Darkness enveloped Neveah the very moment her head went under and her vision was clouded within the blackened water,
Her view of the surface was unsteady, but Neveah kept her gaze fixed on it, her instincts kicked in immediately and she cut off her breath.
She attempted to swim back upwards, kicking her legs and arms but the weight pulling her down far overpowered hers, she could not overcome it.
Neveah could hear the sounds of an attack.
'Kobolds!' Neveah thought, recalling the sinister beasts summoned by dark magic.
She had faced them alongside Menarx just once, but Neveah could never forget those growls.
The sounds came from the surface and so she knew her companions now faced their own troubles and were prevented from aiding her in time.
The potent aura of dark magic was thick in the water, so much that Neveah could practically feel it grazing over her, seeping into her skin, sapping out her strength and leaving her muscles heavy and weary.
