Chapter 35: Trial VI
The entire halberd melted away and turned into specks of dust, vanishing along the soft breeze.
Valegrith stared above with a victorious smile on his face and yelled a single word.
Manifest.
Almost immediately, the battlefield trembled, air wrapping around the desolate land with extreme emergency. The crimson domain surrounding them twisted violently, its energy folding inward, condensing into a singularity at the heart of Valegrith's being. The world itself seemed to recoil as something monstrous was birthed from his will.
A deafening hiss split the air.
Behind Valegrith, a massive viper emerged, its crimson-scaled body coiling high into the sky like a demonic deity descending upon the world. The viper had its maws wide open and a pitch-black substance, possibly a venom was leaking from within its two sharp fangs, melting the ground beneath it with the sheer amount of its toxicity.