Victoria stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly at the figure walking resolutely away.
A figure in her memories had left her Library with that same resolve, never looking back no matter how she called out.
On this chaotic battlefield, the two figures overlapped for an instant.
She unconsciously clenched the hem of her dress.
"No... how could that be..."
She soon came to her senses, shook her head, and patted her cheeks, her gaze growing firm again.
This was a battlefield. She still had much to do.
Threads tugged, and Victoria became a blurred shadow, darting across the Seabed.
The arrival of the Dream Creatures brought the battle to its climax in an instant.
They hurtled down through the sea, forcibly pressing the constantly twisting, writhing Seabed back down.
Individually, they were not strong, much weaker even than Maeve, but these mutually destructive attacks actually gave them the upper hand over the Seabed!
The rocks of the Seabed struggled defiantly beneath them. The Dream Creatures were being consumed at an alarming rate, but more arrived from all across the sea, showing no sign of dwindling for the moment.
Elsa stopped at the passage's rift, then gently closed her eyes.
The ground all around was abruptly torn up and thrown aside. The surroundings were rapidly reshaped, clearing a large open area near the rift.
The Seabed of the Sea of the Moon twisted and writhed, trying to flatten this place, but the Dream Creatures above seemed to sense the urgency as well. They crashed down with increasing frenzy, almost forming continuous lines!
Victoria soon rescued the other surviving Believers and even helped Lillian break free. The two arrived together at the passage entrance, and Elsa pointed at the rift.
Victoria understood her meaning. She threw the Believers inside, then slipped