>>5293445“Whose territory, those frog-things?” you ask, surprised as you surge forward. Without hesitation you dive down towards the sea floor, heading towards the base to deal the most damage possible. You see the champion doing the same, his claws glowing with azure power. The tentacle seems to know where you both are, and more, smaller tentacles burst from it's sides towards both of you. “HAAA!”
You swing your blade at the smaller tentacles, cutting through them with ease. At the same time, you see the Rak'kari catch two of them in it's foreclaws, chopping both in half. The tentacle shrieks in agony again, lashing out and swinging itself towards you. So you drop the hammer, and holding your blade in both hands bring it down in a Djem So overhead strike. Between the tentacle's own power, and your own might, you cut straight through the massive appendage, reducing it's length by half.
“KEEEEEEEEE!!” it howls again, as you see the champion thrusting both claws directly into its side and tearing open a wound as wide as his wingspan. Then after a few seconds of thrashing the monster goes completely limp. The severed stump flops over, and you feel it's ki signature completely vanish. Then the oddest thing happens. The tentacle turns into that black blood, and after a moment dissipates to reveal a dead froggy being holding an empty shell where the tentacle originated from.
“The hell?” you mutter, voice muffled by the suit. Why is the ocean so weird?
“These Hydae, or 'froggy creatures' as you call them are Abyss worshippers.” the champion explains to you. “As for what we just fought, they can imbue the Krakens with their Dark power and their own life force to turn them into monsters like the one we just fought.”
“So what you're saying is, there will be a lot more of these between us and the Abyss, right?” you ask, the champion nodding once solemnly as you pick up your hammer. “Guess it's a good thing we were out front then, huh?”
“Indeed.” he replies. “But knowing there could be more, we should remain out front. If one were to emerge mid-formation, it could cause serious damage to my people.
How do you proceed?
>Keep yourself and the champion out front, have him watch for other threats while you focus your ki sense exclusively on hunting these things down>Using ki sense and Instant Transmission, try and take each of these things out before the Hydae can transform any more of the captured creatures>Use your Scattershots to clear a swathe forward, and make absolutely sure nothing else is waiting to ambush you or the Rak'kari forces>Focus on your connection to New Salda, and with your Champion form's awareness quickly dispatch any others with Death or Scatter Beams >Other(write in) 