Far below the surface of the Earth, beyond the grasp of technology or the memory of history,
lies Seatopia. It is an ancient culture, rarely concerned with the affairs of the surface dwellers
for whom they no longer feel any affection or kinship. Had it not been for mankind’s hubris,
these two civilizations might have never again become linked, but when nuclear testing
threatened to destroy the subterranean kingdom, Emperor Antonio of Seatopia was forced to act.
Far below the Earth, Seatopia had found their god and developed the means to command its power.
In their desire to bring vengeance to the surface world, they would unleash… Megalon.
Standing nearly 200 feet tall and weighing over 40,000 metric tonnes,
Megalon resembled a beetle-like insect of titanic proportions.
Its hardened carapace was capable of withstanding the most destructive man-made weapons,
turning aside blasts from high explosives and the blows of the cyborg Jet Jaguar without any sign
of difficulty. Beneath this natural armour were a set of deceptively durable wings,
capable of fully lifting the mega-insect and accelerating it to incredible speeds. Though
frighteningly mobile in the air, in sea and on land, Megalon's true realm was within the Earth
itself. With two immense drill-like appendages it was capable of digging through even the thickest
bedrock, burrowing unseen to escape its foe or burst up through the ground without warning.
In addition to its immense drill arms, snapping mandibles and sheer destructive bulk,
Megalon contained a pyrokinetic digestive system that allowed it to vomit balls of burning fuel
at a great range. These fireballs burned hot enough to melt through the thickest armour,
causing catastrophic destruction to urban centers and dense woodlands alike.
It’s head was crowned with a single horn, reminiscent in shape to that of the rhinoceros
beetle, that acted as a rudimentary energy weapon. This horn was capable
of storing biolectric charge and focusing it into overwhelming blasts of electricity.
These blasts arced out to strike a target with unerring accuracy, carrying a significant
destructive potential whilst sparking fires and shorting out unprotected electrical systems.
Its tremendous power was used to terrifying effect as Megalon fought both humanity and the guardian
of the Earth, Godzilla. Although it only ever showed animalistic intelligence, easily lured away
from population centers or into traps, Megalon would occasionally display a certain cunning
unseen amongst other Kaiju. Whereas creatures like Godzilla would be satisfied to simply stand
and weather an attack, Magalon would often feign retreat, burrowing underground or falling back
to draw out a foe before turning on it with full force. This tactical intelligence was learned at a
terrible cost as pursuing Japanese Defence Forces, thinking they had at last secured victory against
a Kaiju, suddenly found the very ground itself opening up to reveal the jaws of the great beetle.
Megalon’s biology was a disturbing display of nature’s full capability, rivalling the legendary
Godzilla in sheer destructive potential. When this creature, together with Gigan, a Cyborg under
the command of Seatopia’s allies from the M Space Hunter Nebula rampaged across Japan, it would take
a joint effort from both Godzilla and the cyborg Jet Jaguar to force Megalon back under the Earth.
This unprecedented cooperation between man and monster was the only thing that
saved civilization from a new reign of kaiju under the command of Seatopia.
But, though Megalon was defeated, it was by no means killed. Its wounds were significant, but
a kaiju is not so easily felled and with time the Great Beetle may return to full strength. Already
feared as a terrible creature that tears up through the ground with no prior warning, when at
last Megalon decides it is time to return to the surface there is no telling where it will strike.
In the face of nature's untamed potential, human ingenuity can only stretch so far.
It was the brute strength of Godzilla together with the artificial guardian Jet
Jaguar that saved mankind last time. If that friendship cannot be rekindled then humanity
will one day have to face Megalon alone, and in such a struggle there would be no victory.