The man raised his hand and made a downward pressing gesture.
The head of the giant beast beneath his feet silently split open, revealing a deep, dark opening.
Velin didn't look back. His figure vanished crisply into the darkness.
The opening slowly closed behind him, sealing perfectly.
Then, the colossal beast began to sink.
Its enormous body displaced the seawater, and the towering waves it created violently rocked the nobles' speedboats, making them bob like battered wooden tubs in a storm.
The boatmen struggled with all their might to stabilize the vessels, but the decks had already descended into chaos.
"He went down!"
"Where'd he go? Is that it?"
Several nobles, their faces pale, clung tightly to the gunwales, their stomachs churning violently.
"My Lord Count, where is this 'demonstration' he spoke of?" The Knight with the short mustache, the same one who had complained on the beach, held onto a mast, his voice laced with sarcasm.
