It started with the violent wind, then, followed by a thunderous roar bringing turmoil and fear to the hearts and minds of the people who heard it. It was a clear sign that a catastrophe was about to arrive.
"Our little visitor is finally here," Loki said as he walked forward. He crossed his arms and stared at the massive silhouette slowly getting as it flew with such speed. "Let's give it a warm welcome." Loki snapped his fingers.
The javelin shooters scattered throughout the area moved and aimed their javelins in the direction of the approaching behemoth.
A thunderous roar once more sounded and the winged behemoth showed itself. A blue 30 meters long dragon from its nose to the end of its tail. Its two massive wings had a span of 40 meters from both ends. It was so massive that its shadow was cast in a huge area beneath it.
It had six limbs including its two wings, powerful razor-sharp fangs, and serpentine yellow eyes that could see prey even from afar. Furthermore, its sense of smell was so acute, it easily determined how many warriors were waiting for its arrival.
Wrapped on the dragon's neck was a black collar, occasionally giving off red color. And every time the collar was lighting up red, the dragon's eyes were turning red as well.
"An ancient dragon! A type of dragon that grows stronger as it ages!" Screamed one of the adventurers in great fear, the sight of a majestic monster was too much for them to handle.
'There are many kinds of dragon... I can't believe that the first one I am meeting is this formidable.' Loki thought to himself. "Don't falter, warriors of Satirica! Prepare for initiation!" He raised his right hand while his eyes focused on the incoming enemy. "On my count..."
"Three..."
"Two..."
The blue dragon roared and entered the vicinity of the mountain walls it opened its mouth to begin its barrage against the army beneath it. Its eyes were drawn to Loki, the commander of the army, who was just standing in the middle of the open field seemingly begging for the dragon to attack him.
Upon seeing that he had taken the attention of the dragon, Loki smirked. "Welcome to the kingdom of Satirica, baby," Loki said and put his hand down. "One! Make it rain!"
Then, all at once, all the javelin shooters rained down their attacks toward the dragon. At the same time, the archers stationed at the mountain walls started their assault, attacking the dragon right above them.
The dragon tried to destroy the arrows and javelins coming for it by releasing a powerful line of blue fire that could melt boulders. Usually, it was more than enough.
"I am afraid that won't work this time, Flamy," Loki said with a smirk on his lips.
Despite the destructive power of the dragon's breath, none of the arrows and javelins were destroyed and some of them managed to hit the dragon. Then, an explosion occurred every time arrows and javelins hit the dragon, which put the entire army at great surprise. They didn't expect the arrows and javelin to explode upon hit.
"Why are our projectiles exploding and actually hurting the dragon!" Screamed one of the adventurers.
"What kind of sorcery is this!"
Loki infused the javelins and arrows with his ability and made them explode once hit the dragon. He knew that ordinary arrows and javelins were not enough to take down a powerful dragon—or even pierce its tough skin. In this situation, all the projectiles were Loki's weapons and became destructive bombs that could penetrate even the toughest of scales the dragon had.
Although Ancient Dragons were known for their immense wisdom and intelligence and could easily dodge the barrage of attacks... That was not the case here.
Wisdom and intelligence were useless if the mind and body were sealed and the being was made into a mindless killing machine deprived of its own will.
The ancient dragon roared and blasted a destructive line of fire on the top of the mountains. This attack could burn everyone on the top of the mountains, especially since they had no place to hide from that open space.
"No!" One of the adventurers screamed. "They will be burned! There is no way for them to escape from that attack."
"Escape?" Loki asked and darted his sharp gazing eyes to the adventurer. "From who?"
The archers who supposedly burned to ashes came out from the burning fire engulfing the mountains. Then, they continued their assault on the dragon and fired exploding arrows that disrupted its movement. Loki's explosion magic was too powerful for the dragon to ignore.
"Everything is happening according to my plan," Loki said and walked forward. "Now, continue firing at that little lizard... I want to greet it personally."
The dragon tried to fly out but the rain of javelins stopped it from doing so. So, in return, the dragon rushed toward the location of the javelin shooters and unleashed a destructive burst of blue fire, in an attempt to get rid of them.
Then, the dragon proceeded to engulf all the knights throwing spears at it. The knights' and adventurers' screams of shock could be heard echoing throughout as hellish blue fire devoured the area... But that was it... No scream of pain or death... No javelin shooter was destroyed. The supposed to be destructive fire couldn't hurt a single soul.
All the blue fire surrounding the area was sucked into one direction and formed a blue cyclone. The cyclone of fire was connected to Loki's mouth—he absorbed all the fire all around them until nothing was left.
The moment Loki was done, he raised his head, revealing his glowing blue eyes with a smirk on his face. He snorted and smoke came out from his nose. "Thank you for the meal." Then, he unleashed a massive line of blue fire toward the blue dragon returning the attack from the source.
The blue dragon roared as it struggled to dodge the incoming attack. It just managed to escape by flying higher into the sky, where Loki's retaliation could not reach it.
However, hurting the dragon was not Loki's purpose in that attack... His purpose was to show everyone a glimpse of what he was capable of.
"Now, it's time to get serious," Loki said while following the dragon using his blue glowing eyes.
On the other hand, all the people who had seen the feat that Loki effortlessly executed were left in awe. All of them stared at Loki with their enlarged eyes and dropped jaws.
"He repelled the attacks of a catastrophic class S monster like nothing. So... This is the power of a class S adventurer."
Loki stared at them. "You haven't seen anything yet. I am just about to start."