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 ====== IV. Oath-Breaking Rebel Against Fate ======
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+==== 4-1 ====
+The Flame-Chasing heroes once scorned the Giant Dragon,\\
+For they refused to crush any foe beneath their feet.
+//<color #efe4B0>"A foolish earth-beast..."\\
+"A heretic who refuses to serve the Flame-Chase!"</color>//
+After staying for several days,\\
+The Giant Dragon bids farewell to the Imperator,\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"The Flame-Chase... is a glory that belongs only to the children of humanity."</color>//[(Spoken by Terravox.)]
+//<color #993333>"You are a benevolent beast,\\
+I had no intention of keeping you captive."</color>//
+//<color #993333>A decree to protect innocent lives is about to be issued...\\
+All I ask is that you lend a hand to the Flame-Chase in the future."</color>//[(Spoken by Cerydra.)]
+----
+==== 4-2 ====
+Losses are a constant on the Flame-Chase journey,\\
+Yet the Giant Dragon remembers their creator's command.
+After leaving the Imperator's capital,\\
+The Giant Dragon shelters small beasts upon its back,\\
+Only to be hunted by city-states hungry for meat.
+Arrows pour down like rain, unable to pierce the Giant Dragon's skin,\\
+Yet cause the creatures on their back to wail and fall.
+Until a mighty force of reinforcements\\
+Brings this tragedy to an end —
+They raised the shield wall for the Giant Dragon,\\
+Then marched forth and crushed that city-state.
+//<color #efe4B0>"The Mountain Dwellers... are not a warlike people. Who are you?"</color>//[(Spoken by Terravox.)]
+The leading knight answered loudly:\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"I am Mountainbreaker, Geocles."</color>//
+----
+==== 4-3 ====
+{{ :readable:saga:soaring.dragon.without.restraint:dan-heng4-3.png?200|}}
+All the world knows,\\
+That protecting all of Earth's creations\\
+Is the creed of the Dromas Legion.
+The world also knows,\\
+The Dromas Legion is ever-victorious —\\
+The Giant Dragon under the "Mountainbreaker,"\\
+Is silent... yet unstoppable.
+//<color #efe4B0>"Endurance does not help with survival."</color>//[(Spoken by Geocles.)]\\
+Mountainbreaker always speaks of his friend this way,\\
+While the Giant Dragon only responds with a low growl.
+Soon after, when word came that the Flame-Chasing Army targeted Earth,\\
+The Dromas Riders set forth in full force,\\
+All to protect their creator.
+On the eve of the march, the Giant Dragon receives a secret message.
+//<color #993333>"Your one and only Flame-Chase...\\
+Must be to slay your creator, and then fight to survive."</color>//[(Spoken by Cerydra.)]
+----
+==== 4-4 ====
+Records state: In the battle of the abyss,\\
+The Dromas Riders were broken after Terravox's betrayal,\\
+The Mountainbreaker shed his armor and fell from the cliffs to his end.
+Earth carved the memories of the betrayal into its strata,\\
+Until <color #993333>"Evernight"</color> would leaf through them.
+//<color #993333>"O Earth, Time is willing to wash away that pain of betrayal."</color>//[(Spoken by Evernight.)]
+As a memosprite,\\
+The mighty Mountainbreaker reunites with the Giant Dragon.\\
+His voice trembles in a whisper:\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"... That couldn't have been your choice."</color>//[(Spoken by Geocles.)]
+The Giant Dragon only responds with a low growl.
+----
+==== 4-5 ====
+{{ :readable:saga:soaring.dragon.without.restraint:dan-heng4-5.png?200|}}
+The Giant Dragon and their comrade dwell in the Abyss for a thousand years.\\
+Until the Azure Dragon returns from among the stars,\\
+Stirring up the dust of destiny.
+//<color #efe4B0>"He is one of our kind..."</color>//[(Spoken by Terravox.)]\\
+The Giant Dragon lifts their eyelids, gazing at the azure-colored Long's Scion,\\
+Knowing that dragon's body bears the sworn duty of protection.
+But in Mountainbreaker's eyes, there is only resolute determination.\\
+//<color #efe4B0>"That is the Permanence!"</color>//[(Spoken by Geocles.)]
+<color #993333>The Permanence</color> can heal the divine form of the Giant Dragon,\\
+<color #993333>The Permanence</color> can guide life past its end.
+At the edge of the world,\\
+Watching their comrade's silhouette fade away,\\
+The dying Giant Dragon shakes its head and sighs.
+//<color #efe4B0>"The Permance is not a panacea...\\
+But rather a bridge."</color>//[(Spoken by Terravox.)]