A massive black-and-red figure rose from behind the Sun Moon Stars Palace. Illusory flames seemed to form a ring around the fire dragon, like a rising morning sun.
Though a golden sun already hung in the sky, Rio's appearance swiftly plunged the palace square, once filled with whispers, into silence. Every noble and commoner turned their eyes toward the domineering fire dragon above the Sun Moon Stars Palace, capable of rivaling the red sun itself.
"His Majesty has appeared!"
Those with sharp eyes had already spotted Liszt, clad in white armor that shimmered with a ghostly blue radiance, riding on the fire dragon's back.
"And His Excellency the Magician!" someone cried, seeing the Unicorn following beside the fire dragon, and the figure on its back almost entirely wrapped in a Magic Cloak.
Though the Unicorn was vastly smaller than the fire dragon, its dazzling brilliance was not dimmed in the slightest.
The sun-like fire dragon flew closer and closer, reaching the palace square in the blink of an eye before landing in the open space. Its enormous body smashed down upon the rocky ground, making the entire square tremble—the palace's construction materials had all been magically reinforced and mixed with rubber solution, so unless struck by a powerful attack, they would not be damaged.
Thud!
Liszt, clad in Bone Dragon Armor and carrying the Bone Dragon Sword, leaped down from the dragon's back. He nodded at Rio, and the fire dragon flew back into the sky, descending straight toward the mountainside of Moon Mountain. But that was not the end, for the Bone Dragon Armor on Liszt's body suddenly transformed into a mass of ghostly blue light and fell toward the outskirts of the square.
In a flicker of light, a Bone Dragon rose in the open space. Blue flames