The Dragon's Vengeance
The scent of fresh dragon flame—radiating faintly from my skin as my core adjusted to its new state—had cut through the sulfurous mists and awakened the predators of the deep.
From the pitch-black opening of a submerged fissure, a massive silhouette crept forward. It was an abyssal lurker, a multi-eyed predator covered in thick, jagged black scales, boasting razor-sharp claws designed to tear through solid rock.
Its slitted yellow eyes fixed entirely on me, drawn by the irresistible allure of the primordial fire pulsing within my chest. The beast let out a screeching hiss and lunged forward with blinding speed, its massive claws sweeping across the damp stone to decapitate me in a single s