The divided seam hangs open below the shelf. From its narrow darkness, an ancient dragon legion surges into view, enormous scaled bodies layered behind one another, crowned with broken horns and storm-lit eyes.
the ancient dragon legion
There is. There is. There is. There is.
Their rasping chorus repeats until it becomes a weapon. Storm clouds coil from their jaws and converge into a jagged beam aimed across the chamber at Sann Mann Mun.
Lightning answers from above in a blinding column, meeting the legion’s force over the captive chamber. The two divine currents slam together and lock, shrieking like serpents wrestling in the air.
the ghost dragons
Recoil! The old authority is speaking through the storm. It claims every life below by repetition alone!
Ghost dragons scatter from the collision, their translucent coils rippling. The real dragons’ warding scales flare white, revealing hidden command-runes beneath them, each rune shaped like a binding crown.
the real dragons
The legion’s authority is no freedom. It is another box. Hold the beam, stranger, and the seam may show who truly commands it.
✓ Quest Accepted
Break the ancient dragon legion's controlling claim over the captives
“I use math to lock a push back into their push of lightning”
SUCCESS (Great Arcana, rolled -2)
Sann Mann Mun traces silent ratios through the locked currents, measuring angles, force, and returning intervals inside the lightning’s shrieking column.
The calculation catches the legion’s push at its point of greatest strain. His counterforce folds into their beam, not against it, and drives the storm backward along its own path.
The cost is immediate: the rebound tears a bright resonance-mark across his chest, and the cavern rings with a bell-like crack that exposes his exact strength.
the ancient dragon legion
There is no outside force. There is no outside force. There is no outside force.
Their lightning buckles and surges back through the legion’s layered ranks. Storm clouds collapse into their jaws, while the beam’s recoil pins the broken-horned bodies against the far vault wall.
the real dragons
The counterpush is locked! The legion’s command cannot pass through its own returning current!
the ghost dragons
The seam is visible now. Beneath the crowns, the authority has a source, and it is no longer hidden.
✓ Quest Accepted
Discover the source of the ancient dragon legion's authority
“I shock hard”
SUCCESS (Mediocre Electric shock emission, rolled +2)
Sann Mann Mun releases a brutal surge through the locked lightning. His shock rides the legion’s own returning current, flooding every broken horn and storm-lit scale at once.
The ancient dragon legion convulses as one vast body. Their beam bursts apart, and the storm collapses into silent blue sparks across the vault wall.
the ancient dragon legion
There is no outside force. There is no outside force. There is no...
The repeated command falters. One by one, the enormous dragons lose their crown-shaped authority runes, which crack and fall as dim fragments into the darkness.
the real dragons
Their command is broken! The legion is stunned, and the source beneath the crowns stands exposed!
Behind the pinned legion, a black sigil opens in the vault wall, revealing a pulsing knot of ancient will. The divided seam below widens freely, no longer answering the legion’s repetition.
the ghost dragons
The authority has been shocked from its vessels. For this breath, no crown commands the captives.
Quest Complete
Break the ancient dragon legion's controlling claim over the captives
Skill Upgrade: Arcana Great→Superb
Quest Complete
Discover the source of the ancient dragon legion's authority