The Great War: Part 5

"I know nothing about drawing power from the Tidal Gate. All I have is this red-hot thing." The Steel Lord raised up his door sheet-wide broadsword, which glowed so hot that it sizzled.

He timed it before lunging out. An explosion of fire broke out behind him, thrusting him down to the massive thing in the black water. A massive twisting force field of Palatinate-level forced out the black water in the surroundings, exposing the massive thing in the water.

It was a beetle, oval-shaped with countless spikes and legs. Its back was as smooth as a mirror, head looking like a spider, with a lot of compound eyes and hideous mouthparts. As if it had sensed the searing heat above, the hundred-meter-wide giant beetle looked up and shrilled viciously. Spider silks shot out from its body toward the Steel Lord.

"Idiot! You should have learned to be humble before the flame!"