"But that should about do it."
Loa looked at the exposed tunnel entrance before him and raised his right hand. A diamond-shaped piece of ice appeared on his fingertip, spinning round and round.
With each rotation, a chilling white thread peeled away from it. Instead of falling, the thread floated steadily around the spinning ice.
Just like the rings around a planet.
Though made of hard ice, the threads looked soft and weightless. Such was the wonder of magic.
Feeling the rhythmic pulses from his fingertip, Loa smiled in satisfaction. "That should do."
With that, he gently tossed the ice, letting it fall into the tunnel entrance.
"The ultimate fusion of motion and stillness, the Ice Dragon Power that embodies death-let me see what you can do."
"Ice Bomb, modified type two: Stellar Superwheel Giant Spider!"
Loa shouted the utterly ridiculous skill name with all the gusto of an adolescent fantasy, but its effects were anything but childish.
Pop.
A faint sound came from deep underground, much like a dud firecracker going off when he played with them as a child.
Then the entire island began shaking violently. As though disaster had struck, countless rocks and clumps of earth trembled, tumbled, and hurtled through the air.
Even the ice left behind by Dragon Slayer Magic fractured under the shaking.
Every creature still clinging to life on the little island panicked! Animals, insects, and humans alike abandoned their shelters and rushed outside.
"Is this... an earthquake?"
One survivor stared blankly around him, then suddenly shuddered, all color draining from his face.
Several hundred meters away, Loa stood quietly outside a tunnel entrance, looking at him with a faint smile.
Just as he resigned himself to death, Loa rapidly underwent dragon transformation. Before his horrified eyes, Loa became a genuine monster, then