The docks of Pearlbay burned with lantern-fire and tidewater spray. The tide beasts crashed in waves, hulking silhouettes with fins like jagged blades, eyes glinting with abyssal hunger.
Kaen stomped forward, his jacket whipping with the sea wind, teeth bared in a savage grin.
"Let me show you my training after three years!!"
He slammed his palms together, and fire spiraled outward, wrapping his arms in molten glow.
"Echo Art: Flame Burst!!"
The swamp-like pools around the shore detonated in pillars of fire, steam hissing as tide beasts shrieked, their scaled hides burning to ash. The night lit up in a sudden inferno.
Khael's eyes tracked him, calm even amidst chaos.
"(Hoh… as expected of the main protagonist of this world… Kaen really became much stronger than before.)"
The tide beasts regrouped, churning the sea black. But then another voice cracked through the storm.
