“Fire, now!” Kael didn’t wait—his shout snapped Eryx into motion.The front cannons of WING-01 flared, two spears of compressed luminous matter slamming into the darkness rising from beneath the Deep Eidolon.The water exploded in a burst of blue-white light. For a moment, they saw it clearly. The thing was not a creature. It was a growth.A twisted, spiked cage made of black crystal and corrupt luminous material wrapped like a parasite around the base of the Eidolon’s chest. Spines dug into its core. Chains of shadow-light sank down into the crater below, anchoring it to something even deeper.Rian jolted awake just long enough to scream. “WHY IS IT ALWAYS SPIKES?!”Seraphine clutched Sorrel’s head against her shoulder. “Don’t look—don’t look!”Kade’s breath hitched. “That’s an architect node. He seeded a control cage into the Eidolon—”Selene’s eyes gleamed. “He’s trying to turn an ancient sea guardian into a puppet. Ambitious.”The corrupted cage pulsed. The Deep Eidolon flinched.
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