We dont have ti for this!
Our targets in this entire debacle weren't these dragonkin slayers or the random adventurers vying for the Event reward, it was the person behind all these disasters. The ones who probably are responcible for the gods issuing the first Event Quest inside this dungeon.
Right now, our objective wasnt to fight, it was to chase. We had to reach Maagneil and Broggart before they escaped! Letting them flee into the unknown again was a no go!
But, just like always, that red aura from that bastard unnerved cause he always knew when the best ti to strike was.
But not this ti!
Galg, ignoring the incoming army led by Tasianna, only had eyes for as his red aura intensified, but there was sothing I just noticed after eting him three tis at this point. He wasnt that insanely fast that I couldnt see him. Compared to my fight with VifiYok where she zood around with that lightning of his to the point I could only predict where she went, Galg was just slow enough for to see.
It was all in my mind. That creeping chill running down my spine whenever I slled him. The stench of the dead dragonkins covering his armor and body, telling how many fights he has seen, how many dragonkins just like he has slain. The armor he made from my arm to counter , the potions his team created to heal from fire damage, and just the fact he made sure he had everything planned to murder .
Nothing scared a prey more than a prepared hunter sothing Ive known and taught others here and there. This was a crash course I havent had in months but the third ti was what I needed to understandmy fear of him slowed my thinking and actions down!
Snap!
Anticipating him to dash at again, I snapped my fingers just as he jumped to reach while riding Uno, causing a spark blast to erupt. While it didnt hurt Galg, Uno flinched from the damage from the blow, creating enough distance for to cast two [Wind Blast]s, blowing us far away from this man.
Sorry, Uno!
[Do not be, Alphas Master!] That low, manly voice coming from Saoris second-in-command reassured before he stomped on the air, using [Air Walk] to get further away from the dragonslayer. Still, that guy was relentless as always.
However, the mont he tried to pursue , not one, but two of my allies charged right at him. VifiYok preoccupied his right blade, while Saori kept his left arm restricted with [Dark Tendrils]. That was when the third punched him right in the chest, spreading blue mana lines on the armor before sending him away through the force of her strike.
It was Neill, and she already was in her [Battle Frenzy] mode with her black hair shining neon purple.
Galg fell onto the ground, tumbling around before he recovered his balance. The mana lines spreading on his chest suddenly stopped, leaving a large scar on his armor, but it wasnt broken. I should feel proud my scales managed to endure a punch from an enraged Neill, but this wasnt the mont to express that.
As he recovered from that blow by taking a breather, his two remaining alliesthe blind katzune archer and the eccentric human magebegan to barrage us with arrows and spells respectively, forcing Kyouya to dismount and construct shadow walls with his unique skills, creating enough of a diversion for everybody else to bypass the projectiles.
Once Saori rescued her student from the incoming fire and teleported him on Quatre, I was ready to unleash hell back by bombarding them with my own spells.
[Various Spell Buffs] [Music Resonation (Moderate)] [Stage Fever (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Not this ti! Im not cowering before you all, this ti!
Not only the dragonslayers but also their cronies had to dodge as [Bedrock Blades], [Banishnt Beam], and [Levin Core] riddled the battlefields with destruction, blowing the ground up and inconveniencing everybody around.
I did managed to damage a couple of the random wyvern slayers and adventurers, but the mages amongst them imdiately went into action to stop from killing any of them, especially that dragonslayer mage. Aside from holy and dark elental spells, that guy had been using fire, wind, water, and earth spells, in addition to their various compound elentslightning, ice, magma, and mudto fend off.
He had access to [Bedrock Blades] to force us to dodge, [Tailwind] to speed up his allies movents, [Blazing Twister] to force us into positions for the katzune archer to fire at us, and even [Sapphire mbrane] to create a barrier of water to shield everybody. This wasnt even to ntion how I noticed him being able to cast seven spells simultaneously, making fully acknowledge this person was without a doubt a rank A mage.
Just like with far more room to work with, unlike the tunnel we just fought in, this was about to copy our first eting where we went wild with our spell casts. Only difference was I was fighting against eight more mages, all able to cast at least three spells at once. They were rank B, probably, but any spells slung at us forced us on the defensive as even a weak earth spell was enough to disrupt our dodging rhythm.
Cant attack! VifiYok cried out as she dodged at an incoming arrow, forcing to cast [Sanctuary] to block a few more spells to allow us to get in a better position for to cast spells. Too many!
VifiYok was one of our only fighters who could equal Galg when it ca to combat speed, so having her act as our vanguard would leave our slower mbers in danger. King Fugnarus had his artificial Territory in store to allow him to control the earth at a more large-scale fashion, but if his armor or axe cracked, all of would be for naught. Tatsuya and Kyouya were completely out of the question since they werent strong enough.
I couldnt just charge in since I was weak to their attacks, especially Winters Gift would knock easily. I couldnt even transform back into a dragon since the mont I did, I would have to take off my bracelet. That ant I would forfeit my stay in this dungeon and would be transported out by the rules of the Event Quest. I had to rely on my allies, but
Grimnir wasnt responding, looking like he was still in shock at what happened, not to ntion, he probably was still feeling the aftereffects of the demonic encroachnt, even if [My Darkest Thoughts] probably soothed his mind. I felt confident in Ellaines powers now but only if she turned into her demonkin form, and that could expose her to VifiYok. Was it worth it?
As such, only Neill or Saori could be sent in, but both of them were weak to anti-dragonkin weapons. Neither of them could fully one-woman army all of them due to the number of wyvern slayers and the three dragonslayers looming around with Winters Gift ready to take them out.
The shadow pack, also, required far larger shadows to jump out from now that they evolved into rank Bs. They were far too large for human shadows now, and this huge arena was surprisingly well lit by a large artificial sun.
Sun? Wait, wait, wait! This place is large enough! The requirents are set!
And just as I got an epiphany on how to solve this situation, the more obvious one was about to dawn on . I an, while my hearing was quite good, it couldnt hear people from too far away still, it did sound like the air was whistling as multiple missiles were quickly approaching us from the sky.
Looking up, I knew why.
DRAGOONS! the enemies before shouted, montarily stopping their assault.
For up in the sky, spirit-like silver and black dragons ford before they lunged at us, striking and launching nurous of our enemies up in the air. Easy pickings while they were airborne, but I held my spells back as I squinted my eyes, noticing nurous other figures diving onto the ground, barraging the ground as if it was an artillery strike!
The rumbling, ear-splitting sounds of all those attacks forced the dragonslayer mage to focus entirely on defense, constructing multiple [Sapphire mbranes] to dampen the attacks. Still, those spear-like missiles pierced right through the watery barrier, wrecking the people underneath it.
Allied Territory detected! [Skyward Bladeworks] has been activated!
Just then, a System ssage appeared in front of as the dust was swept away by the sight of twelve spears made from glistening silver. They rotated around a silver-scaled dragonewt, slicing anybody around her before she jumped up, using those floating weapons to destroy the [Sapphire mbrane], opening for the assault of two familiar dragonewts and the sightings of a blue-haired elf blasting ice unto the battlefield.
Glory to Kargryxmor! Glory to Eltharion! Glory to the True Dragonkins! Dragoons! Dive! The silver dragonewt shouted before she pointed her spears at the enemy below. Protect our Princesses, Loatryxians! Clan Nordor, protect our matriarchs beloved daughter!
Yorshka! Thats her Territory!
By the command of my father, a representative of the kinkyuro, Loatryxians, we give our lives to our Emperors daughters! And from below, a bulky, black-scaled dragonewt raised his halbard into the sky as black flas began to rise around him, covering his black-scaled armor like a poncho. Our honor as knights depends on it! I, Midirn, order every able Clan Kargryxmor mber to protect our two princesses! Protect Princess Hestia and Princess Fargryneill! Gahaha!
The rousing battle cries and speeches fully invigorated the many dragonewts on the groundsthe ones who bombarded the area with their [Dragoon Dive]s. They all raised their polearms in unison, pumping them up and down like handbells in the middle of the shattered ground and the bodies of so of the deceased adventurers.
Kill the dragonslayers! Kill the wyvern slayers! Kill all dragonkin SLAYERS!
I noticed Pradreo and Skardrvo amongst the dragoonsthe two dragonewts ambassadors I tbefore they had to defend themselves from so incoming attackers. In fact, all of them went into action, with archers targeting Yorshka in the skies. Fortunately, the two dragonewts and Tasianna I ntioned before had them covered.
Ice breaths coming from Shay and Beth blanked the field before countless blades of ice showered everything, turning the battlefield into a spike field. Tasianna was riding on the back of the brother of the two twins, doing what she did best. As the chaos raged on, a giant green magic circle appeared on the ground, before Tasianna unleashed one of her new spells upon everybody.
Support is here! Flight Zone! she shouted for everybody to hear before the spell activated, causing a strong updrift from the magic circle, shooting everybody in the air as we floated around as if we were in an indoor skydiving room.
Tasianna! I shouted as I noticed the katzune archer aiming at her, but before she even needed to react, an arrow landed directly on the mans bow, ruining his aim.
Following his direction, the other archers readied their bows at Tasianna, but this was the dragoons playing field. If it ca to the air battles, this was their mont!
Huuuraaaah! The only human amongst the dragoon shouted, swinging his swordspear downwards, causing the wind to move towards him, bringing the archers closer. This rusty dragoonFarronthen stomped the air with his fellow dragon knight, shooting themselves forward in a rotating mont with [Spiral] to eviscerate anybody they touched.
The uplift suddenly stopped, causing everybody to fall down who wasnt floating with a skill or ability. My team, for example, were going back to the ground.
And there was when all of saw the reinforcents of the cavalry incoming. Riding on the backs of dinosaurs made from water, nurous humans, elves, and dwarves quickly approached us with the giant ice serpent acting as the vanguard. I also noticed a priest-like wind elf aiming his bow at a few adventurers but not shooting, while a heavily armored dwarf was laughing out loud as he bashed his gemstone-embedded shield with a hamr.
However, it wasnt these over twenty allies that made smile, but the five scalekins sitting on the last dinosaur. Saurians; it was Master, Krim-Slak, Grazlahta, Akast, and Tehmrayn! That ass who didnt want to join the after-battle feast in Elyonda was back!
I could even see Nishio, Kazumi, Kohaku, and Misaki in the middle! The students werent fully injured! Everybody was alright, and they were charging into battle with the rest.
The whole bloody expedition was here I couldnt really them show up but
Go! Neill shouted. Find the person behind this and beat the shit out of them! We can handle this!
What?! I snapped my head around. What was Sis suggesting here.
This is another Elyonda situation if you ask , Hestia. We failed to stop Ghorush from releasing that rank SS leviathan cuz we got distractedeven Tehmrayn realized it was his mistake in the end. Whatever they are planning with that dragon killer, we need to stop it now. She grabbed my shoulders. Manethala might not be part of Kargryx, but you heard that fake Broggart. It might not be the whole truth he said, but I have this feeling Manethala is still an unwilling participant in this. As a dragonkin myself, I know what it feels when sobody stomps on the things you love, especially if all of the things are in your nest!
She then began shedding the upper layer of her scales, allowing them to form two gauntlets and greaves, before she continued, But, if that guy is a threat, then we better stop him now. What did you say? A rebellion orb or sothing?
I understood what she wanted us to do. Youre telling to divide our forces?
Yes cuz killing that dragonslayer is my job, not yours.
Huh? My mouth went agape as I heard her say that.
Either that, or we can all wait here, kill the dragonslayers together, and possibly risk Maagneil or that thing running the fuck away. Or, in the worst case, that thing becos active and wants to kill us. Do you get what I an? Iall of the expedition forcecan handle these two last assholes! Neill readied to jump off Uno the mont we landed. Besides, you made realize I cant continue running away from my kirin form. As I told you, if I want my na to spread throughout the world, then it better be from killing the rank S dragonslayer Twin Reaver Galg! GALG!
W-wait! I reached my hand out as she jumped off, joining the fray as she regrouped with Pradreo and Skardrvo, leaving here, flabbergasted at what just happened. But I was supposed to prove Im not running away any longer. Why are you
Cut it with the jokes! Uno, move! Saori pulled back on the fenrirs back before he snapped his body around and ran. Song found a tunnelway. They are sure Maagneil ca from it, but they were sure he visited Broggart from the arena area.
Wait, you cant be serious! We cant just I wanted to protest to Neills and Saoris wish to split up the group, finding it more too risky unless we make sure we kill Galg here and now, however, that was when a telepathic ssage ca to interrupt .
[Lady Hestia.] It was Tasiannas voice. [Miss Saori briefed as much as possible. I am not clear on your situation, but I know the real enemy to this entire ss is on the last floor. Leave these scoundrels to all of us.]
[Tasianna, you cant]
[Trust us! I wont die. Your sister wont die. Saint Kushlekzar wont die. Yorshka and Farron will not fall! The twins will reap before they fall! This is not where we will die, so trust us, and move! What Ive learned as a leader during this expedition is that sotis, you need to put your faith into those under you. Even if you are the strongest ever, you cannot solve every situation without letting repercussions build up!]
Tasianna What have you experienced during this trip?
Lass, King Fugnarus called out to . Justice doesnt always have to co through our hands. Maagneil. Broggart. The Prince of Greed. They can not be left to their own devices!
The king of the dwarves who lost an entire rescue party to the dragonslayers wanted to avenge all of them for his honor, but he put it aside for his responsibility as a king. He pushed forward, reminding what my role in all of this was. Reminding of what Eshe and Tehmrayn told to do as a Champion.
I was given a Divine Quest by Crustacia. I was given the role to fulfil a task by the gods and as a Champion who agreed to it, I had to answer their trust in . Crustacias trust in to find the filth staining her lands and to get rid of it!
This wasnt the ti for my idol side to win over, this was the ti for to act upon everything Ive learned on my adventurers. I was a blessed of Aurena; a Champion and self-proclaid idol!
I clenched my hands. [Then you better return, Tasianna! Keep everybody safe! This is an order!]
[Yes, Princess Hestia!]
She was so far up in the sky, dazzling so brightly with that new wardress of hers. Where did she get it? From a dungeon chest? It didnt matter, for her resplendent figure felt so No, it felt like the sa old Tasianna, but she was now forged through trials where she didnt have to rely on any longer. She had already grown strong, but it felt like she got even better.
On the backs of Uno, our eight man group dashed through the battlefields, through the rain of arrows and spells. So wyvern slayers would appear before us, but before any of us needed to fight, sobody from the expedition force would block them.
Move, Princess Hestia!
Clan Nordor will keep you safe!
First, it was Pradreo and Skardrvo. I argued with them, finding their zealous fanaticism to the killing of dragonkin slayers quite frightening and intimidating, but when it mattered the most, they stood by . I didnt acknowledge them as family just yet but they did. For my dragon father and mother, they were here to protect .
I really should apologize to them the next ti we et.
In addition, nurous humans, dragonewts, elves, and dwarves helped us get through all the conflict. People I had never t in my life before were fighting in my behest, slaying those I deed enemies.
Unlike in Elyonda where I led and fought for the people of Elyonda, this ti it was the other way around. Still it felt undeserved. Their trust in was due to my political connections and standing as a mber of the imperial family of Kargryx But that only made more motivated to shine brighter. I had to live up to their expectations.
I couldnt speak with Yorshka, Farron, Shay, Beth, or the saurians, but it didnt an I could exit the stage without so words.
[Victory will be ours! Trust in !] I announced to everybody as they roared out in response.
We shot through the battlefield and into a cave. I looked back, noticing Ellaine was still trying to get Grimnir to stop looking like he was in a daze. I shuffled back, shaking his shoulders, telling him to get a grip.
Grimnir, were about to confront Broggart! Stop looking like this isnt your problem!
However, he didnt respond, only lowering his head while keeping his eyes widened. Was he having a flashback or sothing? Regardless, it didnt look like any of us could solve his situation for him, as Ellaine figured he might be relapsing to when we first t him. To the Grimnir who blad himself for his cousins death.
Shit!
Company! VifiYok shouted as she pointed ahead.
Fuck! They caught onto us! A couple adventurers shouted as they readied their weapons at us. Ellaine quickly inford those were the third faction of this Event Questthe neutral faction only interested in the win, instead of the fighting.
I cant let you win this!
I left Grimnir in Ellaines care before jumping forward to spew out purple flas at our competition. Once they were set ablaze, I imdiately used [Volcanic Blaze] to extinguish the fla, leaving only the fus of my [Corrosive Fire], causing them to quickly beco drowsy and numb to their burn pains.
As we ran by them, I blasted them with so [White Flas] to assure they werent about to die and left them there. Ellaine didnt specify them as our enemies, just competitors to the reward of this Event. After all, the entire reason for this expedition was the acquisition of the Unique Jobs and that was why Ellaine had to stay with us.
[Found it, Master!] Rajahs voice entered my mind before he jumped out of the nurous shadows in this tunnel. He ran through one of the side tunnels, leading us to a set of stairs where Varya and Vidia were waiting for us.
[The sll of that dwarf is through this path,] the latter inford us. The power of a wolfs nose.
Ellaine jumped off Unos back, understanding she had to be the first to enter the last floor. After so ti passed, she finally shouted, I got it! and sent the ssage to us telepathically.
Congratulations on becoming the first party to reach the final floor of [Manethalas Greatest Gambit]! The trial for your last gambit has been chosen; fulfill it and you will receive your reward! Objective: Kill or expunge the invaders into Goddess Chihiros workshop, and protect the dungeon core stored inside of it
This really is his greatest gambit.
With that ssage in mind, we joined up with her, prompting another System ssage to be sent to which gave the sa info, only that they called the second party. Without further delay, we rushed forward until we entered a humongous chamber about the size of my obsidian orchestra. We all stood still for a mont, as our eyes were captivated by the dazzling sight of the mountains upon mountains of radiant ores and minerals.
It was a literal dragons pile of gold. No matter where you went, it was inevitable for you to step upon at least sothing valuable. Even more impressive was the fact that this drake decorated his lairs walls with topaz- and erald-glass sheets as if they were tapestry, even adding gems and such as embroidery. Manethala the Avaricious, indeed. Manethala the No-Ho-Decoration-Skill sounded more accurate at this point, though.
Grrraaaaaaak! Speaking of the devil that very terrible ho decorators suddenly was blown through a gold-plated door to the right, destroying it while the forr crashed right into his pile of wealth. Blood splattered all over everything as a deep wound on his stomach began to spray around like a fountain.
Thats a drake.
The humongous dragonkin before was almost the size of the geisenlarg king I fought in Griffonpeak, towering even over my dragon form. This beast was probably the length of a dium navy warship, with the outer shell looking like the armor of a desert reptile. In fact, with the sharp protrusions limited to his back, Manethala looked like an armadillo lizard with the bulk of a komodo dragon, but the gigantification needed for a rank A true dragonkin.
We gazed at the groaning drake for a mont, before we snapped to the broken door, hearing the rumbling footsteps of sothing approaching. The clanking sound of gears turning and the cracking of tal put through stress and tear drowned out all other noises, even our own awe as it revealed itself.
A tal colossus, just as Broggart explained with his golem description. A creation made from tal with a giant drill on its right arm and a laser barrel on the left. The robotic face of this golem stared at us as it revved up its drill, causing its body to shine blue from all the seams flowing through its body and revealing a dark truth behind the power source Broggart ntioned would power up this giant.
Cuoso?
Grimnir stared up at the things chest, witnessing the fake Broggarts broken body acting as the core for the entire thing. Mana was sapped from his body as it turned purple, while the aberration squirming on its chest let out a ghastly, outlandish chuckle.
Grimnir could only continue staring. Broggart
Hestia, thats a Tatsuya was silenced from his shock.
Kyouya nodded. C-cant believe she lived through that early age, too! Thats not like the modern versions, but that still is a
Gundam! I shouted!
It wasnt the more modern looking giant robots which looked more fantastical with their designs, but more like those bulky toys with those blocky shoulders and limbs. It looked as if so giant was wearing the armor with how simple it was. Only, the encroaching eldritch influence caused by the aberration was slowly twisting it, making it look freaky.
It beca even worse when a dwarf stepped in front of the colossuss head, revealing themselves to Maagneil. With no words, he held up a red orb with one hand and a brown one with the other.
[ Help .] I heard from sobody telepathically, almost recognizing the voice until my parallel minds reminded that it belonged to the earth elental emperor. Did it co from that brown orb.
Witness my sons greatest creation. The one to bring the Luedbrumdars na into the next world! My chance to bring him back to life, the deranged dwarf monologue before the robots face opened up, revealing sothing that looked like a cockpit. His greatest creation the killer of dragons, the one to bring Kargryx down. To bring the Ankor-Nazta down.
False! King Fugnarus jumped down from Uno, walking up with his axe held up high. The Dhuinn rune on his chestplate and axe lit up. Maagneil, you dare speak that na when you betrayed us all? You will find no glory under the clutches of the demonkins! You will fall here and lose that beard, zuekluk!
You exiled my son and brought him to death, Fugnarus. You and Grimnir will not live to witness the destruction I will bring upon your ho! He went into the cockpit. GRIMNIR! YOU WILL PAY FOR KILLING MY BROGGART! YOU WILL NOT STOP FROM RESURRECTING HIM!
The endga of this event was upon us.
I clutched my hands and touched my sun core, realizing it was almost out of solar power. It had been so long since I saw the real sun, and without a full core, I wouldnt be able to use [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] too well, or [Solar Beam], honestly. I needed a full charge to bring havoc, including a chance to be in my dragon form.
Guess I have to make him desperate, then.
I flew up in the sky, confronting the enemy before as it aid its laser barrel at .
Hestia?! Saori called out, but I stayed calm.
Unlike with the dragonslayers, I couldnt sll the stench of dragonblood on the colossus that much, aside from the drill. I wasnt scared of this thing. It was just another of the many giant foes Ive taken down in the past. It would be another piece to my collection of victories.
I held my hand up, creating a purple magic circle as the barrel began to lit up blue.
Purple Flash. Humanize.
[Humanize (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
I felt my mana surging up, demanding to cast my next spell. I poured my mana out as two white magic circle materialized above and under , each a part of the other according to the mana link between them. This was one of my newest custom spells along [Hydra]. Speaking of which
Hydra.
The giant obsidian sli snake began to appear from the ground, hissing at the enemy before . I tensed up as I sent more of my mana out until the holy spell was ready. With a deep breath, I roared!
Kriiiiiaaaaaaaaah!
Sun, Consu All!
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