The sound was like an underwater echo, disturbing the silent expanse of the Black Lake.
Before Devereux could react, the Merpower vanished toward the depths of the Black Lake with a speed entirely defying biological logic. Its tail left a silver afterimage in the water, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if it had never been there at all.
Devereux blinked, staring dumbfounded in the direction where the Merperson had vanished. The currents slowly subsided, and the Black Lake returned to its dead calm.
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