Sharp air plummeted out of Leon's lungs as he leveled his burning gaze at the blue-scaled being.
The Hi-no-Kami with the red cloth hummed in his left hand. The golden-bladed one glowed in his right.
Bones crackled within his knuckles as he gripped both hilts.
The Blue-Flamed Dragon's scales clicked. It hurled Tiger's head sideways. The skull shattered against the stone wall of the Storm compound with a wet, heavy thud.
Chunks of the stone wall rained on the dead leaves as the Blue-Flamed Dragon inhaled. Blue flames gushed out of the slits between his scales.
A wail of wind swept through the courtyard, snapping the remaining branches off the dying fig tree.
'This is the last thing I will do.' Leon blinked once. 'For you, Mom. For you, Little Athena.'
Metal and bone clicked as he dashed forward.
The ground cracked beneath his boots with every step. Gravel and stone buried under the courtyard floor split upward.
