🌊 Episode 15: "Battle of the Depths"
☀️ The Silence of Morning
As the sun rose, Shinjū Academy was as quiet as ever.
But that silence was filled with a strange pressure that had settled on the students' hearts.
Riku, Ren, Ryūjin, Tensei, Haru, and Taro gathered in the training grounds.
Tensei: "The air is so heavy today… like something is approaching."
Ren: "I feel it too. The bear spirit is restless."
Riku: "This energy… is related to water. Like the ocean."
Ryūjin: "So Abysssion is stirring."
At that moment, the sky turned gray.
A bolt of lightning flashed—but it wasn't electricity, but water pressure energy.
The scent of the sea was felt for miles.
🌊 The Attack Begins
The walls of the academy shook.
A massive column of water gushed from the underground.
From that water emerged Abysssion's army:
Nereus, Coralia, Tidal, and Shira were in the front lines.
Nereus: "The time of the surface is over."
Coralia: "The depths will rule."
Shira: "Tensei! I will bring you to your knees before Lord Abyssion!"
Tensei's eyes gleamed.
The phoenix symbol appeared behind him.
Tensei: "Is that so? Fire cannot be extinguished in the sea... for I burn in the sky!"
⚔️ The Battle Begins
🐺 Riku vs. Tidal
Tidal transformed into his water dragon form.
His wave-like body writhed, tearing the ground apart with every blow.
Riku: "Wolf's Claw!"
Riku's arms glowed with blue energy, and he instantly lunged at Tidal.
But Tidal's water armor absorbed the blow.
Tidal: "You're as weak as the air on the surface!"
Riku: "Not yet…"
Riku released his wolf spirit.
His eyes glowing, he used the "Storm Claw" technique.
Tidal was thrown back, crashing to the ground.
🐻 Ren vs. Coralia
Ren had finally fully awakened his bear spirit.
Golden, shimmering symbols appeared on his arms.
Coral: "Coral chains!"
Coral spikes sprang from the ground.
Ren clenched his fist and said, "Bear Breath."
In the middle of the attack, a massive bear silhouette appeared and shattered the coral.
Ren: "I won't hide this power out of fear of you!"
Coralia (stepping back): "It's stronger than I expected…"
🦁 Haru & 🐶 Taro vs. Nereus
Nereus's water pressure field crushed all the air.
Even Haru's roar couldn't echo.
Taro: "This field… even breathing is difficult!"
Haru: "Lions find prey with difficulty!"
Haru used his "Royal Roar" technique, the sound waves beginning to crack the water pressure.
Taro suppressed it with "Loyal Claw."
Nereus' field was disrupted as they both attacked.
Nereus: "Impossible… this biface couldn't resist me!"
Haru: "If lion and dog unite, prey won't escape!"
Nereus fell to the ground, but rose—he hadn't finished the fight.
🔥 Tensei vs. Shira
Both men carried a showdown from the past.
Fire and water, sky and sea, faced off.
Shira: "I lost to you. But this time, the sea will extinguish fire!"
Tensei: "The enemy of fire isn't water, it's darkness!"
Tensei shifted into his half-form, wing-like flames appearing behind him.
Shira responded by sprouting a dragon's tail from the water.
The battle raged at incredible speed.
The ground was vaporizing, the sky splitting in two.
Just as Shira seemed to gain the advantage,
a shadow intervened—Abyssion!
🐉 Abyssion's Appearance
The waves from the temple converged,
a massive dragon form filling the sky.
The same voice echoed in every student's mind:
Abyssion: "My reign has begun.
The surface will now be submerged."
Abyssion's energy was so intense that even Tensei's flame began to fade.
Tensei: "This… a true Leviathan…"
Riku: "If we do not all unite, we will lose this war!"
Ryūjin: "Then let us fight as the Spirit of Shinjū!"
💥 The Moment of Unification
Tensei's flame, Riku's wolf energy, Ren's bear power, Ryūjin's dragon power, Haru's roar, Taro's protective claw merged.
A six-colored column of energy rose into the sky.
Abyssion was forced to retreat.
But he was laughing…
Abyssion: "We haven't started yet… children."
As they returned to the bottom of the sea, Shira disappeared with him.
🌅 After the Battle
The academy lay in ruins.
Tensei was exhausted, and Riku collapsed.
But everyone was alive.
Ryūjin: "This battle isn't over.
Abyssion merely tested us."
Riku: "Then we will be stronger.
Because this is just the sound of the deep… the storm hasn't begun yet."