[: 3rd POV ;]
Daniel's smirk lingered as the ten Conquerors froze for a fraction of a heartbeat, their colossal forms brimming with restrained fury.
His casual, almost teasing words had pierced their pride, the pride of beings who had never failed, never been insulted, and certainly never faced a mortal who dared to speak to them as if they were children.
Zarvath the Eater of Planets, Sovereign of Black Dragon, was the first to erupt.
Black flames licked across his humanoid shell, his draconic eyes narrowing to molten coals.
"You dare speak to me like a worm!" Zarvath growled, wings snapping outward so forcefully the air itself seemed to tear.
"I am extinction incarnate! The devourer of worlds! And you…you rip my arm apart and you mock me!"
In an instant, his form shattered. His humanoid armor crumbled into shards of obsidian as his body elongated, bones cracking and reshaping.
