Chapter 4
Finally, after several minutes, the flames died down, and Drago could now see the ghastly damage that had caused his Bewilderbeast's demise. Seeing the warlord's distress, Smaug smiled callously, aware that he'd psychologically tortured Drago to the ultimate degree by incinerating his now lifeless Bewilderbeast. It's time for this coward to burn alongside his pet! Smaug thought.
As the barbarian stood in shock over the loss of his ultimate weapon of war, Smaug asked, "Tell me, wretch, how now shall you challenge me?" Drago looked once again at his smoldering, motionless dragon in stunned silence as Smaug declared, "You have nothing left, but your death!" The enormous fire-drake then released an inhuman roar as he spewed his relentless flames at Drago. The attack came too quick for Drago to escape, and he was immersed in flames, screaming in pain as the raging inferno immediately started burning away everything on him, from his clothing all the way down to his very skin! The barbarian tried rolling on the floor to put out the blaze, but Smaug merely toyed with his victim, waiting until it seemed like the so-called 'Dragon Master' had a chance at extinguishing the flames before spewing forth another burst of flames at the pitiful human whenever this happened. Smaug hoped to give his prey a false sense of hope that he could escape this waking nightmare of a death before reasserting just how hopeless his situation truly was. After several minutes of this horrific agony, Drago succumbed to the excruciating, red-hot fire that continued to eat away at him, finally collapsing motionless, his reign of tyranny having come to a well-deserved end.
Seeing his victim fall to the power of his fire, Smaug waited until the flames immolating Drago's body finally snuffed out before temporarily exited the Lonely Mountain with both of his victims, placing both lifeless and charred corpses near the entrance to the mountain as a warning to trespassers. Following this, Smaug flew a short distance to a hill that overlooked a vast stretch of land, the vain fire-drake let out a loud, victorious roar, before pronouncing, "Let this be a warning to all who have the courage or foolishness to stand against me, the King Under the Mountain!"
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