Boom!
The volcano erupted, and the earth shook violently. Massive fissures spread with the bizarre swelling. Amid the dull, thunderous grind of earth and stone, the bulging mound suddenly burst apart. Then, the enormous outline traveling beneath the ground slowly rose.
The Steel Worm, dozens of meters thick around, opened its savage shield-borer jaws. Around its body, lights resembling scarlet eyes flickered on and off.
After briefly sensing the surroundings, it suddenly plunged downward and burrowed back into the soil.
Only segment after segment of its body trailed behind it, rising from beneath the ground before sinking back into the earth with its writhing, leaving a track carved through the soil.
The terrifying worm, of unknown length, vanished into the ground amid a roar, devouring the faint metal particles in the earth and leaving behind only ash-like traces.
And across the battlefield of lightning and thunder, the Giant Deer's call echoed.
Slender, razor-sharp legs descended from the clouds and plunged into the earth. It strode lightly through the ruins, its sixteen iron hooves-like limbs bending and stretching, supporting its enormous body that disappeared into the clouds.
Whenever lightning raced past, it illuminated the bizarre body hidden within the clouds. Tentacles extended from that headless shell, feeding on stray lightning and driving the circulation of Source Matter.
Like a stirring rod agitating a vast cauldron, it drove miracles and calamities within the clouds into collision.
Deeper within the clouds, the Steel Giant Moth spread its wings once more. As it flapped and swept past, countless seed-like forms of life, like scales dusted with threads of electricity, fell toward the earth.
Across the ravaged land, metal flowers and grass gradually began to grow.
At this moment, guarded by the giant beasts, atop a mountain forged from steel, the armor that had once