Chapter 1408: The Princes Return
The sky darkened further, rolling with vicious force. Lightning carved the heavens as the barbarian rose into a fusion of storm and flesh. Midnight blue scales drank the wicked light while a mantle of pale feathers rippled like a blizzard given form.
Twin obsidian horns curved from his skull, framing eyes that burned with cold, merciless intelligence, as if the storm itself answered to him. Each beat of his colossal wings shattered the air with thunder, and in his presence the world seemed to bow, caught between awe and the instinct to flee.
But the massive storm bird did not linger in its transformation. It took to the sky, and the lightning followed, crashing down into the dark fog that shrouded the Tempest Spire. The storm swelled around it in violent, consuming waves, darkening even the stretches of sky the fog had not touched.
That, however, triggered the Tempest Spire.
The dark fog was not decoration after all. It was a mechanism of defense.
It became a storm of its own in that instant, rising with frightening speed and slamming against the descending lightning, literally breaking it apart. The fog surged like a colossal guardian and caught the bird’s feet before it could climb a single inch higher.
Its own lightning exploded through the bird’s body with silvery light. The storm bird beat its wings frantically, trying to match the Tower’s force with its own speed and power.
For a moment, it looked like it was winning.
But that was only because the fog had paused, swirling inward to gather momentum. The following instant, it crashed back down and tore the bird from the sky, dragging it to the ground and consuming it whole. The storm bird was lost in the tenebrous fog of the Tempest Spire, never to be seen again.
Northern gazed down at the scene with a touch of sadness in his eyes.
’Well, that certainly didn’t go well. I was hoping to pull information from him... maybe the next one will be more cooperative.’
He stood and considered for a moment.