[Music Resonation (Moderate)] [Blessing of the Goddess of Light (Moderate)] [Sanctified Blaze] [Stage Fever (Moderate)] [Various Spell Buffs] [Insatiable Glutton] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Scattered around the entrance of the cave, my scale-dust was ready to detonate at any ti, especially with the flas roaring from [Dragon Fire]s fire arena effect so close to the scale-dust. Preventing the dust from exploding prematurely required to spend mana on [Aerokinesis] and [Pyrokinesis] to keep the heat from detonating it.
But, the result was quite worth it, almost as if I had a demolition fetish. The mont any peaceful option was off the table, I snapped my fingers and caused all my scale-dust to go boom. The shrill cries of goblins and kobolds echoed at first but were quickly muffled by how intense the explosion was. Making the grimgarian choose either to suffocate or to retreat back from where they ca from was a pretty aggressive idea, but better than nothing.
Smoking them out in the first place was a pretty good plan from Saori, sothing that I should have thought of myself, but didnt. It drew them out from their cave, so I didnt need to fight them inside their territory where they had the advantage with ambushes, traps, and other devious shenanigans, and brought them into my playing field outside where the sun shone.
Strange, I still feel quite a lot of signals. Did my blast not hit them?
Honestly, it was hard to believe that any of those goblins, kobolds, or orcs could survive my scale-dust explosion without fireproof armor or sothing. Even then, I dont think it should be sturdy enough to survive a point-blank explosion.
And my doubts were imdiately answered as the smoke faded away. Two giant trolls with shamanic accessories and clothing appeared, both holding their staves and hands up in the air. A wall of water stood before the grimgarians, shielding them from my explosion, even as the water was boiling and evaporating away.
GRAAAARRGHHH! the two trolls scread out in agony, dropping their staves as they stared at their carbonized hands.
[Dragon Fire] had the effect of reducing all water and ice spells effectiveness by 50%, a trait literally created to counter my weakness to those elents. Sure, the trolls might have protected their companions, but it didnt an my attack didnt affect them at all. A few goblins and kobolds did burn to death, while so orcs had pieces of armor lted into their skin. [Water Wall] wasnt a hard counter to my firepower anymore.
Tch, of all the things to find, trolls? And two troll shamans?
The last ti I t a troll shaman was when Saori and I rescued Tasianna. He was able to use both earth and water magic in order to protect himself against fire, the elent trolls were the weakest against since it hampered their natural regeneration power, the source of their superior endurance.
Back then, I was only a C rank and had only recently gotten used to fighting with my dragonewt body and scale-dust. With how I am now, I could beat the past easily. Still, I didnt like the fact that two C rank troll shamans were here, supporting the grimgarian army like this. The last ti I had to fight one, it was guarded by five troll warriors and it was able to do so really annoying things, including shooting with a mana cannon.
Saori was right, jumping into this rescue mission without any information would have been idiotic. It would have sucked so much if I had to fight these things inside the cave where my explosions could just suddenly create a cave-in. In a way, Saoris plan stopped from making the most basic of mistakes most novice adventurers make entering a monsters cave.
Yeah, fuck caves! The last ti we entered a trolls lair, the mountain caved in!
Ggugniak! Attack! a blue hobgoblin shaman shouted once the explosion died down. It was the sa one who woke up all the grimgarian from my [Draconic Aura].
The first ones to charge forwards were an E rank hobgoblin and a number of echikobold spearn. The G and F rank goblins and kobolds were cowering behind them and trying to sneak back into the cave to avoid fighting, but they were found by their taller companions and pushed forwards to their death. I wasnt exaggerating with that point.
[Dragon Fire]s automatic fla attack targeted any of my enemies within the fla arena and scorched nurous grimgarians as they rushed towards . Any who didnt die to my songs effect were mowed down with [Wind Cutter]. A level two wind spell with my stats was enough to slice their heads off. Quick to cast and deadly. They stood no chance before my non-stop casting.
In the back, I could see an orc warrior and hobgoblin shaman shouting commands in whatever language they were using before ending it with aGgugniak! Before the explosion, the orc warriors as well as the more seasoned hobgoblins and echikobolds looked like savages as they rushed at in rage, but now all of them seed to have recovered their bearings. The trolls [Water Wall] gave them a chance to get back their focus and catch a second wind, huh?
With renewed discipline, the grimgarians used the ti gained by the fodder they sent out first to act as a distraction to enter into formation and advance. Tall, brawny orc warriors clad in armor any newbie warrior from the adventurer guild would be jealous of held their shields up to form a shield wall as they moved, protecting the more vulnerable mbers from my arenas flas.
The troll shamans hands had recovered to the point where they could carry their staves again, as well as taking out talismans from their belt. With two catalysts, they began reciting what seems to be a fire-warding spell. anwhile, a couple of hobgoblin shamans led by that sa female hobgoblin shaman from the start began reciting dark elental spells.
They sent out [Dark Bolt] and [Dark Slash] attacks at to catch my attention while using a custom spell called [Black Wall] to block any attacks targeting the flank of the unit. They were organized, and it showed when they blocked and outmaneuvered my attacks.
Flinging a few weak wind and earth spells at them did nothing as the orcs shields and the shamans magic walls kept them at bay. The mont I realized this, I decided to switch over to my more impactful spells.
Lightning Bolt! Lava Ball! Banishnt Beam! Lightning, lava, and holy clashed against the shields of the orcs. Pain coursed through their bodies as the lightning was conducted through their tal armor, the heat of the lava lted through their shield and gauntlets, and the laser beam of light pierced through the [Dark Wall] and bored a hole through their armor and flesh alike.
As I bombarded them with multiple spells, the frontline began to falter as their mbers died. Although there were more orc warriors behind the ones who died, the grimgarians did not advance forward with this sa strategy. No, the reason for that was cause their reinforcent had finally arrived.
Wrooooo! The howl of wolves escaped the caves entrance, and nurous wargs riders erged. The cave entrance itself was quite wide, even if it was barely tall enough to let a troll enter without having to duck through.
Ggugniak! Aside from the warg riders, more grimgarians appeared, as well.
I did not know how many of these grimgarians were stationed inside this cave, but regardless of how many could co out, my [Dragon Fire] arena made it quite cramped for my enemies. Nevertheless, whether they were sweating while trying to circle around along the edge of the flas or by forcing their way through their comrades, they did not hesitate to charge forward with religious zeal, shouting sothing about Marsven and Aurena.
With the help of the warg riders and the reinforcents, the shield wall dissolved and their mbers spread apart to reduce the number of casualties my spells could cause. As I bombarded one target with spells, a warg rider or orc barbarian would rush at when I had my back to them. However, with skills like [Detection Sensor] and [Foresight], these tactics couldnt work.
Either through [Terra Wall] to obstruct their attacks or simply by dodging them, I always ca out of them unscathed, but that was when the echikobold archers and the spellcasters initiated their set of attacks. Arrows and spells shot , among which were water and dark elental spells.
Panzer! A brown magic circle appeared on my body as I saw the incoming attacks before purple flas erupted around my body. My custom spell [Panzer] was made with [Corrosive Fire] as the spell base, which ant the flas had the sa properties as an earth spell when they cooled down and ford a crystal. And this crystal was obsidian.
Clink and Dum were the sounds of arrows and spells being blocked by an obsidian armor covering my entire body. The appearance of the armor was designed similarly to the dragoon armor from the sa ga my white mage robes ca from, and it gave an entirely different vibe now that my adventurer outfit and crimson scales werent visible. Only my robe, part of my hair, the underside of my tail, my claws, and my mouth were visible.
My [Draconic Barrier] could block most conventional attacks easily, including arrows; however, due to my natural weakness to water and dark caused by [Bearer of Kargryxmors Blood] and [The Light] respectively, it made my barrier unable to fully block spells or attacks infused with those elents. Thats where [Panzer] ca into play. Nad after the German word for shell and inspired by the tank of the sa na, this armor was made to complent my defenses when I was wearing my robes or idol outfit.
As I was retaliating against the archers and mages, an orc barbarian and berserker pair ca charging at , holding their axes high in an attempt to cleave in half. They might have looked imposing, but their movents were too slow to catch .
Twisting my body around, I took out my [Bonepecker Bladeclaw Spear] from my storage and pinned the barbarians leg into the ground with it before jumping on the berserkers back. Leaving the spear below, I dug my left set of claws deep into his shoulder to stabilize myself to then rip his skull in half with my right. As blood was spraying from his exposed head, I instantly used my tail to decapitate the barbarian.
The extrely gory display seed to have scared the hobgoblins and echikobolds, causing their morale to wane. Noticing this, I jumped off the tall orcs back and pulled out my spear before throwing it into the head of a warg, killing it instantly and sending it tumbling on the ground with its rider. I then used [Wind Blast] to close the distance between us before ending the warg rider with his own spear.
Ti to end this. Purple Flash!
[Dragon Fire]s strength lay in imprisoning enemies in an arena, preventing their escape and reducing the effectiveness of all water and ice elental attacks, not in the random flas attacking those trapped in the arena. So, with everybody stuck in a single area, what was the best course of action then? Of course, a large AoE area-of-effect attack.
Symphonie des Feuergottes! A huge red magic circle imdiately materialized in the sky, attracting the attention of all my enemies. The threat of an incoming grand spell was clear to all the mages and seasoned grimgarians.
Tusul! as my spell was about to be unleashed, the hobgoblin shaman from the start suddenly called over the rest of the hobgoblin and goblin shamans to her. With a single command, each shaman raised their hand to the sky, an onyx ring shining on each of their ring fingers.
My intuition was telling sothing was off, as using [Mana Eyes] showed they were concentrating their mana into those rings. Using [Pyrokinesis], I commanded the flas produced by the arena to target them while also conjuring up so [White Fire] to interrupt whatever they wanted to do.
Unfortunately, it seed I underestimated the sheer religious fervor of the grimgarians as orcs, goblins, kobolds, and trolls suicide jumping in between my fire and the shamans. It protected the shamans even as it was also the last action of their lives.
In the anti, my spell circle glowed bright red for a second, before an inferno cascade fell upon us. However, that was when the rings on the shamans hands cracked and a large amount of shadow or whatever black thing it was ca flowing out of them, shooting itself into the air to form a massive black shield.
The black shield and my spell clashed against each other, where the inferno sea leaked from the side of it; unfortunately, it went completely outside the arena and began burning down the forest.
Oi, I planned not to set a wildfire again! Verdammt!
Clicking my tongue, I turned my gaze over to the leading hobgoblin shaman and materialized a brown magic circle under her; the spell [Terra Wall] burst from the ground and sent the shaman into the air and over to . She shrieked as she flew through the air at first, but then clapped her hand together and began reciting or praying. As a purple magic circle ford in front of my hand, our eyes crossed each other.
She was the one who triggered her grimgarian brethren to attack simply cause I had my white robe, and I could kinda understand it due to the fear the lizardn had for Aurena. Humans didnt see grimgarians as people, but monsters well, I treat them the sa way, although I know the truth. It wouldnt be unreasonable to assu these grimgarians were fighting simply cause they hated Aurena.
Enemy or not, the mont I saw the sheer fear she had in her eyes, instead of her religious hate, was when it felt like sothing tugged on my heartstrings. The mory of the kobolds and orcs Id encountered in the Belzac mountain ca rushing back into my head, reminding what I did back then.
However, hesitating before sobody who would not show the sa courtesy would be foolish. I stomped out the empathy I would have had and shot out my spell. Lightening appeared before my fingertips and roared towards the hobgoblin, shocking her mid-flight. Her screams of agony eventually died out as she crashed onto the ground next to , tumbling lifelessly further away from like so fallen debris.
As that happened, the black shield above seed to tremble a bit, breaking apart to let my flas through. It would seem that removing that one shaman from the group made the spell unstable. However, despite what happened, my [Symphonie des Feuergottes] did not reach the ground. And so, I did not get my spells buff.
Are you kidding ?! I wasted all my mana for nothing?!
I guess this experience did teach that my custom spell wouldnt provide its valuable buff if the inferno sea couldnt reach . Id have to be more careful in the future, but how should I have expected that those shamans could create that black shield or that it was strong enough to block my spell?
However, for the price of being able to conjure that spell, the skin of those hobgoblin shamans seed to have changed from blue to purple. Was it arcane corruption? They dropped their staves and collapsed on the ground like stringless marionettes, breathing heavily as they struggled to push themselves back up, but, unfortunately for them, their bodies wouldnt let them. In exchange for protecting the army, they sacrificed themselves.
I should take them out.
Conjuring up multiple [Terra Wall]s under the shamans, I attempted to fling them into the sky for an easy kill, but it seems the grimgarians caught up to my plan as the trolls picked the shamans up before my walls materialized. Without further ado, the army once again let out a rumbling war cry, invigorated to see my [Symphonie des Feuergottes] fizzling out against the shamans black shield, and they charged forwards once again.
I need to check out those rings. How did they do that?
With spells, claws, tail, and my spear, I began to massacre any grimgarians who ca forward to fight . Honestly, even with my [Draconic Aura] activated the whole ti, only the impish goblins and kobolds would cower from a physical confrontation, instead, preferring to fight with bows, rocks, or whatever they could find. The orcs and trolls, on the other hand, fought even more brazenly.
Despite the small arena, the trolls and orcs fought without care of anybody in their way. A troll shaman would bash an orc with its staff, shooting it like a baseball off to the side, but the orc would then return back into the fight showing no signs of damage due to their high defense and armor. With the orcs and trolls rampaging, it made sense for the warg riders, hobgoblins, and echikobolds to focus on ranged attacks if only to avoid getting in the way.
I was slowly and efficiently getting rid of all my enemies, receiving very little damage thanks to my [Panzer] armor, as I presud there should be a boss-commander leading this army. Sure, I was surrounded and outnumbered, but I really didnt want to build up my arcane corruption before the boss fight. Under the sun, I could recover my Mana and Stamina tirelessly, but arcane corruption couldnt be erased quickly once it was built up, even with my dragorade.
The orcs and trolls were defending well against my spells using their armor and counterspells, but the number of orcs was still dwindling the longer we fought. I then took a sip of dragorade to slow down the accumulation of arcane corruption, before noticing that they were trying to trap with a shield wall now in order to stop my dodging.
As a troll shaman swung his giant staff at , I used [Wind Blast] to propel myself like a rocket into the air before staying up there with [Air Walk]. Arrows and water spells were shot at , but my barrier and armor took care of it. I was tanking them, in other words.
Rembering how Faron did it, I held my spear just like he did and stomped the air, shooting myself towards a troll shaman. With gravity on my side, I pierced the trolls eye with my spear before using its flappy skin to rebound back into the air, where I snapped my claws together to have my hand catch on fire. I then turned the flas into purple and slamd my fist into the ground, where the flas exploded and blasted every orc and troll around away.
Purple flas were burning brightly on their skin as its fus entered their noses. The troll shamans quickly cast a water spell to douse the orcs, but the corrosiveness of my flas already affected them. Although the flas died out, the orcs began to cough and tremble before falling onto the ground
Their green skin began to turn purple while their eyes cried blood. It was as if a virus was corroding their bodies, killing them from the inside. The troll shaman panicked as their spells couldnt stop the agony the orcs were feeling until they stopped moving entirely.
Slow and efficient I really am turning into the villain, huh?
The rest of the grimgarian army cried out in fear as they saw the tall, massive orcs die in one quick swoop. The trolls finally showed fear as they looked at , mumbling Marsven and Night Father all the ti. I expected the toxic fus from my [Corrosive Flas] would also take them down, but maybe the dosage was too low? Fus were more dangerous if I failed to control the spread with [Aerokinesis] compared to its fire and liquid form, so I just used a minor toxin to prevent killing off nature.
As I was preparing to end this whole fight for real, the sound of a horn suddenly ca from the cave.
You have to be kidding
The stomping of steel boots, the rattling of armor, the grunts of excited warriors. All of this was accompanied by the sound of a war horn, causing the discouraged goblins and kobolds to cheer in joy. That was when the next wave of enemies ca out.
High Orc
The superior evolution form of the orc. A green beast of muscles and power, strengthened by constant training and a lifestyle of brutality. Able to wield an assortnt of weapons with the intelligence of a humanoid, these demi-humans can act not only as warriors but also as commanders and tacticians with enough aptitude. Rank C
Orcs wearing bulky armor as thick as steel plates ca out of the caves entrance, banging their long halberds on their tower shields. If I had to compare the armor from these orcs with the ones I had just killed, then it was like comparing a knight to a common footsoldier. Instead of shining like Antonios armor, the orcs were black and spiky, to the point they looked like edgy dark knights or sothing.
Once these high orc knights ca out, another set of high orcs showed themselves; however, these were roaring as loud as they could, as if they were trying to flaunt their prowess before they fought. Heltless, these orcs had their scarred faces fully displayed while holding their axes and dual swords into the air, cheering like gladiators.
Bleak Hobgoblin
A hobgoblin whose skin changed into grey to hide in the darkness better. With a body similar to humans, these hobgoblins had their mischievousness and nimbleness increased even further while now possessing an intelligence similar to blue-skinned goblins, although they have significantly inferior mana pools. Rank D
Druidic Echikobold
An echikobold with scutes growing on their skin, in addition to their normal fur. Although smaller than other demi-humans, echikobolds are more attuned to nature compared to their brethren, making them fantastic monster tars. This evolved version of the echikobold possesses the ability to temporarily gain the power of any monster blood they consu. Rank D
Archers. More hobgoblin and echikobold archers, but unlike the ones Id fought up until now, their armor and weapons looked like they had monster parts added to them instead of solely tal. Hidden from view with the help of the high orcs, it was like these guys werent even there.
Black Orc Knights! one of the orc knights shouted.
Orc Scar-Champions! Haruh! Haruh! Haruh! multiple heltless high orcs cheered simultaneously.
Deadeye Night Goblins-Gobbosehek ehek ehek ehek, with a disgusting, skin-crawling cackle, the presence of those hobgoblins began to disappear.
Night Mother Druids! the echikobolds roared before drinking a red liquid from a wooden bottle, which I presud was blood. KriiiiiKRAAAAHHH! Their shrieks sounded feral.
However, that wasnt all. My [Detection Sensor] noticed more signals approaching.
Bluuuuuuuuuuerrrrrghhhhhhh! towering over all of these elite grimgarians were trolls wielding two humongous hamrs. Instead of armor, two massive poles were stuck on their backs, each holding flags. Troll Carnage-Bearers! Gruuuuarghhh!
Haruh! Haruh! Haruh! Haruh!
Ggugniak! Ggugniak! Ggugniak!
Urgh. Scheie
I had my parallel minds stop playing [Dragon Fire] and instead had them turn on [The Will to Fight and Survive]. In my head, the arena was far too small now for to actually gain the advantage, especially now that I had to deal with a brunch of elite grimgarians and a few troll shamans. I needed the space and a song to increase the power of my fire attacks. There was no need for an arena now.
Humanization.
[Humanized (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
I also needed more firepower.
Also, there is a very good reason why I had to stop creating heat and smoke. Except for the boss of this army, I think I lured out everybody Saori had scouted with her [Shadow Snake] spell. She didnt ntion how strong they were, so I was a bit surprised to see this many elite fighters.
So, with nobody to lure out anymore, it would be best to stop flooding the cave with smoke; otherwise, Saori, Tasianna, Cernust, and Antonio might suffocate. It was also a signal for them to hurry the fuck up.
I bought enough ti for you guys, no? You guys better have saved those three!
In the anti, lets hope these guys can give the next level up!
KriiiiiAAAARRGHHHH!
NIAKASH BAALAK! HARUUUUUUUUUUUH!
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M-Miss Saori, what should we do?
This is the worst outco...
F-For honor I cannot sully my houses honor with my death!
The earth quaked with his every step. Towering above even the massive trolls, the beast standing before us had the form of a giant man. A chiseled body even by Greek standards, this massive beast slowly strode forward from the darkness, equipped with not only intimidating armor but also a giant axe. On his head, he had blue hair long enough to reach his shoulders while two small horns adorned his head like a Japanese oni.
With his four large tusks, his mouth opened and he spoke, Champion of the Ogre King. High Ogre Commander of this Grimgarian Battalion. In honor of our Night Father, God Marsven, and Night Mother, Goddess Edna, I declare a battle for your freedom. In service of our Progenitor, Goddess Kronnaz, I shall swing my axe upon Goddess Aurenas followers.
I assu we cannot talk this out, Sir?
Vulgrim Beastslaughterer. Fight for your freedom, wolfkin. Niakash baalak.
Oh....Kuso
High Ogre
An evolved form of the mighty ogre, one of the many children borne by the Goddess Kronnaz. Although lacking the power of a subordinate goddess, these ogres were blessed by this evolution due to their power and strength, incomparable to the already brutish ogre. Now able to incorporate more sophisticated battle techniques in their already savage fighting style, these ogres are the perfect example of brains and brawn combined into one body. Rank B
A note from AbyssRaven
I apologize to everybody for the late release. I had to take a break for health reason as two days ago, my hands and shoulder began to feel numb while writing, which I believed was due to writing a bit too much without stretching enough.
This chapter should have co out two days ago but I had to stop midway through and I then took the next day off to rest. My hands still felt numb today so I took more breaks than I usually do in between sessions, that's why it took so long.
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