The leviathan descendant's pupils, slit and molten with abyssal light, dilated as they fixed on the gathered squads.
The pressure around it warped the water like a living force, currents bending inward, debris twisting as though gravity itself had been rewritten. The creature didn't roar at them, not because it didn't want to but because there was no need.
It's presence alone was a soundless scream that tore across the senses of everyone in the vicinity, prickling the backs of their necks and making their instincts scream in terror.
Beasts on this level were non-engagement, as they were far too powerful for even the stronger maritime officers to handle, especially within its natural aquatic habitat.
Now however, they were face to face with it, and then the abyss moved with it.
~BOOM~BOOM!~
A sudden sonic boom echoed across the environment, and the trenches surrounding the West Perimeter detonated into swarms.
