Chapter 317: Tournament Alliance.
<strong>[Humanize (Moderate)] </strong>inflicted on <strong>[Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]</strong>
M-My Lady, while I can take heat well enough while my armor is on, without my enchantments, you are boiling me alive Larent, sitting behind me inside this sphere made from my shed scales, was sweating like crazy, despite my white mes surrounding him.
Dont die! I shouted out, realizing I was slightly underestimating how much Mother and the twins could offset the heat treatment with their cold aura.
W-Well hopefully, I wont.
Mothers training around my [Volcanic ze] involved me learning how to control temperatures as well as mastering my new ability ofva maniption. Temperature control was important, since I could overheat with stuff like [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Finale)] whenever my core gets damaged. Like during the Griffonpeak raid. I had to learn how to manage my internal temperature even with my core.
With the usage of mana, I could do it, since I could manipte heat with [Pyrokinesis] to a certain extent, simr to how Tasianna could control cold with [Cryokinesis]. Mother noted I already did exactly that with my white mes, so now I had to apply it to myself and my surroundings.
Weirdly enough, it was almost like a physics lesson.
Essentially, temperature maniption was the stealing and transferring of energy through mana. On the elemental spectrum, fire and water were opposites of each other, while ice was apound element between water and wind. However, when it came to heat and cold, they were, more or less, two sides of a coin. What determined whether it was warm or cool inside a room was the amount of energy inside of it.
Physics, basically.
And to control it, I needed to use mana. Mana was the foundation of this world, and depending on the user, it could morph into whatever they wanted. Simr to how I could feed my scale-dust fire to growrger or to produce a stronger [Hellme Breath], I could also use mana to make things colder like with my white mes.
Still, even with this theory in my head, controlling extreme heat to turn earth intova to swim in while maintaining a small area where it was cooler than the molten rock I was swimming through was difficult. Especially since I also had to manipte my scales to maintain a spherical shape to protect Larent from theva.
And why exactly did I do this? Well, cause of the tremoring from above us, forcing me to dive deeper into the earth and away from it.
<em>At least, I dispelled [Symphonie des Feuergottes] before going lower. With all the mes, that probably would have cooked Larent faster.</em>
<em>Ahhaaaa ah</em>, its getting better now Larent used her handkerchief to clean away the sweat on his face, drenching the poor cloth piece. Mydy, ahuk! Agak!
Larent suddenly coughed up blood. Magmakammer, or magma chamber in English, not only created an elemental area for me to fight in, it also continuously produced toxic gases born of my corrosive fire. I wasnt sure if I could defeat Larent in a fair match, so I decided to use poison to win it if I had to.
My white mes quickly cured him of any ailments, and I apologized and exined to him what happened. Strangely, he didnt take it too personally, as he noted he expected to fight against nature itself when he challenged me, knowing I was a dragon. His straightforwardness flustered me a bit.
W-We can speak afterward after Im done with this. My parallel minds and I had to bepletely focused on this dive trip. The very earth before me was being melted into semi-solid liquid before I used [Volcanic ze] to move it aside.
<em>Im using so much mana here. </em>Iined to my parallel minds about all the spells and actions weve done until now, which made my minds slightly nervous as I was starting to show some arcane corruption problem headaches, mostly. I needed some fulinoe tea.
After the tremors above us subsided, I let out a sigh and began moving back to the surface.
<em>Hey, God Yeostar, does that cannon have a long wind-up time?</em>
We were talking about the dragon-killing cannon, dragonator. An integrated weapon in the castle Fatalisa, which somehow just activated and nearly eliminated Larent and me from the match! To save us, I grabbed onto him and dove into the ground, where I sought refuge from that one-hit shot.
<em>Thank you for that warning. </em>I thanked him for providing me with the information, instead of leaving me in the shadows like before. <em>I have a question, does this castle exist nowadays?</em>
<em>Grimnir never specified it, but I thought the cannon came from Chihiro. So it came from an outside influence, huh?</em>
After a bit, I eventually managed to reach the surface. Lava moved upon mymand and the artificial light of the dungeon shone on me once again. I broke my scale sphere apart,ying them over my scales in preparation for a battle. Iwas going to have to dispose of them after all of this was over, as Mother told me to.
I turned around to Larent breathing heavily, looking out of ce with how drenched in sweat he was. Sorry, I didnt bring any water with me.
No need, mydy. How would you know this would happen? With how much Larent had been sweating, I was worried he would fall over from dehydration. I am more at fault. My armor didnt stand up to the test and failed me.
Larents armor spent one of his three enchantment slots on [Environmental Adaptation], allowing his armor to adapt to any surroundings. Heat, cold, underwater as long as he had his armorpletely on, he could theoretically go anywhere he wanted. For an adventurer, it was one of the best enchantments to get.
Sadly for him, but fortunately for me, I managed to break his helmet and chest at an opportune moment, nullifying this magic. Just, it seemed his armor itself was less sturdy than the man inside of it. I did more damage to him by causing him to sweat like crazy.
<em>Haaaa, haaa</em>, that cannon st did quite catastrophic damage. Larent pointed at the spot where the dragonator cannon hit, having atomized literally everything there. Even by flying up a bit, I couldnt really determine how deep the crater was.
<em>Scary.</em>
And look at that, people! Crimson-Scaled and Auegors de survived the st! Now, I was quite surprised the dragonewtss managed to do something like that, but I guess this is what you have to expect from a beastmen descendant of dragons! Monstrous powers like being able to turn a whole forest into ava field and flying about with mesing from their wings! The announcers voice appeared out of nowhere,menting on us reappearing.
Hey! Dont call me monstrous! Im trying to impress people here as an idol! I shouted back, slightly annoyed at how he would call me that! Incredulous, if you asked me.
But, mydy Larent tried to speak up about it, but my head just snapped around.
Oi, dont you dare! I pouted before breaking off my [Panzer], having transformed back into my usual appearance, and began posing in a cute fashion. Strength is important and so, but Im also here to promote myself. I need to impress people enough to bring them to my concert!
Hahaha <em>ahhhhhhhhhh.</em> Larentughed for a moment before letting a deep sigh from overheating a moment ago. He really didnt look like he could continue fighting.
Worried, I walked over to him to check on him, but at the same time, the both of us snapped our body toward the rumbling sound in the distance. The castle was moving again, redirected to us, followed by the announcers voice.
Ahhh, the brothers are moving the castle again towards our two top scorers! If they can eliminate both Crimson-Scale and Auegors de with one of Fatalisas weapons, we might actually see a change in the whole tournament! The brothers might actually take out all top scorers and bring their gang into the bracket stage!
<em>Fucking announcer! He blew our cover! </em>I realized this a bit toote, but the announcer just broke my attempt to stealth this, as I wanted to take Yeostars advice to stay incognito to not get targeted by the castle, again.
Now, that n was gone.
<em>Verdammt! </em>I cursed before grabbing Larent with my [Unheilige Engel] and taking to the sky as the castle materialized a barbed harpoon and shot it at us. Thankfully, I was faster than the attack, but it still baffled me at how this was even allowed in this tournament.
<em>Urgh </em>I couldnt argue against him now. That was a valid answer, but it was also a truth which could ruin Jethros n altogether.
I technically didnt have to win the tournament to continue this Divine Quest, but I told him I would, so I had to now. Besides, if I acquired the blood and could give it to somebody I trusted, it would be safe. As such
Waaaaaaaaah! I screamed as even more bus-sized ck harpoons and spears were shot from the castle, all aiming at me and Larent as we flew in the sky. Mr. Larent!
Understood! Give me aim! Larent face refocused and slipped through my obsidian slime ws, jumping into the air as I morphed the slime into solid blocks for Larent tond and stand on. I secured his feet securely onto it, allowing him to wield his sword.
Hmph! Channeling his mana into his sword, Larent swung his weapon with immacte precision, slicing all the iing projectiles in half before they reached us. With a more readied strike, he evenunched a visible blue crescent projectile forward, shing a few harpoons before crashing against the castle.
Only, it didnt reach the wall. There was a barrier around the ce.
Welp, that should have been obvious, Imented while Larent resumed his attacks, undeterred by what happened.
Agreed. Any fortified castle must have a magical barrier of some sort, otherwise any mage could take it down too easily, Larent rified my statement further. Mydy, I havent had the chance yet, but allow me to thank you very much for aiding me not once, but twice! Although, I am rather confused why you would do so. We are opponents, after all.
Huh? My mind went nk for a moment before it resumed working, realizing I was currently inside Yeostars dungeon, not outside where that st could have killed him. If I had let them get hit, my biggest opponent would have been kicked out of the match there and then! Oh
Hmm? Did you move to help me by pu WAAAAAAAAH! Mydy, FOCUS! Larent shouted at me as he was almost skewered by a harpoon, as I suddenly stopped moving my [Unheilge Engel] due to my realization I just fucked up by pure instinct.
Oh sh! The same applied to me, as I narrowly dodged an iing projectile by arcing my body back before taking control of the floating obsidian tform and began moving again.
<em>Gotta move down!</em>
With the number of attacks quickly increasing the longer this stalemate continued, I decided it would be best for us to return to the ground, trying to find a way to get out of the castles front. Even with Larent helping out, getting a counterattack just looked grim with the barrier around it.
With my rocket boosters, flying through this bullet hell was both easy and difficult, depending on Larents cuts. Any divided projectile could cause me to twist myself around, breaking my rhythm. I told Larent this, but since he had so little time where he could only sh instead of think, it was hard to amodate me like this.
<em>Shit! Stop shooting at us!</em>
I couldnt see a way to escape this. Everywhere we moved, therge projectiles would destroy the environment. If I tried to build a [Terra Wall] or any earthen construct, it would be destroyed before it could harden. Simr to my obsidian. Shoot back at it? The castle had a barrier and it seemed like it had an infinite amount of ammunition. I didnt even know how the castle was creating all these weapons in the first ce!
Considering this castle was made to fight against dragons and probably other aerial threats, it sure did its job well as an anti-air weapon. I couldn''t think of a way to get closer to it or hide. The only way was to make some distance and then try to formte a counter n. This was the only way.
Down!
Huh? But as I was about to act on that idea, a sandstorm suddenly burst from underneath us.
It twisted before us as the millions of sand grains began to settle down as a wall of sand,rge enough topletely hide our vision from the castle. Spears and harpoons still shot at us, but they werent as urate as before, while Larent and I had [Danger Perception] and [Foresight] to efficiently dodge anything we needed to.
Hey! Down here!
Lady Hestia, look! Larent pointed at a group of five people on the ground, with one of them waving at us. There, I also saw a dark-skinned man kneeling down, putting his hands on a brown magic circle which was continuously producing sand. We should go down there for now. Hide.
Seeing as it was toote to go back to our previous duel, I thought this meant Larent was still fully on board with that ceasefire he proposed before. Considering he was a former knight, he probably wouldnt backstab me now, especially since he seemed like a follower of Aurena.
I nodded and did what he wanted, descending to the ground where the person who waved at us thanked us. He revealed his face behind the brown scowl, showing us he had a simrly tanned skin like the sand mage. It made me wonder if they were from the Great Evida Desert, like Eshe and her knights.
My name is Naemon. We can speak in a moment. He activated the brown magic circle to his side, causing the earth to open up like a hatch, revealing a small, impromptu-made cer. Please, follow me.
He and the sand mage jumped down first, followed by a mboyant man in heavy armor and a giant lion beastman. The next person to enter it was surprising though, as it was that scary-looking merfolk from before. Deepsea Ebony was his nickname or something.
Come. The tall merfolk gestured with his hand for me to follow before jumping down.
<em>Their presence feels like the other members of the twelve. Can I trust them?</em>
Still suspicious, Larent tapped my shoulders before speaking his opinion on the matter, I know one of them. If hes here, then I think we can trust them. Come, mydy.
He offered me his hand like a proper gentleman, to help me jump down. Looking behind us, I saw the sand wall slowly disappearing so I shrugged my shoulders and epted, but left my [Panzer] on just for safetys sake.
Once the both of us were inside, the hatch was closed, hiding our presence from the castle and whoever was using it. In this pitch-ck darkness, I could clearly see one of the mages taking out a small manatech torch. Seeing how small it was, I decided to ignite a white me on my ive, using it like amp to illuminate everything.
Ahh, many thanks. May the Goddess bless you. The mage named Naemon thanked us before personally bowing to Larent, as if the former knew thetter. Introductions can waitter with the time limit on. Let me get straight to the point, I would like to propose an alliance between us.
Alliance? I raised an eyebrow, but nobody could see it through my armor.
Hmm, is that a womans voice? The armored human man suddenly blurted out, taking his helmet off and revealing his blond hair. With his green eyes, he began to look me up and down before kneeling before. My fair damsel! Forgive this fool for not recognizing you earlier! Woe to me!
He then suddenly picked up my armored left hand, holding it gently before him as he gave it a quick kiss. My fairdy, my name is Sir Arlond Estaban Herzkreuz. I pray to the Goddess, but would you be so kind as to reveal your face and name to me? A flower like you should not need to hide her beauty.
<em> Should I tell him my armor is toxic? </em>I waspletely unimpressed by his charms.
Arlond, you brat! But before I could say anything, Larent grabbed the mans arm and pulled him up into a hug. Ahahaha! How have you been,d?
Hmm? The blond man push himself out of the embrace, looking at Larent with confusion and surprise. Wait your voice, your hair Sir Larent?! Is that you?
Ahahaha, in the flesh,d!
No way! They embraced once again before the Arlond guy stopped doing so to take a closer look at Larent. I apologize! When thementator announced your title, I thought I was going crazy when I heard it! But I saw your swordsmanship when you flew in the sky! I knew it was, but I cannot be forgiven for honoring you sote!
Hahaha, its been seven years but you still are a skirt chaser, huh? You should have no problems with noblewomen flocking to you with that face of yours,d, but with your attitude, you will never be able to keep one for long! Larent gazed at the younger man proudly, tapping his shoulder and shaking it. Goodd, you gained some muscles. At least you kept up training. The next generation of knights shouldnt disappoint, ahahaha!
Y-Yes, of course! But, I heard this rumors that
KUUUUURAAAAAAAAAIEEEEEEEEEET!
But interrupting this heartfelt reunion, the hulking leonid roared like a ferocious beast, loud enough to potentially puncture our eardrums. I quickly created an [Air Shield] around everybody before that happened, and dispelled it once the lion man stopped.
Enough talk! Fight! he growled, before picking up the mage, Naemon, by the cor. Human! You told me to stop fighting, egging me on that there is worthier prey! Speak, then!
The castle assault, the merfolk giant added onto the leonid. We agreed to stop our duel for amon enemy. Make merry after we leave the battlefield, until then, we still must fight.
The tidbits of everybodys words were starting to make sense to me. Puzzling them together, I believed I figured out what this alliance was supposed to be.
You want us all to team up to storm the castle? I brought up, drawing everybody''s attention to me, allowing Naemon to free himself from the leonids grip.
Ahhhh, such a heavenly voice! Surely, mydy, you mus
Yes, that is the n! Naemons voice drowned out the womanizers ttery. I think you, Crimson Scale, and Auegors de should know very well what that castle can do. Fatalisa, the bane of dragons, and the location of one of God Yeostars most heroic tales. Although its historic value piques the historian inside me, I must admit that it would mean our defeat if we cannot take out the 23 men inside of it!
<em>Even if he calls me Crimson Scale Verdammt, I dont want that nickname! </em>Iined inside my head as Larent posed a question.
What do you mean by that?
Arlond replied in ce of Naemon, Sir Larent, have you heard what the announcer mentioned? 30 contestants are left, and we are seven of them. The rest of the 23 are all huddled inside that castle, joined together to take out mostly you, their biggestpetition. If they can take other threats out, too, then even better.
Wait, 23? I tilted my head. Wait, hold on, if thats the case, then are you meaning to say they will take us out first, and then
Survival of the fittest! the leonid growled. I aint letting that happen. I will take the blood of a god as my rightful possession!
Mypanion and I also have some vested interest in the tournament as representatives of Aleistunum. Naemon pointed at the sand mage. As such, I would like to propose an alliance between us. The seven of us shall take out the 23 in that castle. Afterward, may the best win it all.
<em>So, that assassin from earlier was probably working for them or was independent. Either way, if six members of the twelve I detected before were here, then the other half might be in the castle. It might be tricky.</em>
He then suddenly pointed at me as I contemted the situation. I saw you, Crimson Scale, and what you did around that forest. I know you are a dragonewt, but being able to maintain five [Cyclone Madness] and [Levin Core] spells for nearly a bells worth of time can only be proof of being a master, no, I dont think I couldpare. You are worthy of an archmage! And you!
His attention was now on Larent. Ex-Hand of Heaven. Auegors de, Sir Larent Antonodius. Evida and the crown might have ourplications, but no man or woman could not know our Empires sword saint candidate.
Heid a hand on our shoulders, gripping them a bit as he finally ended his recruitment speech. The both of you lead us in kills as our first and second seat! Let us all fight as one and enter the bracket stage together!
Larent didnt say a word, turning over to me as if he was giving me full authority on what he would do. I was really questioning how we started teaming up like this, but I guess it was better than being kicked out of the match.
Cool! I gave him an okay sign.
Ahhh, thank the Goddess! Ahahaha!
Woah!
Naemon suddenly embraced La and me, squeezing us together as he tapped our backs in tion. Everybody seemed very touchy-touchy today, but not like I minded it too much. I preferred hugging a problem over then resorting to violence.
Brilliant! As such, allo Naemon probably wanted to exin his n right now, but as I said before, I believed I had the puzzle figured out.
Let me guess, you want me to act like a decoy by attracting the castles defenses, while you lead everybody else through the gate, right?
U-Uhm, wise, mydy! Wise! Yes, it is a bit more nuanced than that, however. The schrly mage stuttered, surprised to hear me understand what my role in this alliance was. I have studied much on how God Yeostar once conquered this fortress, so I believe I have an idea how to overwhelm them despite our far inferior numbers. I apologize, but could you possibly act as bait for the rest of us?
Hold on! Arlond grabbed Naemons shoulder and pulled him around. What sort of man are you to put a woman in the vanguard like this? If you need a distraction, allow me to do so in her ce. I, Arcane Rider Arlond, shall dere to put my body and soul on th
Sure, I can do that. Unwilling to listen to one more word from this guys mouth, I just agreed to Naemons suggestion.
Ark?! For some reason, Arlonically fell to his knees, mumbling something I was actively ignoring.
Yes, thank the Goddess! Naemon thanked me. Then, let me
But, in exchange, allow me to create the n for our assault.
Naemon went speechless as I said that, looking bbergasted like a scientist or professor being spoken back to in their primary field of study. Believing this armor was making it harder for people to believe me, I dissolved the armor in its entirety before revealing myself to all the men, causing those who havent seen me to widen their eyes.
Some had a stronger reaction.
Oooh! Mydy, please, allow me to ept your hand in Bwah?! Arlond tried to do something fishy so I had my [Unheilige Engel] push him onto the ground, face-first.
I have a pretty good n on how to solve this issue easily, so everybody can get into the fight earlier, I grinned impishly at Naemon, causing him to flinch back a bit.
B-But, mydy, I have stud
So be it, Lady Hestia. Larent was the first to agree to my suggestion. I am more of a soldier than amander. I have seen my share of terrible leaders, but my instincts are telling me otherwise with you. I trust in the words of someone who would save others without demanding something back in return.
I guess my time with him has gained me his trust. Maybe saving him out of instinct will have some benefits after all.
I trust your word, scale-kin, the merfolk also agreed with me immediately, probably influenced by the [Royal Presence] and [Draconic Aura] I was exuding to convince them. Lead us to battle, like your ancestors did, dragonewt.
Ghrmmm. The leonid scratched his braided mane, looking over at Larent all the time. Feisty female, huh? Good, get us in, and I will rip everything apart! If the swordmaster trusts you, then so be it. Rather follow a fellow beastman, than a human, anyways.
T-Then, I shall listen to you, Lady Hestia! Oooh, that name Arlond jumped up before falling onto the ground as he mumbled my name. I didnt care what he did, I just didnt want to listen to him anymore.
<em>Eww</em>
With four of the six other members persuaded, I was democratically voted as the person to lead this alliance. Naemon seemed conflicted about it, probably wanting to shine himself or have his n executed, but he ate up his pride with a deep sigh before agreeing himself.
My partner and I will listen. If you need help on the structure
Oh, no problems, I know allll about castle Fatalisa. I interrupted him.
<em>Grk!</em> It seemed like a vein was about to pop on the mages forehead, but I ignored it and turned around to the wall. I ced my hand on it before speaking with Yeostar.
<em>God Yeostar, is there a barrier underneath the castle?</em>
<em>Cool, then please, educate me on everything the castle has. I want to know my prey like the back of my forehand.</em>
Why did I need somebody to give me a second-hand recollection of what castle Fatalisa was, when I had someone who fought within it himself? It was easier and quicker for him to give me a quick rundown of everything while my parallel minds sorted the information out.
<em>As such</em>
The temperature around my arm began to ze up, slowly scorching the earth I was touching and turning it intova. Slowly, with my purple fire, I molded the area into an oval shape, hardening theva into an obsidian door frame.
[Rajah, get ready, boy!]
[Yes, Master!]
<em>It was time to boil a castle.</em>
Using [Terra Wall], I shoved the earth in front of me downwards, creating the first part of this long tunnel.
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