Chapter 101: AWAKEN!

"You're crazy." Said by Jurel. "A madman."

"Oops, I got too excited." I regained my composure. "Sorry, seeing those swords in action is basically my sanctuary."

"Tsk. Excalibur, show your light!" The Excalibur shone brightly. Enveloping the whole area in a blinding light.

"Come, Soul Scythe." My weapon appeared before me. "Lightning Body!"

I started off by running towards Nerta. I swiped my scythe towards his neck but his quick reflexes managed to block it.

Jurel's Excalibur ran put of light and began to attack me from behind.

I barely controlled it but I managed to pass the speed of sound. I completely disappeared in front of them.

But Gratis had thought of this. He managed to catch up to my speed appearing behind me.

As soon as he swung Gram, "Phase!"

I tried to block the Gram sword but it merely passed through my scythe and he managed to land an attack on me. Breaking the armor itself and piercing through my skin.

I backed off as soon as he cleanly removed the sword off my shoulder. "Tsk. Heal."

The three of them began moving in unison.

Nerta started with a thrust but I dodged it completely. But it was merely a feint. He changed his grasp on the sword and started an upward swing.

I can see this move. It'll be easy to dodge. But...

"Excalibur, show your light!"

The blinding light it emits managed to blacken my sight. I can't see where the upward swing is going.

"TORCHED BODY!" I quickly switched.

Nerta's upward swing merely passed through my body.

[Gazer Armor dispelled.]

[Soul Scythe dispelled.]

"Damn it. This demon..." Gratis exclaimed.

"Fire Whip!" Lightning body is still active. I can control two elements. So other skills are locked while I use Torched Body but elements are fine? I'm getting more information every single fight.

"Excalibur show your light!"

Useless. I will never be blinded in this ethereal form.

Gratis stepped up and rushed up to me.

I quickly stepped back. But he followed.

I knew it, this person is fast!

He swung his sword upwards then to the side. In which I quickly stopped by entangling my fire whip to his sword.

He's insanely close to me so the best possible move will be, "Rapid Chaos Flames!" Its a shotgun like blast of fireballs. Deals nothing in far places but if its this close... "Boom."

"Sh-" Gratis was blown away tens of meters.

"BROTHER!" Nerta and Jurel shouted.

I grabbed the Gram sword and looked at it intently. "So this is the Gram sword. This intricate design and the pulsing of this sword... Is Fafnir inside? Or is it his personification of greed that wants to go out?"

"DAMN YOU!" Jurel rushed to me. "He jumped and got ready for a wide swing."

"Slow."

"Zero Slash!"

"Bur-" Just as I was about to attack first, it seems his move landed first. I looked back and to my surprise, the valley I was standing on is split in half. Good thing my phase skill passive reset on time.

"King's Will!" The Excalibur he was holding had a light enveloping it. It grew larger and longer until... It was 10 times taller than me.

Veins popped out of his biceps as wielding that insanely huge weapon took a toll on his body.

"ARGHHHHHH!" Jurel swung his gigantic Excalibur sword.

I sense danger from that sword. "Flame Pillar!" I casted Flame Pillar under the sword and it knocked it off course. But just the wind of that sword managed to cut all the trees behind me. And the clouds above us has also been cut. "What the..."

Jurel sat down out of exhaustion and began chanting a spe to heal his arm.

"I'll hold him off brother!" Nerta stood forward.

"Don't be an idiot. Let... Me handle him too." Gram recovered.

"Out of spite, here." I tossed the Gram sword over to him.

"You'll regret this." He picked up the sword and began chanting. "Wake up... Fafnir."

"Wait... Didn't Sigurd kill Fafnir?" History here is... Different.

"Sigurd sealed Fafnir. Despite Fafnir being the greediest dwarf and living being in the whole world, he knew Fafnir would be useful someday... Fafnir.... Awaken from your slumber!"

The tip of the Gram sword slowly turned into the shape of a face of a dragon. It stretched until it reached the clouds.

A bright light then shone through the clouds.

"DAMMIT! SIGURD! SHOW YOURSEFLF! MY TREASURE... EVERYTHING I LIVED TO PROTECT... SIGURD!!!" A loud roar then followed. The light disappeared and so did the clouds. Revealing Fafnir's true appearance.

"That's... FAFNIR!" I was beyond amazed by his appearance.

"Fafnir... An Elder Dragon." Gram said.

This is my first time seeing an Elder Dragon.

Fafnir was beyond amazing. His black scales, his wings that as wide as his own budy, his power that even just being near him makes me tremble with excitement and fear.

His teeth were large and looked like fangs. His appearance shouts... "I'm here."

Fafnir descended to the ground sending rubble and trees flying all over.

"SIGURD, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!" Shouted by Fafnir.

"Fafnir, I'm Gratis!"

"Huh? A mere human talks to me? Don't waste my time you damn insect!"

"I know where Sigurd is!"

"TELL ME!" Followed by a large roar.

"That's Sigurd!" He pointed at me.

"You're Sigurd!? Your appearance had changed. HOW LONG DID YOU IMPRISON ME!?"

"Let's cooperate to kill Sigurd!"

"..." He was hesitating. "Fine. Just this once you damn human. I need to thank you for releasing me somehow."

Fafnir looked up and began to inhale air to the point that his stomach bloated. He lowered his head right in front of me.

"ROARING BLAZE!"

"A flame breath!? TORCHED BODY, DISPEL! LAST STAND!"

It was a beam of fire. It destroyed the ground, the mountain and trees in front and behind me. The cloud parted due to the shockwave his voice produced.

This is the power of a true Elder Dragon.

The power of a legend.