"Lilith?! A fool!" Giant King Aurmir's voice thundered, shaking the palace of the Giant King's Court.
"This time, I'll kill both the demon wolf and Lilith!"
Mad, savage twilight gleamed in Aurmir's single eye, a light that withered void, life, and even gods.
He, Lilith, and the Elf King once allied against dragons, demon wolves, and other ancient gods, but could any ally compare to his queen?
Killing Lilith would let Giant Queen Omabella consume her!
"After devouring the demon wolf, dragons, elves, and mutants will bow to me! Then, I'll find a chance to eat that bird!" Aurmir's vision was grand.
But he seemed too mad. His subordinate gods were far clearer.
God of Dawn Badheil, Harvest Goddess Omabella, and God of Honor Budral, these giants weren't first-generation, their characteristics purer, keeping them sane.
"Father God, the Golden Kingdom's under attack!" Badheil boomed.
"Deal with them!" Aurmir, fixated on the demon wolf and plotting against Lilith, his wits nearly spent, ordered Badheil to crush the assault.
"Yes!" Badheil, wielding a two-handed greatsword, strode from the Giant King's Court, leading a mighty giant force toward the Golden Kingdom.
…
"You're the Lord's Dream Angel?" Medici's face was a riot of expressions.
His loyalty to the Ancient Sun God was unquestionable, proven by his life in later eras.
But this Dream Angel title was bizarre…
Medici shook his head. Normally, he'd mock, but in wartime, he focused outward, not inward.
Soon, Truman and Medici reached the Golden Kingdom's outskirts.
Close to the Giant King's Court, it was guarded by giants, with other ancient gods' forces occasionally probing.
Medici was here to intercept those forces, sowing chaos.
"Here comes a lone dragon!" Medici's eyes lit up, his legion stirring, an invisible force boosting him.
As a Sequence 2 Weather Warlock of the Hunter pathway, Medici led a costly Sun God Kingdom hunter legion, including several saints!
Mystically, Medici and his legion merged, his power surging, locked on the dragon descending from the sky.
The dragon roared, its black-and-gold massive body flickering in the clouds.
It resembled a giant lizard with broad, leathery wings, its smallest scales head-sized, its ferocious head bearing dark-gold eyes.
"Roar!" The dragon growled, sensing danger, wary.
"Winged bug!" Medici taunted, yanking the dragon's aggro.
The dragon eyed him coldly, then roared as a terrifying data stream shattered everything, the world collapsing!
A dream!
When the dragon's gaze fell, Medici and his legion were pulled into a dreamscape.
But Truman was immune, his Divine Badge granting absolute clarity.
Using his Sage Robe, he became a chaotic data stream, tearing the dream apart.
"A dragon mixed with Reader and Spectator characteristics, barely sane under the Dragon of Imagination's soothing," Truman analyzed, data flashing in his eyes, decoding the dragon.
In reality, the dragon sensed danger, its wings flapping, unleashing countless spells—gales, lightning, frost, shadows—crashing toward Medici's legion.
Simultaneously, psychic power spread, the dragon aiming to dive into the collective unconscious sea for combat.
But Truman's Sage Robe fluttered. "Mystic Reappearance: Peach Blossom Spring!"
A cascade of peach blossoms, formed from data, bloomed beautifully, isolating everything—the dragon couldn't reach the collective subconcious.
The dragon's head snapped toward Truman, a strange power surging.
Truman felt an uneasy sense of being probed.
"Want to see? Then look!" Truman snorted, raising the Book of Dreams as a shield.
Roar!
The Mind Dragon's body and mental sea spiraled into chaos, plummeting from the sky, cutting off its probing gaze.
Its forte was mental soothing, and its wings flapped again, stabilizing, but it dared not use "Cognizer" on Truman again.
That glimpse, though not its true essence, nearly drove it to lose control and burst!
"That's it?" Medici scoffed, charging with his greatsword, cyan-white flames forming spears, piercing all spells.
Thick lead clouds gathered. Medici's sword slashed, becoming a blade of light, the clouds erupting with terrifying lightning, flames, snow, and frost!
Roar!
The dragon roared, Medici faltering as a virtual persona spawned within him, vying for control.
Then, a devastating dragon breath engulfed Medici.
"Called you dumb, and you still deny it?" A mocking voice rang from the dragon's back. Under a shadow veil, Medici emerged from nothingness, slashing with a thunderous strike, blasting the dragon's body.
Crack!
A wing crashed to the ground.
The dragon howled, ramming the Peach Blossom Spring barrier.
Cognizer! A Sequence 3 Reader ability, said to discern world rules, bending reality.
The dragon seized a fleeting gap in the Peach Blossom Spring, aiming to leap into the Sea of Collective Subconcious.
That was a Spectator pathway angel's haven—none but same-pathway angels could drag them out.
Medici swung again, severing the dragon's other wing.
Desperate to flee, the dragon's prophetic powers screamed: stay, and die!
"Dragon Breath!" Truman pointed, a psychic dragon breath, aimed at the mind, striking the dragon's head.
The Elder Glove, at Traveler level, "reproduced" the dragon's earlier psychic breath against Medici.
The dragon's already fragile psyche nearly shattered, rushing madly for the Peach Blossom Spring's exit.
Boom!
The barrier broke, and the dragon dove into the Sea of Collective Subconcious.
As it tried to leap away, it froze, realizing it hadn't moved, its frenzied eyes dulling.
Even its "Cognizer" pointed to an open book radiating dreamlike phosphorescence.
Dreamlike power surged, weaving a half-real, half-false dream.
From the start, escape was just a sweet dream.
(End of Chapter)
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Do You Know:
Sequence 3: Cognizer
New Abilities
Cognize: They possess insight into the rules and laws of the world, granting them deep understanding and mastery over countless high-level mysticism and arcana.Enemies standing in front of a Cognizer can rarely hide any secret. Everything, be it their strengths, weakness, or anything else is all laid bare for the Cognizer to see.They can use their deep insight to see through and Analyze certain symbols and use it to create Spells through a process of Imitation.For example, Cognizers can look and peer into the symbols of Lumian's Dream and derive certain Spells based off the symbols they have comprehended.
Fulcrum: Since they have mastered the Fulcrum in which they are able to place their own knowledge to move the world and in turn move their targets.Through the use of the Fulcrum, Cognizers can often solve problems and challenges very easily.
Mythical Creature Form
As Sequence 3 Beyonders, they can now respond to prayers within a certain range.