One moment, the sunset spread its gold across the sky, dreamlike and dazzling.
The next instant, the sky collapsed!
Ink-black clouds swallowed the daylight like a ravenous beast! Lightning thick as barrels roared wildly deep within them!
Towering waves surged across the black, deathly sea! An apocalyptic storm gathered with a thunderous crash!
The spellship became the last lone light between heaven and earth, a slab of meat on a chopping block, dragged inexorably into a sinister realm of ghosts!
"Run! A storm's coming!"
The youths on deck screamed in terror, scrambling desperately into the cabins.
The crew roared as they herded the crowd, their eyes wide enough to split.
Amid the chaos, Dago caught something out of the corner of his eye.
A stern man with black markings covering his face held the green-haired girl tightly against his chest as he retreated into the cabins.
The girl's frightened gaze kept darting toward Dago.
"This damned weather changes faster than you can turn a page!"
Dago snorted coldly.
A blinding white light suddenly burst from his eyes!
Intricate, arcane patterns interlaced wildly before his forehead-[Eye of Truth], activate!
His gaze pierced all illusion! He fixed his eyes on the heart of the spiraling storm!
Dago sucked in a sharp breath!
Countless drifting energy particles were converging madly on that stretch of sea, as though rushing to their martyrdom!
Beneath the abyss-black surface, hundreds upon thousands of thick, deep-blue pillars of energy blazed into being!
Something was down there!
A terrifying being of outrageously immense proportions was swimming rapidly beneath the deep waters!
"I knew it! Nothing good ever happens when I follow a jinx like you!"
Beside him, Tracy curled her lip and complained irritably.
"Bullshit! Why don't you blame that bad-luck aura you carry around, woman?"
Dago snapped back