The salty spray stung Aurorabeam's eyes, but she barely noticed. The ocean churned beneath her, its angry roar a constant counterpoint to the pounding of her own warrior's heart. Here, amidst the chaos, Gaia's whispers solidified into a terrifying truth - a leviathan of legend, the kraken. This was a fight for survival.
A colossal tentacle, thicker than the largest tree trunk, erupted from the churning waves, its barnacle-encrusted surface glinting momentarily in th...