The lightless Abyss faded like a setting sun, vanishing bit by bit into the annihilated strata.
Dim light and shadows reflected across the ravaged battlefield on the seabed.
Everyone stared, pale-faced, at Lynn as he emerged. His dry eyes were as silent as an abyss. All the King Beasts stopped. Scarlet Shadow abruptly raised her head, her pupils contracting as they reflected the blazing Firstborn Power swirling around him.
She looked at Raven's corpse in his hand.
"How is this possible..."
She realized what it was, and her pupils trembled violently.
Holding Raven's corpse, Lynn said quietly:
"It seems you don't know every secret after all, Silia. You didn't know this was what I came here for either, did you?"
Rumble-
A tremendous tremor resounded throughout the sea. All the departed souls within the City raised their heads, trembling, their eyes full of fear. A massive skeletal arm burning with roaring Soulfire tore through the realm of nothingness behind Lynn. The towering Lord of Death, the Soul Shepherd-that mountain-sized skeleton-rose behind him, like a silent lord climbing out of the Abyss.
Raging Soulfire burned in his eye sockets.
Amid that fierce blaze, golden flames radiating Firstborn Power spread from his eye sockets to engulf his entire body.
An ancient Giant God from a primordial age, newly reborn, walked the earth once again!
"Master!"
"You've returned!"
All the Merfolk and undead present watched in pale-faced shock, then immediately dropped to one knee, gazing at Captain Constantine, whom they had not seen for tens of thousands of years.
The grievously wounded Merfolk general's eyes trembled with urgency.
Standing behind Lynn, the enormous skeleton spoke in a hoarse, aged voice, fierce flames dancing in his eye sockets.
"You have granted me your favor, Lynn."
"If you need a war, say no more. I