Chapter 152 - 54

A giant asteroid covered the sky and slowly fell towards the two dragons fighting. The imperial dragon sensed the danger coming its way and tried to break free from the ancient dragon restraining him. But unfortunately, the imperial dragon could not escape from the ancient dragon. The imperial dragon had no other choice but to shoot out dragon breath in that state. The eyes of the nine dragon heads shone.

[Ultimate Dragon Breath]

Boooooooooooooooommmmmmmmm!

The asteroid shattered into pieces. The shards turned into small meteors and destroyed the surroundings. But Ziel's attack didn't end there. Another asteroid appeared from the portal, and this time two asteroids at once.

"If one isn't enough, then I'll just double the number." Ziel panted heavily and felt his body almost reaching its limit. But he keeps forcing himself to attack the imperial dragon.

[Fall!]

[Fall!]

The two asteroids suddenly fell faster than the first asteroid. The imperial dragon panicked to see the gigantic object approaching him in a manifold number. The eyes of the nine dragon heads shone.

[Ultimate Dragon Breath]

The two asteroids shattered like the asteroid that crashed the first time. But Ziel dropped another asteroid on the dragon, and he was determined to hit it this time.

[Fall!] x16

Dozens of asteroids piled up in the sky and fell towards the imperial dragon. The asteroid fell at speed many times faster than the first and second asteroids.

Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The imperial dragon roared, the eyes of the nine dragon heads shone. He shot out his third dragon breath.

[Ultimate Dragon Breath]

The dragon destroyed three asteroids, but the remaining 13 were still intact and untouched. All of the asteroids fell faster and finally hit the imperial dragon.

Booooooooooooooooooooo.ooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The imperial dragon roared in pain from being continuously hit by dozens of asteroids. Finally, the 13th asteroid hit it, and no more roars could be heard.

The battlefield between Ziel and the nine-headed imperial dragon is full of smoke and dust due to the asteroid impact. The appearance of the two of them is entirely invisible. Ziel stared intently at where the imperial dragon and ancient dragon had fought before. He wanted to make sure that the imperial dragon was dead.

Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The imperial dragon's roar blew away all the smoke and dust in the place. Ziel could see the imperial dragon didn't die from the asteroid impact. But the monster lost part of its body and only had one golden head left at this point. The golden dragon head's eyes shone. The regeneration process is prolonged because it only uses one head. Even so, part of his body had been restored, and it was only a matter of time for the eight heads to grow back.

"Looks like I won't be able to kill you if I don't obliterate you to the smallest part of your body." Ziel narrowed his eyes at the state of the imperial dragon in front of him. He attached his white and black swords. When the swords touched each other, the white and black light clashed. Not long after that, the light began to mix into one. The white and black swords merged and formed a new grey sword.

"This is my final attack. If I can't kill you with this attack, then I will die." Ziel grasped the sword with both hands and poured his remaining mana, aura, and spirit power into it. The three powers swirled in the sword and slowly fused into a new power. A thick grey light with black and white coating enveloped the sword. The space around Ziel began to distort and crack due to the compression of the excessive force.

"Die." Ziel raised his sword and gave the imperial dragon a vertical slash.

[Sword of Extinction]

The gigantic grey aura blade engulfed the imperial dragon. The dragon's body disappeared instantly when it came into contact with Ziel's attack. The imperial dragon didn't even have time to roar in pain. What remained were particles of light after his death. The combined abilities of the white sword [space] and the black sword [destruction] created a new ability to annihilate everything.

After seeing that the imperial dragon's body had completely disappeared, Ziel suddenly lost his balance. His vision started to blur, and he felt like he didn't have the slightest strength to stand up. Not long after that, Ziel suddenly fell from the sky. He had overextended himself to fight at full force while he was in a mortal wound. He reached his limit when his power had been exhausted. Ziel slowly lost his consciousness. But before that, he had a chance to see the light streaking towards him. Not long after, his consciousness completely disappeared into the darkness.

***

Time goes back to when Ziel managed to survive the imperial dragon's attack. Kalya and the other girls are happy that Ziel is still alive. But on the other hand, they are sad to see his current condition.

"Ziel..." Kalya covered her mouth and couldn't hold back the tears that spilled from her eyes. Next to her, Princess Freya also had the same feeling and expression on her face. Laurel and Princess Iris still tried to calm them both down. Right now, their chests hurt seeing Ziel fighting in such a state.

When the girls saw the fight between Ziel and the imperial dragon, they heard footsteps approaching them.

"What's going on in this place?" Queen Jasmine asked confusedly. She came to the place after hearing the roar of the imperial dragon. She looked around the former battleground between Ziel and Crossel. But her eyes stopped somewhere under the world tree. Queen Jasmine and Princess Seira were shocked after seeing Crossel's corpse lying there.

"Did you guys kill him? And what kind of creature is it? And who is the one who fought against it?" Queen Jasmine trembled after seeing Crossel's corpse, but she became even more scared after averting her gaze and seeing a giant dragon with nine heads.

"Could you be quiet!" Dryad said coldly. She was annoyed with all Queen Jasmine's questions.

"Who are you...?" Before Queen Jasmine could continue her speech, Salamander first manifested himself in front of the Dryads. Salamander couldn't speak, so he lowered his head like he was on his knees. Queen Jasmine immediately recognized who the girl was after seeing Salamander kneeling in front of her.

"I am Jasmine Venetia, the Queen of the current Elven Kingdom. I pay my respects to the spirit Queen, Dryad." Queen Jasmine quickly knelt and gave her greetings.

"I am the Princess of the Elven Kingdom. My name is Seira Venetia. I'm honored to meet Queen Dryad." Princess Seira frantically saluted Dryad after hearing what Queen Jasmine said. They didn't recognize her because Dryad had never shown herself in public all this time.

"Ooh, you're the current Queen teaming up with that divine race bastard, aren't you? I know you." Dryad snorted and looked disgusted at Queen Jasmine.

"That's..." Queen Jasmine wanted to say something, but Dryad cut her off first.

"I'm not interested in hearing your answer. I'm feeling bad right now. So you better back off and don't get too close to me." Dryad stared intently at Queen Jasmine and paid no more attention to her. She had a grudge against the divine race that had locked her up and tried to control the world tree. Not to mention seeing Ziel fighting in such a state made her mood even worse.

"Do you feel there is something different with Ziel?" Lilith's voice suddenly made the girls turn their attention to her.

"What do you mean?" Laurel asked because she didn't understand what she meant.

"His gaze… the look he used to give was that of someone bored and disinterested in everything around him, but now his gaze was intense. He looks like a beast staring at its prey." Kalya answered what Lilith had asked before. Among the other girls, she was the one who spent the most time with him. She also often notices changes in the expression on Ziel's face. So Kalya immediately knows if something has changed about him.

"You are right. It's also the first time I've seen him give that look." Princess Freya nodded in agreement to Kalya.

"He also does a different attack pattern to what he did before. He seemed to be deliberately luring the monster to read his attack patterns." Lilith gave her opinion. The other girls saw Ziel's fighting style again after hearing that. What Lilith said was true. Ziel didn't fight as he did in the beginning against the dragon. Meanwhile, Queen Jasmine and Princess Seira could only watch the fight from a distance away from the girls for fear of the threat Dryad had said earlier.

While the girls were focusing on the battle, they were suddenly surprised by another dragon that appeared and also had nine heads.

Roooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!

"What's that!?" laurel asks Kalya. She had never seen Ziel use that ability, so she was confused by the sudden appearance of another monster.

"That is one of his abilities. But I don't know more about that." Kalya answered her. Ziel had told Kalya about his abilities, but she didn't care at all. That's why she never asked further.

"It is an ability that can create anything from nothing as long as you know the details of what you are creating." Dryad adds what Kalya had said.

"What!?" Kalya and the other girls were shocked after hearing Dryad's explanation. Even Queen Jasmine and Princess Seira were stunned after overhearing their conversation.

"Isn't that an extraordinary and versatile ability?" Laurel's question represented the feelings of the other girls.

"You're right if that person knows how to use it. Not only does Ziel know, but he's also very good at using that ability." Dryad agreed to laurel's words. Ziel's ability is indeed versatile but must be accompanied by extraordinary knowledge. Because for every creature he created, he had to have the complete picture.

Not long after, the sky turned dark. The girls opened their mouths wide as Ziel dropped a giant rock from the sky towards the dragon. One asteroid is enough to destroy a castle and the surrounding area, but Ziel is dropping dozens at a time.

"This...I'm seeing it for the first time." Dryad didn't know what to say. It was the first time she'd seen Ziel use such an ability because Ziel had just created it before he reincarnated and used it for the first time in a fight against Lilith.

Lilith had cold sweat dripping from her forehead if she had to imagine Ziel releasing more than one asteroid against her. Princess Iris and Laurel saw it for the first time and were frightened by the disaster-like scene before their eyes.

After the girls were taken aback by the sight of the apocalypse, what they saw next was no less astonishing. After being hit by the dozens of asteroids, the dragon was alive and had even begun to heal itself. On the other hand, they were worried because they saw that Ziel had started to wobble while flying in the sky.

(Ziel...I'm sure you can win!) Kalya prayed in her heart. Princess Freya, Princess Iris, laurel, Dryad, and Lilith also expect the same thing.

The girls saw Ziel suddenly do something to his sword. He combined his two swords and unleashed all his strength. They could feel that the power was far more potent than the dragon breath of the previous nine dragon heads. Ziel slashed his sword and made the giant dragon disappear from their sight.

(What kind of power is that!?) 

Dryad and Lilith could feel the horror of Ziel's attack. They were shocked by the power shown by that single slash of the sword. But then the girls were happy that Ziel managed to defeat the monster.

"He won! He won!" Princess Freya jumped happily after seeing Ziel's victory. She hugs Kalya unconsciously. Kalya could only smile and return the hug. The other girls gave them warm smiles, but their smiles condensed and were replaced with panicked faces as they saw Ziel suddenly lose his balance and fall from the sky.

"Dryads! Quickly open the barrier! I will help him!" Kalya shouts at Dryad. Because she was too panicked, she called Dryad's name directly without any honorifics.

"Calm down! I'll help him since the barrier is gone and the dragon is dead. I can freely control this forest." Dryad didn't care about Kalya's attitude towards her. She knelt and put her palms on the ground. The girls could see many roots rising from the ground and catching the fallen Ziel. The roots pulled Ziel into the soil. Not long after, the ground near the girls split open and revealed Ziel, unconscious and covered in wounds.

"Ziel!!!" Kalya and the other girls scream hysterically after seeing his condition.