"Gasp!"
Faced with such fearsome demonic might, the gathered people of the Grand Duchy couldn't help drawing in sharp breaths. Amid the surging demonic aura, they turned to look at Reilo, who had just broken out of the demonic coffin.
They were still quite a distance from the Sky Fortress command center.
Bzzzz...
Someone immediately took out a Crystal Ball and tried to make contact, but the interference naturally radiating from this impossibly vast and bizarre monster rendered it useless.
Crackle!
Fine bolts of lightning flashed through the surging Magic Cloud, and an oppressive presence rushed toward them.
At that moment.
The Bronze Ancient Coffin Reilo had destroyed earlier had completely shattered and vanished, leaving behind a lifeless Magic Cloud vortex that looked ready to collapse. The tongue he held stretched toward the vortex's source. With a fierce tug, he pulled a magic crystal out of it.
The crystal was about the size of a baby's fist, deep gray, with wisps of energy drifting unpredictably inside.
Pop.
With the Energy Crystal gone, the Magic Cloud vortex collapsed completely, marking the death of one of this impossibly enormous monster's heads.
"It's still a little short, but it's close to Legendary Creature level. It should fetch a good price."
The Altar Communicator Windsor glanced at the crystal and said instinctively.
Blazing flames surged, releasing a terrifying heat.
At her words, Reilo looked toward the numerous Bronze Ancient Coffins drifting menacingly through the roiling Magic Cloud. He gave a low, cold laugh as the sparse power of his true form condensed once more around him, forming a huge fireball. Like a rising sun, it radiated boundless light and heat into the sky in every direction, facing off against the formless giant monster without yielding an inch.
By comparison.
The monster, though impossibly vast,