Iskha had just the time to slip the inconspicuous golden ring off of his finger and hide it in his palm before the guards started to search him. Then, his body shapeshifted into something much bigger and deadlier.
The metal chains binding Iskha's limbs shattered from the sheer pressure that his growing limbs exerted as if they were made of plastic. His legs became covered in thick grey scales as they grew to the size of a stone pillar.
His chest enlarged, bursting out of the linen shirt while golden fur grew on his arms and face. In the blink of an eye, the savage man was gone, replaced by an Emperor Beast with a height at the withers of 5 meters (16.4 feet) tall and 8.8 meters (29 feet) long.
It had the front body of a golden lion while its back belonged to something with hooves that seemed to be made of stone. It had feathered wings on its back and a long tail covered in jagged scales that furiously whipped around, leaving deep marks in the ground.
