When the dark side of the Sea of Karnos projected itself into the material world, the order of the entire world would be turned upside down. The various laws established by the Creation Goddess would tremble on the verge of collapse under the impact of Chaos power. Shadows would spread out from the abyss, fire and smoke would cover the land, and the world floating in the void would shake without end. Smaller landmasses might even overturn completely.
In the Violet Empire's oldest texts, the ancient wizards had recorded their prophecies concerning the Great Tide. These prophecies described in astonishing detail what would happen when the Chaos Tide reached its peak and the forces of order completely collapsed. Some scholars of the Sanctuary even believed that the "Violet Prophecy" recorded not merely warnings about the future, but events that might already have happened in the past.
The high-ranking priest Kalasios believed that what he was seeing was the Great Tide described in the prophecy books.
Thick smoke and clouds began to emerge from the endless void that had originally lain beyond the battlefield between order and chaos. The cliffs of the continents were rapidly swallowed by Chaos power, as though sinking into a boiling cauldron. In the distance, he saw floating islands being torn and shoved about by the force of the Chaos Tide. Deafening cracking and colliding sounds rang out without pause. Small islands were smashed into pieces, while even the large islands could not escape being ripped apart amid the violent shaking. Pillars of smoke and dust rose from the constantly collapsing floating islands. The scene looked like the end of the world.
Above the Holy Light Hammer, the sky, which had been fairly clear, was now completely covered by dark clouds. Unsettling black masses coiled within them—the