[: 3rd POV :]
The air still hummed with the lingering resonance of their failed attacks, a suffocating weight pressing down on all present.
The seas calmed reluctantly, but the tension between the rulers remained palpable.
Sylthara, the Dragon Empress, folded her massive wings and let out a slow, contemplative growl.
Her eyes glimmered with audacity as she finally spoke.
"We've tried everything we can reasonably muster," she said, her voice carrying across the deck like rolling thunder.
"Perhaps it's time… to go beyond. All of us. Full power. No holding back."
A heavy silence fell over the assembly. T
he words themselves felt like a challenge, one that could either save or doom them all.
Sylvene, the Spirit Empress, narrowed her eyes, her hands tightening at her sides.
Her voice was calm but carried a weight that silenced even the more audacious rulers.
"Full power…? You would risk shattering the very fragments of this world''
