The water quaked beneath the feet of the various groups as the Ashen Waters did not relent, instead howling as the black mist formed a spiraling vortex, twisting around the fractured cliffs like a storm.
From its depths rose shapes that made the Gold Rank horrors look almost pitiful. Their arrival was heralded by a low, bone-deep thrumming that set the very stones to trembling.
Fade felt it in her teeth, and in her Soul. A rainbow colored aura slowly expanding in her eyes as she stared at the events going on ahead, noticing how the black waters heaved, and then exploded viciously.
The first of the new creatures emerged with a roar that split the air.
A colossus of jagged crystal and rotting flesh dragged itself up the basin wall, each step splintering stone like wet clay.
Its body was a patchwork of violet scales and ossified plates, eyes burning with a cold amethyst glow. The pressure it exuded alone nearly drove Fade to her knees.
Amethyst Rank!
