"What is happening in our city?"
"Kwaaaa!~"
"Please stop me! Why can't I control my body!?"
"Help me I am stuck in this rocks!"
"Why is the city moving?"
"Uwaaa..."
"Isn't this an ability of the Lord? Why is he destroying his city and people?
"My home! My family!"
"I knew it. That Lord Aghus does not care about us at all. The princesses were right before they left this kingdom!"
The merfolks and creatures of the coral city panicked and were in utter chaos as they hurriedly searched for an escape route only to end up crashing against one another while death and destruction were everywhere.
Some are angry while others are gravely disappointed. Not only did Aghus has resorted to using the people of his kingdom as his tools and, he even has the guts to flip the whole city just to catch a bunch of mermaids and human.
Do we mean nothing to you?
As much as they wanted to stop and escape, the controlling spell still got a hold of the majority of the merfolks and the sea creatures. They continued their assault against Elric's crew against their own will. It doesn't matter how many are getting killed, Argus doesn't seem to have any plans to stop soon.
"By the Authority as the Lord of the Water Realm, hear thy command! Rise Mountain Giant! Devour anything and become bigger! Don't let that whale escape! Higher! Rise!" Aghus commanded the rapidly growing monster with madness as he pointed at the fleeing whale.
"Behold! My ultimate summon! Coral mountain!"
With the ground slowly lifting, the coral city was slowly tilted into becoming part of an accumulating rubble mountain. Aghus was creating a mountain size monster to chase after Elric and the crew! With its sheer overall size that reaches hundreds of kilometers and unimaginable power, burring the fleeing whale is already guaranteed.
This monster mountain used the surrounding creatures, rocks, and buildings as its body.
Against this oversized monster made of coral buildings and sea creatures, the whale that Elric and the 3 princesses were riding was like a little mouse compared to an oversized adult human.
While channeling the summing spell, Aghus could not help but struggle in pain and exhaustion. After all, this is not an ordinary spell that can be used easily. As the formal Lord of the Water Elemental, it was only normal for him to have authority to control everyone under his jurisdiction except those royal mermaids who have red tails.
One must know that Aghus is a oranged tailed creature which means, he is unable to put that royalty with red tails under his control. Unless he gains their trust, he has no other means to stop them but to use his power!
This summoning spell uses the lives of the creatures and coral structures as a source of its energy, Aghus is only responsible for summoning it, give the command, and maintain the channeling spell to allow it to continue building up its body as much as it wants.
"Noo! Why am I losing my energy? I can't move!"
"Help! The ground is eating me! Somebody pull me!"
"Kyaaaaah~:
"Ahhh!~"
"Mother! Father! Where are you!?"
"Mooooooaaaang~"
"Why is the Lord doing this? Why is destroying everything just to summon that creature?"
"Stop him! Anybody! We big you!"
"It is too late..."
"My body... it's quickly getting old!"
"Ack!~"
The people and the creatures of the water realm are unable to move away from the growing coral monster. The hard ground suddenly felt like mud that holds them to the ground - draining their vitality at the same time. In just a couple of minutes, the total number of merfolks made a quick dive down as hundreds of them dying from having their vitality sucked dry by the coral monster.
Those who managed to resist the wide control power tried their best to hammer and stop the ever-massive coral giant to no avail. While those who figured out that it was Aghus who holds the key to stop it also made an attempt only to be sucked by the ground and used as extra energy.
Watching all of the death and destruction happening before Elric reminded him of that time when he lost control of himself and had fallen to the corruption of the Ancestral Dragon essence. His eyes reddened at the sight and sound of people begging for mercy.
And the lifeless body of those who were sucked dry of their lives because of this summoning. While they fleed to get away from Aghus's domain, lives are being lost, houses being destroyed, dreams and hopes dissipate before his very eyes.
"All of this because of me..." Elric suddenly realized. "this is enough."
Knowing that everything will only get worse the more they run further. Elric has resolved to finally fight back.
The coral mountain beast has finally completed its form. It has no eyes nor any hands. It was just a giant conscious wave made of hard stones, corals, sea creatures and so on. And as commanded, it swiftly chased after Elric and the crew, reaching them in just a few breathes.
Without hesitation, this giant coral mountain beast opened its humongous mouth to devour the fleeing whale. Its sheer size alone brought unfathomable pressure that would make any normal people or merfolks to stood in shock.