Before them lay a burning, scorched, and flooded expanse of garden, teeming with diverse plants and towering trees. Surrounding this garden was a vast, desolate, snowy region.
However, what shocked Orion and Aerialia wasn't the bizarre scenery, which didn't seem natural together, but instead, it was the corpses of numerous Pixies and bloody craters that painted the gruesome landscape on both sides. The extent of the carnage was so vast that it couldn't even be concealed by the once beautiful garden now turned upside down.
It was evident from the scene that the Pixies were under attack and losing badly, as their fallen outnumbered any other casualties strewn across the ground.
Orion and Aerialia then directed their attention towards the perpetrators of this gruesome scene: dragons. Nonetheless, these dragons were unusual; their entire bodies were covered in a weird ashen grey bone-like structure, resembling a complete armour set. These creatures were massive, ranging from 26 to 30 meters in length from nose to tail, with 14 to 25 meters wingspan that could easily overshadow vast land areas.
However, they were not just a single dragon but a multitude of them, too many to count. Their presence darkened the sky, plunging the land below into total darkness. It was illuminated only by the downpour of flames, air, and water that erupted from the dragons' mouths, assaulting the Pixies below.
"Bone dragons, a special species with extra hides that grant them a frightening level of defence, nearly impermeable to those of similar power. This is all possible due to the dragon's obsession with integrating other races to enhance their strength, resulting in numerous subspecies with varying traits from the dragonic lineage. Despite this, they remain fiercely proud of their pure bloodline, especially when they can effortlessly dominate powerful subspecies by themselves," Aerialia explained, noting Orion's bewildered expression before returning her focus to the scene.
"It appears they have brought a powerful subspecies to deal with the Pixies. They seem capable enough to emerge victorious. However, they have unknowingly provoked a force they cannot handle," she added, glancing up at the gigantic dragon observing them from above.
Aerialia observed keenly, realizing that Aegis of the Arctic Deity had intentionally disregarded its presence for the time being.
Orion nodded gravely at Aerialia's insights, absorbing her words before shifting his gaze to the left to meet Aegis of the Arctic Deity's intense glare. He could sense that if this scene were not just a memory, he would have charged in to confront the bone dragons without hesitation.
Meanwhile, on the devastated, ashen-flooded terrain below, numerous humanoid dragons, standing at heights of 8 to 9 feet with wingspans of approximately 2 to 3 meters, battled fiercely against the Pixies on the ground. The Pixies struggled to defend themselves against the onslaught from above and below.
The entire scene unfolded in a tumultuous frenzy, prompting Orion to realize the staggering chaos that had gripped the world during the emergence of the stellar gates on Earth. It was no wonder the planet had transformed into a desolate wasteland overrun by Vylkr vines at every turn. However, he would deem his efforts worthwhile if he could uncover the secrets behind the Vylkr vines' emergence from Aegis of the Arctic Deity memories.
Meanwhile, Oberon's expression twisted with furious rage as he surveyed the chaotic battleground before him. Without hesitation, he vanished from his spot and materialized before an armoured humanoid dragon, poised to strike a fatal blow against a Pixie warrior. In a swift motion, Oberon crushed the dragon's head, causing its entire body to explode and vanish into thin air, leaving no trace of blood or flesh.
He repeated this brutal act, disappearing and reappearing in multiple positions simultaneously, wreaking havoc on the enemy forces and reducing them to mere vapour.
In the blink of an eye, up to a thousand humanoid armoured dragons exploded and perished, leaving neither flesh nor blood behind.
Far from Oberon's position, the god of the dragon race had already sensed Oberon's arrival when he first appeared. However, he was unbelievably slow to react and could only watch as Oberon effortlessly tore through his children, completely altering the dynamics of the battlefield.
In response, the dragon god let out a deafening roar that reverberated through the air. The shockwaves rippled through the clouds, parting them several hundred meters apart and revealing a clear, cloudless sky.
Also, upon hearing the fury of their god, the bone dragons that once shrouded the battlefield dispersed, allowing sunlight to illuminate the once devastated land below and unveiling the colossal presence looming in the sky above.
Oberon halted his actions and gazed at the gigantic dragon, whose hides shimmered like a rainbow. It was adorned with large ebony horns curved around its head like a sharp, thorny crown. At the tip of its tail, wisps of fire, Earth, water, air, lightning, and wood—six elements—revolved around it.
"Dragon god," Oberon muttered, recognizing the name of the god before him.
He never expected his first battle after successfully completing his procedures would be against the 'Dragon god.' Regardless of whether he faced a dragon god or any other god, Oberon saw this as an opportunity to test his strength against a powerful god and make them pay for what had been done to the Pixie race.
Above them, seeing that a path had been cleared, the Dragon god opened its jaws wide, forming a ball of molten fire that engulfed its jaws, seeming to set the very air ablaze as fiery liquid dripped into the atmosphere. The Dragon god then aimed it toward Oberon's direction before launching it downwards.
"ROOOAAARRRRRR!!!" The Dragon god's roar echoed like a thousand thunderclaps of lightning resounding through the sky. A massive ball of fire, resembling a comet moulded with theheat of the sun, shot with astonishing speed toward Oberon.
Oberon narrowed his eyes at the incoming attack. He propelled his body skyward without hesitation, meeting the fiery molten attack head-on.
BOOOOOMMM!!!
An immense explosion reverberated through the surroundings, spreading outward and causing the sky to crack open. The bone dragons in the air around them felt the suffocating pressure and quickly fled the area.
