The Silver Capital of the Kingdom of Bernia basked in the lazy afternoon sunshine.
Workers in the harbor district were loading and unloading the sixth shipment of supplies bound for the Revolutionary Army's secret port. Cranes rumbled rhythmically. Everything proceeded in orderly fashion, until-
The sky darkened.
Not because clouds had blocked out the sun, but because a shadow large enough to obscure half the sky slowly descended from above the clouds, bearing a powerful stench of alcohol and suffocating pressure!
"Hic... whoaaa-"
A deafening dragon's roar mingled with a drunken belch and rang across the sky!
Everyone at the harbor looked up in terror-they saw a gigantic dragon! Its blue-green scales gleamed like metal in the sunlight, its winding body, over nine hundred meters long, flickering in and out of view among the clouds. Its enormous crimson eyes were half closed, and several huge liquor gourds even hung among its whiskers!
"K-Kaido of the Beasts!!!" a knowledgeable sailor screamed shrilly.
Crash-!
Kaido's draconic body slammed heavily into the harbor. Clearly very drunk, he shook his head, his crimson dragon eyes blearily surveying the unfamiliar, prosperous harbor before finally settling on the club at its highest point.
"B-Brat..." Kaido's voice rolled like thunder, heavy with drunkenness. "I'm... here to check... the Seastone tools... progress..."
He opened his draconic maw.
Deep in his throat, dark red light began gathering!
"This is bad!" The security captain's expression changed drastically atop the harbor watchtower. "He's going to breathe fire!! Everyone evacuate-!!"
But it was already too late.
"Bolo Breath-!!!"
Kaido paid no attention whatsoever to the crowds fleeing like ants through the harbor. A blast of dark red, scorching breath over twenty meters in diameter erupted from his mouth! The air twisted and evaporated in its path, seawater instantly vaporizing. Like the whisper