Maeve was still dazed when spider silk wound around her. Then a tremendous force yanked her out.
With a grave expression, Victoria hauled on the spider silk in her hands. A few scattered Believers of the Communion were pulled over as well.
"Lillian, buy us some time."
Lillian froze. "Buy what..."
Bang!
Before the girl could finish speaking, the rocks crushed her into pulp!
The Seabed seemed to have come fully alive. Almost instantly, dozens of enormous hands reached out, each no smaller than the one that had slammed down at Maeve, and all came crashing toward Lillian!
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!
A small mountain had already piled up where Lillian had just been!
Lillian appeared farther away, her face still shaken.
"Damn it, Victoria, you could have warned me!"
She turned to look and found Victoria in constant peril as well. The living Seabed spared no one, frantically trying to crush every living thing to death!
Soon, Lillian had no room to speak either. As though sensing her strength, the enormous stone hands paid her particular attention.
She was like a mosquito being chased and swatted at by a dozen people, able only to let out a string of unintelligible wails.
Victoria had always been cautious. She had been spinning silk ever since leaving the passage, and now she could follow those threads back at a fairly quick pace.
Although danger surrounded them, fortunately, the route was not long.
To make transport easier, the Communion's digging site was near the passage entrance. Even Maeve, who was a little farther away, was only a few steps more distant.
Victoria whipped the threads around and flung the Communion's Believers into the passage!
With so little time, she could not worry about anything else. The other end of the passage opened