BOOOM!
A deafening explosion sounded from the Behemoth's stomach; Leviathan's island-sized body lurched sideways, and the darkness gathered at the tip of its tongue twisted with it.
Instead of striking the pier directly, the black beam tore past the southern edge of the coastal fortress. The beam left behind a flash of light that blinded those who watched it, and for half a second, Asmodeus saw nothing.
Then the world split open.
The beam carved through the ocean first, evaporating a trench across the sea and exposing the seabed beneath. Mountains of water rose on both sides of the path, held apart by the lingering abyssal energy as steam filled the storm like a second layer of clouds.
It reached land moments later.
Stone, soil, buildings and distant hills vanished beneath the beam. The earth melted into black glass as a ravine ripped miles inland, its edges collapsing one after another until the shape of the Grigor coast changed forever.
