The Sea of the Moon had descended into utter chaos. The shock waves from the clash between two Great Beings reverberated through the water, making the sea boil.
These disturbances also traveled beneath the Seabed, reaching the moon itself.
But farther into the depths, those disturbances gradually faded away.
Beneath the deep layers of earth, thick honey flowed.
Occasionally, a little seeped out, sweetening even the seawater, but the vast majority remained beneath those thick layers of rock.
And the farther down it went, the thicker the honey became, until at the very center, there was no longer any rock or soil, only a single mass of pure honey.
It was the authority the [Blood Lord] craved. The [Primordial Blood] kept digging downward, devouring the rock and soil of the Seabed, all to reach this place and sip its honey.
It was the true moon, the Honey Authority, which the forebears of Ancient Times had also called [Tide].
Long before humans ruled the Present World, the earliest stargazers had discovered that the moon was connected to the tides.
When the moon appeared, tides surged in the Present World. The smallest ripple in the Sea of the Moon could stir up raging winds and towering waves in the Present World.
And during every cycle of lunar phases, a Blood Moon would briefly appear, multiplying the moon's influence over the Present World several times over.
Many rituals specifically required a Red Moon precisely to draw upon its tidal power.
Now, with [Ebb Tide], the entire moon's power no longer dissipated outward, but instead compressed inward.
The once-vast Sea of the Moon had already been condensed into a thin layer of seawater clinging to the Seabed.
That was precisely why this seawater was as sweet as honey.
That was also why the Honey