You call upon the ancient hunger of the deep ocean to make a dreadful attack.You make a Melee Spell Attack against a creature within range, that deals 4d8 points of Cold damage. After the damage is dealt, the afflicted target must make a Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for the duration.

While under the effect of this spell, the afflicted creature cannot use the Disengage action.

While frightened by this spell, a creature must take the Dash action and move away from you by the safest available route on each of its turns, unless there is nowhere to move. If the creature ends its turn in a location where it doesn’t have line of sight to you, the creature can make a Wisdom saving throw. On a successful save, the spell ends for that creature.

At higher levels: For every level above 3rd, the spell deals an additional 1d8 of Cold damage.