The deafening screech of twenty wild Vare-Blood Wyverns shook the reinforced marble foundations of the National Colosseum as toxic green bile sizzled against the arena sand.
The lead thirty-foot wyvern snapped its obsidian jaws, crushing the ceremonial gold-inlaid staff of Lord Julian while the noble heir scrambled backward on his hands and knees.
Lady Celine shrieked at the top of her lungs, dropping her diamond spell focus into the dirt as a second wyvern lunged forward with razor-sharp venomous talons.
"Save us from these monsters, for our containment circles have failed completely!" Lord Julian wailed, covering his face with his trembling silk-lined sleeves.
"Security guards, open the emergency gate immediately before we are torn to pieces!" Baron Tristan screamed, abandoning his family's enchanted tower shield to dive behind a broken stone pillar.
