The reprieve was brief. The smaller, eel-like creatures—dozens of them now—were swarming, nipping at Adam's scales, trying to get into Ignis's eyes, tangling in Alice's shadows. They were a constant, irritating distraction, stopping the group from focusing their full power on the wounded but still immensely dangerous Kraken, which had now retreated deeper into the inky water, regenerating.
"We need a new plan, now!" Adam said, shaking off a cluster of eels. "It's using the environment and these minions perfectly. We can't fight it and them at the same time in its own domain."
«Agreed,» Lilith said, swiftly binding her wounds with a strand of her own silk. «My earlier idea stands, but it requires precision. I can attempt to bind it with my Umbral Silk. If I can anchor multiple strands to its main body, I can use the leverage of the rock formations to pull it at least partially out of the water. But to do that, the silk must latch on securely.»
