The Frost Giant army was an impressive one. But their ships weren't ships, as Cain knew them. The Frost Giants used wind and ice magic to create a flat sheet of ice on the ocean's surface and propel huge sleds across them. Only the lesser species did something as mundane as floating in the water.
They didn't miss Cain's approach, and they were definitely not impressed with the field of tentacles that began his attack, even before his feet hit the ground in between them and the demon army, challenging them to charge him.
They might only be skilled in a few forms of elemental magic, but the Awakened Frost Giants quickly destroyed the field of Tentacles and raised their weapons, screaming a war cry towards the defenders on shore.
[Kneel Worms] Cain mentally shouted back at them, adding a heavy dose of [Mental Domination] to his command and unleashing his [Existential Dread] Aura.
The weaker of the giants dropped to their knees before a counterspell was used to free them from the command, but the stronger ones resisted it and immediately charged Cain.
Cain sent out the [Crushing Tentacles] from his arm this time instead of in a field, grabbing Giants with enough force to break bones and throwing them back into their own ranks before he cast a series of Mythic Fireballs in their direction. Ice should be weak against fire, so it seemed like the best course of attack.
As if the fire were a signal, the Wave Rider fleet attacked, crushing the sleds and melting the ice that the Frost Giant reserves were still standing on. The water underneath was shallow enough that they could stand, but the insult was felt deeply by the proud species.
"Drakon will rule the world." The leader of the raiding force yelled his battle cry, leading the way towards Cain with the Awakened fighters, while the rest made their way toward the demon army as he had hoped.
The demons were more than capable of taking care of themselves, so as long as he dealt with the Awakened threats, they would be happy to deal with the rest.
Predictably, Carnage himself, the real one, not the clones that Cain and the Echoes often used, led the charge into the Frost Giants, swinging his flaming Ax above his head in glee. Cain decided that the Legendary Demon needed an upgrade these days. A Mythic attack would do him a world of good, along with the clones of him of course.
Cain took out his spear in his right hand which wasn't currently made of tentacles, ready to face the leader of the Frost Giants, who carried two small frost-covered axes. A sweep of the spear knocked aside the first attacks and Cain wrapped a tentacle from the [Crushing Tentacles] Spell around his neck, squeezing the life out of him for half a second before the other blade cut him free again.
The two enormous figures traded blow after blow, looking for a good opening to take advantage of their opponent.
For a moment, the Frost Giant leader thought that he had it when Cain tripped and fell backward, but hurled himself to the side at the last second as Cain opened his wings to prevent his fall and unleashed a barrage of fireballs.
"Tricky old Ancient. But you're still weak. I will end you before you recover the power that your kin had before they fled. Don't bother fleeing here, I will hunt you to the end of your life." The leader declared in a coarse version of the Elven tongue.
Cain didn't speak Frost Giant, so the Elven was a small blessing. Though, come to think of it, the System might have translated for him either way. It was considerate like that, and rarely let you be insulted in ignorance.
"What's got you frost worms all worked up? Did you forget your place? Why don't you just stay where you were put?" Cain taunted back, digging for answers to the reason for these attacks.
"The Frost Giants have the power now. The Champion Drakon has arisen from the Gnomes' folly and now nothing can stand between us and world domination." The leader declared with absolute certainty.
So one of them really did get something that let them believe he was invincible. Frost Giants respected size and power before all else, so once they found him, this Drakon shouldn't be hard to identify.
"Once I'm done with you, I will go play with your little upstart leader. Enjoy your life while it lasts." Cain sneered, using a Mythic [Meteor] spell to rain flaming rocks down all around himself and the giant leader, who roared in agony as they seared his flesh.
Cain took advantage and thrust out with his spear, adding to the wounds on the pale blue skin. None of that was enough to stop the enraged Giant though, he simply went berserk, chopping at Cain and even managing to cut one of his real tentacles off.
His regeneration regrew it in only a few seconds, but Cain hadn't felt pain like that in a long time.
"Enough playing around. Time to die." Cain decided, calling three dozen Mythic Fire Elementals to his side and ordering them to burn the giants out of existence.
The giants who were watching the duel between leaders were ready in an instant, and fog filled the air as frost met fire in a hissing and crackling exchange.
Then Cain used his last two Mythic Summons to call Forest Dragons to the battle, letting their corrosive breath tear the flesh from the Frost Giants for the destructive fire of the Elementals to enter.
The pain was more than the leader could take, and he faltered for an instant, allowing Cain to engulf him in a Mythic [Fireball] and wrap him in [Crushing Tentacles]. The roar of rage turned to a wheeze as the fire burnt his throat and then a rattling moan as the mighty Frost Giant died.
With the extra damage done by Cain's summons, the Frost Giants didn't stand a chance. They were being slaughtered even before Cain used [Dominion] to extend the range of [Crushing Tentacles] to engulf the entire battlefield, at the cost of over thirty thousand mana.
With the giants all immobilized, the battle only lasted a few more seconds, leaving the beach littered with corpses while the ruins of the Frost Giant fleet burned at sea.
