Night fell like ink, staining the entire sky.
Garos and the Cliff Serpent Dragon darted through the dark clouds like two bolts of lightning tearing across the night.
Once the distance between them narrowed, the Cliff Serpent Dragon struck first. Its long body lashed out like a whip, its forked tail tips burning with dark green poisonous flames.
Garos stiffened, raising his wings high.
The fine scales on his wing membranes scraped against one another, scattering dense sparks. The sharp edges of his wings turned crimson. Then, using the tip of his left wing as an axis, he abruptly spun his body in a wide arc, shifting his angle as his guillotine-like dragon wing lashed out at the Cliff Serpent Dragon.
The Cliff Serpent Dragon refused to be outdone by this Dragonwing Grand Sweep.
It spun as well, swinging its thick tail at Garos's wing.
Clang! Rip!
First came the sharp ring of metal striking metal, like weapons colliding. Then came the sound of a sharp blade tearing through tough dragon scales and flesh.
After meeting a slight resistance, Garos's spinning wing slash tore through one of the Cliff Serpent Dragon's three forked tails, severing it. Thick blood from the Cliff Serpent Dragon stained his wing.
"I'll eat you!"
The Cliff Serpent Dragon roared in pain, muttering indistinct Dragon Language as it suddenly thrust out its foreclaws and struck at Garos.
Garos tilted his body slightly and met the attack directly with the dense Explosive Scales on his back.
Bang! The heavy claw strike landed on the scales of Garos's back. As the scales shattered, they absorbed the force of the blow and converted it into heat, erupting in dazzling flames.
Caught off guard, the Cliff Serpent Dragon was blasted away.
This guy isn't much in a head-on fight.
Then