(Book 1) Legends of the new world: The snow empress and the horned king

Chapter six: the brawl that shook the vale

Nergigante had tracked his old rivals scent into the rotten vale, and had been attempting to track him down. Nergigante knew how much of a threat Velkhana and the hunter were to the ecosystem of both the new world and the hinterlands. Nergigante had a mild fear that Val was going to be killed by the hunter, which only fueled his hatred for the hunter.  Nergigante had tracked the hunters scent to a large part of the vale that was mostly inhabited by lesser monsters, mainly giiros. Nergigante stopped, and felt a hostile presence. Nergigante craned his neck around, resulting in him coming snout-to-snout with a great giiros. The great giiro's snout shifted into a toothy grin as its snake-like tongue flickered in and out of its maw. "Well, well, well. If it isn't the "eater of elders" himself!" The great giiros said, a low growl escaping his throat. "Perhaps I should throw a welcome party, just to show you how much it means to us that your here..." the great giiros said. The great giiros called out to his lesser comrades, resulting in over a dozen giiros joining their alpha. "Your a fool to force your kin to attack me, an elder dragon of al monsters." Nergigante said, readying himself for battle. "I beg to differ, you thorny son of a bi-". The great giiros was suddenly interrupted by something slamming him into a wall, almost as if it had thrown him into the wall. After regaining his vision, the great giiros looked into the eyes of grimclaw, who had his forearm against his throat. "Wh-what the hell are you?" The great giiros growled. Grimclaw then opened his mouth and spoke in a deep, dark tone. "Death" grimclaw said, crushing the throat of the great giiros. The other giiros bolted out of the area with their tails between their legs. Grimclaw turned around to face Nergigante. "I have been waiting to meet you" grimclaw said, unsettlingly calm. Wh-who are you?" Nergigante growled. "I am grimclaw. I have waited for ages to bring you the death you rightfully desire" grimclaw snarled, hate coating his voice. "What makes you think you can kill me?" Nergigante said, as the two circled each other. "I am the strongest to ever walk upon my kind. For years I have watched you strike down the lives of the elder dragons, causing nothing but fear and panic to spread throughout the land. I, alone, deserved that title, as I have struck down twice as many cretinous beings that have crossed my path. I, alone, was the one to cause others to fear me. You are nothing but a cowardly wretch, running at the mere sight of danger. But now, I will overthrow you, and become the monster I was born to be." Grimclaw said, squinting at Nergigante. Nergigante growled, knowing that grimclaw was a definite threat to his life. The two behemoths roared at each other, both being loud enough to cause the rotten vale to tremble. The two monsters charged at each other, rearing up on their hind legs, and grasping each other's forearms, each trying to overpower the other. As the two struggled to push each other over, Nergigante finally knocked grimclaw over by smashing his head into his snout. Grimclaw recoiled, before whirling around and slashing Nergigante in the chest with his tail spike. Blood sprayed from the wound as Nergigante roared in pain. Nergigante retaliated by swiping at Grimclaws head. Nergigante's claws barely missed Grimclaws head. Grimclaw however, soon felt one of the spikes on Nergigante's forearm embed itself into one of his eyes, tearing it out in the process. Grimclaw shrieked  in pain, thrashing his head around as blood sprayed from his eye socket. Grimclaw roared and charged forward, tackling Nergigante and sending the two of them flying deeper into the vale. The two monsters soon crashed onto the floor of the deepest part of the vale. Grimclaw rose up, and raced forward with a mighty roar. Nergigante had little time to react before he felt Grimclaw's teeth sink into his forearm. Nergigante wasted no time grabbing the tigrex, and throwing him into a wall. Grimclaw simply got up and charged forward, even angrier this time. The two monsters clashed in the vale for some time, before Grimclaw overpowered Nergigante, pining him down. However, as the two beasts clashed, they failed to notice a certain pile of flesh and entrails begin to move. Val suddenly launched himself out of the pile of flesh, and grabbed Grimclaw with his talons. The undead elder dragon threw Grimclaw off of Nergigante and began to emit effluvium through his mouth. Grimclaw simply saw Val as another opponent, resulting in him charging forward. This proved to be a stupid idea. Val suddenly blasted a heavy stream of effluvium into Grimclaws face, sending the tigrex onto his back. Grimclaw felt his strength weaken from the amount of effluvium that had engulfed around him. Grimclaw ran off, not looking forward to fighting two elder dragons at the same time anymore. Val turned to a bloody and beaten Nergigante, and helped him up. "Are you alright, old friend?" Val asked. "Yes, I'm fine, aside from a few gashed I have received" Nergigante said. The two elder dragons gave a nod of understanding to each other, and resumed their search for Velkhana, unaware of the true threat that remained unchecked.

Velkhana was using her ice breath to create a strange structure around a small amount of land. When Velkhana finished, the den she had built for herself resembled a crudely made castle, if one were to look at it hard enough. Velkhana entered her new home, admiring her work. Velkhana pranced in a small circle around a spot that she had chosen for her resting place, and lay down. As sleep began to cloud her thoughts, she remembered that this is how she discovered Nergigante, and how this whole mess started. Velkhana however, wasn't afraid anymore. she would kill Nergigante if he dared to come near her fortress. As Velkhana's eyes closed, she failed to hear the sound of singing, coming out from the sea.