At the beginning.
The spring sunlight was exceptionally bright overhead, and the sea breeze was mild, marking a rare spell of fine weather.
Gradually.
The sea winds became more tumultuous, and patches of dark clouds began to spread and gather rapidly in the sky, layer upon layer soon shrouding the vast heavens.
Soon.
Rumble...
Crash——
With the rolling thunder as a prelude, a torrential downpour that seemed intent on submerging the ocean poured down, leaving only a white curtain of rain between the sky and sea.
At the same time, as if sensing a terrifying atmosphere from afar.
The various marine creatures, which had become active again in this region with the gradually warming temperatures, fled en masse toward the still freezing Polar Circle to the south as if escaping a catastrophe.
"It's here!"
On the "Tempest Church" side, led by "Great Vortex" Charybdis, Bishop Fisher, and the external Upper-Rank Wizard Princeton, sensed the anomaly instantaneously.
At their feet.
