History NightmareFuel / DaikaijuYuki

* According to legend, when Alkonoth defeated Vulpog, she did not survive whatever the bird did to her...but her endless amount of giant wormy parasites did! Enter the Wooly Worms, huge parasitic monsters that became the apex predators of the frozen north after their host died. Somehow, they took on the characteristics of the fox kaiju, and are practically unstoppable when our protagonists run into them. For these three, it's just RunOrDie when four (later three) worms find them.

* The titular frost. Basically, the Arctic Circle has become so inhospitable to most life that the mere breeze is enough to unleash the worst case of frostbite unto any unfortunate soul who happens to not be equipped enough. Sasha ends up affected by at in the end, his bullet wound freezing up and his fingers smashing apart with the slightest friction upon reaching the tomb.

* Over time, the captain reveals to Kirill and Sasha that they are very expendable to him, not helped by his frequent info-withholding and AribitrarySkepticism regarding the worms. Then, when the monsters are in pursuit, he shoots Sasha in the shoulder, madly raving about getting the glory for awakening Alkonoth and exploiting her power. And then...

* Over time, the captain reveals to Kirill and Sasha that they are very expendable to him, not helped by his frequent info-withholding and AribitraryScepticism regarding the worms. Then, when the monsters are in pursuit, he shoots Sasha in the shoulder, madly raving about getting the glory for awakening Alkonoth and exploiting her power. And then...

* The titular frost. Basically, the Artic Circle has become so inhospitable to most life that the mere breeze is enough to unleash the worst case of frostbite unto any unfortunate soul who happens to not be equipped enough. Sasha ends up affected by at in the end, his bullet wound freezing up and his fingers smashing apart with the slightest friction upon reaching the tomb.
* According to legend, when Alkonoth defeated Vulpog, she did not survive whatever the bird did to her...but her endless amount of giant wormy parasites did! Enter the Wooly Worms, huge parasitic monsters that became the apex predators of the frozen north after their host died. Somehow, they took on the characteristics of the fox kaiju, and are practically unstoppable when our protagonists run into them.
** The build-up is worth mentioning. The trio finds a base, only to find that they are also LateToTheTragedy. They only find one corpse, half-frozen and ripped messily in half by...something. Upon finding some white fur next to the carnage, Kirill speculates that the Vulpog might be NotQuiteDead. Then they find documents on the Wooly Worms, and it becomes clear that the menace is only slightly worse than a giant fox.

** And finally, Charybdis' demise. Aten manages to fire a ball of energy into its mouth, causing its black hole powers to malfunction, and proceed to suck it into a singularity. The monster basically gets pulled into itself as it's turned inside-out before blipping out of existence.

* As awesome as it is, once Midori henshins with Aten, her personality does a complete 180. Up to this point, the alien giant has been fighting in a very standard way. But then comes this priestess who turns out to have a LOT of repressed fury within her. What follows isn't even a battle. It's a massacre. One that leaves almost everyone shocked and terrified of Midori for a time.

** The Land Buggo attempts to retreat, but Aten catches up, and proceeds to rip all of its legs off before tossing it towards Ganejin and Mungonde. The former has the latter lift him up so that he can land on the alien and crush it, which he does. Quite messily, with the monster's innards bursting out of every orifice.

* Aten manages to tell our heroes what those aliens were...by unleashing a pulsating mass of tentacles out of her [[BuffySpeak floating orb eye thing]], ensnaring Yata, and having some of the tendrils go into his ears as he stands there foaming at the mouth, his friends helpless to save him. The process very nearly kills him, and leaves him in [[GoMadFromTheRevelation complete shock and despair at the sights he's seen.]] Sure, it was the only way anyone could know of the threat, but damn, that bites.

* The alien monsters the Pantheon encounters at the bottom of the hole. Three of them, later referred to as the Buggos, are arthropod-like abominations, and their leader, later called Charybdis, is a hulking monstrosity with oversized eyes and a massive gaping mouth that can summon A GODDAMN BLACK HOLE!
** As many scenes in the book demonstrate, you don't just get sucked in like a vacuum. No, the process of spaghettification is in full effect here, as everything caught in that vortex ends up violently pulled apart. And if this is a truly realistic black hole we're talking about ([[UnrealisticBlackHole it isn't]], but perhaps close enough), time is bent to a degree that the pain and agony of being pulled in is drawn out.

* Houston's demise. He deserved it more than anyone in the story, but Ivan wasn't kidding when he wanted his revenge. After the villain's plan is foiled, Alkonoth [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales him through the chest]] with her beak. Bad enough already, but then the bird starts to open her mouth. Houston's last moments are spent screaming in agony as he's violently reduced to HalfTheManHeUsedToBe. Blood and guts rain down as Alkonoth screeches in victory. Even Yuki is rather disturbed by it all.

** The way its defeated isn't exactly pretty either. Narajin uses the broken-off tip of a skyscraper to impale its chest, nearly decapitate it, and then [[EyeScream impale it through the eyes]] just as it was charging a plasma blast. After its head explodes, the monster falls over and [[DefeatEqualsExplosion blows up.]] It just goes to show that even when saving the world, [[GoodIsNotSoft the Pantheon doesn't mess around.]]

In a world of monsters and villains, there's bound to be plenty of things that can make you wince in horror.

** The way its defeated isn't exactly pretty either. Narajin [[EyeScream impales it through the eyes]] with parts of a skyscraper, and then uses those parts to nearly decapitate it, only stopping halfway due to the spinal column. Bleeding out, the monster falls over and [[DefeatEqualsExplosion blows up.]] It just goes to show that even when saving the world, [[GoodIsNotSoft the Pantheon doesn't mess around.]]

* The full scope of Houston's plan. Having recovered un-detonated nuclear bombs, he plans on using them as leverage to TakeOverTheWorld, as well as controlling every kaiju as he sees fit. As several characters point out, it will only lead to a repeat of the great fire.

* ''The Burial Mound'' has the Pantheon get tricked into destroying a town full of innocent people. Indeed, Laurentia's leaders, or at least [[BigBad Houston]], were perfectly okay with selling a large amount of civilians out to their deaths in order to throw our heroes off. Let that sink in.

* During their fight, Alkonoth manages to gain the upper hand, and impales Narajin several times across his body with her sharp beak. She's only prevented from dealing the killing blow by Ganejin's involvement.

* The civil war that serves as the backdrop of the story. Basically, the empires of Scythia and Laurentia have formed an uneasy alliance in order to take over the rest of the Five Nations. The kicker is that they've brainwashed two of the Pantheon Colossi to act as their aces in the whole. Specifically, Alkonoth and Mokwa. So imagine for a second you are a soldier, and you see your fellow men getting picked off by a giant bird with a beak like a blade and a bear as big as a mountain. No wonder Yuki came out with so many mental scars.

* The fauna of the world is mostly comprised of rather unsettling wildlife mutated by the atom fire. This includes featherless birds, skull-faced monkeys, and deep-sea leviathans. We don't see what the latter look like, but a dark shape is seen lurking in the abyss. Come ''Scythian Frost'', and we exactly what Yuki is so wary of.

* The arrival of Mokwa and Alkonoth at Tarakona. Both emerge out of a volcano in explosive fashion. And very slowly, out of the smoke, the two kaiju's obscured silhouettes gives off the impression of a BatOuttaHell.

* The fauna of the world is mostly comprised of rather unsettling wildlife mutated by the atom fire. This includes featherless birds, skull-faced monkeys, and deep-sea leviathans. We don't see what the latter look like, but a dark shape is seen lurking in the abyss. Come ''Scythian Frost'', and we exactly what Yuki is so wary of.

* [[Main/{{Mordor}} The dead lands.]] Large swathes of land that, unlike the rest of the world, didn't recover from the nuclear apocalypse, and now stand as monuments to the extinction of the old civilizations. Huge cities and structures, reduced to jagged blackened ruins that no creature could hope to live in. Suffice to say, Yuki and Narajin's time there is mercifully short.

* The Great Fire, AKA, the atom fire. Five centuries ago, mankind basically blew itself up with nuclear war. Even worse, that was when the kaiju awakened with one goal in mind: eradicate humanity so that it doesn't destroy any more. As Narajin describes to Yuki, even he killed humans without a second thought back then. Had it not been for Mokwa, we would pretty much be extinct by both our own hands and terrifying monsters.

* The Great Fire, AKA, the atom fire. Five centuries ago, mankind basically blew itself up with nuclear war. Even worse, that was when the kaiju awakened with one goal in mind: eradicate humanity so that it doesn't destroy any more. As Narajin describes to Yuki, even he killed humans without a second thought back then. had it not been for Mokwa, we would pretty much be extinct by both our own hands and terrifying monsters.

* [[Main/{{Mordor}} The Dead Lands.]] Large swathes of land that, unlike the rest of the world, didn't recover from the nuclear apocalypse, and now stand as monuments to the extinction of the old civilizations. Huge cities and structures, reduced to jagged blackened ruins that no creature could hope to live in. Suffice to say, Yuki and Narajin's time there is mercifully short.

* [[{{main/Mordor}} The Dead Lands.]] Large swathes of land that, unlike the rest of the world, didn't recover from the nuclear apocalypse, and now stand as monuments to the extinction of the old civilizations. Huge cities and structures, reduced to jagged blackened ruins that no creature could hope to live in. Suffice to say, Yuki and Narajin's time there is mercifully short.

* [[main/mordor The Dead Lands.]] Large swathes of land that, unlike the rest of the world, didn't recover from the nuclear apocalypse, and now stand as monuments to the extinction of the old civilizations. Huge cities and structures, reduced to jagged blackened ruins that no creature could hope to live in. Suffice to say, Yuki and Narajin's time there is mercifully short.

* [[main/Mordor The Dead Lands.]] Large swathes of land that, unlike the rest of the world, didn't recover from the nuclear apocalypse, and now stand as monuments to the extinction of the old civilizations. Huge cities and structures, reduced to jagged blackened ruins that no creature could hope to live in. Suffice to say, Yuki and Narajin's time there is mercifully short.

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