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After the Ise-jingu sank into the mountain’s depths, part of the buildings and most of the surrounding walls of Mount Omikami still remained. Overhead, heavy clouds and mist churned, forming a vast abyss.
Suddenly, the mist began to roil. Within it, faint shadows stirred, moving as though some colossal creature was about to burst forth from the fog.
Moments later, the shadow within the mist grew clearer and larger. It flew and twisted amidst the sea of clouds, and wherever it passed, the clouds churned violently, thunder and lightning crackling in its wake.
If Suzuka Gozen’s eyes did not deceive her, that could only be the legendary dragon.
After nearly a century of large-scale dragon hunting by the Daoist Order, the few surviving dragons had long fled to the deep seas, rarely seen again.
Just as Suzuka Gozen reeled in shock, the sea of clouds split apart with a thunderous roar, scattering endless wisps of vapor. From within, a massive head slowly emerged. Two golden eyes, each as wide as a well’s mouth, gleamed coldly. A pair of dragon whiskers swayed gently, and though it did not roar, dense mist and rolling vapor billowed from its maw.
Like a Daoist flying ship, the dragon was perpetually shrouded...
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