Fire Ice Fusion Core: A unique skill made with the influence of [Split Soul Autonomy] and [Ruby Star]’s [Solar Core], requiring both skills, or their advanced or derivative form, to activate. Acting as an ergency cooling process by transforming nutrients and minerals within a solar dragon’s core to create an ice-aligned state, this skill temporarily transforms all fire-related skills, Abilities, spells, and other mana-reliant empowernt effects into ice as long as the skill is maintained with solar energy. Under the influence of the Nordoramsul lineage, it awakens or further empowers the abilities and tabolism of a Nordoramsul dragon, enabling advanced mineral diffusion and synthesis. While this skill is in effect, all ice-aligned usage will cost 50% more mana, but will apply all sub-effects of their original fire-aligned state
As the description of the skill stated, everything related to my fire abilities started to undergo tamorphosis when my blade dug into the mandril’s arm. [Sun, Consu All] turned from a bright white-yellow to a white-blue sun, blasting an icicle gale with feather-like snowflakes to heal and defend people. [Quartz Regen] was still in its crystalline quartz state, but instead of blasting fire around the crystals, they started freezing the ground with their quartz, spreading the venomous touch of corrosive obsidian around.
Speaking of corrosive obsidian, [Panzer] was still in its dark-purple state, although I probably couldn’t turn it back to fire. In fact, [Corrosive Fire] had lost its fiery, gaseous state entirely, only able to assu a viscous liquid or solid state now. The sa applied to [White Flas]. Although… maybe… maybe there was sothing I was missing. It felt like a clue was dangling right in front of my head, but I couldn’t figure it out.
… Yet, it was obvious why I couldn’t think, right now. [Battle Frenzy (Major)] was still giving a headache, and Hestia was rampaging around inside our ntal world like a rabid dog. I couldn’t think straight. I was running on adrenaline at this point.
[Adrenaline (Minor)] [Gazing Upon The Ruby Star (Owner) (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
It is considered a debuff, after all. “All fire-related skills, Abilities, spells, and other mana-reliant empowernt effects” was the exact wording. Furthermore, it only changed all fire-aligned attacks into ice. For example, [Sun, Consu All] was now a hybrid ice-holy spell that still absorbed solar energy. As such, everything else about my skill set was the sa, outside of the fact that I wasn’t burning people, but freezing them through [Hellblade Edge] now.
Though [Dragon Fire] wasn’t at fault for my inability to cut through the mandril’s arm. While it did weaken the ice coating my tail, what actually made my tail sharper wasn’t the ice, but the fact that my body now produced silver powder instead of scale-dust. The sa silver powder Yorshka, Mother, and every other Nordor dragonkin used to harden their scales and make them as sharp as the finest blades, claws, and fangs. The powder coated my body in this cooling armor, making shine like a gem.
Not all the scale-dust had been replaced yet, as I could still see so of them burst into flas, only to be quickly extinguished by this strange gas escaping my scales. The production of silver powder was draining my body’s nutrients, though, and since I had [Solar Overdrive] active, most of my solar energy was being gathered around my core until I released it. I couldn’t dedicate much solar energy to feed myself. I didn’t have much ti.
Hestia, it’s ti to wake up. Sloth! Sloth! Sloth! Rember the people you need to protect! Rember what is keeping you from walking over the line of being human and dragon!
Until you wake up, let take care of this for you, my ideal self. I’m not as good when it cos to fighting with our body, but I’ll try my best!
[“Beth! Get away from , now! Help your brother or get to safety, but get out of the cave! I’ll handle this!”] I ordered as the wyvern ran away, as flying away with only one wing wasn’t possible.
Activating [Drakonian Sunlight Edge], I poured the agitated solar energy from my core towards my tail, searing into the slowly freezing cut arm of the mandril. Sadly, the montum was already used. I couldn’t push my tail through his bones. Muscles, nerves, and blood were severed with this attack, at least, but I couldn’t deal any more damage at this point.
Sadly, I realized this fact far slower than I should have when my skills activated, warning of an incoming attack. As I tried to respond, the mandril grabbed by the throat and held close to him, even willing to continue sacrificing his arm to choke . As I tried to slash at him, the mandril body checked , freeing himself before landing a punch to my face as flas burst from his fur.
Urrrgh!
Gritting my teeth, I had expected to simply shrug the attack off, at worst, take so damage to my mana due to the montum. Yet, the fire burned ! I felt the hair-singeing heat sear my nose as bits of my scales reacted negatively to what should have been a “slightly less comfortable fire”. [True Draconic Barrier] was pierced, draining mana, stamina, and health as the flas of his punch left a scar of pain on my face.
Surprised by this sensation of pain, I once again failed to react in ti when the mandril kicked back before grasping his hands together, landing a scale-shattering hamr punch to my throat as the flas and lightning on his arms started to form into gauntlets. I croaked as the air escaped my mouth before they could enter my lungs, dazed by the heavy blow, unable to recover when the mandril punched once again, sending landing on my back.
Kramps!
Yet, before I could continue complaining to my dragon grandfather backseating from the heavens, I was finally able to move my body the mont [Danger Perception] and [Foresight] activated. The mandril tried to slam his arms on like a rampaging gorilla, but I was able to roll to the side, using [Wind Blast] to accelerate .
When the mandril started throwing punches like a street brawler, I had already cast [Hamrfist Bellow] over us as I cast [Air Shield] to protect myself. As the green magic circle materialized, a powerful wind blast hamred the mandril and my wind barrier, causing him to crash on the ground. In a way, the spell was similar to a “gravity”-type spell from gas that suddenly increased the gravitational pull in the area, only that it was ant to deal damage, and unless you activate it with [Continuous Cast], the spell would only cast it once.
Though I only wanted the spell to buy ti to think.
The fire pierced my barrier, but I didn’t feel anything about the lightning. Well, the amount of damage isn’t close to what Vifi could output. Is sothing wrong with my resistances?
Kramps said, causing to slap my ntal face as I overlooked that part.
So it's a complete reversal?
Since a Territory attack was an aura attack—a release of mana that required skills like [Terror Aura] or [Benevolent Aura] to express an emotion or intent—that required elental mana to activate, I needed fire mana for [Maestro des Karsinen Stern]. If I couldn’t produce any fire mana due to a shift of my elental alignnt, then I was essentially Territory-less, right now.
I probably could try to make a Territory with my ice mana, but doing that on the spot while I wasn’t as proficient in moving our body as Hestia sounded a bit too risky. Fortunately, while Vifi was focusing on defending herself from the elentals, her Territory still reached down here. She might not be able to repulse or attract the mandril, right now. Her Territory had protected from the shooting fire and lightning.
Spell buffs reactivated. [Dragon Fire] gets cut. Let’s mold this arena a bit! [Terra Wall]. [Banishnt Beam]!
As focusing on using [Aerokinesis] while moving my body and casting spell was a bit too much for to handle solo, I decided to cut the second spell song entirely. Only [The Heir of Hope] was playing due to the high-value stats it gave.
In addition, I also deactivated [Quartz Regen] to reduce mana strain, as [Fire Ice Fusion Core] was increasing the mana cost of every ice spell by 50%. Since every fire Ability, skill, and spell was now ice-aligned, that also included the majority of my custom spells. [Sun, Consu All] was high value as it acted as healing and offensive attacks, while [Hydra] was an extra body to defend Vifi and the twins.
With my eleven spell casting slots, I used half of them for [Terra Wall] to terraform the arena, while the other half was used on [Banishnt Beam] to push the mandril back and to drill the arena, creating more space for to fight around. Once [Hamrfist Bellow] stopped, the fight area started to morph, once again pushing the mandril away from .
I turned around before he could start lunging at , dodging his attack as I flew over to [Providence’s Will], still lying on the sa spot it was when I rescued it from the mandril. I grabbed it and my subspace runes, closing the portal as Gravy was still streaming everything up until now. Did the entirety of Frozen Nest see turn into a silver dragon? Well… Hestia had a lot to explain later on.
[“U-Usurper, you’re still alive?”] [Providence’s Will] said, sounding rattled.
[“It’s Hikari this ti, and stop calling Hestia ‘Usurper!’ She already explained that nothing like that had happened!”] I snapped. [“And, yes, we are still alive! No thanks to you, you little worthless junk! For a catalyst made by a Goddess, you sure are bloody useless! Hestia could have sustained far worse damage if the spear had managed to pierce our armor, you know? Just because you couldn’t try to listen to her for once. You’ve spent multiple months with us now, but despite everything we’ve shown you, you still act like this defiant child!”]
I paused as I had to continue dodging the mandril and recast my spells, creating so space for to continue my catharsis.
[“You have no right to call either of us ‘usurpers’ when you don’t even listen to the one person you should be listening to—Goddess Andira! Under her wish, you have beco my catalyst, yet you show none of that wish. You are supposedly the remaining thoughts of the Light Elental Primarch, yet you act ungrateful and petulant. Hestia chose to preserve your ‘life’ when she had the chance to free herself from an annoying ‘child’ to gain a dependable catalyst for her holy spells. She decided to do it despite your rebellion, yet you show nothing but spite for a situation she didn’t even control!”] I continued, rembering why Hestia decided against killing the sli A.I. [“I don’t care what you think of us at this point, but beware that you will not endanger my ideal self! You will not kill my ambition, my dream, and my hero. Hestia will beco the star that I could never beco, and I will not allow that dream of ours to die again!”]
I shoved [Providence’s Will] into my storage, not waiting for its response. I didn’t have any ti for any of this. I had to start working on a plan to defeat this thing and then help out my friends above . For now, it would just be better to keep myself away from the mandril’s attacks to think.
As I tried to create so distance between us, going deeper into the mountain, I also learned that this gas I was releasing from underneath my scales was both flammable and pretty effective to propel forward. It wasn’t as fast as my rocket boosters, but it was enough. In addition, the expulsion of the gas was fast enough that even if it were to be set on fire, it wouldn’t reach in ti.
To test my theory, I slightly slowed down, prompting the mandril to slam his fist in the ground, sending out a blast of flas at . At the last second possible, I released the gases from my wings, sending flying to the side while the colorless gas cloud exploded into flas.
Colorless and flammable gas. Gosh, there are too many to even note down. [Fire Ice Fusion Core] sounds like a clue to what that gas is, but it isn’t like my chemistry lessons got to that part. Honestly, what exactly was so ‘fire ice’ about all of this? What the heck is fire ice? … Oh, wait. Mana Eyes.
Solar Ice Gas: A flammable thane gas created within the body of a [Sunfang Dragon] with the [Fire Ice Fusion Core] skill. Using solar energy to maintain the dragon’s body temperature, thane gas is created as a byproduct of the fusion within the body. Highly mana conductive with a high concentration of ice mana, this solar-agitated thane gas quickly bonds with water upon contact, creating a crystalline structure similar to ice called Fire Ice. Quick to freeze anything upon contact due to the lingering dragon energy and ice mana, but highly flammable the mont the crystalline bonds disperse
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… It had been a loooong ti since Hestia last appraised sothing that wasn’t a monster, an item, or an opponent. I almost forgot it myself if I didn’t rember how often our parallel minds would appraise random things around us for more information.
Yet, unlike Hestia and her parallel minds, I was painfully too focused on the details. The mandril quickly reached as it threw shattered boulders at , created by [Banishnt Beam] and [Terra Wall], smoothening the entire area. Whenever a projectile managed to hit due to the mandril predicting my flight path, I would get pumled by the ape, forced to go on the defensive to heal myself.
Then again, all I did was fly around, avoiding every attack as I kept digging deeper and deeper. I didn’t care about fighting this monster; I only cared about defeating it. It was certainly useful that he didn’t have any more anti-dragon blood and that my silver powder wasn’t weak to fire. The mont I hardened myself with them, even a fire punch would just be a “punch.” My vitality and wisdom, boosted by over 100% due to [The Heir of Hope], [Battle Frenzy (Major)], [Terra Protection], [Sylphid’s Cloak], and—
Prayer!
[Blessing of the Goddess of Light (Major)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
—the 30% stat increase from a successful [Prayer]. Most of my stats were either almost double of my base stats or they were over 100%. With my silver powder, I was a tank that also had a 10% boost to holy spells and a 25% boost in all healing sources due to [Gazing Upon The Ruby Star (Moderate)].
Who cared if I couldn’t fight as well as Hestia, at this point? Who cared about dodging every single attack, when I could use that ti to continue understanding this silver dragon body of mine?
thane gas? Is this sothing similar to liquid hydrogen or what, but flammable since it has thane in it?
This little description allowed to understand my new biology, including the fact that I was constantly producing this [Solar Ice Gas]. In other words, it could be used for more than a jet engine. I wasn’t sure what would happen if I were to activate [Hellfla Breath], since I still didn’t understand how much my body had changed, but this I understood. I appraised it, after all.
Hellfla Breath!
Channeling the solar ice gas towards my throat, the gas imdiately burst out of my mouth before I could gather a large amount, as I was used to. Mixed with my mana, the gas imdiately froze mid-flight, creating an icy mist around it as the breath attack struck the mandril head-on, igniting the flas and lightning on the ape’s body. Thoug, due to how the gas worked, the stream of mist was imdiately set on fire, forcing to stop the attack.
Quick to gather and easy to stop, the solar ice gas proved to be extrely similar to my usual [Hellfla Breath]. Weakened the speed of the gas and it could be spread around the area, allowing to freeze anything it touched, while a concentrated blast was similar to my laser beams. While none of these variations actually damaged the mandril substantially, it brought enough ti with how much I was using it. In addition, even [Dread Burn] kept being reapplied on the mandril, although it was unnecessary as I had destroyed all the potions he had on his belt.
Now, co on! Let’s go! I know the ti is now!
[Symphonie des Feuergottes (Adagio)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]
Timing it perfectly with [Symphonie des Feuergottes]’s transition to adagio, granting 50% more strength and intelligence, I cast two [Purple Flash] as I cast both [Omnictus] and [Heaven’s Sword].
“Gruuh?” The mandril stared up, finally noticing that the arena had been terraford into a perfectly smooth cylinder.
I pulled out [Providence’s Will], grasping it tightly in my hand as I activated its enchantnts and skills to empower my holy spells.
[Omnictus] couldn’t do any damage to non-organic, aning it was useless against the elentals inside their icy body and anything that protected themselves under a house or cave. However, with nowhere to hide, [Omnictus] was unobstructed. [Terra Wall] made sure to harden the entire cylindrical hole, and as it was so smooth, it made it hard to grab onto.
I might be less skilled than Hestia in physical combat, but magic was my forte.
Obey my commands, [Providence’s Will]! Goddess Andira, I pray to you with your catalyst in hand, grant this honor to extinguish those who obstruct the Goddess’s plan! [Sun, Consu All], pour down all the ice you can! Kill this rank A and give his levels!
As an incandescent light lit up the hole, a woman’s arm was created from light as she grasped a blade of holy mana. As [Sun, Consu All] started to drown the hole with bright, blue icicles, I gathered all the silver powder my body had been able to produce, hardening my body up like any other Nordor Dragonkin.
As the light descended into the hole, the mandril roared out loud as it tried to absorb the spell, but unlike its fire, lightning, and ice resistance, this was an attack from a holy dragon. Without the damn true ice spear to threaten , the mandril tried to push himself through [Omnictus]’s oppressive sky laser, but was quickly humbled when [Heaven’s Sword] struck the ground, shattering the hole even further.
… Done. Gloria Ascendence.
The initial landing of the holy sword did hit , but with all my resistances and defenses, it barely hurt at all. Instead, this [Gloria Ascendance] was there to help regenerate so of my lost health from all the damage the mandril did to , while also putting my armor back on.
As the light slowly dissipated and my [Gloria Ascendence] vanished, I started materializing another spell when the mandril suddenly lunged at . He managed to topple , mounting as it started striking with hamrfists, pounding scales off my body and even cracking my horns.
His body was completely bare, having lost all his fur from my spells. Blood seeped out of his body here and there, but they were quickly staunch as ice and fire seeped out of his pores. To be honest, if it wasn’t for his charred body, I probably would have recognized the fact his skin was ripped apart and so of his muscles had been lted off by the holy spells.
Seems like he avoided getting directly hit by the sword. Okay, you’re resourceful but… maybe don’t go berserk when you don’t know how to kill a person. I’m still healing!
White-glowing icy mist escaped my head as [White Flas] started to heal , while I glared into the sky above the hole and activated my next spell.
Spatial Rend!
I twisted my neck to dodge an attack before I swung my tail to the side to move my body weight around to push it up, nearly freeing from the mount. The mandril stomped his feet on , keeping grounded, but it still gave enough ti to open the [Spatial Rend] behind the mandril.
As the ape turned around due to the tearing sound happening behind him, I kicked the ape through the portal, teleporting him into the sky above the hole where my party was fighting the elentals. The mandril roared as the portal closed, causing to smirk at how ridiculous this spell was, yet I didn’t let that glee get to for long.
I jumped up and activated another spatial rend to fly through it, appearing right above the mandril as I activated the [Dhuinn Rune: Fearless Defense] on my armor, turning 3080 vitality and 3090 wisdom into strength and intelligence respectively. With the additional stats, it just made my near doubling of all my stats even more impactful.
[“Vifi! Bring them all to !”] I shouted to Vifi as I molted a layer of scales, sending them flying to Vifi to harden her body with the silver powdered-scales.
Why? Well, her Territory, [Magnetic Storm], didn’t make others magnetic, it made her even more magnetic. She couldn’t suddenly turn into a magnet and have everybody pulled towards , she had to be within the eye of the storm, so to speak. And Vifi knew this the mont I gave her an extra set of armor.
[“Shay! Get your sister out of here, now!”] I yelled to warn them what my plan was.
[“You lunatic! All right! Let’s do this!”] Vifi reciprocated my madness as she saluted with her rapier, getting into her secondary stance.
anwhile, Shay quickly retreated with Beth as the greater elentals lost interest in them. Aside from the mandril’s wild howling, the elentals were probably focused on the fact [Providence’s Will] was in my hand.
They tried to help the mandril retreat as the blizzard raged on, nearly hiding him in the storm of hail, but like the lightning piercing through the darkness, Vifi shot forward with [Voltaic Red: Saunte Thunder], piercing right into the mandril’s back as she clapped her hands, causing a magnetic force to pull the elentals and towards her.
[“[Providence’s Will]… once again, listen to my commands!”] I solemnly prayed with Andira’s face manifesting in my mind. [“Little crimson star, born from my other self’s birth. Little sapphire star, born from my failures and inability to change. Watch over us, little Light Elental Emperor. Watch as this ”]
My blue core started to shine, releasing small balls of blue “flas” through it like tiny sparkles. [White Flas] ice started to encase as I slamd against the mandril, grabbing it as I started to freeze it with the [Solar Ice Gas] released through my scales. Heavily weakened and unable to resist my ice, his Territory vanished, turning his charred skin purple as the Territory clash was won by Vifi.
Territory Dispute completed in favor of individual [Wrath Demonkin, Vifi’Yok]
“Liiiiiiiive!” he yelped as the arcane corruption ravaged his body, causing him to squirm in pain as his blood vessels started to explode. His flas, lightning, and ice ceased to pour out of his body, as any mana usage would inevitably accelerate his death. “Stop! Pity! Pity! My kingdom! Pity! Live!”
No. Not after you endangered Tasianna and Vifi. Not after you endangered Hestia!
I quickly managed to freeze the mandril when the greater elentals crashed against us, nearly crushing . While I was unable to freeze them as their bodies were made from ice, they couldn’t hurt either as my [Ice Resistance] was probably even higher than my fire resistances in my crimson dragon form.
As such, their only option left was to attempt to kill Vifi to stop the magnetism. Yet, since the mandril couldn’t do anything due to the arcane corruption, and the elentals couldn’t catch Vifi when I held her tightly to protect her from them, they could only watch as I slowly froze the mandril in ice.
Protected by my scales, Vifi didn’t have to suffer the [Solar Ice Gas] freezing, but my scales probably couldn’t save her from experiencing this imasurable cold expelled from my body. The only warmth that ca from was my solar core, acting like a heat sink as the rest of my body went colder. To generate and maintain cold, warmth and energy had to exist, like the blazing hot back of a refrigerator.
Once my preparations was done, I opened my subspace and pushed Vifi inside before I placed the runes back into my storage. Before the elentals could react, my core released the explosive heat of my gathered solar energy.
Solar Overdrive, release!
My silver scales quickly turned crimson as the solar energy exploded from my body, burning the mandril and the elentals as if they were in the middle of the birth of a star.
Experience for developnt Jobs has reached multiple breaking points.
[Star Idol]: Lv. 57 -> Lv. 75 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 20 Lv. 0
[Lightbearer]: Lv. 14 -> Lv. 65 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 20 Lv. 0
[Crimson Inferno Tyrant]: Lv. 58 -> Lv. 70 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 8 Lv. 14
Prestige requirent achieved! Job max level has increased. Experienced accumulation and reward quality increased.
[Crimson Inferno Tyrant] Max level -> 80>
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