The massive gate creaked open, releasing a low, echoing groan that rippled through the depths of the water like a slow, ancient breath awakening from slumber.
A blinding light flooded out from within, so intense Ryuk instinctively shut both eyes tight.
For a moment, it felt like the sun itself had descended into the sea and kissed his very face. But when he slowly opened them again, adjusting to the glow—his breath hitched.
What lay before him... shattered everything he thought he knew about the ocean's bottom.
"A... city?" he muttered aloud.
No, not just a city.
The city.
LANTIS!
It stretched on forever.
Massive domes of glass shimmered with neon blue and violet hues, casting an ethereal glow across the water like the Aurora Borealis caught in a bubble.
Towering spires of coral and obsidian danced in between the domes, their tops spiraling like helixes toward the ocean's surface, defying all logic of architecture.
