Roaring, the fish-bodied, serpent-tailed Avatar of Faith tore free from the crushing cage of Kraken's tentacles. It thrashed through the sunken city like a frenzied shark.
"He's terrified. He's making a run for it!" Leonidas instantly saw through the Black Triton's desperate gambit. But the Avatar slammed headfirst into Orion's divine ward, the sheer force of the impact scattering a chunk of its ethereal form.
"That's an Arch Lord-tier vassal. In a life-or-death moment like this, shouldn't his master be making an appearance?" Leonidas narrowed his eyes as he watched the Black Triton backed into a corner by Kraken.
If that were his own vassal, he would have intervened without hesitation. High Lords were the load-bearing pillars of any demigod's empire. Losing a disciple of that caliber was a catastrophic blow to a demigod's foundation.
Just as he spoke, Kraken cornered the Black Triton's Avatar of Faith, unhinging his massive maw to swallow it whole.
