Chapter 40: Tiamat
Honestly, I was a bit intimidated as I stared up at the towering dragon. I have seen large dragons before - both Flame and Blizzard Dragons - but she was a whole different level of 'towering.'
The massive palace behind me, along with the typical trees that were so tall they looked as if they were reaching for the sun, were all like ants next to Tiamat. Even just one claw on her foot was larger than my whole body.
[Great Dragon King] [Chaos Dragon Karma] [Tiamat] - Level 750
Her title was long, and her level was even higher. Compared to the strongest enemy I had faced so far, Benemue, she was roughly three times as strong.
"Dragon," I greeted simply, staring down at the towering woman.
We were standing on the edge of the mountain, positioned right in front of my palace. Luckily, and unluckily, the lazy and arrogant dragon didn't care about any of the other creatures in the forest, so she had just flown straight to the peak of the mountain. My subordinates were safe and unharmed, but now I was alone facing down the dragon.
I had ordered Raya, Shera, Runa, and Layna to leave the palace and go to Vargan and Velrissa. They would return as soon as they could with the two former monarchs and as many soldiers as they could gather quickly, but I doubted I could stall with words until they arrived.
Not that I was planning to anyway. Facing down the high-level dragon was a daunting task, but it wasn't impossible. I had handled Benemue pretty easily, and I had only grown stronger since then. Combine that with my equipped armor and my flurry skills, and it was doable.
"Brat," Tiamat responded, her huge scaly dragon face twitching in what looked like annoyance, "Do you know how much pain you've caused me?"
I raised an eyebrow at her words. I hadn't even met her until now!
"Do you mean this?" I asked causally, reaching into a small chink in my lower armor where the [King's Claw] was wedged. I pulled it out, holding it up for her to see.