Here were our options:
Tatsuyas [All-In] and a pouch of six fulinoe leaves he took out before the monster room sealed our mana skills. aning, he had six usages of [All-In], depending on how many he used at once, so he had options for burst damage.
Kyouyas [Shadowed Martyr], allowing him to clad himself in armor and turn into a charging bull. It worked off his health, with the more health he paid for his skill, the sturdier it beca. However, he needed healing after every use and his skill also reduced healing from outside sources by 50%.
Rajah had so of his mana threads. Sadly, since we were going up against golems, Rajahs venom wouldnt work against them. He was heavily reliant on his dark spells to stay mobile, so this might be a problem for him.
A very tired VifiYok with my glaive, but since the weapon was bond to , it was heavily nerfed in her hands. It still was a good weapon, but VifiYok couldnt utilize all its potential.
Burn My Dread: A manatech-based dragoon glaive created using [Geisenlarg Queen] and [Sunfang Dragon] materials, supported by the enchanted bark of a [Stonewood Treant Guardian] and voldunna ore. As the blood and flas of a [Sunfang Dragon] were used during the slting process, this spear exudes a natural heat as if it was a miniature sun core. The [Dragonkin Blacksmith Technique] used to create this weapon causes the weapon to only show its full potential in the hands of its true owner.
Dragonkin: [Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Attack Power: 2281
Skill: [Mana Conductor Lv. 8] [Mana Efficiency Lv. 6] [True Spear Mastery Lv. 1] [Increased Weight Lv. 5] [All Damage Enhancent Lv. 1] [Herculean Power Lv. 1] [Speed of Sound Lv. 1] [Superior Aerial Fighter Lv. 1] [Mid-Air Maneuvering Lv. 8] [Minds Eye Lv. 1] [Durability Loss Reduction Lv. 10] [Explosion Pressure Nullification] [Fla Core Aura] [Dragonkin Ownership]
Rune: [Utility Rune: Guided Projectile] [Defense Rune: Scale-Dust Barrier] [Passive Rune: Clean Blade] [Passive Rune: Mana Drain] [Passive Rune: Stamina Beast] [Passive Rune: Crimson Cloak] [Attack Rune: Triple Attack]
Tatsuyas and Kyouyas weapons and armors were all decent, since they were made by Grimnir for this trip. However, unlike mine, theirs were placeholders for when Grimnir could find the ti to dedicate to making their personal weapons. Ones he could continuously improve and improve.
We had seven major health potions, six major stamina potions, one minor strength tonic, and also so mana and intelligence vials, but they were useless for our current situation.
And then we had myself, the big, bad dragon. I was a mage, but all my mana-based attacks were blocked. I couldnt use my Territory, my scale manipulation, nor even my spell songs. Thankfully, I had Neill train for situations where I could only rely on my physical attacks. Honestly, this situation reminded of my early days when I had to rely on my claws and fangs to survive.
So, what could I use here? What exactly wasnt reliant on my mana to be used? Well, firstly, my scale-dust had never relied on mana, but on friction and heat. My spark flas and setting my fangs, claws, and tail on fire were available to . I just needed mana to increase the flas size, aning I couldnt use my dragon breath. This, sadly, also ant I couldnt use my [White Flas] or [Corrosive Fire] since I needed mana to switch them around.
In addition, I had the runes and skills on my armor to rely on, specifically, [Dhuinn Rune: Fearless Defense]. It transford the vitality and wisdom my armor granted into strength and intelligence, respectively. Not to ntion, [Battle Frenzy] and [Solar Beam] were available; the latter required solar energy, not mana, so I could go into my overdrive mode.
In other words, [Fearless Defense] plus [Hellblade Edge] plus [Battle Frenzy (Minor)] plus [Solar Beam] equaled our winning strategy Sadly, I couldnt speak as a dragon and [Telepathy] required mana. My companions did not know the plan my parallel minds and I had just ford.
Grrrrrrrrrr! I growled, stepping forward while raising my tail and swinging it up and down.
Tatsuya, noticing this, nodded, smirking at like a daredevil. I know, I know, youre our trump card here, Hestia-san! I dont need to hear you to understand that; dont worry, you lead, Ill improvise with what you want! Im not much use as a combat specialist here, but I like shot calling when I play gas, so Ill communicate with you!
Were gonna bloody dump on these trash! Make them uninstall from life!
Here! Kyouya handed Tatsuya all but one stamina potion and three of the health potions. He then looked at VifiYok, throwing her the strength tonic. Give Hestia-san the tonic for the final attack! Everything matters; the rest, use however you want to survive! Incoming!
Oi! I VifiYok wanted to interject, but the combined three waves of golems had already began their march towards us. Arrows flew, a stampede of stone legs, and the booming crackling of the giant [Monster Room Mimic (Fairnite)].
Monster Room Mimic (Fairnite): A golem with the ability to separate its body parts to form a room, acting like a monster room until the ti cos to strike. This version is made out of fairnite, increasing its resistance against magic. Although imposing and sturdy due to its impressive size, easily able to dwarf the smaller rank A monsters, this mimic does not have the stats to match its size. Regardless, one should not underestimate it with its army of monsters. Rank B
[Mana Eyes], while it sounded like it required mana to use, didnt. Its primary function was to allow to see the flow of mana when I activated them, which, fortunately, allowed us to gather so intel. I couldnt appraise its Profile due to the annoying [Information Blocked] notification, but this description alone was good enough, aning I could beat it. Just like all the other rank Bs I defeated in the past, this thing will beco another piece of experience fodder!
Problem was, I couldnt tell anybody about this. No [Telepathy] ant I was reduced to my Belzac Forest form of communicationemoting. Seeing how that turned out, I was a bit nervous. Regardless, with the boys attacking, I could only focus on my killing blow.
Either survive for ten minutes or kill the mimic golem. The situation was pretty effed up, though.
Drinking! Tatsuya and Kyouya both drank a stamina potion each, although it wouldnt remove [Exhaustion (Minor)] from Tatsuyas Profile. Either I had to sing [The Will to Fight and Survive] or he had to take a good, long rest to remove that annoying debuff. Rajah, the three of us coordinate together, find a path forward. Well take care of the fodder to make way for Hestia-san to take care of the rank Bs!
Mgreewwwh! Rajah roared in affirmation.
However, I was certainly not on-board with this plan.
What?! No, wait, not you, Tatsuya! You need to help down those rank Bs to get to the boss quicker! Dont waste your [All-In] on the mooks! Also, dont use Rajahs tricks and higher agility for the mooks, use his threads to help Kyouya immobolize the minions! Crowd control!
Kraaaa! I roared, drawing everybodys attention, but Tatsuya snapped his head around to dodge an arrow. With his attention on the problems at hand, he dismissed my roar as a warcry, before continuing commands while all I could do was to watch them.
Dammit!
I couldnt stop them now when they were getting attacked, then the knight golems and the boss would just rush at . No, I had to correct their plans
Oi, dragon, if you got sothing on your mind, its better to not try to disrupt the flow of things. But before I could rush forward and stop the boys by bodyblocking them, VifiYok smacked on the head. No mana ans no [Telepathy] or [Humanize]. The cat cant speak, either. Aside from logistics and morale, communication is another high-priority pillar for war and battle. Break even one of them, and everything will eventually crumble.
Krrruh? I questioned what VifiYok was saying with this, but my head snapped around as my [Foresight] activated, quickly dodging out of the way of a thrown axe, noticing my sense of touch was almost back to normal.
I need so ti to rest. Give a mont, dragon. I turned my head back to VifiYok, eyeing her small body, which was barely larger than my mouth. The operation plan should be you taking down the fodder; dont worry about their level ups. Let them occupy the rank Bs with their movents and crowd control. Let them take down the weakened golem you nearly killed, which would allow them to gain levels, an extra boost.
But wouldnt that an the boys would gain less experience outright? The Gnomacotta warriors are rank C, which gives far reduced experience, while the boys and Rajah will benefit from them greatly.
The only way for all of us to clean this room out, saving us, is for you to take the majority of the damage, naturally taunt all aggression, and clean the most enemies out. Your size, fire attacks, and range of attacks is what will win this battle, not those boys making room for you. As the strongest, you lead them, rally them, and support the weak so they can do their job!
Three opinions. Three different thods to engage this battle.
My plan was to utilize everybodys talents to carve the victory with my finishing blow. Tatsuyas focus is to have his side clear the path forward for to take down the rank Bs, since the victory condition was to defeat the boss. VifiYoks, on the other hand, wanted to take down the fodder, acting like a one-woman army to draw attention away from the boys so they can use Tatsuyas [All-In] to kill the golems.
Since the golems were weaker to physical attacks, Tatsuya should be able to do it. I didnt need to babysit him So, what was the correct plan?
I have no other options, really. I dislike Tatsuyas plan.
Kraah! I decided to entrust the leadership to VifiYok, following along her plan. With a simple nod, she understood I would be following her plan, as she could vocalize what she wanted.
Unable to speak, this was the only path to victory.
Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! I roared before slamming my tail on the ground, letting the friction ignite my tail ablaze. Without my right arm, I stood up on my two hind legs and jumped up, before twisting my body around and slamming my flaming down onto the approaching army, stopping the boys from reaching their target before I did.
Woooah!
Tatsuya, Kyouya, and Rajah were blown away by the shockwave as I unleashed another roar, before swinging my edged tail around, scorching the ground, leaving behind a straight and circular scar on the ruin floors.
The dragon is taking out the fodder, taking the damage and attention away from you! Take down that weakened B golem! VifiYok shouted her orders, before I charged into the mix to enact her plan with her on my back. My willingness to do what the demonkin wanted should persuade them to follow along without giving the boys the chance to argue.
I smashed my wings onto the ground, before grinding them along the floor, setting them afla. If I couldnt use [Hellblade Edge] on my two hands, then my wings would have to serve here.
At the sa ti, I dodged the first rank B golems axe swing, then another before jumping away. I was attacked by three of them, while the weakened golem ran ahead to retrieve the axe it threw, aning it would be isolated. This was the ti to taunt the rest!
Attention to the army! Cull the weak! And get rid of the golems at shield! Snappy orders, quick and precise. Finding no fault in it, I follow her and instead of engaging the golems, I ran away, circling them while smashing the rank C warriors.
At the sa ti, I noticed the bossthe mimicmoving slowly, fully unable to catch up to , unlike the knight golems. Even then, thanks to the size of the small room, it was impossible for to run away forever. This ant that all the golems would gang up against , but by luring their attention onto , I successfully isolated the weakened one from every other enemy.
Boom! Like the sound of a building crumbling in a construction site, the noise of rocks broke apart, scattering throughout the room, only attracting the mimic golems attention. I snapped my eyes around, noticing the boys were doing what VifiYok wanted.
The golem was still alive, but its legs were tangled by Rajahs mana threads, while Kyouya had encased the Golems hands in his shadow armor, making it impossible for it to grab its thrown axe. Tatsuya, anwhile, had situated himself near the golems head, readying his spear.
Dragon, did you sense the golems core when you attacked it?! VifiYok demanded as I tried to defend myself from the other knight golems. Monster golems arent like alchemical gargoyles, or the golems from spells. The stronger ones form a mana core, similar to slis and such. Keeps everything together and allows them to heal themselves.
I hadnt thought about that. I hadnt really use [Mana Eyes] to really inspect all the golems up until now in detail, and even though I appraised them, it was just a quick look. This whole place was saturated in mana, after all. My headache would return if I left the skill on for too long.
Mana Eyes! I activated, looking into the golems body, noticing there was a concentration of mana around its stomach, forming sothing like a spehere. It was small, far too tiny compared to the giant mammoth-sized golem.
Kraaaah! I roared, standing up to draw Tatsuyas attention. Using my remaining arm, I pointed at my stomach, before pointing at the golem. Thankfully, it seed he understood my gestures and ran to the location of the mana concentration.
At the sa ti, the golems charged forward, nearly grabbing . I jumped over them, only for my [Foresight] to activate, prompting to snap my head up as I saw the bosss head began to glow blue. Energy was concentrating around it, ready to blow out.
Cheater! I called out, realizing it was using mana despite the rules of the room!
No getting around it, then. Solar Beam!
Heat rose from the center of my body, warming up every cell in my body. The stream of solar energy reached my mouth through the fiber of my body, coalescing into a single ball of power, which I released just as the golem shot out a mana beam. White, burning hot solar energy shot out of my mouth, crashing against the foreign beam attack!
The blowback from the attack helped stay in the air for a mont, only for the knight golems to grab my tail, pulling down before swinging their axes at . [Defense Rune: Pavise] protected from all three swings, but I also noticed how the axes managed to penetrate the mana barrier, lodging their weapons.
Thankfully, these golems didnt realize their mistake. [Solar Beam] sent my body into overdrive, making it burn hotter than anything you could possibly imagine. My scale-dust was burning like crazy, bursting into flas underneath my scales.
Im going! VifiYok ran away during this entire ss, cleaving through so warriors with sweat drenching her black hair and clothes.
With her out of the way, I snapped my fangs together, causing sparks to blow up in my face before it detonated the flying scale-dust around , sending the golems flying as anything around was reduced to ashes.
A sizable crater was created where I was laying. I snapped my head up, only to jerked it back as the boss finally reached . Its blue glowing face sent a shudder down my spine, only for to roar and stand up, pushing the golem back as I sunk my fangs right into its right arm. It didnt respond, instead, it tried to grab my wings, but due to [Solar Beam], that also ant I could use my rocket boosters without mana. My body was too bloody hot with my solar core active!
Everything is going well! Manager Mind inford , assuring my new solar core was handling the stress without any issues.
I shot up with the rocket boosters, before using [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] on my tail to imbue it with my solar energy, cleanly slicing off the bosss right arm, before grabbing it with my mouth. I spread my wings, looking down at the boss as I glided down. The heat of my body began to lt the fairnite arm, allowing to slurp it up like so chunky sauce.
Not yet.
After the molten fairnite churned in my stomach for a mont, I shot forward with my boosters, prompting the golem to suddenly conjure a mana barrier around him, forcing to fly up to the ceiling. Scouting another of its abilities, I took a ntal note to avoid that shield before my final attack.
At the sa ti, I jerked my eyes to the side, noticing the crumbled ss of a rank B golem to the side. Its stomach was gouged out, looking like so bomb was set off, turning that part into nothing. Tatsuya had done it, but it looked like mana concentration acted like a bomb once it was destroyed.
Fortunately, the boys were already engaging one of the scorched knight golems I just blew away. All three were fine; Kyouya probably protected his best friend in ti!
Knowing I had to stick to the plan, I ignored the boss, using its slow speed to our advantage as I flew towards the boys and landed right before the golem. The smaller warriors about to swarm them were dispersed, or were lting around . I roared before swinging my bright white tail at the burned golem, slicing it in half by its torso, only to realize its mana concentration was forming on its head.
The boys seeing have this charge at the third golem while I took the aggro from everybody. This also allowed to kill my first rank B in the process, smashing its head into pieces with my tail.
Experience has reached a breaking point. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 26] to [Level 27]
Attributes have increased due to level up
Acquired 750 skill points
Health filled up!
Grroon!
I snapped my head around as I heard that, seeing the boss open its mouth out to shoot out a blast of mana at the boys. I rocket boosted myself in front of them, before being blown away as pavise didnt do anything. Once again, I forgot to use my Auracoil rune, being too accustod to relying on my scales and [Draconic Barrier] to protect instead of my new runes.
Thankfully, Grimnirs armor shielded from it, not even showing a crack or chip. Unfortunately, however, the boss was readying more blasts. I flew forward again, blocking a second and thirdthis ti rembering to use Auracoilbefore being blown away from the recoil. As the boss readied a fourth shot, Kyouya jumped forward and had his armor split from his body, forming into a large black wall.
The blast crashed against it, pushing it back and taking a chunk off it. Kyouya produced another knight armor from his skill before drinking a health potion, to then pull his shield alongside the others as they avoided the constant mana barrages.
Did this golem figure us out?! I noted how it was focused on them, instead of , who should be easier to hit.
Knowing I had to stop him, I shot myself forward, only for my [Foresight] to activate and warn of a flying axe. I killed my speed by stomping my feet down, but failed to dodge it outright and just relied on my armor to protect . With a loud, tallic dund the stone axe bounced right off my chestplate, a testant of Grimnirs work.
However, while I didnt take any serious damage, the shockwave did rock my chest, causing the air to fly right out of my lungs. Regardless, this stopped my forward rush.
The golem, though, deftly caught the stone axe and swung it down, forcing to dodge, only for the boss to take advantage of this with another mana blast. With my rocket boosters, I managed to dodge it by flying up, but now like a turret, the boss continued shooting more projectiles at while the two last knight golems ran at the boys.
We can take care of this! Deal with that boss, first! Tatsuya shouted before putting a fulinoe leaf in his mouth. Rajah, disarm duty. Kyouya, ram it down! Ill deal with its legs once youre done!
The fodder destruction I did up until this point had really cleaned the room from hostile forces, but their remains still crowded the floor. Rocks and even fairnite boulders were everywhere. It certainly was better than the alternative of blood and viscera Better make sure that stayed that way.
System, ti for this event.
4:29 minutes remain
Almost six minutes have passed since the battle started? Felt shorter, but I could take that. aning, I wouldnt have to risk escalating things if I used it now.
Kriffiek kllk gaaung! I growled, fully able to replicate the draconic language with my dragon throat.
[Battle Frenzy (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Overuse of [Battle Frenzy] could cause to go berserk, as Neill warned . I just had to use this power-up when I needed it, and for not too long, but now was just the right ti.
As my white tints colored my crimson scales, the internal heat inside my body soared even higher, smoldering everything around . I could feel the solar energy surging and keeping my overdrive active, ready to be unleashed for a devastating solar power attack. Even without [Obsidian Blaze], the flas my scale-dust produced began to surround as if they were magnetically attracted to my body.
Just as the boss tried to shoot at , once again, I let out a small burp, sending the molten fairnite from my stomach back up my throat, before belching out magma. As they crashed against each other, the magma exploded, sending it spraying all over the battlefield like so water sprinklers.
Kyouya kept the others protected, while I noticed VifiYok was mostly avoiding, taking a break behind so dead warriors. So, as everybody was mostly safe, I took the chance to transform this area into mine. Even without a Territory, I now had all the agency to win this.
Flash Fire.
Quick movents towards any source of fire; it required stamina, not mana, to use. As such, I dashed behind the golem boss, surprising it as I slashed at it with my tail. As if his body was butter, the golem lost another arm to my white glowing tail, fueled by all the solar energy in my body. Yeostar really knew what sorta skills I like.
As the golem stumbled back, armless, I couldnt help but form a smile as I raised my tail, aiming it at it like a spear. I then lunged forward, ready to cut its legs off.
The golems mana seams brightened, looking like it was ready to shoot another mana blast, however, to my surprise, [Danger Perception] didnt warn of anything in front of , but sothing behind.
Dragon, duck! I heard VifiYoks voice in addition to my skills warning, prompting to lower my body, only to see an axe fly over . It didnt hit the golen, no, instead it stopped just before it did and flew over to his right arm.
At the sa ti, the nurous rubble created from the fallen golems started to fly up to the golems shoulders. With [Mana Eyes] I confird it was using mana to do so, but without the skill, it looked like it was done telekinetically. The broken pieces attached themselves on its body, reconstructing its arms, only this ti, it had an axe!
Gooooon!
You gotta be kidding !
It swung its axe right down, forcing to dodge with [Flash Fire] before throwing another tail slash; only this ti, it managed to block the attack. Still, I cleanly cut right through its weapon, demolishing it. Before I could swing at it again, its mana barrier materialized, blocking one attack, only for it to turn the axe into a make-shift hamr.
It swung once again while blasting mana beams at , forcing to dodge more and more. Everything I tried to attack with failed, this geomancy-golem was cheating its way for its survival.
2:01 minutes remain
Oh, shut it!
It knew it couldnt win! This bastard was trying to stall to rob us of the victory, and it could do so using mana and the golem corpses I handily created for it. It could even use the magma I belched out for its own use! Unfair!
Ti was running out, while the golem had unlimited rubble to use against and I couldnt get a good hit on it with my final attack.
There were two attacks I could use with [Solar Beam], both resulting in releasing this surging solar energy coursing through my body. Either it was to just release it through my body like a radiator, turning myself into a bombI primarily used it during my teor dive attacks, like what I did to VifiYok in Elyonda or the geisenlarg king in Griffonpeak. The second was by condensing all that energy into another beam attacklike my attack against the demonkin of envy in Griffonpeak.
To be honest, both sounded quite generic, but the techniques worked just fine. In any case, the forr option was impossible since I would cook everybody. Without [Dragon Fire], I wouldnt be able to prevent everybody from dying, so I could only use the latter way.
And that ant I needed an opening for a precise shot!
0:41 minutes remain
But, while the golem stalled , I was also stalling it for myself.
All-in tis three! Health sacrifice! Dragoon Dive! And, just like , that person I was stalling for loved shouting out his attacks.
My eyes snapped up just as Tatsuya dived from the ceilings, destroying the bosss right rubble arm once again. As the make-shift hamr fell onto the ground, Tatsuya got stuck on the bosss fairnite body, far too hard for his boosted strength to break through. Regardless, it still unbalanced the boss enough for Kyouya to co in.
Releasing his shadow armor, the pieces extended themselves and wrapped around its left rubble arm, pinning it down onto the ground. anwhile, Rajah jumped onto the golems body and snatched Tatsuya. He then pounced off and allowed Kyouya to get on, bringing both to safety.
And just in ti, as the second strongest of our boss party finally showed her head. Just as the golem was about to find its balance, VifiYok swung my glaive, cleaving one leg and then the other with four slashes, two on each.
The boss landed on the ground, unable to move or protect itself. It tried to assemble so limbs for itself, but could only stare at in horror. Its mouth began to light up blue.
0:37 minutes remain
Not even close Mana Eyes! Fearless Defense, on!
After locating a small concentration of mana around the bosss diaphragm area, I activated the Dhuinn rune on my armor, causing the Kargryxmorclan symbol to light up on my white-black armor. The red and gold tints glowed brightly as I felt [Dhuinn Rune: Fearless Defense] decreasing my vitality and wisdom to give the equivalent in strength and intelligence. I felt power coursing through , further boosted by [Battle Frenzy (Minor)].
[Solar Beam], released!
With my prep done, I unleashed the hot beam of solar energy, drilling straight through the golems body. The burst of energy scorched through the ground behind it as it let out a last crumbly whimper. Mana leaked out of its mouth as its blue eyes dulled.
Congratulations on completing this monster room by defeating the room guardian! In honor of your incredible performance, everybody who participated will each receive a full amount of experience from the boss as if they had killed them. This will not be shared through the party function
Experience has reached a breaking point. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 27] to [Level 28]
Attributes have increased due to level up
Acquired 750 skill points
Woooooooooooo, two levels!
In addition, a treasure chest will spawn, filled with items worthy for a rank B clear. Please, pick them up before leaving the room
Original Mind, were burning! Manager Mind warned , causing to stop my jubilation to see that my body was still aflad. I wasnt overheating just yet, but without mana, it was kinda hard to managed my body temperature.
Especially if my solar core was empty, which it was after that attack but not for long. There was a reason why I had Grimnir use my broken cores to help create this piece of armor. Just like my solar core, it could absorb the sun's rays, just not as much. Regardless, as long as I had even a 0.01%, my solar core could handle the rest.
Grooo! I let out a massive sigh as the flas on my body died down, falling onto the ground, just like all the remaining golems. They all just dropped dead, showing no signs of life.
I also noticed the corpses of two of the knight armors were cut into four individual pieces. Which probably ant VifiYok helped the boys deal with those things.
We effing did it, ha!
Here. As I was praising everybody for their efforts, VifiYoks voice woke up, drawing my attention to her giving Tatsuya an empty bottle. Used the strength tonic myself. Not angry, right?
Tatsuya glared at her, causing her to shrug her shoulders. He still had a grudge with her, as during their first eting, she almost killed him.
Well, cant solve that this easily.
Oi, Tatsu
Stop it, otherworlder. I dont need this twats bitching. The demonkin glossed over the details, before handing him my glaive. Now, if yall excuse , I gotta dip. Enjoy the treasure.
What?!
Hey! Tatsuya tried to grab her shoulder, but she just dodged to the side and
Urgk!
fell onto the ground, tripping over so of the rubble. At the sa ti, I heard her stomach growling so loud, I thought she hid a lion or sothing underneath her clothes.
Mreow? Rajah walked over to her as the boys were stunned at what was happening. With a confused ow, my virigress grabbed her by her scruff and swung her onto his back as if she was so lifeless puppet.
He then rushed over to , showing her face. My eyes widened as I raised my head, only to see her closed eyes, looking not only red but purple. She was breathing heavily in an uneven rhythm.
Fever? Heatstroke?!
iks face looks like a bloody thumb at this point. The wounds this ti really hit him hard do we have to let Lod play with him? Rikara, the only female party mber of the dragonslayers chasing after Hestia, noted.
Galg, the party leader of the The Dragonpikes, looked over the man who always doned a full set of armor, acting as the partys important tank. His face was completely disfigured to the point you couldnt really tell his race, showing barely any details a normal face should have like a nose, ears, lips, skin, or even eyelids. Even to the scarred mbers of this party, the man laying on the ground was beyond horrid to look at if he wasnt wearing a helt.
Galg touched his own scars, taking pride in them as badges for his effort. However, he couldnt help but feel pity for one of his most trustworthy friends. For his dedication to help overcoming Galgs ordeals, this man had sacrificed his appearance.
Galg touched his bandaged left arm, noting how it still stung. [Dread Burn]. Once you have it, you cant heal your wounds even with the best potions. Only ti can heal this ailnt.
Rikara nodded. Aside from the scars blemishing this once beautiful leonids face, the burn scars from her battle against Hestia had cost her an ear. She touched it, noting how she could feel the phantom pain of it. She sighed, but instantly grinned as she felt her heart pump faster. She couldnt stop thinking of Hestia and the battle she had with her.
Unlike most dragonslayers, Rikara did not feel any hatred for dragons. She only felt the excitent of facing them. Just like many leonids from Carmaniate, fighting was truly her calling. The viscous tearing of flesh gave her life, and she wanted to continue doing so until she breathed her last. To her, dying with those she trusted with her life was more thrilling than to die in battle for her holand in another of their senseless battles.
Galg, were done. Your turn.
The man in question nodded, looked at the wounded ik, before turning around to Lod, the pure mage of the group. The human mans robes were scorched, looking in tatters, only barely hiding the bandages underneath them. He did not say any more, just taking a sip of water.
The last mber to join his party, Galg knew very little of this mysterious man, but all he cared about was he could trust him in battle. Just like Rikara, Lod showed no hatred for dragonkins of any kind. Instead, what drove him forward was his faith in Istari, the God of Magic and Knowledge.
And Lods thirst for knowledge could even rival that of Aleistunums archerudite. He wished to know everything in this world, and what better way to gain this but to travel? Travel with the strongest adventurer he could find. Even if his Quest would lead him to endanger his life for the information, he would do so. Even against giant dragons and wyverns.
In exchange, all he asked for was to treat people using his abilities as a mana surgeon.
Rikara could only frown as the usually stoic mage walked past their leader, only to stare at ik with a gleeful smile. He placed his doctors bag, pulling out instrunts like pinchers, knifes, and others to experint on iks body. To hopefully find a cure for [Dread Burn] and brew it using his alchemical alembic. To Lod, helping the wounded and preserving the dead was his greatest motivation to never betray Galg, for he was his greatest benefactor.
Just like Istari thought of Aurena as his greatest muse.
The only one Galg didnt have much of an opinion on was Namul. After all, Namul was just like him, even though their motivations couldnt be more different.
His eyesight was lost not due to a wyvern raid, but due to his forr status as a slave. As a katzune, a beastn, Namul was always treated badly by the humans of the Empire as he was nothing more than a body to them. Galg, too, was a slave, sharing the sa master as Namul. Both were freed when the slavers died to wyverns.
While Namul walked alongside Galg due to an obligation to save his life, Galg only wanted to experience the hunt. Even to all his companions, Galgs definition of hunting ti was unknown, for the man would never let his reasons leave his mouth. Only he knew what he saw in the beasts who killed the people suppressing his freedom. Nobody knew if he even hated dragonkins.
All they knew was that Galg loved the feelings of their scales, blood, and bones touching his naked skin. And for that, he beca the groups blacksmith.
So much blood. Galgs sour face brightened up, completely ignoring the painful groans of ik, the complaints of Rikara, the crackling of Lod, or the sighs of Namul. Right now, just like during his hunts, he was in his own world.
He picked up the four buckets of blood his party managed to siphon from Hestias amputated arm.
Gotta replace our lost armor. Gotta prepare for the hunt. He picked up his hamr, sat down before his anvil, and inspected the ruby-like scales of the crimson dragon the Holy Emperor of Mankind ordered him to slay. The perfect tools to kill her as fast as possible.
Clank!
A note from AbyssRaven
We had a dragon fight multiple golems, and other books might have written about it already, however What novel has written about a dragon slurping up the molten arm of a golem to regurgitate it as molten puke. Not only that, but that sa dragon uses the power of rock as she danced on their broken bodies while using the power of the sun to blast a hole right through a golem's mouth to kill it?!
NOWHERE, BUT DRAGON IDOL! BURN, GOLEM, BURN!
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