At this moment of life and death, Jaklas and Phorcys were remarkably united.
The instant Jaklas's voice fell, Phorcys shot out from the defensive shield, charging the ancient giant-horned whale.
The Merman King, Jaklas, charged toward Orion.
As he surged forward, Jaklas produced a prismatic scale. It pulsed with an aura Orion recognized—the power of the demigod, Lady Seraphina.
The scale expanded in the water, morphing into a massive, shimmering portal shaped like the scale itself. As the gateway stabilized, a Merman warrior burst forth with a deafening roar.
"Oh, great guardian, destroy this enemy for the Tidefang Clan!"
Orion's pupils contracted. The creature before him was a monster of colossal proportions. The ancient giant-horned whale was already immense, but this Tidefang Guardian, emerging from the portal, seemed a full size larger. It radiated the power of an upper-tier Archlord.
