The primordial roar that emerged from the mountain's depths resonated through crystalline mithril veins with harmonic frequencies that transformed the entire mining complex into a massive resonance chamber. Lucas felt the ancient challenge through his enhanced senses, recognizing it as a declaration of territorial supremacy from something that had claimed these depths when the world's magical foundations were still molten and malleable.
But Selena's attention had shifted to something that transcended immediate tactical concerns. The mithril deposits throughout the mining complex were responding to the deep entity's awakening with luminescent pulses that revealed magical concentrations beyond anything she had previously encountered. Her Divine Devourer instincts recognized the crystallized energy as sustenance that could fuel transformations on scales that dwarfed her previous evolutions.
