Eternal VII

"Ahhhhh! Big Sister Aloz, I was wrong! Quick, quick, quick, let go..."

With a thunderous boom, the ceiling of the Ice Hall suddenly collapsed. A gigantic creature came plummeting down with an avalanche of snow and ice, crashing heavily onto the ground. Only then did Brando see Aloz leap down from above. She leisurely walked over to the snowdrift, reached into it, grabbed a tail, and then dragged a ball of flesh out with a loud swish.

Only then did everyone see that it was actually a dragon—a round, plump dragon. It was enormous, nearly as tall as a two-story building, but its body was nothing like the beautiful, streamlined form Aloz possessed when she transformed into a giant dragon. Instead, it resembled a massive spindle. Its two pairs of wings looked like the wings of the frozen chickens Brando had seen in the freezer section of a supermarket in his previous life. The only difference was that these had some scales on them. Aloz dragged it out by the tail while its short, fat limbs flailed against the ground, emitting shrill squeals like a slaughtered pig.

Brando swore he would probably never forget this scene for the rest of his life, because it was simply too stupid. In fact, he had never seen this dragon's true form in his previous life either. That fellow was simply too sinister. Usually, before anyone even saw its face, they were already lying on the floor—just like Anlek's Noble Private Soldiers who had met their deaths beneath the ice.

As for the others, Shido and Haruze had long since widened their eyes. They could hardly believe what they were seeing. Or rather, they felt as if their entire worldview had been overturned.

Sta placed his little claws on his head and shouted in