"Star Annihilation: Four-Point Execution!"
"KA-BOOOOOOOM!"
The explosion was contained entirely within the wyvern's head!
Her skull bulged outward as the dark energy detonated internally! Cracks spread across her golden scales like spiderwebs! Her eyes, both the wounded and the healthy one, went wide with shock and pain!
For exactly five seconds, the Golden Wyvern remained conscious!
Her body trembled! Her jaws worked soundlessly! Her remaining wing beat once, twice, three times…
Then stopped.
The light in her molten gold eyes dimmed… flickered… and went out.
"Thud."
The massive body collapsed forward, Levi still perched on her head.
The impact shook the entire plateau. Dust rose in clouds. Small avalanches triggered on nearby cliff faces.
Silence fell across the mountain.
For ten full seconds, nothing moved.
Then Levi slowly stood, his four arms spread wide, his blood-red eyes surveying the battlefield.
The Golden Wyvern was dead.
He had won.
But the cost…
