Lightning Revolt
The racial skill of the [Boltreaving Dragon], enabling the owner to turn mana into electric currents. This electricity is stored inside their scales before being released. A huge amount of mana may transform into electricity at once, supercharging the electric organ inside the [Boltreaving Dragon] and transforming the green lightning into blue, increasing all stats
Lightning Rod
Lightning from any source is attracted to the user, streaming towards them by themselves and through the users mana. If the users [Lightning Resistance] is superior compared to the lightning source, they will transform this electricity into Health, Mana, and Stamina
Boltreaving Blade
A skill that grants the ability to channel mana into potent electricity around their bodies, forming them into any shape they wish. The power for this skill is determined by a combination of [Lightning Magic]s and [Boltreaving Blade]s levels
Electromagnetic Barrier
The scales of the user allow the smooth flow of electricity without losing much energy, granting them a magnetic push. This electromagnetic barrier can only be deployed around areas of surging lightning
Notable features: Sharp wings with claws on them, probably can be used for slicing and smashing, although flimsy. A pincer-like tail, can grab things probably. His horn-like crest is broken, but looking at how he tore through Saoris Dragon Thunder, he can probably still use it well enough. Dangerous. Very Dangerous.
Lets go! Hellfla Breath! Corrosive Fire!
Without letting another second fly past, I ground my teeth together to create a spark, igniting a fire inside my mouth. Using mana to enlarge it, I then unleashed this fla at Astalos. [Corrosive Fire] had already changed my crimson fire into purple; in a sense, this was a toxic breath attack.
Now completely focused, unlike during my surprise attack, Astalos was no longer underestimating us. He roared at before coating his legs and wings with electricity, before flapping the latter to send him into the air, avoiding my breath attack.
In response, my scale-dust exploded under the scales of my wings, launching forward to bodycheck Astalos into multiple trees, snapping them into pieces as I drove him deeper into the woods. Get him away from the RV, was part of the reason for this action, but I also wanted to give the rest of my party enough ti to prepare and maybe form a plan to take this monster down. Unfortunately, the mont we left the ground was when Astalos could take advantage of his smaller size.
I used to be shorter than Astalos when I was still a [Young Spark Inferno Dragon]. Now, however? After evolving, I was far larger than him. This old scale was around the size of a taller elephant he was slightly taller than Saori as a reference while I was about the size of a mammoth. Dragging him along by using my size advantage was effective, but my plan had a small hitch - my larger size didnt change the fact that Astalos was the better dogfighter.
As I was feeling electricity around his body bombarding , Astalos smacked his left wing right at my right shoulder, causing an electric explosion that disrupted my balance in the air. This enabled Astalos to free himself before using his pincer-like tail to grab my right wing and slam it on the ground, causing to completely lose my ability to fly and crash land on the ground.
[Mana Eyes] already gave an idea of how proficient he was as a flyer, so I knew that it would do no good to fight him in the air. This was the power of information. Sadly, the sa applied to Astalos, who had an improved version of [Identify] in the form of [Eye of the System]. It would be prudent to fight as if he already knew my abilities.
Krak!
As my body was still flailing about on the ground, large amounts of electric crackling resounded from above . I couldnt see what was happening, but both my [Perception] and [Danger Perception] were warning about an impending attack. I did not react for now, simply letting [Sanctified Blaze: Halo of Consecration] heal my scratches as I continued listening to the sounds of lightning.
Krak!!
Krak!!!
Now! Dreadflare Aura!
The mont I recovered from the fall and jumped back on my feet, extre heat exploded from my body, detonating so of my scale-dust to release an aura of deadly fire. Looking in the direction of the crackling, I could see Astalos covered in green lightning, stopping himself before the aura reached him. As he hovered around at the periter of how far I wanted [Dreadflare Aura] to go, I activated my halos secondary effect.
Sanctified Blaze: Halo of Consecration
A [Sanctified Blaze] variant spell, using the fire of [White Flas] as its base. Creates a halo above the caster, acting as a signal fire to lure allies into an aura of beneficial flas. Automatically cast [Sanctified Blaze] and coats their weapons in [White Flas] on all allies. Additionally, the caster may intensify the halos flas, sending waves of consecrated flares at enemies, ignoring all allies
Inspired by the fact [Omnictus] would inflict different amounts of damage depending on if a friend or foe was caught in it, I believed I could do sothing similar with my [White Flas]. They could beco cool enough to not hurt anybody, and if my song spells could differentiate between allies and enemies, I could do the sa for my custom spells.
The mont the flas on my halo grew, I deactivated my [Dreadflare Aura] and white flas began spewing around endlessly like a fountain. Astalos, not anticipating this attack, was blasted by sacred flas piercing through his barrier. Unlike my [Draconic Barrier], intangible attacks made using mana, like fire or holy spells, was sothing I believed should have worked on him. Fortunately, my assumption was correct.
Panzer!
Recasting [Panzer] to cover my dragon body in purple armor and ignoring the fact I set another forest on fire, I used [Unheilige Engel] to launch the offense. The purple sli hovering behind like a pair of sludge wings once again solidified into jagged obsidian wings, before morphing into three long spiky tendrils.
Like a gatling gun, the three long spikes began to send a barrage of attacks at Astalos, pushing him back as he struggled to get rid of the white flas. Now that I could inflict [Dread Burn] after buying [Fire Abnormality Effect: Dread], any fla damage I inflicted prevented Astalos from healing his wounds, aning the two gashes I landed on him while he was a dragonewt were still there. Now, I needed to weaken him with my toxins.
Now, with [Poison Resistance Lv. 6], he was decently resistant against moderate toxins. [Panzer] could poison you with touch, but when I sliced into his shoulder with a [Panzer]-covered tail slash, he didnt get poisoned, sadly. [Unheilige Engel], on the other hand, was a stubborn, semi-manual spell my parallel minds could give a command to and it would follow it through until a new one was issued, kind of like a poison sli-golem. Astalos barrier was blocking the spikes from landing, but this opened up an opportunity for .
Using the burning ground to sharpen and heat my tail through friction, I activated my boosters and sent myself flying up in a spiral. Astalos imdiately dodged this attack, enduring through waves of white flas erupting from my halo. I then sensed another attack. This ti, it ca from Astaloss tail.
The pincer widened and revealed a group of erald scales filled with electricity, firing a small scale as if shot from electric railgun. The speed of this attack was near-instantaneous, making it impossible for to dodge the attack in my current position. As the laser broke through my armor and shaved so scales from my sides, I regretted not dodging the second I saw his tail move.
Like before, this attack sent my [Tailwind] out of control, unbalancing . Astalos, noticing this, cast his own [Tailwind] and began to speed up his flight around the area. As I dropped back down to the ground, I was able to see Astaloss horn grow larger and crackle with more electricity. [Danger Perception] and [Prediction] were warning he was about to attack, but neither of these two skills could tell from which direction.
As I anxiously snapped my neck around, trying my very best to follow up with Astalos movents with all my current buffing spells. When he appeared more or less like a flash of thunder zapping around, I began to understand how problematic fighting against a speedster was. The only move I had was to activate [Dreadflare Aura] and surround the area with [Scale-Dust Veil], relying on the fiery field to dissuade Astalos from attacking.
By the ti I finally was able to pinpoint his location, it was already too late.
At the very edge of my eyes, a massive spear of thunder was thrown at , detonating all my scale-dust on its way. Although the explosions shrouded the javelin, the speed it was moving was just impossible to react to.
Kraaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! I cried out in pain.
It huuurts!
[Dreadflare Aura], [Panzer], [Draconic Barrier]; none of these defensive asures were able to stop this attack. Blood was dripping from the wound as the spear lodged inside my stomach. I could feel my organs being ravaged by my [Dreadflare Aura], begging intensely for to stop boiling them alive. When I did what my pain receptors were telling , the lightning spear disappeared and white flas and healing spells began to heal the hole in my body up, but this left vulnerable.
Without another sound, a shadow appeared above , accompanied by the very sa crackling of lightning from before. When I looked up, I saw Astalos flapping his wings. On his head was a massive blade of thunder.
And he swung it at like an executioner.
[Bleeding (Minor)] [Broken Right Wing (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Krraaaaaaaaahhh!!!
Kriiieeghhhh!!!
Two roars erupted in the woods. One was mine as none of my previously ntioned defensive options could not protect from this attack; fortunately, as I had anticipated an attack like this, my legs were already moving. Still, it was far too close. Just a millisecond longer and I would have probably lost my entire right wing. It was fortunate I managed to escape with only a broken wing and part of my back sliced up
Now, the second roar ca from Astalos himself. No, I did not injure him with a counterattack, it was impossible for to set sothing up after what happened. It wasnt even a physical or magical attack; instead, it was ntal.
Kriiieeghhhh!!! Astalos continued to struggle, holding his head with his two wings.
From the corners of this area, four Wrooooooh!!!s echoed around the area, following with five groups of [Dark Tendrils] bursting from under the wyverns shadow, grabbing his feet and pulling him back onto the ground. A giant ice golem jumped out from the woods, on top of it was an elven woman in a maids outfit, cooling down the flaming trees to allow the golem to slam Astalos on the ground.
[Grk! W-What took you guys so long?] I forced myself to send that telepathic ssage towards a group of five giant wolves and an elven woman with two pairs of wings.
[Figuring out a plan in the first place.] That voice was from none other than Saori, fully clad in her [Shadow Armant] while stygian lightning was surging around her fenrir form. [Ellaine, Grimnir, now!]
A human girl and a dwarven man armored in crimson armor revealed themself from behind trees, materializing giant [Bedrock Blades] to crash into Astalos after the golem moved away and throwing a few of my firebombs at him, respectively.
Kriiaaghh! Astalos cried out again, whether it was from the damage the two were inflicting or due to what the garms were doing to him.
ntal overload using [Telepathy] was a basic hunting tactic the wargs and garms of Belzac used to hunt down larger prey. It was essentially a psychological attack by flooding your brain with junk telepathic ssages, ranging from shouts to incomprehensible gibberish or even to threats. This was the sa move these garms used on Saori when they were still onnikais. [Absolute Pain Tolerance] may make physical pain tolerable, but it did nothing to help with ntal anguish.
Ueehhh! However, suddenly all four garms yelped out loud, showing pained expressions.
[Intolerable little insects!] Astalos wings spread out, cladding them in green lightning before using them to slice Ellaines [Bedrock Blades] like swords. A purple magic circle then appeared behind him, casting the [Lightning Magic Lv. 5] spell [Overload].
Overload
Supercharges the casters body with magical electricity, significantly increasing the casters Intelligence, Agility, and Mana Regeneration at the cost of Health while this spell was active
Astalos was shining brightly like a bulb, roaring haughtily as the spell activated, before he stopped and stood still like a statue, eyes widening in astonishnt. [M-My healing?! Why am I not healing?! My wounds arent closing!]
Gotcha!
[Lightning Rod], one of Astalos unique skills prevented him from being damaged by lightning; instead, that elent healed him. Due to this effect, it synergized perfectly with [Overload], nullifying the spells health drain while still benefitting from its buffs in addition to healing him due to the spell. However, [Dread Burn] was the ace here. Nobody besides my allies and I were allowed to heal tank while I was around.
I might have ntioned Astalos could have seen my profile; unfortunately for him, without sothing like parallel minds or accelerated thinking, looking at a super long profile with so many different skills, abilities, spells, and titles was a nightmare in a fast-paced battle like this. Even the descriptions of my skills were as long as an established trading card gas effect details! Picking out the effects of Dread Burn when it had been rged into another skill? Might as well be looking for a needle in a haystack.
Smirking as he fell for this simple mistake, I increased my halos effective range while continuing shooting out the consecrated flas. It buffeted Astalos while keeping [Dread Burn] active on him while helping out my allies.
[Hestia, the plan is simple. You and Grimnir will be the frontline. Whatever you do, stall him and prevent him from attacking either Tasianna or . We will provide the damage. No complaints, hopefully?] I agreed. [Ellaine will provide support using earth and wind spells with the help of the garms. Displacents, crowd control, protection. You and Grimnir need to go all out with holding the line.]
I was honestly a bit worried that Saori was putting Grimnir in a perilous position here. Astalos was actually a tough opponent, actually High Ogre tier of dangerous. No, the difference in stats and levels was too much between them, and Astalos was even faster than . Maybe he was even stronger?
I need to get my shit together. Purple Flash! Symphonie des Feuergottes!
After so ti with [Major Heal] and my halos healing, my wounds closed up and my wing was fixed, I dashed back into the fight, signaling the second round of this battle.
Astalos, having regained his composure, activated his lightning around his feet, destroying the [Dark Tendrils] Saori and her garm cast on him. Before he could do anything though, a blue magic circle under his feet, materializing a giant ball of water around him and imprisoning him in the [Water Magic Lv. 9] spell [Aqua Prison]. Water might be tangible, but it took a while for his [Electromagnetic Barrier] to counter it; Saori and Tasianna had already caught onto this fact.
Astalos struggled inside this sphere, using his thunder to blast pieces of the ball away to liberate himself. The mont he was free again, white flas crashed onto his body again, blocking his sight of .
Now, of course, I knew he could still sense with [Detection Sensor] and [Prediction]. However, that was okay.
Unheilige Engel, it is ti!
There were three states [Unheilige Engel] could be in: solid obsidian, purple sli, and corrosive liquid.
Unheilige Engel
The venomous wings of the unholy angel descend upon the foes of the owner of [Corrosive Fire], carrying with them a virulent purple fla. A spell able to morph itself into three states: obsidian, sludge, and viscous liquid. The composition of toxins inside this spell may be changed using [Corrosive Fire]s effect, lighting these purple wings on fire. Can be controlled by the user remotely, however, mana cost will increase the further away it is
The features of my [Corrosive Fire] were obvious to by now. If I heated my purple flas high enough before cooling them down, they start to turn into a sli before finally transforming into obsidian if the purple flas suddenly turn yellow. Since the loss of my [Toxin Secretion], Saori has been using the sludge version of this fire to complent her attack strategy. However, there was one form Ive been neglecting ever since: its liquid form created whenever Im sweating.
Unheilige Engel, German for Unholy Angel, was my idea to easily use the different forms of [Corrosive Fire] without having to do the necessary heating and cooling to produce the different states. In addition, I also thought the idea of swamping my enemies in a bath of toxic purple water was a pretty boss-like move. Also, a bit heinous of , to be fair.
The obsidian tendrils I left my [Unheilige Engel] in quickly transford into a thick, deathly-looking, violet liquid, before coating my whole tail in it. I sorsaulted into the air, swinging my tail down similar to how Astalos did it. As you might expect, Astalos was able to react to it in ti, having already moved away from slightly with his wings flapping. With how I was moving, I would not be able to hit him
well, not fairly at least.
Shine!
One of my first spells; an intensely bright light suddenly erupted from the tip of my wing, blinding everybody in the area, which included my allies and Astalos. Only I, with my head hidden behind my body, wasn't blinded by it.
Astalos roared out, flinching and increasing the intensity of his lightning to improve [Electromagnetic Barrier]s effect. In for a penny, in for a pound! Small amounts of damage were irrelevant to with all my healing and while Im under the sun.
I was a sunfang dragon!
When his green lightning began to sizzle my scales, I clenched my teeth and used [Wind Blast] to further increase the striking power of my tail slash. When I made contact, Astalos defenses could not withstand my attack.
KRIAAAAAghhhh! He damaged my wing, I cut his off. Like a curtain to my attack, [Symphonie des Feuergottes] finally activated, blasting a waterfall of flas onto and Astalos. I managed to prevent it from flooding the whole area, endangering everybody else from Aurora, leaving only Astalos and myself to enjoy the inferno.
[Symphonie des Feuergottes (Allegro)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Solar Beam!
Using [Detection Sensor], I blasted a concentrated beam of solar energy at my enemy. Sadly, he sohow managed to dodge it and escaped from my flaming waterfall. The scale-dust under my scales still exploded from [Solar Beam], putting into my overdrive mode. The mont the inferno ended, however? What ca into view was Astalos struggling to defend himself from the assault from my teammates.
With Ellaines help, the garms had thrown a black mana thread net over him, enabling Saori to send streams of black lightning to ravage Astaloss body. Ice blades and beams of tal-piercing water commanded by Tasianna kept Astalos inside the net, preventing him from getting out of it. Grimnir, using my halos effect of enchanting weapons with white fire, swung his hamr around, shooting blasts of fire at Astalos like projectiles. I didnt even know that was possible!
When I leered at him with nearly all my buffs activated, Astalos eyes turned blood red, channeling green lightning around his body under the constant barrage of attacks. As if he was mimicking , his body went into its own version of overdrive, causing his scales to protrude like miniature lightning rods as a constraint stream of blue lightning had turned his erald scales into aquamarine.
A blue lightning blade on his horn sliced the net like a master chef, shredding it before Astalos freed himself and charged at . Slamming his tail and only remaining wing on the ground, electric explosions destroyed the ground. Despite his higher starting Agility, I finally had [Symphonie des Feuergottes (Allegro)] active on . At this point, our Agility was nearly equal. Dodging his attacks was still hard, but not impossible anymore.
Krak!
Kriiu! As Astalos swiped at with his blue lightning blade, Saori shot out another [Hadean Dragon Thunder], pushing him back before he sliced it up again. As if he was on a rampage, Astalos eyes made contact with Saoris and he charged towards her.
Not on my watch!
Using my tail, I slamd the blunt side of it at Astalos head, sending him reeling back. When he retaliated, he suddenly coughed out purple blood, leaving him open for another tail slash. This ti, I wasnt able to cut off another of his limbs, but the toxic liquid coating my tail kept seeping into any wounds I caused him. When I saw him coughing more blood, I couldnt help but smirk that [Unheilige Engel] finally found its sting.
Kriiiiiiiiiaaaaahhhh!!! Astalos roared before jumping into the air, sohow flying with only a single wing using [Tailwind]. When a single purple magic circle appeared on his head before disappearing and summoning a massive [Omnictus]-level spell, I gulped.
[Purple Flash] into [Ramuh]!
I rembered the spell [Ramuh]. I wasnt sure at which level you received it, but I knew very well what destruction this spell could cause. When the grimgarians attacked us back when he was escorting us to Avitor Peaks, Astalos used this spell to completely vaporize a whole section of the Belzac forest in addition to all the goblins, kobolds, or orcs that attacked us.
[Spread out!] There was no answer to this spell. [Omnictus] could compete with [Ramah] in terms of power, but it only shot downwards, never up. The sa applied with [Symphonie des Feuergottes]. Saoris [Hadean Dragon Thunder] was her strongest spell, but she was still restricted with moderate Intelligence, making it unable to compete with stronger spells at this point.
However, Saori had a different idea.
[We cant let this chance go. Hes vulnerable in the air. Ellaine, Tasianna. You two move away with the garms. Grimnir, you co with . Hestia, go up there and distract Astalos for .]
[Hey, are you trying to send into a suicide mission?! I cant block that with a counterspell. Ill be blasted away!] I responded, baffled at what Saori suggested.
But that was when I rembered.
I do have a way to counter that spell!
Turning my head to the sky, I made my parallel minds focus on using [Tailwind] while I blasted up in the air with my rocket boosters. As Astalos purple magic circle separated into three, lightning pillars appeared from them, sending streams of lightning into a single point, growing larger and larger in size. And when it shot at , I used [Sacred Magic Lv. 7]s newest spell
Gloria Ascendence!
Gloria Ascendence
A miracle of the Goddess of Light surrounds the caster in an impenetrable ball, defending them against mortal attacks. No attack may leave or enter through this heavenly shield. The ball turns any damage taken into Health, first healing the caster before buffing their Strength and Wisdom
A divine barrier encapsulated my body, shielding from the devastating lightning blast. All I could hear inside the stream was the thundering of a storm. Although [Gloria Ascendence] was defending from [Ramuh], I was still being pushed back, forcing to fully dial up my boosters just to push back against the spell. Still, I wasnt able to move an inch forward. In fact, Astalos spell was pushing slowly back despite all the power I was putting into my flying.
Seconds passed and I could hear the divine shield breaking, not cause it soaked up too much damage, but cause it was about to expire. The mont it broke, that was when [Ramuh] would devastate . However, as if my prayers were answered, I could feel [Ramuh]s power waning. Tid perfectly, both my shield and the large-scale lightning spell ended together.
[Gloria Ascendence] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
As I let out a sigh of worry, I turned my head around to locate Astalos, but the sky was empty. Confusion, then worry, then fear filled my chest and head as I frantically tried to locate Astalos using [Detection Sensor]. I looked down at the ground, only to find the trees under were completely gone. Only a large, scorched gash was there, devoid of any life.
[I have fought for far longer than you, Princess.]
And then in a split second, dread appeared.
[I cannot slay you, for I serve God Kargryxmor. Allow yourself so rest]
While I was hovering in the sky, a blue flash appeared right underneath my chest. Instincts made attempt to use [Dreadflare Aura] but it was too late. This ti, Astalos delivered his counterattack.
How is he!!!
[I apologize if this might hurt, but you are sturdy enough, I presu?]
The lightning crackled. All channeled into a wing before it touched my chest. And this was when my world was rocked.
KRRRRRRRRIAIAAHGAGAGHAHHAHHAHAHHA!!!
[Nerve Paralyzation (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Proficiency requirent fulfilled. [Lightning Resistance Lv. 2] evolved into [Lightning Resistance Lv. 5]
I blacked out for a second. Everything went dark. In the next mont, the light ca back into my eyes,but all I saw was a never-ending rotating world. I could not move my body. They did not respond.
Was Astalos not there just a second ago? I thought, confused at what was happening.
[Hestia!]
Lass!
My ears and mind registered voices but I could not make out who they belonged to. My brain hurt whenever I tried to think. My parallel minds werent responding. The only actual stimuli I could feel was the fact I crash-landed on the ground, tumbling around on the blackened ground. When I ca to a standstill, I saw my fingers twitching uncontrollably. Every ti I tried to move them, they wouldnt.
Umsleud! Araaghhh! Sounds ca from the sky. Thankfully, I could still move my eyes.
When I peered up, I saw sothing similar to a large frozen platform hovering up there. A man in crimson armor transford his hamr-looking weapon into a shotgun, blasting one half of a blue-glowing wyverns face scales off. As it roared in pain, a large shadowy wolf smacked it with an electric stomp, sending it crashing onto the ground, causing the ground to explode.
[Hestia!] Another ssage ca. I did not know who this telepathic ssage belonged to, but I knew I had to respond.
[Worry about the wyvern.] Whatever was happening to my body, I could feel my white flas were healing . It would take a while, but Ill get back on my feet eventually. The wolf in the sky nodded, swinging the freefalling man on its back before dashing back onto the ground.
[Nerve Paralyzation (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Seconds felt like an eternity as I was trapped in this sleep-paralyzed state. When I could finally move myself, I crawled closer to all the sounds I was hearing using my head to drag close. Wings, legs, and tail. I couldnt move them nor could I cast a spell. My brain was in so much constant pain, I just couldnt concentrate.
Still, my brain wasnt the only thing hurting; my body also complained. The twitching beca milder but it wasnt stopping, especially around my chest area. I dont think my heart or lungs were damaged too much, but they were aching nonstop. That was when I realized, it wasnt my heart hurting, it was my sun core!
Scheie! Did sothing damage my sun core?
I hadnt noticed it until now, but both [Symphonie des Feuergottes] and [Solar Beam]s overdrive were deactivated. I could feel my sun core working on absorbing sun rays, but it was far slower than usual. I stopped moving for a second and looked down. Fortunately, there were no cracks on it, but it kept glowing and dimming the whole ti for so reason.
Right, [Unheilige Engel]. I can use the slis as limbs.
I could still feel so liquid around my tail, most likely it was the liquid form of [Unhelige Engel]. Forcing myself through the headache, I transford the liquid into two large sickles. I attached them around my wings and controlled them to drag my body forward. When I finally got myself out of the blackened area, I heaved a sigh when I saw grass and trees again.
Dragoon Jump! Haarrrghh! I got its wing pinned!
Bladdarg, you foolish girl! Dont attack like that! Get out of there, now!
I followed the sounds echoing from the woods, peering into them to see the glow of blue and black clashing against each other. When I finally made it close enough, I saw the green grass scorched back from black and blue lightning, the trees frozen from ice, the ground burning due to bombs, and a pack of four garms shooting out [Dark Bolt] with mana threads attached to them.
In the middle of all of this, a blue glowing wyvern was struggling to fight against all of these threats. His scales were cracked, frozen, and burned. His face was torn openand bones were showing. The giant, shadowy wolf was pounding onto the wyvern with her electrified front legs while a dwarf rode on her and slamd his hamr at the wyverns head.
As the damage accumulated, the wyvern puked out a bucket full of purple-colored blood bile, reminding of what sorta toxin I made [Unheilige Engel] with. Mana path blocking, cell necrosis, and protein deconstruction. They were pretty much ideas I still had from all those discovery shows I watched, since snakes frequently appeared on episodes. Im still trying to replicate a nerve toxin, but to no success.
When I began rembering my rather mad scientist-like experints with my toxins, my mind began to clear up, helping to finally realize who the people were before . I was able to fully identify Aurora fighting against Astalos.
The white flas are back! The lass is still alive! Grimnir suddenly shouted as his hamr strike was blocked by Astaloss lightning blast. He then swung his weapon in the air, shooting out a projectile of fire.
Ahhh, the healing is back, too. Tasianna you dont need to focus on healing anymore! Ellaine, who was riding a garm, was elated as white flas began to heal her wounds.
Telepathic ssages also arrived. [Lady Hestia, I am so glad you are alright! Please, forgive , I wanted to co to your side, but Miss Saori insisted otherwise!] Tasianna sounded very worried. It made really happy to hear her worry.
[Hestia, you still do not look so good. Sit back. We just need you to play your music and keep your halo active. Sorry for putting you in a supportive position!] Saori didnt glance at , fully focused on fighting Astalos. With the toxin affecting his body, it seems Saori was able to fully keep up with him.
However, earlier in the fight I had thought I was able to keep up with him for a mont, before he suddenly disappeared from my sight and abruptly appeared before to deliver a devastating attack. I was able to rember now. It was as if he teleported, then used his wing to electrocute right at my sun core. I didnt fully understand my own anatomy yet, so I had no idea what he did to my core.
When I was trying to rember what Astalos did, a purple magic circle materialized on his body. When his spell cast, purple lightning covered his body before he suddenly disappeared from everybodys sight.
Oh no! What spell is that?!
Looking at my [Detection Sensor], a single signal was dashing from one corner to the next without taking a break. It was most likely Astalos, but none of us could see him.
I wanted to move, but my body still couldnt due to [Nerve Paralyzation], sothing my white flas were actively trying to heal. My parallel minds had co back when my mind beca lucid again, and was actively trying to track down Astalos since [Major Heal] couldnt heal my current affliction.
Sanctuary!
Astalos admitted he wasnt here to kill , but to drag off sowhere. However, considering his personality and what the collective of Aurora has done to him, I didnt think he would let my friends live if he won this fight. My priority had to be to overco my current predicant and protect them. I wasnt able to move, but I was a mage, so I could cast spells.
[Sanctuary] surrounded everybody in a light barrier which allowed no threats from coming in. I dont think the barrier could stop him, but it should be able to give everybody a warning before his attack cos, hopefully. And, in the unlikely case he actually tried to drag away without finishing the others, I was already ready to fucking explode with heat hot enough to fucking lt the bones of a B rank High Ogre.
Seconds passed, everybody was readying themselves for an attack while my body still hadn't recovered. Our [Detection Sensor] was acting erratically but it was completely silent. More seconds passed. Even more seconds passed. My fingers stopped twitching and I could finally move and stretch them. More seconds passed and my muscles regained their strength, allowing to slowly push myself up.
Eventually, [Nerve Paralyzation] was finally gone and I struggled to stand up. For a mont, I wondered if Astalos just made a run for it, seeing at how dreadfully injured he was. It was false hope.
Kaklang!
[Sanctuary] broke and my head snapped up, only to see a blue flash crash into Saori. She was driven back by a significant margin, but she prevented herself from flying away using her [Dark Tendrils]. They wrapped themselves around her legs with the ends coming from the shadows of the others.
The one who pushed Saori back like that was none other than Astalos, who had his blue lightning horn stuck inside Saoris shoulder. She was holding him back with her forelegs and was using stygian voltage to damage him, but suddenly, he disappeared from our view again, before reappearing behind her.
Channeling electricity around his wing once again, he struck Saori in a flurry, sending electric explosions to buffet her. I cast [Sacred Field] around her, betting on my white flas and the healing spell to keep her healthy while I was limping towards them for support.
The [Dark Tendrils] around her feet dissipated and Saori was finally launched towards . I managed to catch her, confirming she was still alive but gravely injured from all the burns she received from Astaloss attack. When I healed her wounds, I noticed she also lost consciousness from that attack.
Although I was still worried, I was more worried for the others. When I snapped my head up to see how the others were faring, I saw Tasianna, Ellaine, Grimnir, and the garms glaring at a wheezing Astalos. That was when I noticed the state of his body: burned scales, so spots on his body that were stripped of scales entirely, and the stump left after I cut off his left wing had already undergone necrosis, rotting due to my toxin. Whatever spell he used to attack Saori and with super speed, it apparently did his body no good.
Regardless, his exhaustion did not an he had given up on the fight, dashing forward to attack the others. Grimnir intervened, slamming his hamr at him but missed. Astalos jumped over him, ignoring Grimnir to focus on Tasianna. Her ice golem began punching at the wyvern, with the support of her myriad ice blades. I could see the very air slowly freezing as Tasianna was preparing another spell.
It was easy to guess that the golem stood no chance, being sliced in two by the boltreavers blue thunder blade. Tasianna managed to cast [Ice Ages Paradise] once again, freezing his body even further, to the point so of his scales broke off completely. Thunder erupted from his body once again and he brute-forced himself out of the spell, escaping it only to be confronted by Ellaine.
The catalysts on Ellaines rings activated, summoning massive [Bedrock Blades] and fast-moving [Tornado Bullets] to push Astalos back. She was keeping her distance, knowing she couldnt land a proper hit without anyone else supporting her. If she could push him back into Tasiannas spell, she would be able to contribute more.
Kaboom!
A concentrated blast of mana exploded on the scarred right side of Astalos face, removing the remaining scales and skin. I looked to the side, learning Grimnir had shot the wyvern at the sa spot once again. This attack sent Astalos reeling backward, right back into [Ice Ages Paradise]s field of effect. The combination of ice blades and freezing temperature cracked his pincer-like tail, breaking it.
Kriiiiaaghhh! Astalos roared once again, blasting himself out Tasiannas spell with [Wind Blast] to swing his tail at Ellaine. Ellaines Agility was still too slow for her to fully react to this attack, bearing the brunt of the attack and being sent flying at a tree.
Krraaaa! I called out for Ellaine. I softly let Saoris body down and began to rush towards Ellaine, but my still weakened legs made it difficult.
Ughhh arghhh! Thankfully, the armor Grimnir made for Ellaine protected her from the attack; however, it did not leave her unhard. As she was stumbling to stand back up with white flas healing her, Astalos suddenly stood over her, lightning blade ford on his head.
Ellaine!
Lass!
Ruff!
[H-Hey, stop! Ellaine!]
Eh?
Kriah!!!
Tasianna had been sending her blades at Astalos, the garms were materializing their magic circles, and Grimnir moved his short legs as fast as he could to save Ellaine. My parallel minds had already finished the materializing of my spells, and I was about to release them, but ti was not on my side. Ellaines hand was trying to cast [Wind Blast] while her legs began to move, but
Krak!
Astalos was faster.
Ellaiiiiinnnneee!!!
Boom!
An explosion, and my mind went blank. The only stimulus I could feel was an intense heat being ignited inside like a volcano, bursting up with so much power I was sure I would explode. This inferno turned into anger, rage, wrath, or whatever you wanted to call it. I was angry, battle thirsty, and I wanted to kill sothing so badly every single fiber in my soul was urging to do so.
My hearing ca back to . Kriagh! I could hear the cries of pain from sobody accompanied by a fiery slicing sound. Like a twister, the slashing sounds just wouldnt stop, clashing against sothing like electricity. Kriaaagaghhhhahhhhahh!!! When the screams reached their highest, sothing like an explosion happened.
Light entered my eyes again and I could see the sky, with the clouds drawing closer and closer. Regardless, this sensation lasted for less than a second, as the inferno rage inside consud my mind. I snapped my head down and activated another explosion. This ti, it was my [Dreadflare Aura]
[I will fucking kill you! I will fucking kill you! I will FUCKING KILL YOU!]
I coated my body in [Unheilige Engel]s liquid from the mont my scales exploded. Instead of crimson, my infernal aura was colored a deadly purple. Astalos roared in agony, tried to force to release him by activating his electric barrier, but I did not care about my safety at this mont.
With my claws, I dug them deeper into his body to keep him from escaping and bit his throat. As I could feel blood flowing into my mouth, I further intensified the power of my aura. Astaloss body was lting and corroding at the sa pace, but the damage he was doing to was inconsequential against my white fla.
My current skill set was made from four dragon types. My [Dreadflare Aura] from the dreadfla dragon, power claws and bites from the hellblade dragon, white flas and a sun core to absorb sunlight from the sunfang dragon, and a noxious toxin from the obsidian blade dragon. With these powers, I was fully, 100% committed to killing Astalos.
I could feel the air blasting past as I felt like a rocket flying in the air like an airplane. The heat was becoming unbearable even for , but as long as my sun core was above 0% energy, I could not [Overheat].
[I-I salute you for a magnificent battle]
[SHUT UP!]
[Dragon Princess Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor. Only in a few months, your growth has transcended mine. In a single year, you have beco stronger than . I bow my tail in the power of your bloodline, marveling the power of a true dragon.]
[SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!] I did not want to hear anything Astalos was saying. I was too angry, I wanted to do nothing else but to kill Astalos. I wanted it so bad, I could feel my jaw crunching his windpipe.
[It was an honor to fight you. May my life essence beco your strength. May my death serve God Kargryxmor even as my soul reaches Goddess Ilsaphone. I]
Die.
I turned my body towards the ground, and released all the scale-dust I had left in my scales and shot the both of us down. With an explosion similar to a missile's impact, our crash land rocked the very earth, turning the surrounding flora and fauna into complete devastation.
Only I was left standing upon the grave of the [Boltreaver Dragon].
Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 8] to [Level 15]
Attributes have increased due to level up
Acquired 4850 skill points
Multiple proficiency requirents fulfilled. [Dreadfla Dragon Lv. 4] [Hellblade Dragon Lv. 3] [Solar Core Lv. 3] [White Flas Lv. 3] [Corrosive Fire Lv. 3] [Stage Fever Lv. 5] [Draconic Aura Lv. 3] [Royal Presence Lv. 3] [Battle Mind Lv. 10] gained
Skill requirent fulfilled. [Battle Mind Lv. 10] evolved into [Tranquil Mind Lv. 1]
[Humanized (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
All the anger dissipated the mont these ssages entered my head, and I just felt empty. My mind wandered back to what happened back then. Astalos channeled a blade of thunder, using it to strike at Ellaine who was trying to flee. At that mont, all Ellaine could do was look at the descending blade, all while the rest of Aurora was helpless to prevent it from reaching her.
E-Ellaine.
I dropped to my knees, mories of my days with Ellaine ca back as flashbacks. About our first eting, about how rude I was to her after the dinner party, about how I lived with her in Firwood, when she joined Aurora, and when I fought side-by-side with her. Our chill interactions together were my fondest mories, and how could I forget about the fact I wrote an entire song just for her.
mories. Her songs na was to remind her of the ti she spent with but
I could feel tears running down my face. My mouth twitched. I hiccuped. My legs felt the dropping teardrops. I lost
Aurena?
Lass!
Grimnir?
With my emotions still in turmoil, Grimnir suddenly ca running at while riding on Uno. Without letting ask what he wanted, he grabbed my shoulder effortlessly and threw , in my winged moderate form, onto Unos back, carrying like a sack of potatoes. In my confusion, I could not but yelp, all while Uno ran like the wind.
W-Wha?!
Shut up! Ellaine is alive!
Huh?!
I was astounded, almost in disbelief. I knew what I saw. T-That cant be! I saw Astalos slash at her. Even with your armor, there was no way she could survive an attack able to pierce Saoris or my body!
Shut up! Bladdarg, lass! Shes alive like I said, drill that in your head! We aint got the ti to chatter, get your wings ready and fly to her. Sothing is happening with her body. It feels demonic! When Grimnir said those last words, I jumped off from Unos back and tried to activate my rocket boosters, however, the amount of scale-dust I had left was not enough.
Fuck! Wind Blast! Tailwind! No rest now, parallel minds!
I once again brute-forced my flying, shooting through the woods towards a group of signals. When I finally arrived at the location, I saw Saori still unconscious on the ground with the other three garms surrounding her. Tasianna, on the other hand, was seemingly fighting sothing!
What the fuck?!
A wing made from a ribcage, claws as long as daggers, bones protruding from flesh, and tentacles wiggling around as if they are a mind of their own. But the most unsightly parts were the eyes. Two eyes were moving in the gems of two rings while the others were living inside the bleeding arm of a young girl. All of this was happening on the body of this very girl: Ellaine.
Eeeeek! Arrghhhhh!!! Desperate calls of agony ca from Ellaines mouth. Her right hand was clutching her left shoulder. The armor on her left arm was broken and those eldritch-like things were coming from there.
Hestia, listen to . You need to bring Ellaine directly to my altar in Griffonpeak at once. If you wish to save this girl, then you cannot dawdle any longer!
Aurena?! Aurenas voice ca back again, but she was not letting respond just yet.
Demon of Lust. That is the wretch Elder Marsven trapped in the orb. A species from my howorld, which is able to regenerate its form if all its cells arent destroyed at once. Ellaine is not affected just yet, however, you must use [Shine] right now to push back the infection. If you do not, then
I ignored the rest of the thod and dashed forward into action.
Tasianna, close Ellaines eyes! Tasianna looked at in bafflent but she nodded imdiately and did what I ordered. Song, make sure none of you or Saori open your eyes. Understood! Tasianna close your eyes, too!
Ten parallel minds and my own.
Shine!
Eleven simultaneous casts of [Shine] created a blinding glare. It was so bright, I thought my eyes were being burned despite having them closed. Fortunately, what Aurena said was working. Ellaines cries were becoming milder and milder while I could hear sothing breaking apart like clay.
When Ellaine stopped screaming, I stopped my cast and opened my eyes, only to see Ellaines bleeding arm, devoid of all the eldritch features. I quickly healed her up, happy to hear her strained breathing. Ellaines left arm was sadly now covered in a lightning scar, but that was a small price to pay for her survival. When I asked Tasianna how she survived, I couldnt believe what she said.
My Lady, when you began attacking Astalos with your tail, the dust settled and I saw that huge bone wing, which protected Ellaine. When you left us, I tried to treat her wound with [Ocean Healing], but those grotesque things grew out of her arm. I sent Mister Grimnir after you, as I couldnt co close enough to heal Ellaine.
Bone wing?!
If I hadnt seen it for myself, I wouldnt have believed her. While I was feeling baffled, Aurena began speaking again.
Hestia, I know youre happy enough to cry now that you know your friend is alive, but this isnt over yet. Elder Marsven has given enough information on the issue. You must hurry and bring that black orb. I must destroy it and finish the job, which will also allow to remove the demons mana trapped inside Ellaines spell rings.
Ring? Oh!
I rembered. During the fight against Keith, the rebellion orb he used to cause the dungeon break of the rachonoid queen caused the dark orb inside my storage to activate. The demon, one of the enemies of the origin gods, managed to break through the seal, even if it was only an arm. I managed to destroy it, but it did touch Ellaines left arm after destroying her newly acquired shield.
Aurena told not to let the demon touch , so was the sa thing happening to Ellaine?
I told you already. Ellaine is not infected. The demon cannot take over a Peolyncian whose soul is complete. You are endangered due to your fractured soul, but the being inside the spell rings isnt the demon. Enough talk, bring her to Griffonpeak already! Hurry!
It was decided. When Grimnir arrived, I inford both Tasianna and Grimnir about my plan before carrying the unconscious Ellaine in a princess carry.
Got it, lass. Well handle the rest. You get the girl to Aurena imdiately, Grimnir nodded.
We will take care of the wagon and Saori, Lady Hestia. You have my word! I still have everything needed to enter the noble district and House Helvas mansion in Griffonpeak. Let us rendezvous there.
It was decided. I morphed my [Unhelige Engel] into a hand and used it to pull out food from my storage. My sun core was still having trouble absorbing solar energy, so I had to supplent my Stamina and scale-dust regeneration through food. As I blasted off into the air, I had my [Unheilige Engel] feed as I directed myself towards Griffonpeaks temple.
Goddess Aurena, I just wanted to
We may talk about everything when we et face-to-face. Focus. I shall grant you the knowledge of Griffonpeaks location, so do you best to fly.
Yes!
Hang on, Ellaine!
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