Did he really fail?!
Achilles did not say anything initially.
Then he nodded lightly.
"I failed."
The words were simple!
"I killed Lamashtu. I severed him from existence with THE Primordial Severance before he could complete his ritual. But I was too late. The ritual had already been answered. Something from the Unobservable came through."
THE Watcher's singularity dimmed further.
"The flood approaching us..."
"Is from that being. A Miniature Cause called THE Great Archean Flood. Half of all lifeforms will perish. The other half will Persevere and evolve."
After he said this, Achilles released resplendent white waves of light from his transformed existence.
The brilliance bathed the entire region with evolutionary pressure that carried the same principles as the approaching flood. But unlike the flood itself, this pressure was controlled. Modulated. Directed by his will toward specific purposes rather than unleashed indiscriminately.
