The cavern exploded in molten light.
The full body of the ancient beast emerged.
GARGANTUAN.
PRIMORDIAL.
MYTHIC.
Its body fused with black volcanic armor.
Limbs thick as fortress pillars.
A mouth glowing with magma.
A tail tearing fissures across the stone floor each time it moved.
Four colossal legs slammed onto the rock—
BOOM.
BOOM.
BOOM.
BOOM.
Each impact made the cavern tremble like an earthquake.
Wings unfolded — massive and leathery — their edges dripping ember sparks, stretching wide enough to blot out half the cavern roof.
Obsidian scales cracked with glowing lava veins pulsing underneath, like fire trapped inside a black cage.
Then its head rose.
Horns curled back like molten blades.
Jaws lined with serrated obsidian teeth long enough to skewer grown men.
Flared nostrils spat steam with each breath.
Two molten eyes opened fully — vertical golden-red slits — focusing directly on Shaurya with the weight of a mountain.
Shaurya stood small before the titan,
