The battlefield dissolved into chaos the moment steel met water.Shockwaves rippled through the arena as imperial warriors clashed with the Tidebreakers.
Dark magic bled into the currents, turning sections of the ocean murky and violent. Coral pillars shattered under bursts of power while civilians fled toward protective barriers raised by palace guardians.
Yet amid the destruction, something extraordinary happened.
The ocean moved with me.
Every instinct I followed reshaped the battlefield. Currents surged where I willed them, sweeping injured soldiers away from danger. Walls of living water rose to block enemy strikes before I consciously commanded them. It felt less like controlling power and more like remembering how to breathe.
