Chapter 181: Dragon vs. Slazzigula.

Chapter 181: Dragon vs. Slazzigula.

[Music Resonation (Moderate)] [Sanctified Blaze] [Various Spell Buffs] [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Allegro)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Without any further delay, the fight between two giant fire-spitting lizards began in the most appropriate way possible.

Kriiiaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

Grigriiiaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

Streams of crimson and bright red flames exploded out from our respective mouths like rockets, crashing onto each other, clashing together to form a massive fire wall. This only lasted a moment though, as the tides turned against the slazzigula, the severe difference in magical powers making itself known. My flames overpowered the enemys fire breath, pushing it back faster and faster as the seconds ticked down.

The slazzigula, realizing that it couldnt compete against me in this manner, canceled its breath attack and jumped to the side, avoiding my dragon fire from hitting him. Displaying its nimbleness once again, the giant salamander landed on the tips of its feet and used this momentum to sling its body forwards, flames swords forming around its carapace gauntlets.

Stat difference in our Intelligence. A massive one. It knows it and is going for close-combat, where it believes it excels more. Cant have that. Firing squad, go!

Nine of my parallel minds went into action, each activating a projectile spell from my spell list and blasting it at the slazzigula. Lightning, terra, storm, lava, sacred; my elemental prowess forced the monster to slow down its advance, jumping side to side in an attempt to dodge my attacks, but even Saori cant dodge everything without using magic once Im serious.

Sadly, despite its slender form, the slazzigula was actually quite the bruiser according to its profile. Level eight and a focus on Strength, Vitality, Agility, and Stamina to facilitate roughhousing, and even its Wisdom wasnt too bad. My spells connected, damaging it considering its groans, but it continued charging forward like a raging bull. Just, instead of pointing its horns forward, its twin swords were directed at me, now ready to spill blood.

Cant fight here. Too close to the others. Build some walls, were luring it away!

Although I wasnt watching their fight, I could hear spells colliding against each other under me. High-pitched grunts, fury-filled shouts, and blood-curdling screams. I had to take off my party bracelet before transforming, meaning I couldnt spectate as to what was going on their side. I was worried about them, but I had to concentrate on my fight.

Still, two mammoth-sized monsters rampaging around wasnt good. A normal-sized human only reached up to my knees, meaning I could stomp someone flat just by just stepping on them. This would disrupt the fight below me. To avoid this, I erected multiple [Terra Walls] to slow the slazzigula down, forcing it to either break through or climb over considering its physical power and how light-footed it was, it should have no problem with either.

Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Allegro)

Flames burning as fast as flashfire, increasing the casters Agility by half of the base amount. All fire elemental attacks increase in strength

However, that was all just part of the plan. In [Symphonie des Feuergottes]s first movement, Allegro, my current Agility was about 50% higher than usual, which, when boosted by winds [Swift Winds] Agility buff, made me far faster than this slazzigula. Charging in with my flaming tail, I slashed at the salamander with [Hellblade Edge].

Similar to last time, the slazzigula guarded against it perfectly, not letting me move my tail any further despite the Strength I put into it. Still, that was expected. Sliding my tail down the salamanders guantlets, I slipped through the slazzigulas arms and used [Wind Blast] while jumping, pushing me onto one of the rock walls I constructed. While I slithered over them like a lizard, my opponent began destroying them to reach me, effectively enabling me to lead it away from the Ellaines, the students, and Talons fight.

Number eight, nine, and ten, music time. Boss battle time!

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 flames of war will descend

I didnt need the arena for this fight when this monster only had eyes for me. The place we were fighting in was like the savannahs fields, flat and wide. This meant, using [Dragon Fire] wasnt the best choice here, but [The Will to Fight and Survive]. What I needed was sustain.

[Dragon Fire]s effect was weakening water and ice attacks, in addition to improving my fire and dragon abilities while dealing random fire damage to my enemies. [The Will to Fight and Survive], on the other hand, not only makes losing Stamina a non-issue, but it also increases the damage I can deal with fire and holy spells and decreases my enemies morale and Wisdom by 5%. And that last part was what I was really aiming for.

By increasing the amount of Mana I invest into [Aerokinesis] to play my song spells, it allowed me to support my teammates. They received the positive effects of my song while their enemies received the negatives. I know I should focus on my own fight, but the Wisdom decrease on the slazzigula was important for me, too.

Dedicating two parallel minds to continuous cast [Wind Blast], I jumped off the last [Terra Wall] and kept myself afloat using wind magic. While I couldnt fly properly yet, raining down dragon fire and spells while floating overhead was no problem. The monster wanted to get close to me, meaning all I needed to do was to fly.

Grigri! Like a ninja, the salamander was dodging right and left, seemingly getting used to my shooting patterns. Flames then erupted from its right hand. While using it as a pivot to dodge through my spells, the slazzigula crushed through the ground when it did so, confusing me when nothing happened. What was it trying to do? I wondered, continuing shooting out spells.

Griah! The slazzigula groaned when a [Bedrock Blades] pierced the monsters shoulder, tearing through its scales and spilling blood out. The salamander destroyed the rock blade with a flaming punch, roaring in anger afterwards before beginning to simply punch through all the remaining approaching blades.

Enraged! Opening for me to-

Seeing the monster angered by its mistake meant it left an opening for me to focus fire a stronger spell but my plan was interrupted by what happened next. [Foresight] activated, directing my attention to the ground the moment magma erupted from it, breaking through the magma veins beneath the crevasses. Like pillars, jets of molten rock shot right up at me, forcing me to ditch attacking, for now, and focus on maintaining myself in the air.

My reliance on [Wind Blast] to keep myself afloat showed itself here, when volcanic gases followed the pillars, interrupting the winds around me. Sprays of rock made it impossible for my wings to properly flap, making it even harder for me to keep my heavy body up in the air. I knew I had to escape from this predicament and when I did, the slazzigula reacted.

[Danger Perception] exploded once again, warning me to jolt my head to the side. When I did, I could hear the sharp report reminiscent of a gunshot as a flaming spear was thrown at me. Fast! was all I could think as my reflexes moved my body without my input, rolling in the air to avoid the brunt of the attack. It was a glancing hit but it still somehow managed to damage me through my [Draconic Barrier], denting my scales as it passed right by me.

As a B rank fighting against another B rank monster, I should 100% expect its attack to do damage when its fighting seriously. It was common sense for me. I was confident in my fire resistance, which had to handle my scale-dust explosions all the time, but I shouldn't underestimate its attacks just cause its fire-based. Especially when [Danger Perception] activates.

When the skill didnt activate when the salamander spit out a ball of fire, I knew I could tank the attack but that relief went out of the window the moment the scale-crown on the slazzigulas back began shooting out fire. For the inferno rulers true power is restricted by it, was something I remembered from the slazzigulas description. An accumulation of fire-potent scales from its slazzanbal days, until theyre broken, the crown lays dormant and supposedly restricts the monsters true power.

After spitting the fireball, the slazzigula jumped into the air with its scale-crown serving as a jetpack, propelling the monster up in the sky and towards me. My response to this attack was a boosted [Draconic Roar] but the wind up I needed was broken the moment the slazzigula formed another flame spear with its [Pyrokinesis] and threw it at me, forcing me off-balance to dodge it.

Scheie, flying is too hard!

My inexperience with flying showed itself at this moment. The advantage Id thought I had was invalidated at this moment.

With flaming blades forming around the monsters gauntlets, I assessed the situation, noting that I couldnt escape with [Wind Blast] while struggling to regain my balance in the air. If I tried to blast myself away, all I would achieve is another crash landing. My only option here was to blast it with spells and then resort to [Hellblade Edge] and [Scale-Dust Veil] the moment it got close. [Dreadflare Aura] would be for Plan B.

Like the bruiser it was, it shielded its vitals using its flame sword while continuing its flight towards me with its flaming jetpack. Clicking my tongue at how well it was wielding its bodys weapons, I placed the sharp, scaled edge of my tail inside my mouth and with one quick swipe, I sharpened and reheated it using my jaw plates. Sparks flew as I snapped my claws against each other, readying myself for a physical fight.

Panzer!

With purple armor protecting my body now, I closed the distance between us with [Wind Blast].

Kriaaaaaahhh!

Grigrigriaaahhh!

Flames and claws clashed. Scales broke off as flesh was rendered and blood spilled. The slazzigula grew angrier and angrier while white and purple fire began shrouding me more and more. Neither of us even attempted to stay in the sky, knowing this was just a phase of the battle. As we fell ever closer to the ground, neither of us disappointed each other as we dueled like two swordsmen.

The adagio movement made it far easier for me to compete against the slazzigula with my superior Agility, but the monster countered using its skill with its blades. In this match, it was a competition between stats and skill. I had higher stats than the slazzigula while they had to rely on its stronger skill set and ability with its twin blades. None of us could land a decisive blow against the other, but every glancing hit on the salamander meant a step closer to my win while I could heal from the hits I suffered.

Come on! Sustain tank, lets go!

When the ground came into view, we stomped each other, creating some space to soften our fall.

Grigri! the slazzigula seemingly laughed at our clash while I was trying to recover my breathing rhythm. When the slazzigula once again did its come at me hand sign, something snapped inside me when confronted against its arrogant personality. Ruthlessly, I ground my teeth against each, creating a small spark in front of me.

And the scale-dust covering its body blew up like dynamite.

Griaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! The salamander cried out in pain.

Fighting up close and personal wasnt my forte, something this slazzigula rubbed in my face with how skilled it was, but I did mention how [Scale-Dust Veil] was part of my strategy. It always was part of my fighting style. Our struggle in the sky was just a way for me to spread the dust around the slazzigula, lodging them into the monsters scales.

When we landed, a hail of scale-dust was softly falling down, blanketing our environment. When I snapped my mouth shut, everything around me exploded. I was caught up in the explosion as well, but everything could be solved with some healing. I knew the slazzigula had to be well protected against fire and magma since it grew up in these magma chambers, but it should still show some effect.

It was a shame that my Job skills didnt transfer into my dragon form, since [Crimson-Scaled Dreadgiver] wouldve made this far easier.

Scale-Dust Size Increase

Increase the size of scale-dust expelled from the owners body. Increase explosion size

Fire Abnormality Effect: Dread

Adds an effect to all fire produced by the owner through magic or abilities, called [Dread Burn]. [Dread Burn] nullifies all source of Health regeneration on an afflicted target and decrease their fire resistance by 30%

Those were the Job skills I currently had. Unfortunately, besides grimgarians, monsters could not have an active Job while in monster form. That meant I could not benefit from these two skills. If you asked me, it was kinda unfair. Shouldnt I, the mutant dragon, have these skills naturally? Honestly, if I could buy them using SP, I would have done it already. Whatever the price, I didnt care. I wanted them badly!

Lets act spoiled after this fight ends.

[Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Adagio)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Adagio)

Flames burning slowly with powerful notes, increasing the casters Strength and Intelligence by half of the base amount. Mana consumption of all spells is reduced by 50%

Perfectly timed, the movement began, reducing my maximum Agility to increase my Strength and Intelligence in return. Honestly, I preferred adagio for this fight but I couldnt control when the movements switched. This was my boss battle phases gimmick.

GriAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Speaking of phase gimmicks, the reason why I called it perfectly timed was cause the slazzigula had its phase change, too.

Standing straight like a human, the slazzigula was tall enough to look down at me, showing off its height. As the dust settled, I could see broken scales, blood, and burn scars covering its body. My explosion definitely did damage, but it also triggered the scale-crown on its back to fully unleash its power.

Six wings of pure flames emitted from its back, making the slazzigula look more like a flaming angel than a dragon. Flames began to form beneath it as it somehow slowly began hovering in the air with its flame wings flapping hard. It roared, and the moment it did, five pillars of flames suddenly formed around it before they rushed towards me.

Looking similar to the [Inferno Magic Lv. 2] spell [Blazing Twister], those tornados approached me. [Danger Perception] didnt warn me about them, so I think I could safely stay inside them without incurring too much damage, but what did catch its attention was slazzigula itself. Flame blades formed around its gauntlets again, but instead of jumping or running, it flew towards me with those six fire wings.

What the fuck?!

With both swords drawn back, it slashed at me the moment it could, prompting me to dodge. Magic circles began to flicker around me as spells were prepared, but the slazzigula left no time for me to breathe, striking relentlessly at me. This was where not having allegros speed buff was an issue, since its current form seems to be stronger and faster. I couldnt keep up with it!

Kriargh! I growled as the monster landed a proper hit on my wings, ripping the membrane apart and piercing through my [Panzer] armor to expose the skin on my limb. My projectile spells were hitting it, but it seemed it was ignoring them, only focusing on attacking me.

Grigrigrigri! it crackled a laugh as it suddenly changed its attack pattern. Extinguishing its flame swords, the slazzigula sucker-punched me right in my head before grabbing my neck. Grappling my neck with both arms now, it mounted my back. I had no idea what it was trying to do but fear got to me, not knowing what it was doing made me slightly panic.

Dreadflare Aura!

Sensei!

Thank goodness Huh?

As I tuned out of Saoris and her students heartful reunion, a woman clad in white armor suddenly came into my vision. She had white hair and features resembling a Scandinavian woman in her late twenties or mid-thirties. Tasianna wasnt reacting to her as she approached me, giving me a short bow before mana mist suddenly was being released from her body.

Her armor made clanking noises as two limbs erupted from her back along with a third appendage from her butt. White scaled wings, an ivory-colored tail, two short beige horns, and marble-like scales covering her face and hands. Her face was still that of a human, but her race certainly wasnt.

She bowed before me the moment her transformation ended, smiling as she addressed me, It is an honor to finally meet you, Princess Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor, youngest daughter of the imperial family of Kargryx. My name is Yorshka Nordor and I am your terribly older niece.

Confusion. Nordor? Yorshka? My mind was still processing what just happened but something was preventing me from connecting the dots together. Sometimes, compassion could become an issue.

Where is Talon?

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What is that explosion? Why did the ceiling just crack open? Where did those spiders come from?

My mind was hazy. I couldnt express my confusion to anybody around me. Pain. The pain was the only thing keeping me awake. For twenty years, I have become accustomed to living with burn scars, tormenting me in the first few years whenever I tried to sleep. No, that wasnt the pain I was feeling.

Keith?

I looked around. A corpse of a man. His face was burnt and his eyes lifeless. He could not speak anymore. A knife with a wavy blade was stuck in his chest. It was the cause of his death.

The sound of thunder. The crackling entered my ears but I eventually lost the ability to hear. I looked up at the ceiling. Four giant wolves jumped down. My vision became hazier.

Keith. What could our lives have become if we had chosen a different path?

My heart ached. Was this sadness?

See you soon old friend.

With that last thought, my mind went blank.

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