The rush of seawater echoed in Jaina's ears.
Her Ice Block fell freely, sinking toward the seabed.
The seabed of the Outer Sea lay at unfathomable depths. The Ice Block encasing Jaina, now an irregular oval of ice, slowly descended.
The ice struck a massive coral reef, then tumbled into a pitch-black fissure.
The water pressure kept rising. The ice elements held by Arcane Binding began to fracture, and the Ice Block creaked as cracks split its surface one after another.
The light gradually vanished, and darkness swallowed Jaina completely.
The Elemental Convergence Strike had shattered Jaina's Ice Armor defensive spell. Lightning surged in a violent reaction, leaving her almost no time to respond.
By the time Jaina teleported Rowan off the warship, the Breath of Rezan had already engulfed her completely.
Jaina's last sensation before losing consciousness had been total paralysis. She could not move even a finger.
The rushing seawater, cracking ice, and sounds of the block bumping against things woke Jaina.
Beneath the sea lay a world without daylight.
There was no light, and even breathing was difficult. Jaina thought she was still unconscious, trapped in a dream.
But she soon noticed the aching throughout her body. The paralysis had not worn off yet. She was not dreaming; she had awakened.
The lightless depths proved she was already a considerable distance below the surface.
The cracks in the ice meant the water pressure was increasing. The Ice Block would soon break under the strain.
The ice was still descending. Jaina concluded that she had fallen into a deep fissure in the seabed.
Damn it, why does every unlucky thing have to happen to me?
Had she merely landed on the seabed, even if the ice broke, Jaina was confident she could connect with arcane energy, make it