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IV. Oath-Breaking Rebel Against Fate
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The Flame-Chasing heroes once scorned the Giant Dragon,
For they refused to crush any foe beneath their feet.
“A foolish earth-beast…“
“A heretic who refuses to serve the Flame-Chase!”
After staying for several days,
The Giant Dragon bids farewell to the Imperator,
“The Flame-Chase… is a glory that belongs only to the children of humanity.”[1]
“You are a benevolent beast,
I had no intention of keeping you captive.”
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.”[2]
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.
“The Mountain Dwellers… are not a warlike people. Who are you?”[3]
The leading knight answered loudly:
“I am Mountainbreaker, Geocles.”
4-3
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.
“Endurance does not help with survival.”[4]
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.
“Your one and only Flame-Chase…
Must be to slay your creator, and then fight to survive.”[5]