Deep inside the forest, massive trees lay toppled and broken across the scarred earth.
The ground was torn up in countless places, deep gouges carved into the soil like claw marks from some titanic battle. Dust still hung in the air, slowly settling.
Bodies of various beasts were scattered everywhere. Butchered, mangled and beyond recognition.
But one corpse dwarfed all the others.
It was a giant serpent, nine meters tall and eighty-one meters long.
Its severed head lay several feet from its body, massive fangs visible through its gaping mouth. Each fang was the size of a grown man's arm.
"Huff... Huff... Huff..."
A lone figure knelt in front of the massive corpse, using his axe as support to keep from collapsing completely.
One of the serpent's smaller fangs was embedded deep in his stomach, blood pooling around the wound.
A dark red aura surrounded him, thick and viscous. Unlike normal Aura that flickered and dissipated, this energy clung to him like a living thing.
