[Thorn Forest: Forbidden Sanctuary]
The Forest lies in the south of the kingdom. This forest is Thousands of miles away from the kingdom. Mostly the small villages lies in the southern section of the kingdom.
The forest is known as Thorn forest.
This forest derived its name from the Thorn Walls, natural barricades that grew from the ground like cursed lances. The walls of the thorns are huge as mountains.
The Thorn walls are so high that even they can be seen through the capital
It's height is more than hundred thousand metres [100,000 metres] and width is more than Twenty kilometres [20,000 Metres]. The Thorns starts from crossing 10 kilometres inside the forest.
This forest can only cross by flying at very high altitude . And only above high tier dragons are able to fly so high.
These spiked vines, running along the inner 10 km of the forest's border,
Extremely poisonous, the thorns were infamous across the realm.
The toxins could pierce the scales of even mature dragons.
The Thorn Forest was no ordinary terrain—it was also a divine creation of the Dragon God Tatsunokami himself.
In ancient times, when strange howls echoed from the south and the skies were tainted with unnatural mist, Tatsunokami forged the forest to serve a singular purpose: to act as a powerful barrier between his kingdom and the forbidden lands beyond. It was both a sanctuary and a barrier—an organic fortress to protect his dragon kingdom from the unknown mystical beasts.
Actually, Many people believed that lord Tatsunokami also created those beasts
But he loves all equally.
So he specially make a different place for those creatures to survive.
Many old legends say that when Lord Tatsunokami created this world he just not only created dragon and beast, while he just created 5 divine Ancient Mystical beast
Who possessed the immense power.
Each one of them has mastery on a basic element.
Fire , Water , Earth, Wind and Lightning.
Which grows in number eventually.
But when the numbers of beasts increases and started to lose their control attacking on each other and surrounding locations.
But when their attacks increased and even started to reach the capital.so, In order to protect everything and everyone.
Dragon god himself make a cage of thorns all around the forest to protect other species and to keep them in their limits.
After living in this cage for thousands of years their anger significantly increase and this anger slowly turned in to hatred.
And whenever they saw other outer species they instantly attacked on them in order to hunt , but they especially keep anger against dragons.
Whenever they saw a dragon their anger outburst and they tried to destroy everything around them and kill every dragon brutally and merciless.
They give death to the dragons are horrible.
There are still many places in this dragon world which is still unknown.
Though the antidotes to these toxins were commonly available within the Kingdom, many victims died within hours, nor getting the chance to take antidotes.
This earned the forest the nickname:
"The Garden of Death."
For centuries, most believed that the "mystical beasts" of the Thorn Forest were mere folklore—tales whispered by mothers to scare reckless hatchlings and wild children.
But that illusion was shattered in a single day.
A special squad of four elite dragons, renowned for their strength and speed, was sent into the Thorn Forest on a classified mission.
After few days, Unfortunately they encountered something... something beyond comprehension.
A mid-tier mystical beast—a creature not seen in over five centuries—emerged from the shadowy fog.
They tried to fight , but that can't be called a fight. because that beast not just kill them . They play with them, and after satisfaction swallowed them completely.
What followed was not a battle. It was a One sided fight.
The elite dragons—once symbols of power and pride—did not even have the chance to retaliate. Their bodies were torn apart like parchment. The forest swallowed their roars, and the wind carried only silence.
The massacre shook the roots of the kingdom.
The Spirit of the Forest — The Dryads,
A guardian entity born from Tatsunokami's divine will, personally reported the incident to the Dragon God.
That day, it became undeniably clear:
The Thorn Forest was not just a border or protection barrier. It was more likely a prison for those Ancient beasts.
On that day , when The report submitted and when the report announced everyone
Was in shocked they can't believe that those children fairytale are true .
Everyone was in sorrow after hearing the death of the soldier and the reveal of the mysterious creatures.
Most of the people are talking , murmuring in the city streets, In bathhouse , In shops.