Leviathan One hovered outside the largest exit of the coral encampment, its colossal body scattering the schools of fish in the area.
Velin stood on the command platform, gazing at the three-dimensional nautical chart below him.
"Leviathan, begin charging."
The command was issued through the Hive Matrix.
The energy circuits on Leviathan One's surface, usually dim, now lit up section by section. The ghostly blue light seemed particularly sinister in the deep sea.
In the deepest part of the vessel, the Thunderstone Core, its energy source, began to spin.
Waves of energy radiated outward, churning the currents. In the darkness outside the main exit, a ball of light was slowly coalescing.
The fluctuations from this power made every Multi-Armed Race Warrior trapped in the "cage" feel a sense of dread.
Grash felt the vibration.
He looked up, the increasingly blinding light outside the exit reflecting in his slit-like pupils.
