The Sunken Sea was not merely a vast, expansive body of saltwater. It was the absolute, unfathomable foundation of Aethelgard's physical reality. For centuries, it had operated under the flawless, highly pressurized command of the Sovereign of the Tide.
But as Caspian and Lucian rapidly descended from the fractured atmosphere, the deep ocean was completely unrecognizable. The cosmic audit had violently shattered the fundamental aquatic physics of the entire region.
