A fierce wind howled, whipping up a blizzard that plunged heaven and earth into chaos.
Dusk settled heavy. Leaden clouds hung so low they seemed ready to plunge into the churning waves at any moment.
At the dim border where sky met sea, a colossal figure stood astride the waves.
The view drew closer.
It was a behemoth, a full ten meters tall.
Its upper half was the torso of a man, with muscles knotted and coiled. Its bronze skin was covered in a fine, scaly pattern that glinted with a cold, metallic light in the blizzard.
Veins bulged on its thick neck, and a sharp, angular face was half-hidden behind the swirling snowflakes.
Its amber, slitted pupils glinted dangerously in the gloom.
But what was truly bone-chilling was what lay below.
From his powerful waist down, a massive fishtail covered in grayish-blue scales extended.
