"Vilnalasath! Wake up!"
Sakura raised a hand suffused with bone-piercing frost and gently patted the Red Dragon's enormous head, trying to awaken the ancient beast that had slumbered for so long.
Behind her lay Boros, frozen into a solid lump of ice.
Perhaps the familiar voice had worked, or perhaps it was the hand radiating cold hundreds of degrees below zero. In any case, Vilnalasath slowly opened her eyes before long, yawned sleepily, and asked in a distracted tone, "Why did you wake me up again? Don't tell me Allen made some mess he can't clean up."
"No, of course not. He asked me to hand this guy over to you and said you'd know what to do." As she spoke, Sakura casually tossed the frozen Boros at the Red Dragon's feet.
Bang!
Only then did Vilnalasath notice that the lump of ice contained a strangely shaped humanoid creature.
The core embedded in its chest was especially interesting, considering what it contained.
She raised a sharp dragon claw and dug Boros's heart core out of the ice, holding it before her eyes for careful inspection. Only after a full half minute did a thoughtful expression appear on her face.
"I see! Allen has taken an interest in this creature's cells, which can produce, store, and release energy. In that case, I'll devour a little of it."
The moment she finished speaking!
The Red Dragon Queen immediately opened her jaws and swallowed half of Boros's body, core included, in one gulp.
In the blink of an eye!
The scales covering her body began to glow with a dazzling red light, growing brighter and brighter...
In the end, her mountain-like body became almost like the sun itself, endlessly radiating astonishing light and heat in every direction.
Fortunately!
That dangerous and terrifying state