Inside the Leviathan's command cabin, Veylin closed his eyes, his consciousness merging with the enormous beast.
He could "feel" the viscous fluid pulsing slowly along the organic chamber walls, like an enormous heart.
The pressure of the deep sea reached him through the thick biological armor, heavy and cold.
His mental power extended outward, gathering into a beam and locating the six restless minds in the troop bay.
An image formed in his mind.
Ola and his five finest knights were crammed into the narrow space, their lightweight alchemical armor pressed against the panels, the bulging packs on their backs making muffled thuds.
[Ola.]
Veylin addressed him. [Remember, you're a demolition crew, not an army sent to destroy a nation. Cause chaos, then disappear.]
Ola grinned and patted his pack with a broad, fan-sized hand.
[Got it. Smash it and run.]
Veylin projected two flashing red dots into their minds, on a crude map constructed from sonar and Geological Sensing.
[Each pack contains two Deep Rock Shatterers. The master tested and rushed out these highly compressed alchemical explosives overnight. Detonated underwater, they'll put that tunnel to sleep for a while.]
He enlarged the marked location: the entrance to the tunnel being excavated beneath the seabed.
[We don't know the tunnel's structure yet. You'll have to judge on the spot whether there are suitable cracks in the rock. Stuff them inside, then get back as fast as you can.]
[Understood.]
The connection cut off.
Veylin could sense the troop bay hatch slowly opening.
Frigid seawater flooded in, quickly filling the entire space.
The mages aboard spoke the final syllable, and six invisible bubbles enveloped the knights, sealing out the seawater.
Another faint gleam swept over them. Their figures distorted and faded in the water, almost blending into the shadows of the