"Haa..."
A deep breath escaped his lips, forming a fleeting mist in the frigid air. His figure was barely discernible amidst the shattered expanse. What might once have been a pristine white landscape, blanketed in snow and illuminated by the ethereal glow of the majestic river above, had been reduced to ruin. The beauty of the past was now little more than a distant memory.
The scene before him bore no resemblance to its former self. It was something wholly new—an expanse of desolation. Even the grandest mountains and the widest plains couldn't retain their splendor after enduring the fury of a meteor shower, or rather, the fury of a dragon determined to complete his objective...
Alan had unleashed meteor after meteor, each unique and devastating, some small and swift, others enormous and cataclysmic, but none had achieved his goal.
"That damn pillar is still standing..."