Chapter 361: Kyrie for Brave Girls.
What a fitting scenery.
Ava field had consumed the ind below, turning water into hardened rock and earth for tforms. As toxic gases andva fountains threatened anything below, boulder-sized molten earth began to levitate up to the sky, joining the intricate web of dragon paths. As such, a small ind, justrge enough to amodate my mammoth-sized dragon body.
A kirin-dragon dragon skipped and galloped in the air and on small floating rocks, menacingly pointing her unicorn horn at the flying eight-armed demonkin. Although she wanted to attack, she couldnt as the ck clouds above rained down red thunder. If I wasnt part of this battle, I honestly would have fangirled at how cool this looked.
It felt like an authentic boss arena. So this was what the presence of three Territories did to the environment.
Huuuuuraaaaagh! The demonkin, VifiYok, roared as she pulled up her crossbow. Shooting it like a repeater rifle, each bolt was a red lightning the size of a normal spear.
Thend had no constraints on a dragon who could fly, so I took to the sky with my rocket boosters to dodge bolts. At the same time, I also noticed the red thunder caused by her Territory moving with her attacks, literally aiming at me like a heat seeking missile.
Tasianna, who was sitting on my back, decided against casting her defensive spells, telling me no way she could block these attacks with her stats. Since a spells strength came from your Intelligence, I could understand. So, I had to focus on avoiding these attacks before an opening could be revealed.
<em>But, this weird maic force. What is this? </em>I wondered as it felt like my body was being pushed away from the demonkin. The closer I tried to move towards her, the more an invisible force made it harder for me to close in.
As I was zigzagging through this storm, I noticed a streak of ck mes hopping from one spot to the next, eventually attracting the attention of the demonkin. Neill, in her full kirin-dragon form, was jumping around on her floating ind, even using the molten rock like projectiles by kicking them at VifiYok.
Then, using her horn, she would shoot out concentrated beams and sts of mana, only for red thunder to strike them before they could reach their master. However, Neill, with Renee on her back, kept this assault up, slowly making progress towards their target.
Meanwhile, since I took on my dragon form, my Job skills also disappeared, meaning all the [Idol]-rted skills are now unavable to me. Meaning, I had to go on the offensive while keeping [My Darkest Thoughts] on. It also didnt help that I had [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Minuet)] on. It incentived me to go slow and defensive.
<em> Then how about I turn it around? If I barely took any damage, then I should abuse it. I didnt buy [Lightning Resistance Lv. 10] and [Physical Super-Resistance Lv. 10] for nothing.</em>
I materialized [Unheilige Engel] and ced it over Tasianna, creating a dome over her body. Since I still had [Panzer] on and could just create an outeryer of scales and use [Draconic Barrier] on them, I was ready to juggernaut this.
With our protection secured, I dived down towards theva river. [Magmakammer] released incredible heat which created a miniature magma chamber. With [Volcanic ze], I scooped thisva up and molded it into a barrier before my head. Using [Mana Eyes], I could even see the demonkins silhouette through this thick barrier.
The effects of the presumably maic field showed itself as my advanced slowed down. It was then I saw VifiYok throw her halberd at Neill, probably [Voltaic Red: Thunderspeed Roar], before using something directed at me. With the silhouette mixing together, I couldnt fully tell what the attack was until it hit me.
<em>Oof!</em>
It was her crossbow again. This time, it hit me exactly on the shoulder, and while it did do some damage, with my defensive stats boosted like crazy right now, it was neglectable. Still, it slowed me down, so I still did my best to avoid them.
Eventually, she did transition into using her remaining arms to sling lightning bolts at Neill and me. Myva and scale barrier began to crumble cause of the continued attack, but I just kept reforming them over and over again.
<em>Cant [shfire] effectively when my speed is lowered by this maic field. Still, gotta try. Hellme Fire! Corrosive Fire!</em>
VifiYok was without a doubt still poisoned from a previous attack, not to mention having [Dread Burn] on her. The attrition war was still on-going.
Purple mes burst from my mouth, piercing through theva barrier and towards the demonkin. As I kept flying around, the demonkin responded by throwing a lightning bolt through the breath attack. I [shfire] over it, towards the other end of the lightning, only for a lightning strike to hit me right in the face.
<em>Arck! I knew it! </em>I grimaced, realizing my hypothesis was correct. [shfire] was a high-tempo movement which made it seem as if I teleported, but anything slowing me down would drive its speed way down.
White mes began to cover my face, healing me from that wound, as I u-turned around to avoid another lightning bolt. However, at that very moment, she pped her hands and the maic repulsion turned into attraction, forcibly pulling me towards her.
However, before I reached her, Neill jumped right in and nearly kicked her with her back legs, forcing the demonkin to hastily turn her prization back to before, sting Neill right out of the formers vicinity. Seeing she was flying right into a red thunder bolt, I shot a [Tornado Bullet] in her direction, throwing her away, although also hurting her, to help her flee. We then resumed dodging through all the long-range attacks.
As I was rattling my brain on how to handle this, I suddenly got a telepathic message from Neill.
[Thanks. Quick thinking.]
[No problem. Come closer, Ill heal up. Anyways, you got an idea on how to handle this? This might be even worse than her previous battle style,] Iined, preferring how she was heavily melee-oriented before. [We get slower when we approach, and any spell or dragon abilities I use gets destroyed by those red thunders. I cant go all out right now, just a reminder.]
[Yeah, arcane corruption. I know, or, more specifically, Renee knows.] My interest was piqued once Renee was mentioned. [Electromaic pull and push. The Territory probably has the demonkin as the center of it. However, after testing it a bit, anything too blocky seems to be reflected. Mana-based attacks arent though.]
[It cant possibly repulse air, otherwise, the demonkin would suffocate herself. Lady Hestia, it''s probably simr to Astaloss maic field, so we can use our past battle with him as reference for this,] Tasianna reminded me of my battle with the [Boltreaving Wyvern]. [Magic and any intangible attacks should work.]
[Then I guess Renee has a n with her wind de?] I asked.
[She does. Dragon paths work on her, as I injected mana into some of theva boulders, turning them into bombs. Mana lightning works, too, and I can spread the paths as close as her. Renee has a n to use them to bring the demonkin closer to me.]
[Good! Thene closer for a moment.] The both of us flew around this flying arena, before we quickly made a stop at the floating ind for me to transfer Tasianna onto Neills back. We quickly took flight before a thunder struck us. [Alright, I cant overuse mana and get [Arcane Fever] before the finalees. Ill try to act as a distraction this time. Keep the same battle n, though.]
With what she showed just now, escaping wasnt possible. She would just pull us right back towards her. However, we also had to force her to change her prity, otherwise we were forced to maintain ranged attacks. When that happened, I would immediately change to [The Heir of Hope] to grant Neill a 10% increase in her stats. At this point, I got the song transition timing down.
Once I reformed myva barrier, I kept the pressure up by throwing not only some [Sacred Smite]s but also breathing fire as I zoomed through the storm of bolts and thunder. I had to keep up with my natural arcane corruption decay and my mana usage.
Neill, on the other hand, kept her offense by kicking boulders at the demonkin, while having her dragon paths advance forward to shock her. In both cases, thunder struck them down, destroying any progress, but it did mean her attention was being divided.
Eventually, Tasianna was also able to establish a foothold in this battle as her retinue of [Slithering Frost Serpent] began to multiply and strike at the demonkin. des of ice descended down like hail, while frost powder covered the whole area like a miniature mist. She didnt need to do damage, she just needed to distract the enemy like us.
[Renees n is easy. Keep her upied, and thinking. Just like us, she has to be susceptible to arcane corruption. She will be forced into fighting us close once shes used up her mana.]
Was what Neill told me. I didnt know if [Original Sin: Satanael] could prevent arcane corruption, but no way could it stop you from consuming a ton of mana. Even I had a limit on my regeneration speed.
We just had to force her into that position. y our cards correctly, and she will have to y the game our way. Intentionally drag her along the stream. As much as we couldnt keep this going for long, she couldnt do it either. The five of us were all tired and exhausted. This was truly the final act.
Hraaah! As Neill was turning around to dodge a thunder st, that demonkin man, Heek, suddenly appeared from below Sis, using the floating rocks as tforms. The six armed demonkin of wrath wielded his ming greatsword, trying to sh at Sis, but probably due to her skills, she reacted immediately and stomped him in his face.
With a loud crack echoing through air, the man was flung away andnded on a floating boulder. Neill, wanting to end him, galloped over, only for VifiYok to fully focus on her, leaving her back open to me.
Get your filthy ws away from him! The demonkin girl cried out in rage, telling me this man was more than just a subordinate for her.
The rain of bolts threatened Neill, forcing me to create an eruption with [Volcanic ze], nearly engulfing the demonkin in theva flood. She used her ive to cleave it away, but this gave Neill the chance to shoot a [Pulse Arcane: Maxima] from her horn at the demonkin. This time, it hit!
Argh!
Renee then swung her de, activating [Cometh Breeze] to pull the demonkin closer, which inevitably also caused the maic force to push Neill away. However, this allowed Tasianna to shoot her spells at the iing demonkin, forcing our opponent to respond by shing everything apart, leavening her wide open for Neills next attack,
Mana seams appeared on her ck-scaled face, all moving towards her horn as it began to produce purple lightning from it. It wasnt blue like her previous [Pulse Arcane: Maxima]. This was something else!
Dammit! Thunderspeed!
Kurieieieiie! With a wild growl, she arched her head back and then snapped it forward, releasing arge lightning beam which destroyed the three electric hands on her right side, neutralizing the attack VifiYok nned to use.
<em>Freikugel! </em>I remembered Neill using that move against Ghorush in their arena duel. It was more reserved back then simr to aser beam while this one looked more like a cannon beam in size.
Wind Shiver! The [Freikugel] already caused a change in the winds, stopping the effects of [Cometh Breeze], but Renee immediately followed it up by shooting out a wind st. VifiYok responded by using her red lightning to dash away, though.
[Hestia, dash next to her! To her right!] I heard Neill call out for me, giving me precise instructions. Probably from Renee, since she was the only one who couldnt use [Telepathy].
Following the streaks of red in the air, I could just barely predict where she was going to end up and used [shfire]. With [Magmakammer] and all my scale-dust spread around from my flying, I had plenty of ces to dash towards. I only needed a single spark, and boom, there we go!
You!
I appeared right before her, causing her to instinctively swing her warhammer at me, only for the repulsion effect to activate and literally fling me away before she could hit me. Seeing her bbergasted face sure was funny.
[Ha! Get fooled you idiot!] Neill suddenly spoke to everybody around. [Did you really think were that dumb to stay around and fight you?! Go, Sis, get to the ind!]
[Lady Hestia, well be right behind you! All the n needs is your mana!] Even Tasianna joined in, spouting the same banter Neill did. [Well keep her upied so the Empress can fight properly!]
Wha So youre gonna aband?! VifiYok tried to taunt me as I flew away, using my rocket boosters to increase my speed.
[As if you can trick me! That toy would never trap my mother! Goodbye, you idiot!]
What?! she eximed as I disappeared even further in the distance. Neills precise order to me was for the repulsion effect to sling me in the direction of Karhntheel ind. Dammit!
And all to agitate the demonkin into doing something we needed her to do. Confusing the enemy and then forcing her into doing something desperate, as she probably had to worry about her mana. Deceit and trickery.
A purple magic circle appeared on her staff, activating a lightning spell which instantly shot her closer to me. There, she pped her hands, changing her prity where she pulled me closer to her. Only, I also made it easier on her as I st myself towards her with my rocket boosters and [Wind st].
Huh?!
[Neill, its the hands! She probably needs to p her hands to perform the move! We need to stop her from doing that again!] I informed Neill before tackling right into the demonkin, having us both crashnd onto the floating ind.
With the maic field active, the ind began to crumble, affected by VifiYoks Territory. At the same time, red thunder rained upon us, hitting me thrice in a row. However, with all my defenses up, I took them like a champ. With my [Halo of Consecration] active too, heal tanking was back on the menu once again, girls!
Kraaagh! Still, it didnt mean I waspletely impervious to her attacks.
Urrrgh! Urrgaaaargh! Once she pierced my chest with her rapier, she pushed me off of her and kicked me away, although the maic force just kept attracting me towards her. Knowing this, she attempted to p her hands, but I had my [Unheilige Engel] wrap itself around them, creating a thickyer of slime.
<em>Hellde Edge!</em>
With the tides of the battle turned once again, I shed at the demonkin with my tail, forcing her to block it with her warhammer, ive, and fist.. The arms blown away from Neills shot were slowly regenerating, but now that I looked at her closely, her slightly tanned skin was pretty blue right now, even turning slightly purple.
I [shfire]d closer to her and grabbed her leg, pulling her back on the ind, only for Neill tond and nearly dropkick her. As soon as she tried to jump away, a giant ice serpent appeared from underneath the ind and attacked her, forcing her to destroy it with a thunderbolt, only to be left open to my dragon breath.
Poison, unheble damage, my song, and then the arcane corruption in her body. Not to mention, how was her Stamina doing? If we couldnt brute force our way through, then ying this smart was the way to go.
<em>Click!</em>
<em>Huh?! Verdammt! </em>I grimaced as I heard that noise resound in my head, repeated by my parallel minds as they just told me my sun core cracked again. Just like the demonkin, my body was starting to tire from all the heat.
Everybody else was sweating up a storm, so how could I, as the one controlling everything, still be perfectly fine? However, I couldnt think too much about this. We had to take down the demonkin as soon as poss
Graaaaaaaaaaaargk!
[Foresight] activated, prompting me to dodge to the side as a thunderbolt flew past me. I then charged right at the demonkin while Neill tried to keep the ind intact with her dragon paths. At the same time, I had to duck as a ive flew over me.
I lunged forward, ws aze, blocking her next attack. Arge monster versus a single humanoid person; it sure tickled my gamer fantasy. Only problem was I was in the former position. Dodging around against an equallyrge opponent wasnt too tricky, but against somebody as small as this demonkin felt quite the challenge.
I took damage, but I kept on shing, casting spells, and using my scale-dust to explode. Fireworks blew up everywhere, you could say, while lightning weapons flew around, trying to hurt me. The demonkin clearly was feeling pressured, but even in this state, she kept trying to p her hands, but I kept her from doing so with [Overload] and [shfire].
Of course, I wasnt alone in this, as Tasianna kept raining more and more spells upon her. Whenever I would get hit, she wouldnd a counter attack, dissuading the demonkin from attacking any further. Followed up by Renees wind attacks, it kept the enemy guessing who was doing what.
Then, you also had Neill. Whenever the demonkinnded a strike at my chest, dangerously close to my sun core, Neill took over and began harassing the enemy. Size difference aside, Neill almost seemed like a fox while approaching her battle with VifiYok. Galloping, kicking, and then using her draconic abilities to keep the demonkin suffering damage. ck mes and dragon paths were integral to herbat style.
In the midst of the desert
A bright ray of light shines
Pure and brave, that she was, as she walked
And, oh boy, I did not let these chances pass. The moment I anticipated Neill wouldnd a hit, I would change the song, only to switch back to [My Darkest Thoughts]. Never would I have expected mybat usage of my spell songs would improve today.
VifiYok tried to escape multiple times, but [shfire] was all I needed to keep up with her speed. Even if she tried to attack me, I just took the hit. No dodging. While the symphonys minuet was on, I was a tank. in and simple!
From this rhythm, our tussle continued. We would exchange blows and keep dancing around on this crumblingva ind. A dragon and kirin swinging their bodies around while sundering this ce up, while a human and fairy kept shooting out spells, all to bring down a single demonkin.
Our goal was to push this demonkins mana to zero, but that was easier said than done.
Hrkk! My body froze in ce as I felt a sharp pain in my head, leaving me open as I stopped my attack. [Danger Perception] and [Foresight] activated and it felt like my body could avoid them, but my limbs didnt want to listen.
Boom!
<em>Kraak!</em>
My frozen body took the hit right to my head, nearly knocking me to the ground. However, instead of recovering and sending a counter attack, my body just instinctively roared out and my consciousness began to fade a little bit.
<em>What the?! Koff!</em>
It felt like I just had a ck out, and in this moment, VifiYok hit me again, only this time, she used that weapon ability with her warhammer. That electrifying feeling from before, where it felt like a battery was ced inside my body and continuously produced lightning to shock my organs and nerves, happened again.
Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! My body roared out once again, swiping at the demonkin crudely without stringing it into abo attack. Was my body moving on its own?!
[Hestia, disable [Battle Frenzy] now!] I heard Sis speak in my head.
[Wait, what?! Disable? Are you kidding me, I need the stat boo]
[Dont argue with your older sister in this case! I told you to not overuse [Battle Frenzy], youre going to enter the moderate stage at this rate!] Neill then jumped in front of me, and took all the attention by herself. [Shut it down!]
Was this really cause of [Battle Frenzy]? Then again, the times where I went over the minor stage, I would go unconscious as my body went wild on its own. It was a self-preservation function. I thought I finally had [Battle Frenzy] under control, but when I would Shit! I just had a ckout there for a moment, again!
<em>Verdammt, out! Out! Calm down! Think about my sloth. What keeps me rooted to this world!</em>
Deep breaths in, deep breaths out. Think about the happiness I wished to grant everybody. To see my family and friends safe and smiling would give me happiness. I had to remember this. As such, I couldnt lose myself until that goal was achieved.
<em>Hoooo.</em>
The white highlights on my scales dulled, eventually disappearing and returning to my usual crimson color. I felt not only my stats drop but also my minds aggressiveness die out a bit. I could think a bit clearer now, but it didnt help, since the situation was still the same as before.
<em>Tor Eicleres Finflei!</em>
As I finally calmed myself down, a blizzard suddenly appeared on this molten rock ind, engulfing not only the demonkin but also Sis with it. It was Tasiannas finishing spell!
Looking to my left, Renee and Tasianna had gotten off Neill, as thetter was keeping the demonkin upied.
Both were freezing in this crazy spell, being sliced by the army''s worth of ice des spawning from the spell. Thunder rained down towards Tasianna, but I immediately caught wind of this and charged over to her, covering my friend and absorbing the blows. I could still act as a tank.
[Lady Hestia?!] Tasianna sounded dismayed.
[Continue the attack! I can take these!] I ordered her, and my friend nodded. She knew what was more important here.
Neill, seeing through all the pain, kept the demonkin from fleeing, using dragon paths and even biting at her to keep her down. Frostbite appeared wherever Tasianna''s ice swords hit, slowing anything they struck down. Holding onto thunder halberds, she tried to throw them, but in the next moment, the demonkin began coughing as her skin fully turned purple.
<em>Is that [Arcane Fever]? Mana Eyes!</em>
Information is blocked
<em>Boo!</em>
Arrrrrrrrgkk! TAKE THIS!
Krrrriiiiek!
As I thought victory was so close, VifiYok suddenly dug her halberd right into Neills iing w attack, piercing her hand before using her warhammer to break it. Her right front legs bone is sticking out!
<em>Neill!</em>
VifiYok then used her gauntlet to smack Neills head right into the ground, leaving her open to a pummeling with her lightning arms. I used [Volcanic ze] to morph theva around her, grabbing onto her legs, allowing Tasianna to keep buffeting the demonkin.
This might have stopped her from attacking, but she also used this time to regrow her remaining elemental arms and used them to tear off the [Unheiliger Engel] slime. It tried to reattach itself, but the enemy was faster than the slime without Neill around to stop her. Once she broke away from the ground, she tried to p her hands, only for Neill to bite into her leg.
Krak! F this! Rumbling Crash! Shended a hammer strike right at Neills head, knocking her right out ofmission.
<em>NEILL! </em>I cried out as my rocket boosters activated, shooting myself forward as I bit right into the demonkins arm, pinning her down on the ground in this hailstorm.
I tried to tear off her limb, but she threw her ive right into my eye, blinding me and causing me to wail as the excruciating pain immediately went up to my brain.
Kraaaaaaaaaaaah! I roared out as I plucked this lightning polearm out of my head, only to see the demonkin almost performing her p. I couldnt react in time!
Cometh Breeze! I heard, followed by strong wind pulling me and the demonkin closer to Tasianna and Renee. This pull was just enough to make the demonkin stumble, dying her pping just enough for me to make it! END THIS BATTLE NOW, HESTIA!
Crack.
<strong>[Symphonie des Feuergottes (Finale)] </strong>inflicted on <strong>[Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]</strong>
KriiiAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Finale)
The curtain call is near, the spotlights shine brighter than ever, for the final act is here. Like the epitome of the inferno god, fire will explode. Fully heal Health, Mana, and Stamina. Increase all stats by 100%. Increase fire damage by 50%. After this effect ends, apply <strong>[Exhaustion (Moderate)], [Arcane Corruption (Minor)], and [Mana Stress (Minor)]</strong>
Double Agility! I smashed the demomkin right into the ground, shattering our footing.
[GET NEILL OUT OF HERE! TASIANNA, GET READY!] I called out to the other two before I grabbed VifiYok in my arms and pulled her closer to me as I flew into the skies with my rocket boosters.
<em>Dreadre Aura! Come on, Magmakammer, burn everything around me now! Music change! THE WILL TO FIGHT AND SURVIVE!</em>
Is this the fated battle, the light shines
Its blinding my sight
But Ive gotta hold on, the stage calls
The cries of a thousand, the mes of war will descend
The carnage of the zing sun
Blood rain from swords and ws
The strive to pierce the sky
The light that beckons you forth
I couldnt just stop now, my heartbeats
The show must go on
You cannot silence my voice now
Be dazzled, be humbled
Im destined for the stars
Prepare for a beatdown, no mercy
Gonna overwhelm them
A chance for the spotlight
Dont regret getting burned to ash
The carnage of the zing sun
Blood rain from swords and ws
As the music drops, our emotions will run wild
Top the world
The strive to pierce the sky
The light that beckons you forth
The promise to stand fast
Family and Friends
The Will to Fight and Survive!
100% increase in all stats. 50% more fire damage. All from this volcanic explosion inside my body. It burned me, strained my sun core, and it made my head ignore all the pain and damage I umted up until now.
Then, [The Will to Fight and Survive]. 10% increase to fire attacks and also 5% decrease in the enemiess Wisdom. If we took away [Dragon Fire]s meteor attacks, it only increased my fire attack by 10%. However, was this the most efficient song, though?
[My Darkest Thought] not only decreased all demonic abilities'' effects but also reduced 20% of their stats. It was what kept all of this mildlypetitive, after all. [The Heir of Hope] increased all stats by 10%, though. As such, if you did the math, it didnt seem like [The Will to Fight and Survive] was the correct choice here. What made the song good, though, was its infinite Stamina spam.
However, at this very moment, I didnt need a depressing [My Darkest Thoughts] or an inspiration filled [The Heir of Hope]. I didnt need a boss threatening [Dragon Fire] either. What I needed was a blood-pumping song that made me feel like I could break through any wall! To break my limits to survive!
Like a true finale!
Graaaaaaaaaak! Leeeeeeeet meeeeeeeeee gooooooooooo! I heard her scream, but I ignored all the pain around my arms and poured more mana into my [Draconic Barrier]. Even skill points! I didnt care if I got [Arcane Fever] at this point! Id have to deal with itter anyways!
Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. <strong>[Draconic Barrier Lv. 10] .</strong> 700 SP spent.<strong> 1300</strong> SP remaining
<em>KriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH</em>!
Like a rocket, I flew past the grey clouds above me, finally taking in the power of the sun. My sun core managed to take in some sr energy, refueling it a bit, but not long enough for it to reach an amount that mattered.
Once the heat I''d been building up reached a tipping point, I directed my eyes back to the ground. Was I melting this demonkin or not? I didnt really care! I couldnt stop this attack one way or the other at this point anyways. All I needed to do was execute it!
Graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak! Agony-filled cries echoed from below me as I passed the clouds, descending like a meteor. NOOOOOOOOOO!
<em>Shit!</em>
The demonkin was actually trying to p her hands at this point?! Was she crazy?! Regardless, I had to stop her
<em>Kuek!</em>
Crack!
Another crack, but this time, it didnt feel like it was created by my own body heat! This time, it was apanied by a deep pain in my chest!
<strong>[Overheat (Minor)] </strong>inflicted on <strong>[Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]</strong>
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk!
<em>You broke my core! Thats my second heart, you bitch!</em>
A virtual volcano from inside me burst out again, this time singeing my organs and muscles now that I didnt have an easy way to control this heat. I could maintain it for now, but the pain was unreal. Unable to fully endure it, it felt like my reactions weregging behind a second. My trembling hands were too slow!
Leeeeeet gooooo!
<em>No! Faster!</em>
<em>Uuuuuurgh</em>, youre not killing me! I will be your death! Her hands moved, closing in for another
Krihihihihie! Kruaaaaaaah!
Another spike of pain ran through my body, but surprisingly it wasnt at any of my vitals. In fact, I thought I just saw one of my fingers fly right past me, along with a human arm.
Arck!
I looked down, seeing the demonkin had lost her left arm while I lost a finger and chunk from my right foreleg. Also, I thought I just saw a beam. So, if everything added up then it had to be [Freikugel]?
[WIN FOR US, SIS!]
<em>That voice!</em>
Was all I needed for thest bit of motivation.
<em>Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah</em>!
Releasing every single bit of my remaining scale-dust, the impact not only tore through the floating ind but also devastated the ind below that. From previous experience, I knew better than to even try to limit the explosion range with [Pyrokinesis].
This powerful crashnding blew up the entire area, even affecting the other inds around. I was blown away into the sky, beforending right in the middle of the ocean. [Magmakammer] was still active, so it hardened up the water, creating a small patch of ind where the overwhelming heat began to rip through my body.
<strong>[Overheat (Moderate)] [Exhaustion (Moderate)] [Arcane Corruption (Minor)] [Mana Stress (Minor)] </strong>inflicted on <strong>[Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]</strong>
<em>Arghk! Hot! Burrrrns!</em>
The power of [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Finale)] was impressive, but, oh gods, it had a terrible side effect. My organs were burning, an intense headache appeared, and my body felt sore and numb. This sucked!
[Lady Hestia, Im here!<em> Aifli eir Vintral. Tor Eicleres Finflei!</em>]
<em>Okay, okay, dial down the heat! I dont need a sun core for this, I just need to control the temperature for Tasiannas spell to work! I trained this with Mother, I can do THIS! ARGH, HOT!</em>
Using mana was painful, as in, sore muscle-like pain. However, unlike sore muscles, using any mana at all while I was in this state would worsen both [Arcane Fever] and [Mana Stress] by a mile. Still I had to do something to help out Tasianna.
As the heat around me began to die down, I could feel my body being torn apart as my mana left my body; however, at the same time, I could also feel the cold snow touching my scales. A blizzard took over the area, helping cool me down. I didnt know how long it took, since the pain was making time seem longer, but eventually, I could just fall onto my back, huffing and puffing.
[Lady Hestia?] I looked in the air and saw Neill approach us with Renee and Tasianna on her back. My fairy maid immediately gave me a hug around my head, despite still sweating from [Magmakammer]s heat. I should turn it off.
[By Fathers ck horns, Sis, that was really an attack.] I heard Neill congratte me from the side, slowly approaching me with her broken leg. However, I couldnt speak. [Telepathy] demanded mana.
Tasianna, noticing this, immediately exined the situation to them, having left that out when she told them about my finale. Hearing this, both Renee and Neill couldnt help but sympathize with me, seeing how I couldnt fight at all anymore. In fact, I was slowly falling asleep.
Well, I guess it cant be helped. Guess you have to carry your little sister over to the port, Renee joked, now that the situation was resolved.
I kinda wanted to transform back into a dragonewt, to make it easier on Neill, but unless I wanted to go through some excruciating pain, I couldnt. [Mana Stress] technically stopped me from using any spells or even expending my mana until I moved out of zero Mana. Technically, I still could, but that meant drawing mana right from my very cells.
Meaning, my Health. And I was already bleeding Health from developing an [Arcane Fever]. My automatic white mes werent even healing me for that same reason.
Anyways, Hestia, could you turn your Territory off? Its zing out here.
<em>Oh, right, I should probab</em>
[Wait, hold on,] Neill interjected suddenly, stopping me. [ Just, Hestia, let me make sure. Did you get a message on how you won the Territory dispute? Or getting a level? Cause, Im sure you would have gained at least three or four levels from killing her.]
<em> Wait.</em>
My eyes burst open and I shook my head vigorously. She was right!
[Shi!]
YOOOOUUUUUUU! Just as that ominous feeling began to form, it manifested as a burning corpse jumping out of the water and grabbing onto Neills horn. THIS DAMN HORN!
With only one fleshy arm, but with six lightning ones, she ambushed us right as we let our guard down. With her warhammer and halberd, she struck at my sisters horn, shattering it before she could react.
Krruiiiiii!
Ugak! In the ensuing moment, Neill mmed her head against the demonkin, sending her falling on to the ground, where I finally got a clear look of her current form.
Her armor had melted right into her charred skin, deforming and twisting her features. Bald and skinless, the demonkin looked more horrifying than ever before, especially since most of her demonic features were still there. Thankfully, her lightning arms were back to normal instead of being feathered, meaning [Original Sin: Satanael] was off.
<em>Wai Shit! I forgot to cancel her Original Sin ability in all this chaos. Could I have usurped her power?</em>
Uuuuuuuarghhhh! VifiYok stumbled back onto her feet, shouting out like a howling beast as Renee and Tasianna readied themselves. Neill tried to stand up, but the loss of her horn seemed to have been more painful than I had thought.
<em>Damn, I cant move!</em>
My body wouldnt listen.
ARRRRRRRRGH! I AM WAR! I BRING WAR! A Wuarrrgh! The demonkin girl coughed up blood before falling onto the ground like a broken marite. Her six lightning arms were slowly dissipating as she tried to push herself up. A WARBRINGER MUST END HER BATTLE SUCCESSFULLY! BREAKahak! FREE! I need to
Her weapon, horns, and tail disappeared with her elemental arms. She then clutched her charred chest, gasping for air with every pained breath.
Our victory seemed almost at hand, we just had to wait for her to die. However, it still amazed me how she managed to survive myst attack and even broke Neills horn as a final act of defiance. Honestly, this beast of a girl was truly as tenacious as a cockroach, but even she couldnt escape this any longer. All we needed to do was to let her die or finish her off.
ARRRRGHHH! INSECTS!
W-What?! However, before we could, Renee screamed was directed at therge shadowing from the ocean. The water separated for this creature, before the very sky was nketed by a giant scaled tail. To the point, it looked like it wasrger than even Elyondas port.
<em>The leviathan</em>
This was not good.
ARRRRRRRRRGH! DIE!
Shit, Neill, get us out of here!
Master!
Lady Hestia, get in! Lady Fargryneill!
[Get in the subspace yourself! Ill handle th]
And without any more warnings, the tail pped down.
A note from AbyssRaven
We began this siege with a bomb, we will end it with a bomb a meter bomb. Also, I apologize if there was a bit too many "Kriiiiahs" and screams. I think I went a bit overboard with them, but your opinion?
If <strong>you guys want to support me, Hestia and "A Dragon Idol''s Reincarnation Tale" (or just read up to 20 advance chapters + any Patreon-only chapters) please check out my Patreon: </strong><strong>Rawr!</strong>
<strong>For two dors, for the cost of a coffee, you can read up to four chapters! You will have my eternal gratitude for any support you can give me! Please.</strong>
Thank you for reading this chapter. PayPal
Patreon
Previous
Chapter Fiction
Index Next
Chapter <ul><li> RSS </li></ul>
About the author
<strong> 1 </strong> Fictions <strong> 7 </strong> Posts <strong> 1 </strong> Threads <ul><li> Sunday, December 18, 2022 3:32:25 AM </li><li> Germany </li><li> [Member of Zard Skwad] </li></ul>
<strong>Bio:</strong> Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I''m just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.
I eventually found out that I''ve been spending a bit too much time with building, nning, and researching for the story, that I''ve decided to just share it with others.
Writing is mostly a hobby for me, but I would still love any kind of criticism to improve on it.
I''m also german, so please excuse anything that sounds a bit weird...I wouldn''t mind you pointing it out though. Achievements
Comments(1)
Set Compact
Log in toment
Log In Load Comments
Theme (Entire Website) Dark Light Dim background 0% 20% 40% 50% 60% 80% 100%
Font Size 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 28 32 Reader Width Max 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%
Font Family
Default Open Dyslexic Atkinson Hyperlegible Arial Roboto Open Sans OS Default Comic Sans Lucida Verdana Ubuntu Ubuntu Condensed Franklin Gothic Garamond Caslon Minion Font Color
Indent
Color Scheme
Theme Default OLED ck Royal Road Dark Dark Gray Gray Light Gray Sepia White
Paragraph Spacing
Close
Points You can specify how many points you want to give (minimum: 0, maximum: 0).
Comment (optional) Why are you giving this user reputation?
Give Reputation Close
Royal Road is the home of web novels and fan fictions! In our amazingmunity, you can find various talented individuals who write as a hobby or even professionally, artists who create art for them, and many, many readers who provide valuable feedback and encouragement. Royal Road is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon. Dark Light <ul><li> </li><li> </li></ul> Create a support ticket
Contact Us by Email
Ads for Authors
Programmatic Advertising
Royal Road 2013-2022
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Blog | Status
Tap again to scroll to the top!