal Marks began spreading across the ground.
"—It absorbed and converted that massive torrent of magical energy in an instant?!" Tohsaka Tokiomi was dumbfounded.
"This is where the Sea Creature's strength lies." Gilgamesh sighed. "Once it understands humanity's methods of attack, it can counter them. The Sea Creature is a 'Human Threat.' And Skadi's 'definition' of humanity does not merely refer to living humans, but every trace of humanity's existence. So the Sea Creature itself also has a 'special attack' against humanity."
"That's incredible. It actually has that kind of power." Rin Tohsaka stared in amazement.
She looked at Golden Flash beside her.
This guy was pretty useless, but he seemed to know a lot of secrets.
"Hey, hey, how do