The Ufrifan desert was completely illuminated by the catastrophic clash of two warring beasts.
High above, Drogon roared, his serpentine body weaving through the bruised-purple storm clouds. A colossal, dark-violet lightning bolt tore through the sky, striking the Grey Scaler directly in its chest. The explosion of ozone and static electricity was blinding, but as the smoke cleared, the towering, fifteen-foot ice monster simply laughed.
"Mere sparks!" the Grey Scaler bellowed, its demonic, wolf-like skull snapping upward. The B-Rank Calamity Lord brushed the scorched ice from its chest. Drogon was majestic, but he was still bound by the limitations of a C-Rank anchor. His lightning simply lacked the density to pierce a B-Rank.
The ice monster lunged forward, the vitrified glass beneath its feet shattering under its immense weight. It raised its talons, summoning a massive, jagged glacier of black ice, and hurled it directly at Hide's paralyzed body.
