While Logan was still trying to make sense of Hueng Long's words, deep inside the largest dungeon in Solmyr, the dungeon boss stood towering over the stone floor. Gazel and Sirus knelt before him, trembling slightly.
Another creature was present as well. It looked nothing like a human.
Its body was tall and sinewy, covered in smooth, bluish scales with darker patches scattered across its shoulders and chest. Sharp ridges ran along the top of its skull and down the back of its neck, resembling a reptilian crest. Its eyes were pitch-black and lidless, giving off an unsettling, predatory calm even when closed. Its jaw extended slightly forward, with thin, flexible cartilage at the sides that parted whenever it breathed. Its torso was broad, with layered muscle plates that shifted like overlapping armor whenever it moved. Long, webbed ridges connected parts of its arms, and faint gills pulsed along the sides of its throat.
