The thunderous explosion of the ice drowned out everything.
Even the stone bridge beneath Vogel's feet began bucking violently. No matter how sharp his reflexes were, they were useless now. He could only stagger backward, and the rapier that should have pierced Alex's heart veered off course, scraping sparks from the Living Graft Armor.
"What is that?"
Vogel steadied himself, his pupils contracting sharply.
The Silver Vein River beneath the bridge was no longer calm.
Ice several meters thick shattered like glass, and countless enormous shadows rose from the freezing water.
Those were not living creatures.
At least, as far as Vogel knew, no living creature could possibly be that enormous.
A tentacle as thick as a gate pillar burst through the ice, trailing countless shards and torrents of water, and slammed into the bridge.
Boom!
The railing on the right side of the Archon Bridge disintegrated into a shower of rubble.
Amid the flying stone chips and ice fragments, several suffocatingly enormous tentacles shot into the sky.
They resembled the fingers of a titan reaching out of the abyss. Their black skin gleamed like metal, and every sweep stirred a bitter, reeking wind.
The tentacles crashed down, snatching enemies from the bridge with uncanny precision.
The Imperial Knights who had taken the potion were as insignificant as ants before that power. Huge suckers latched onto their armor and plucked them off the ground.
Then the tentacles swung through an arc.
Several knights flailed in midair before scattering like a tossed handful of sand into the freezing river.
At the center of the shattered ice, the oval back that had just surfaced resembled a black rocky island, watching coldly as those offerings fell.
Leviathan.
The Deep-Sea Behemoth had finally revealed its might.
"Cheap tricks!"
Vogel barked.
The drug-induced frenzy made