(217) Gods and Dragons

All around the world, heads began to turn and look toward this new source of power.

The few Demons who managed to gather were stunned. They heatedly discussed the implications.

Some felt that this must have been the birth of this timeline's first Tier 9 creature. Some others believed that Asmodeus himself had managed to break into this timeline.

In a dark cavern, somewhere deep below where the Phugtal Monastery once stood, a strange creature was roused from a deep slumber. Its head turned and looked toward the source of this strange disturbance.

Somewhere in the west, an ancient power was awakening. The creature rose and stretched its stiff muscles. Its actions caused the entire cavern to shake.

'How long hassss it been?'

The creature looked down into the small pond next to which it had been sleeping. This pond was one of the few sources of Mana left on Earth.