The three Royal Guards watched in silence as bodies rained endlessly from the sky, falling in vast torrents into the Ocean of the Blood Sun. Each corpse vanished beneath its surface, devoured and assimilated. With every wave, the ocean pulsed and expanded, its growth visible even to the naked eye.
At first, the expansion was gradual, but it quickly became overwhelming.
The ocean swallowed entire mountain ranges, its crimson tides surging forward with unstoppable force. Cities disappeared beneath its surface, reduced to nothing more than fuel for its evolution. It did not stop there. Its reach extended outward, connecting with other massive bodies of water, consuming them entirely, along with every lifeform that dwelled within.
Its size grew to an unimaginable scale.
And yet, after thirty-four hours of continuous expansion, it suddenly stopped.
