Chapter 29: The Storm King Eye

  Cassius spread his wings, s over the colpsing stone bridge.

  But he wasn’t fleeing—he was flying directly toward the Stiant’s corpse.

  The hurrie winds buffeted him wildly, arcs of lightning chasing him, each bolt striking down just behind, leaving bed pits in the ruins.

  The red dragon twisted and dodged through the turbulent air, fpping with all his might against the howling storm, wobbli pressing forward toward the storm’s ter.

  The closer he drew, the more violent the elemental forces became, with lightning sparking through every inch of air.

  After several breaths, the red dragon was covered in wounds.

  Though protected by several spells, the fierce elemental reas had burned bck marks into his scales.

  His golden scales were pitted from the acid rain, arcs of electricity crag over his body with every wi.

  Finally, he was within teers of the corpse.

  "Boom!"

  Anhtning bolt, thick as a bowl, struck Cassius before he could react.

  【Spell Nullification Field】

  An invisible barrier appeared, barely abs the bolt before shattering, saving him once more and leaving Cassius shaken.

  He couldn’t waste any more time.

  "Roar—"

  The red drago out a hoarse, almost juvenile roar, straining with every sound.

  Then, gathering all his strength, he beat his wings furiously, his powerful body f its way through the intensifying storm, finally drawing close to the Stiant’s corpse.

  "I have to reach it!"

  Cassius shouted.

  By now, the thunder had formed a hellish cage around him, where even a small step could mean instant iion.

  He had no way back.

  Ign the lightning closing in, Cassius focused oiant’s eye.

  That eye, amber-like iure and surrounded by radiant lightning, held an unimagierrifying power.

  It wasn’t merely the corpse of a giant—it was a formidable magical relic!

  This was the ultimate maion of the Stiant’s trol over natural disasters, exeg his final prophecy: total destru.

  This eye had unleashed the dreadful spell.

  "e to me!"

  Cassius tensed his muscles, p all his strength into the effort.

  As the lightning closed in, about to e him, he tore the eye from the Stiant’s socket, clutg it tightly in his cw.

  "Sizzle—Boom!"

  Instantly, the Storm King Eye eled surrounding lightning, creating a terrifying vortex of electrical energy in the Weave.

  The red dragoire body vulsed as his flesh began to vaporize.

  Blinding blue lightning glowed between his cws, making his palms nearly transparent, even showing the bones beh.

  Yet he gripped it tightly, knowing that letting go could mean obliteration, reduced to ashes by the surrounding lightning.

  One sed.

  Two seds.

  Three seds.

  Several breaths passed.

  With his ragged breathing, the light in his cws gradually dimmed.

  "Rumble..."

  Suddenly, the oning lightning receded like a tide, and the rolling clouds above slowly dispersed in the wind.

  The violent storm ricocheted off the cave walls, losing power, and finally settled.

  Everythiuro darkness and silence.

  But where oood the grand tomb was now rubble, just another colpsed cavern, with no trace of the Giant Empire’s a glory.

  "It’s over—"

  Cassius exhaled a breath of sulfur-den air.

  Carefully, he opened his cw.

  His scorched palm was riddled with burns, scales melted into ugly lumps, but the red dragon didn’t care—his eyes sparkled with excitement and anticipation.

  The amber-like “eye” y quietly in his cw, like a beautiful gemsto for a noblewoman’s gown.

  Only its faint blue glow hi the terrifying lightning and the storm that had so deeply shaken him.

  [The a storm has yielded to your strength.]

  [You have acquired the legendary equipment: 【Storm King's Eye】]

  【The Storm King's Eye】

  Quality: Legendary

  Creator: Randta Hurrie Algates

  Description: The legendary druid and Stiant elder Randta once observed the starry skies and deep os from his floating fortress, seeking traces and ome by Annam. Though the Stiants could trol the weather and ge the fates of thousands in a moment, Randta khat some matters remained beyond intervention.

  So, Randta buried his lifetime colle underground, sealing this cataclysmic power within his eye, waiting silently for himself and the remnants of his empire to be fotten. Naturally, if a rude intruder were to arrive, Randta would not hesitate to grant them utter destru.

  "An eiant will bring plete annihition. This is my final prophecy." —Randta

  Effects:

  【Storm of Vengeance】 - Charge Release

  【trol Weather】 - Usable once per week

  【Body of Storm’s Resonance】: taflicts lightning damage, and after multiple hits, there’s a mon lightning and gain partial lightning immunity.

  【Storm of VengeaormofVengeance)】

  9th-level juration Spell

  A ing storm cloud spreads to a radius of 120 meters from a point you see, filled with lightning, thunder, and howling winds. Creatures within may suffer prolonged deafness.

  Depending on your trol, the storm produces effects such as acid rain, hail, and intense lightning, cloaking the area in a severe storm. Strong winds disperse smoke and simir effects in the area.

  【trol Weather】

  8th-level Transmutation Spell

  For the spell’s duration, you trol the weather within a five-mile radius, freely altering precipitation, temperature, and wind. You summoreme weather like hail, thick fog, and blizzards, and the weather gradually returns to normal when the spell ends.

  "This..."

  "Only worthy of a legendary druid’s legacy."

  Cassius’s eyes widened, pupils diting to reveal deep e, fme-like irises.

  Artifact.

  That was Cassius’s only evaluation of this equipment.

  With just the 【Storm King Eye】, his life-risking gamble had paid off. In his past life’s bck market, it would’ve fetched a pri the billions.

  【Storm of Vengeance】 restigious 9th-level spell. Unleashing it could easily decide the oute of aire battle.

  【trol Weather】 was another invaluable 8th-level spell, with aensive range of uses.

  Even the passive 【Body of Storm’s Resonance】 owerful tool in melee bat.

  Clutg the blue gem tightly, Cassius feared dropping it, finally uanding Chimera’s frenzy when h gold.

  "Boom!"

  Massive rocks fell from the ceiling, nearly hitting the red dragon before shattering into rubble on the ground.

  Cassius looked up to find cracks spreading across the ceiling like a spiderweb.

  "Not good, this underground world is about to colpse!"

  "Time to get out!"

  The red dragon fpped his wings, weaving around the falling rocks. Fortunately, his enhanced agility allowed him to move more nimbly than most red dragons.

  Overjoyed with his reasure yet aware of the danger, Cassius felt a mixture of pain and exhiration.