The Chronicles of Devanagari: The Fiery Dragon and The Comfort of Snow

QUINQUE (Flashback Part 2)

Shiva had a wife, who was Parvati, and through their union they had sons named Skanda and Ganesha. But  having multiple wives or consorts in this pantheon isn't as rare as ammolite, Shiva also married Sati and had consorts who were Urma and Durga. However, during the First War, Shiva lost his wife, Parvati, and this made him depressed for a long time. But gods also have enemies just within Devanagari — the dragons. These dragons hated the gods as for them, the gods are too confident with their authority and they only wanted to enslave their kind. Even depressed, Shiva was tasked to eliminate these dragons alongside Raijin and Brahma. There he met Tiamat, the hellborne dragon who could shapeshift to human whenever she like, and was captivated by her beauty and lust for destruction. Thus, their forbidden relationship began not long after the dragons fled underground. 

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Flashback, a thousand years ago...

"I won't go easy on you," Ragan said as blue aura erupted and covered his body.

"And?" Kali asked, tilting her head as her body slowly transformed. Her eyes and her hair glowed red, her scales partially covering her face and her body, with her arms and legs slowly transformed that of a dragons.

"START!" The priest shouted as Ragan and Kali attacked each other.

Kali wasted no time and charged her claws towards Ragan. She swiftly scratched Ragan's shoulder which made Ragan flinch and jumped away from her as he summoned his spear from the ground. Kali jumped towards Ragan, ready to kick Ragan by her talons but Ragan chanted and magic circles started forming around him.

"Shield." Ragan chanted and a shield formed around him, but Kali's talons were cut off as the shield closed and her foot fell in front of Ragan which made the other students watch in horror.

"Kali, you..." Ragan's eyes widened as he watched Kali's foot regenerated. 

"Who do you think I am, scumbag?!" Kali transformed back to her human form and a summoned her sword, "Come, Shapeshifter."

Ragan positioned himself as he watched Kali's sword glowing red. He never knew that Kali had other tricks on her sleeves. Magic circles appeared on the ground and just as Kali was about to attack Ragan, the ground beneath her cracked and the darkness swallowed her as she fell. This made the students feel uneasy as Ragan's hair slowly turned white.

"Master Enchantment Technique: Earth Shaker." He stomped the end of his spear to the ground and Kali fell on the cracks. "Five Pillars of Atonement: Eternal Slumber," he chanted once more as magic circles formed on top of one another on Kali's direction. A dark beam made of magic particles was charged at Kali and her presence vanished which made the priest stood up from his seat. 

Ragan was panting as he used his elemental eyes to track any traces of Kali from the smoke but as he was about to summon another magic circle, a dark magic circle formed in front of him and a hand emerged from it.

"Dismantle." Ragan's shield broke and he was sent flying towards the wall as Kali emerged from the magic circle completely unscathed. Without his shield, he must be torn into pieces now. 

"That other dimension you sent me was quite amazing," Kali said as dark tattoos emerged from her body. "I never knew I could absorb dark stuff. It's in the blood indeed."

Ragan stood up and this time, a white aura exploded and covered him, ice crystals slowly covered his body and a scythe formed in his hand. "I still have plenty of good stuff to show you," he smirked as he slashed his scythe and the ground turned to ice.

Kali grinned in excitement as she could feel her adrenaline rushing and making her blood pump more blood from the thrill she's seeing. She held her sword and stance as everything around her burned. The roof of the temple melted and huge debris fell which made the students panic and ran away. The priest tried to assess the situation but as he came closer, his body couldn't handle the heat and then, he ran away to call for help.