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The Inner River ran through all of South County. The residents along its banks were intimately familiar with it, whether its waters were calm or turbulent.
Yet no one in South County had ever seen the Inner River like this-
Waves piled upon waves, each surge overtaking the last. The deafening roar seemed to drag them onto a battlefield where war drums thundered, while the waves became ranks of vicious soldiers, charging toward them with bloodshot eyes and murderous intent.
Intent on killing them!
Intent on crushing them!
Everyone who had collapsed to the ground thought the same thing.
Especially when an endless Siphoning force poured out of the vortex, even whipping up a gale, Lady Windsor's expression changed dramatically as she swayed on her feet.
The widely read lady instantly recalled a legend-
Imora, the "Devourer"!
An "evil god" once worshipped by the Barbarians, whom the Church had defeated during the Holy Age.
According to legend, Imora's complete form possessed an astonishing body over a thousand meters long and could swallow ten elephants in a single mouthful. When the "Shadow" descended, Imora had ravaged the Einhaas Fief. At least six towns had vanished because of Imora the Devourer, and countless more had been affected.
The vanished towns had been eaten by Imora.
The affected towns had witnessed Imora devouring those towns.
Siphoning!
With a gaping mouth and an invisible suction force, Imora drew them completely into that enormous body, turning them into the finest nourishment.
Among the Barbarians who worshipped Imora, the Devourer was considered an embodiment of "strength" and "wind."
Yet Imora had never truly protected the Barbarians. Instead, the Devourer treated the Barbarians of the Einhaas Fief as snacks, swallowing a few whole from time to time.
This evil god's brutality exceeded all imagination.
In fact,