The chemical fire was violently redirected, spraying harmlessly into the lake and boiling the water into a massive cloud of white steam.
The Drake stumbled, blood and acidic green saliva erupting from its shattered teeth, raining down onto the dirt like toxic sludge. It thrashed its massive wings, trying to take to the air to escape the terrifying, hyper-dense human.
"You don't get to fly away without paying the toll!" Sebastian snarled.
He dropped the bent iron girder. He didn't wait for the beast to recover. Sebastian leaped into the air, clearing fifteen feet in a single bound, and landed squarely on the Drake's armored snout.
The beast thrashed wildly, trying to buck him off.
Sebastian grabbed the two massive, jagged horns protruding from the top of the Drake's head. His combat boots dug into the iron-hard scales of its nose.
"Sit the fuck down!" Sebastian roared.
