First, a large dark-red spike, sharp like a war spear, broke through the frozen surface. The ice around it hissed, melting upon contact with the spike's extreme heat.
Then, a colossal claw emerged. It was covered in dark red and black scales that seemed to absorb the light around them, as if they were made of solidified lava. The claws at the tip of the paw were as long as swords and glowed with an intense orange heat.
Next, the entire body began to emerge.
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The Five-Horned Lava Lizard was gigantic.
Kyrian estimated its length at nearly twenty-five meters, perhaps more, considering part of its tail was still submerged.
Its body was muscular and elongated, covered with thick scales that overlapped like plates of armor. Each scale glowed faintly, pulsing with an internal heat that distorted the air around it.
Five curved, flaming horns sprouted from its head.
