Apex predator

In the desert blanketed with thick clouds, I traded blows with the alpha.

BOOM!! BOOM!! BOOM!!

I parried a swipe from two of its wings that hardened like blades, skidding back under the immense force behind them.

Then I created some space between us and with a fluid motion, I sank lower near the ground and clutched at the barren soil like a newborn would his mother’s finger, before tossing it like a toddler would an unsatisfactory toy.

The earth rose at my call and threw itself in the form of an endless wave of gigantic jagged columns, almost completely covering the beast’s figure with its deluge.

For a second, I felt amazed at the climb of my strength once again. The magic flowed flawlessly, the earth moved instantaneously, and satisfaction bloomed within my heart every time I commanded the earth.

Yet everything came crashing down when three distinct shrieks scratched the dry air and the beast’s figure suddenly tore through the columns of earth.