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A tsunami.
Under normal circumstances, a tsunami was preceded by the tide receding, after which the seawater would "overflow" from its original container.
But now, it was as though a stone had been thrown into the container, sending seawater spilling out in every direction.
In later records, the enormous Great Tsunami caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano beneath Bayam's coast was the worst in fifty years. It could be heard as far away as the Northern Continent. The tsunami waves triggered by the volcanic eruption reached 130 Loen standard feet in height, equivalent to 40 meters. According to reports from Bayam's Church and military personnel, the waves swept away 154 villages in the Rorsted Archipelago and Bayam alone. The waves raised by the tsunami even capsized several fishing boats along the Southern Continent's coast, thousands of meters away.
And at the moment the catastrophe began-
"You aren't involved in this right now, nor have you consumed the potion..."
The Demon took off his hat, held it to his chest, and gave Bernadette a mocking curtain-call bow.
Black currents formed a doorlike arch near the hull. The sea became a stop-motion image, white waves suspended over vivid blue seawater. The Death Announcer, merely a Sealed Artifact containing a Sequence 3 characteristic that had never displayed Spirit World Traversal, turned its bow and slowly approached the door.
Agalito straightened and said with a smile:
"So, the Sage ritual requires you to 'prevent a catastrophe.'"
"Will you get involved, then? Does your humanity require you not to stand by and watch people die? If it does, you'll lose control if you don't go save them soon, won't you?"
Bernadette erected a Wall of Spirituality in time to stop this "curse" from descending. But at the same time, she had to