The pupils of the remaining Sovereigns constricted, but they did nothing but observe. To them, this was just the death of a competitor, but it was also a reminder of how cruel the martial world could be. The Skeleton King had practically gone his entire life unobstructed, he probably never thought that he would die on this small Fifth Plane.
Primus swept a gaze over everyone else and clasped his hand behind his back. Finally, his eyes landed on the Fire Giant who shuddered uncontrollably. In the far off distance, his body, which had already begun to run away, rushed away even faster, not hesitating to use several life saving measures in a row.
He wasn't a fool. This was a cruel man without any scruples, and he clearly took the fire element as his primary power. To a man who would even experiment on his own disciple, why wouldn't he be even crueler to someone who had just been his enemy moments ago?
The other Sovereigns felt a cold shiver run down their spine. Just who was this man?
The Ice Queen's pupils constricted. "The Human Dragon..."
Her voice was freezing as ice, but as delicate as sparkling morning dew. She was truly a joy to listen to, but her words were anything but. When these words settled in, the skies split open. The clouds spun, forming a majestic crimson dragon. It opened its jaw, its sharp row of teeth glistening as it roared.
This roar couldn't even be considered to be a clap of thunder, it was far more pervading, far more devastating, so loud and imposing that the earth flipped and mountains collapsed beneath its might.
They suddenly understood. This man never used his own name, that was because he never told anyone his name. He wasn't a person who liked to explain himself, so when would he care to leave his name behind? Instead, others had named him the Human Dragon, but this wasn't just because of the blood that ran through his veins...
It was uttered that he had an never-ending greed, one akin to the Dragons of legend. He had built up vaults of endless treasures, but these treasures weren't what one might expect. Rather than being overflowing natural resources, or an abundance of Qi Stones, it was rather ... people.
He had such a belly full of fury but nowhere to expel it. His gaze landed on Ellaura and Jorlumin and he punched out without hesitation. Their gazes only had time to flash with fear before they were incinerated into ashes. lanjor had not once felt so frustrated in his life. Primus had suddenly appeared again and waved a hand to make all his problems go away, but rather than making him feel better, it only made him feel all the more infuriated.
How much effort had he put into getting revenge? And yet that opportunity was snatched up right from under his nose, and by the man he hated the most in this world, no less. How could he be anything but frustrated?
"FUCK!" He roared out again. "SHUT UP!"
His head tilted up to the skies, trying to silence the roaring cloud dragon, but what good would that do? If anything, it roared louder, the backlash causing his blood to flow in reverse.
He covered his ears, frustrated and agitated, but slowly, he began to regain his calm. His rage wasn't helping him, unlike the Tatsuya Clan, he didn't have his calm. His rage wasn't helping him, unlike the Tatsuya Clan, he didn't have the Rage Flame, and even if he did, it wouldn't close the enormous gap between them. He could only swallow this insult and take note. He would have his revenge, he swore he would.
Empana hesitated but in the end, he sighed and shook his head. It seemed that the friend he had known wasn't real. He had lost yet another person.
He looked up into the skies, feeling a bit empty.
Ryu appeared out from the void, a frown on his face. He looked back to see the looming dragon in the air, although he could tell it was slowly fading away, it was so powerful that his ears almost bled from here.
After checking that Mae was okay, he shot forward again.