On the battlefield between the Dragons and the Giants...
The dragons fought alongside their king, Nidhogg, while the giants battled under the command of their leader, Cronus.
From the very first clash...
Between the Dragon King and the Giant Chief...
The entire world trembled.
The force of their collision was so terrifying that the island beneath them could not withstand it.
It split apart completely.
Then sank into the depths of the ocean.
From that moment onward...
The dragons and giants spread across the sea, and the battle escalated into a massive war that stretched across the entire surface of the ocean.
Surtur looked at one of the dragons that was relentlessly bombarding the giants with torrents of fire.
A wide grin spread across his face.
He gathered an immense amount of fiery power into one of his arms.
Then...
In a single instant...
He launched a gigantic fireball toward the dragon.
The dragon saw the blazing sphere racing toward it.
It swiftly veered aside, effortlessly avoiding the attack.
But...
The moment it moved away...
The Giant Elder, who had been fighting beside Surtur, made her move.
She raised one hand.
Massive roots and towering branches erupted from it, surging forward at incredible speed and wrapping around the dragon's body from every direction.
The dragon was caught completely off guard.
With no other choice...
It opened its jaws.
Then unleashed a terrifying torrent of flames, trying to burn through the branches and free itself by force.
But...
It failed.
The Giant Elder was astonishingly powerful.
Even the dragon's flames, capable of reducing forests and mountains to ashes, had only the slightest effect on the wooden restraints.
Instead...
The branches continued tightening around its body.
When Surtur saw that the dragon could no longer move...
His grin widened.
He extended both arms.
Massive chains forged entirely from fire burst forth.
The fiery chains wrapped tightly around the dragon's wings, binding them completely.
The dragon roared in agony.
It struggled with all its might to break free.
But...
Before it could...
The Giant Elder transformed her other arm into a massive spear of enchanted wood.
Then thrust it forward with all her strength.
The spear pierced straight through the dragon's body.
Despite suffering such a devastating wound...
The dragon did not die.
Reinforcements arrived just in time.
One of the Dragon Elders charged forward at tremendous speed.
With a single blow, he shattered both the giant roots and Surtur's flaming chains.
Then calmly freed the dragon and ordered it to withdraw from the battlefield.
Afterward...
He turned toward the Giant Elder.
His voice was filled with contempt as he said,
"Have you truly fallen so low, you treacherous old woman, that you've begun attacking the younger generation like this?"
"Your honor has been dragged through the mud."
The Giant Elder looked at him without the slightest change in her expression.
Then she turned to Surtur and calmly said,
"Go."
"Fight somewhere else."
"Leave this one to me."
Surtur respectfully nodded.
Then shot away at high speed, leaving the battlefield to her.
Meanwhile...
The Dragon Elder had already turned his body, preparing to attack Surtur from behind.
But...
He stopped.
His eyes fell upon the Giant Elder standing directly before him, blocking his path to Surtur.
A faint smile appeared on the Giant Elder's face.
Then she said,
"It seems..."
"I'm not the only one whose honor has been dragged through the mud."
Far away from the battle between the giants and the dragons...
The mysterious figure hovered silently above the island protected by the Emperor of Humanity.
From high above...
It gazed down upon the entire island.
It saw the human warriors...
The mages...
The archers...
The knights...
And at their forefront...
The Commander of the Imperial Guard, fighting side by side with the Emperor of Humanity, defending their island with unwavering courage against the demons' assault.
The mysterious figure watched the scene in chilling silence.
Then coldly said,
"Your end has come..."
"You bastard."
The moment those words left its lips...
A terrifying black aura erupted from its body.
It spread across the heavens.
From within that aura...
Thousands of grotesque black monsters emerged, surging toward the island like a devastating flood.
But...
The mysterious figure did not stop there.
It spread its black aura over the entire island.
The dark energy then seeped into the bodies of both the humans and the demons below.
Within moments...
Their bodies began transforming into horrifying black creatures, stripped of both reason and free will.
The mysterious figure's objective was unmistakable...
To turn both humans and demons into living weapons...
And use them to destroy the Emperor of Humanity...
Without giving him the slightest chance to survive.
(Author's Note):
Hello everyone! Thank you for your continuous support of this novel; your comments and interactions mean the world to me.
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It is a [Comedy / Fantasy] story about a miserable young man and a cunning wolf who is constantly getting him into trouble! If you enjoy my writing style and the way I build scenarios, I promise you're going to love this comic.
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