underwater slice

And then he began to glow. I felt him draw upon my power through the Caritas connection I’d established, flowing through him and into the sword at his waist. I saw the Grimm notice him, a tide of the creatures beginning to swim towards Adam.

But before they did, Adam unleashed him gathered power, directing the strike straight down.

A wall of water rose high above me, raining down on me as a side effect of Adam’s attack even as it carved a fissure across the deep. Light warped around it, turning the sea and sky red and black, but the effect faded as soon as it came.

And the water began to roil and writhe for a different reason entirely, something dark abruptly stirring. Water began to twist into a whirlpool at once, but I knew what was really happening.