The dome of Castle in the Sky was swallowed by dark clouds.
Heavy clouds hung low like slabs of lead, as though they might come crashing down at any moment. Thunder rumbled deep within them, as if heralding the emergence of a power that should not have existed in this era.
Purple lightning slithered through the clouds like serpents, illuminating the city floating high in the sky—Castle in the Sky of the Black Robe Wizards. Amid the storm, it looked perilously close to collapse.
"Such laughable power!"
The Titans, still unaware of what was about to happen, stood amid the ruins. Their skin gleamed like stone beneath the dim light as they looked down on Ian with utter contempt.
As though Ian were no more than a speck of dust before them.
"You think something created with our own creations can harm us?" The Titan God-King's voice echoed between heaven and earth like rolling thunder. A mocking curve tugged at the corner of his mouth. "What foolish delusion... I cannot understand why someone like you makes them afraid."
The God-King's voice reverberated through the mountains like thunder. The eleven Titans behind him let out mocking roars at the same time, their sound waves rippling the air around Ian.
"Perhaps those lowly creations simply do not understand what courage is!"
"They used underhanded and cunning means to imprison us, but they are nothing more than ants. This power called magic is far too weak when wielded by individuals."
"They are merely a swarm of maggots!"
The Titans kept laughing deeply, like ancient beasts roaring, making the ground tremble faintly. Unexpectedly, after being imprisoned for so many years, they still knew how to play along with their leader.
Their emotional intelligence was decent enough.
But the shackles and manacles that could not