After an indeterminate amount of time passed.
When Nick felt he was about to faint, the centaur finally stopped, and he was brought to a grassy area, into the Centaur Camp.
In a daze, he got off the centaur's back, his mind still not clear, until a deep and resonant voice, like that of a giant creature, echoed in his ears.
"I heard you wanted to see me."
At these words, Nick shivered, as if doused in a bucket of ice water, and his mind cleared up.
Then he abruptly looked up and saw a gigantic beast beyond the realm of imagination.
The moonlight shattered into countless silver beams on its scale armor, the spines on its back like a forest of rebellious spears and halberds, rising and falling with each breath.
The most chilling was that sense of oppression; even standing still, explosive power surged beneath those sinewy muscles, the incredibly powerful frame akin to steel forged through countless trials, each scale like a shield tempered by fire.
