The desert reacts before the eye can confirm it—subtle, tremoring ripples fanning out from the Firecracker’s impact site. Melita ’s cannon thunders, the projectile landing short of her intended target and kicking up a small geyser of sand. Still, it’s enough. Beneath the dunes, something moves. Something massive.
The sand doesn’t settle.
Instead, it swells.
Pip and Sol, both too small and too swift for the chaos unfurling below, dive toward the ground with wings tucked. Their talons close around jagged rocks and grit-streaked stone, but there’s no time for more. Both dragons remain grounded—exposed on the desert’s surface, each one silhouetted against the grey-gold horizon as vibrations skitter along the dunes like spider cracks in glass.
Astaroth ’s shadows stretch like great black talons across the sand, raking through empty space with eerie elegance. The illusion is perfect—menacing, theatrical—but without the magic to disturb the ground itself, the Abyssal Leviathan pays it no mind. At least, not at first.
Because then—Safrinarrives.
The sky opens.
Her light is not warmth, but presence, immediate and immense. When her tendrils pierce the earth, the effect is near-instantaneous. With a groaning, suctioning wail, the desert splits wide once more—and this time, the hunter does not choose to emerge.
It is dragged.
The Abyssal Leviathan rises in a cyclone of sand and shadow, its slick, void-dripping hide coiling in protest. Long fins slap at the air, rows of impossible teeth gnash and twist, but the creature is held fast—suspended a full six feet above the ground like some great corrupted marionette. Silver starlight binds its limbs and coils around its vast neck, forcing its bulk to remain exposed.
It writhes. It thrashes. It screams—not in sound, but in thought. An oppressive mental pressure washes over the team, an oily sensation sliding behind the eyes, as if the beast is trying to fill their minds with panic.
Voidlight curls within its throat, the makings of a beam gathering with lethal intent. Its head twists toward the Firecracker, preparing to fire—until Safrin’s light lashes tighter, spiralling around its face. A brilliant flare snaps across its jawline as the starlight slams its mouth shut, cutting the attack off in a ripple of choked, sizzling void.
The creature screams—not in sound, but in thought. An oppressive mental pressure washes over the team, an oily sensation sliding behind the eyes, as if the beast is trying to fill their minds with panic.
But Safrin only winks.
Welcome to the Key Quest. This is a very hard Level 8 Key Quest to try and cleanse Hak Etme.
Your randomly assigned posting order is: Melita,Koa, Astaroth, Zavien
Melita: 546/546
Koa: 272/272
Asta: 200/200
Zavien: 264/264
Abyssal Leviathan: 929/929
Remember to include a summary at the bottom of your post with all action taken. If weapons/upgrades/abilities/items/shifts/etc are used, please include their desc. from your profile at the bottom of your post as well.
REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters.
Abyssal Leviathan (Rare/Mythical - The Hollowed Grounds, Hak Etme): The subterranean lair of the Land Shark echoes with void energy, transforming unlucky sharks into the Abyssal Leviathans. Rising from the depths with an otherworldly hunger, this creature now possesses a shadowy, void-shrouded exterior. Its hunts are not merely for sustenance but to absorb the essence of those it captures, bringing the taint of the abyss to the surface as it returns to its lair to sleep in the void's embrace. The land above quivers with the unsettling presence of the Abyssal Leviathan, a creature that bridges the realm between the subterranean and the void-touched darkness.
The sand doesn’t settle.
Instead, it swells.
Pip and Sol, both too small and too swift for the chaos unfurling below, dive toward the ground with wings tucked. Their talons close around jagged rocks and grit-streaked stone, but there’s no time for more. Both dragons remain grounded—exposed on the desert’s surface, each one silhouetted against the grey-gold horizon as vibrations skitter along the dunes like spider cracks in glass.
Astaroth ’s shadows stretch like great black talons across the sand, raking through empty space with eerie elegance. The illusion is perfect—menacing, theatrical—but without the magic to disturb the ground itself, the Abyssal Leviathan pays it no mind. At least, not at first.
Because then—Safrinarrives.
The sky opens.
Her light is not warmth, but presence, immediate and immense. When her tendrils pierce the earth, the effect is near-instantaneous. With a groaning, suctioning wail, the desert splits wide once more—and this time, the hunter does not choose to emerge.
It is dragged.
The Abyssal Leviathan rises in a cyclone of sand and shadow, its slick, void-dripping hide coiling in protest. Long fins slap at the air, rows of impossible teeth gnash and twist, but the creature is held fast—suspended a full six feet above the ground like some great corrupted marionette. Silver starlight binds its limbs and coils around its vast neck, forcing its bulk to remain exposed.
It writhes. It thrashes. It screams—not in sound, but in thought. An oppressive mental pressure washes over the team, an oily sensation sliding behind the eyes, as if the beast is trying to fill their minds with panic.
Voidlight curls within its throat, the makings of a beam gathering with lethal intent. Its head twists toward the Firecracker, preparing to fire—until Safrin’s light lashes tighter, spiralling around its face. A brilliant flare snaps across its jawline as the starlight slams its mouth shut, cutting the attack off in a ripple of choked, sizzling void.
The creature screams—not in sound, but in thought. An oppressive mental pressure washes over the team, an oily sensation sliding behind the eyes, as if the beast is trying to fill their minds with panic.
But Safrin only winks.
Welcome to the Key Quest. This is a very hard Level 8 Key Quest to try and cleanse Hak Etme.
Your randomly assigned posting order is: Melita,
Melita: 546/546
Koa: 272/272
Asta: 200/200
Zavien: 264/264
Abyssal Leviathan: 929/929
Remember to include a summary at the bottom of your post with all action taken. If weapons/upgrades/abilities/items/shifts/etc are used, please include their desc. from your profile at the bottom of your post as well.
REMEMBER: KQs are rewarding but dangerous. They may cause death and/or permanent changes to your characters.
Abyssal Leviathan (Rare/Mythical - The Hollowed Grounds, Hak Etme): The subterranean lair of the Land Shark echoes with void energy, transforming unlucky sharks into the Abyssal Leviathans. Rising from the depths with an otherworldly hunger, this creature now possesses a shadowy, void-shrouded exterior. Its hunts are not merely for sustenance but to absorb the essence of those it captures, bringing the taint of the abyss to the surface as it returns to its lair to sleep in the void's embrace. The land above quivers with the unsettling presence of the Abyssal Leviathan, a creature that bridges the realm between the subterranean and the void-touched darkness.
