Chapter 300: Voltaic Red.

Chapter 300: Voltaic Red.

Fuck!

She stomped on me twice in a single second.

You!

I felt my brain rocking inside my skull. I felt my snout breaking. My fangs were enduring it, but the cracking sound they were making was making me nervous. The pain and damage were minimal, but it felt so humiliating as I lay here helpless on the ground.

Get off me!

Growhhhh! I slashed forward as fast as I could but all it caught was air. I felt my [Danger Sense] and [Foresight] warning me of an attack, but all I could see was this woman running in circles around me.

Sit down, wolf!

Left!

Thunderous lightning clashed. Black against red. Sparks flew as I narrowly managed to block a lightning halberd from the demonkin using my electrified claws. However, she didnt react to my defense at all; instead, she just dashed once again, leaving behind a red silhouette.

Even with my senses fully sharpened, I was still being pushed back by her rapid attacks. Even though my [Shadow Armament], I could feel her lightning stinging me. I felt chip damage accruing. And I couldnt find an opening to fight back.

After I felt I had adapted to her attack rhythm, she finally decided to mix it up, and began using her six elemental arms. A rapier, a halberd, a staff, a crossbow, a warhammer, and a gauntlet those were the weapons she had. And with these six and her two normal arms, she ravaged me to the point my Health dropped down to 75%.

I cant keep up?!

The Agility I was so proud of wasnt even close to matching her speed. And I couldnt even do anything to try to keep up. I couldnt cast spells with how fast she attacked me. My tools needed to be taken out of the storage but I didnt even have a second to afford. I was stuck, without my toolkit!

And the worst part was, outside of the kid virigresses and Shoyi, I didnt have the other members of my shadow pack with me! They were stuck in the [Room]!

Why aren't they coming out from the dungeon?!

Fortunately, as if answering my call for help, the demonkins barrage suddenly stopped as she had to dodge a rain of ice spears.

Miss Saori! Tasiannas voice drew my eyes to the sky, where I saw Tasianna flying above with an armys worth of ice blades floating around her. Go into your shadow.

I [Shadow Dash]ed without hesitation. Moments before I submerged, I saw the faint hints of a cyan-colored magic circle on the ground.

Now in the shadow world, I took out multiple potions and used [Dark Tendrils] to drink them, recovering my Health back to 100%. Still, there was no time to waste. I swam towards the light at the end of this world, where I resurfaced at a nearby tree, only to see Tasianna crash landing into the ground.

Shit!

Thunder crackled in the air and multiple bolts struck at where Tasianna was. With the [Dark Tendrils] conjured on my [Shadow Armament] and my own speed, I rushed over to her, blocking the deadly bolts with my large fenrir body.

I need to protect her! Was the only thing I thought when I saw this situation.

Proficiency requirement fulfilled. [Lightning Resistance Lv. 4] evolved into [Lightning Resistance Lv. 5]

Even with a good resistance to it, that lightning still stung through my armor.

We cant escape this beast! I immediately drew that conclusion from how the fight was going, already knowing I couldnt put [Shadow Armament] everybody and then transport them into the shadow world to delay the match. This demonkin was too fast for me to do so.

Ocean Healing. Water seeped into my wounds, healing me up.

I looked down, seeing Tasianna had protected her landing using a cracked ice coffin. She was unharmed, fortunately.

[Tasianna, delay her! Plan D!] I ordered, receiving a quick nod from her, before turning my attention back to the fight itself.

Although relieved I could think fast enough, my warning skills activated again, making me want to gulp at how they were predicting this fight was going. I intercepted another attack from the demonkin, but we simply returned to the same situation as before when she used her six arms to attack. However, this time I had my spells prepared and Tasianna was around.

Ice and shadows flew through the air, forcing the demonkin to zig-zag and jump around to dodge. Watching her not accelerate away like a ghost made me realize how right I was with my initial impression of this young girl. Outside of the lightning coursing around her body, masking her real appearance, she did look like a teenager. Around or below Hestias height, probably.

And this realization made me wonder. How could I have the time to look at her like this?

Times up. Her red lightning silhouette appeared again, she accelerated again!

Woah! Tasianna cried out as her ice coffin suddenly was sliced apart, the lightning clad weapons narrowly missing Tasianna as she melted the ice within into water. She burst out of her defenses before blocking another attack from the demonkin with a miniature [Sapphire Membrane], which all happened right below me.

Argh! What the fuck! Water should conduct lightning, you bitch! She complained before she attempted to stab me with her halberd. I smacked her away like a fly.

[You remembered that pure water doesnt conduct electricity, Tasian] I praised Tasianna before the demonkin landed an upper punch to my jaw, sending me flying up. I couldnt react to it!

She assumed a stance, ready to launch a powerful attack at me, only for her preparations to be disrupted by Tasiannas burst of ice. As the demonkin dodged around to avoid Tasiannas ice, something else suddenly flew right at her, nearly grabbing her leg with blade shards attached to a thick mana thread.

It was Ellaines whipsword!

More rats! The demonkins attention was divided once again.

She used her staff to cast the level four [Lightning Magic] spell, [Levin Core], above her. The sphere of magical electricity began hovering around, shooting lightning around like a plasma ball, destroying Tasiannas ice.

She then dashed towards Ellaine, probably intending to kill her, but to her surprise, a huge rib cage suddenly sprouted from Ellaines shoulder, sapping the power from the strike. She stood then with her rapier sticking through the bone, only piercing Ellaines shoulder, and even then the wound was shallow. Ellaines armor was made from Hestias and my monster materials, after all!

Wha?! A lust contractor?! She stuttered before Ellaine warded her off with the [Blade] materializing on her left arm. She sidestepped the attack and clapped her hands, creating an echoing sound as a wave of electricity burst out from her limbs. It destroyed the rib cage and blade easily, but left Ellaine unharmed. However, similar to when I was pulled from Hestias maze, something suddenly pulled Ellaine towards the demonkin.

Before Tasianna or I could do something, Ellaine was already at arm's length of the demonkins fatal attack. Before the demonkin could strike, however

Dragoon Dive!

Tatsuya landed right in between them, blowing both girls away with the shockwave.

Seeing the demonkin like this, Tasianna and I converged towards her. Crashing the ground with lightning and smacking at her with my [Stygian Blade] attack, while Tasianna covered my blind spots with her ice and constructed multiple [Winters Golem] to act as meat shields.

Still, our opponent wasnt level 150 for nothing. She was dueling the both of us without too much of a problem, constantly piling more and more wounds around my attacks. Tasianna wasnt as durable as me, and, while she knew pure water and ice wouldnt conduct lightning, making the demonkins electric attack useless, she wouldnt survive a full brunt attack.

However, that balance between the three of us turned in our favor when Ellaine and Tatsuya joined up fully. Like a feral beast, fitting for his werewolf form, Tatsuya combined his ferocious attacks with my more impactful ones, creating a sturdy frontline. At the same time, Ellaine came in and out like a guerilla fighter, using her demonic power and whipsword to keep the demonkin at bay, while throwing Hestias toxin bombs at her to control the demonkins emotions. And then we had Tasianna controlling the areas where the demonkin could move, leading her around for us to attack her.

Teamwork!

I was a bit worried Ellaine suddenly showed her demonic powers, but she told me telepathically KleaHatma was still suppressing her powers. The demonkin would not know a true demon was inside Ellaines rings. Instead, we were using the fact we had a sloth contractor in the form of Parilostro as a smokescreen, making it seem like we had a lust contractor on our side as well.

Speaking of Parilostro, Tatsuya told me he and Grimnir, Kyouya, and Hanazawa were holding back Hee'Rlak and Senator OBloom. The group managed to kill off the other senators before all of this happened, but, according to him, OBloom seemed to be at another level. Not only was he tanky thanks to whatever he transformed himself into, but also dangerous.

Taking a short glance over, I saw Grimnir and Kyouya fighting the weakened demonkin of wrath. Luckily, the curative didnt cure him completely of Hestias toxin. On the other hand, Parilostro and his Resurrection fighters were working with Hanazawa and the onnikai to fend off OBloom.

I noticed quite the number of Resurrection fighters had already died, but their bodies were still fighting on, being used by the onnikais and the necromancer onnikai as vessels. It was disgusting, just a bit, but we had no choice here.

Even with this sort of situation, it wasnt looking good.

ArrrrrrGGGK! Tatsuya groaned as the female demonkin smacked his leg with her warhammer, causing a loud cracking sound to reverberate around the area.

[Tatsuya!]

Tatsuya!

Ellaine and I called out. The situation was turning around again in her favor. We were getting tired while she wasnt showing any signs of weakness.

She then kicked Tatsuya in the head, sending him flying away. I managed to cover him with my [Shadow Armament] in time, slightly shaken with the knowledge that, if that had been a direct hit, Tatsuya would have lost his head. Seeing him spasming on the ground, unresponsive to anything else I could only grit my teeth.

Calm down! Calm down! I cant let this continue like at that bandit hideout. I need to assume command. I told myself, slowing down the blood rushing to my head from all this chaos, and quickly assessed the situation. Hestia isnt here. If reinforcements are coming, then I need to stop this demonkin from killing anybody. I can afford having my body broken!

[Tasianna, help him out! Ellaine, to me!] I ordered before using [Dark Tendrils] to keep up with the demonkins speed outside of her acceleration. For some reason, she hadnt used it once since we got her in this situation, making me believe there was a trigger requirement.

As I tried to attack her with a miniature [Voltage Impact], she dodged it and retaliated using her crossbow to shoot at my eyes, attempting to blind me. While they didnt, I was still preoccupied for a moment, which allowed her to slip around me towards Ellaine.

Ellaine defended herself by coating her whipsword with [Blade], before taking the demonkins kick with [Ribcage]. Before the demonkin could use her weapons again, Tasianna summoned her golems and even a humongous [Slithering Frost Serpent] to protect Ellaine.

However, instead of dodging away, the girl jumped onto the serpent, riding it around its back, staying on it despite how much it was moving. She continued shooting out lighting crossbow shots and the [Lighting Bolt] spell without a chant.

Shes going for Tasianna!

I ran through the air with [Air Walk], trying to catch up to her in time, but against my expectations, the demonkin jumped into the air and shouted [Emotion Surge] once again.

Identify!

Effects: [Excited: 100%] [Anger: 100%] [Fear: 0%]

Guk!

Her lightning armor changed, creating two large wings and a serpent's tail. She grabbed her halberd and held it up high, letting it feed on her mana to grow larger and larger, to the point it was almost as large as my usual [Hadaen Dragon Thunder].

Shit!

I stayed where I stood and activated my catalyst for their boost, renewing the [Lightning Revolt (Limited)] buff on myself. I then conjured a dark magic circle, understanding I had to defend everbody or it would be all over for us.

As the demonkin and I eyed each other, both preparing our next attack, Tasianna dispelled her serpent. As her frozen construct suddenly stopped in place and broke into numerous ice blades, she used these new weapons in an attempt to prevent the demonkin from casting her attack, but it all failed as she cast another [Levin Core] to protect herself.

Voltaic Red: Red lightning burst from her eyes as the lightning spear slowly turned red. Thunderspeed Roar!

Hadaen Dragon Thunder!

Black and red clashed once again; however, unlike before, it was a match between two thunder-type attacks. A thunderclap upon impact, it made me want to close my ears. But there was no room for error right now, as the spear outmatched my spell, slowly boring through my laser.

I poured more mana into my magic circle. I had to stop it, but no matter how much I did, it wouldnt stop. Death was slowly coming towards us.

Grant me strength, Goddess Plesia! Goddess Zephira! Slithering Frost Serpent!

Two huge ice serpents shot out from Tasianna's side, roaring loudly as they tried to bite into the spear. But, as you expected, the bodies of Tasiannas spell were disintegrated by the demonkins attack, however, despite the futility, the serpents kept going, trying to interfere with the red lightning attack. All so I wouldnt be pushed back.

But

Ramuh. That chilling voice stomped all over any bits of hope the both of us had.

Those four purple magic circles in the sky deemed us unfit to continue this fight. Like God's judgement.

[Tasianna!] Fighting this wasnt possible. We had to perform damage control.

On it! Sapphire Membrane! A dome of water expanded from her, encasing not only herself and Ellaine, but also the people on the other battlefield. Breathing out, she released white mist, freezing the whole barrier of water. Krakens Destruction! Come in!

She shouted as four tentacles erupted from their magic circle, blocking the lightning spear in my stead to allow me to enter the protective barrier. Although large enough to capsize ships on their own, the tentacles stood no chance before not only the spear but also the level six [Lightning Spell], [Ramuh].

Argh! Tasianna screamed as her blue hair began to lose its vividness. Her Mana suddenly took a large dip! I need mana!

I had to donate my mana for Tasi

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As I tried to ensure our survival, HeeRlak suddenly came flying over in his two 100% form, using his four arms to fight against me.

I dont have time for this! I roared loudly as I saw the barrier cracking against the weight of two deadly attacks. I used a [Shadow Descent] tail smack to punt him to the ground. However, he recovered quickly and was about to jump up again, determined to make sure Tasianna died from lack of mana.

However

Where are you going?!

Taunt!

Kyouya shouted, drawing the demonkins attention for Grimnir to fly over, looking bruised and beaten up, before landing an earth-crushing blow to his head. I didnt let this moment go. I ran towards Tasianna, who was slumping over as she tried to pour more mana into the barrier to maintain it.

Ellaine was feeding her Mana potions, but even that wasnt enough. I nuzzled my head against her back, beginning to pour more mana into her. We had to try. There was no Hestia to save us right now. If this barrier broke, all of us would die.

I still remembered how the spell [Ramuh] scorched and left a baseball field-sized crater behind when Astalos cast it in the Belzac forest.

Plan D! Thank goodness for you rocket boosters, Hestia!

[So proud of your speed, but how about we play your game, huh? Go, pick on my friends. If you do, then dont mind me if I returned the favor.]

Kraaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Hestia roared out, shaking the whole ground with her [Draconic Roar]. However, while the demonkin girl grimaced at this terrible rumble, our group was saved with Tasiannas [Air Shield].

[I. DARE. YOU!]

You think I cant take you on, dragon?! I know ya cant fully appraise my profile, but Ill gladly flaunt around my level. A Warbringer is anointed to bring total destruction onto the battlefield. I can take you on with all your buddies! She shouted out, looking even less likely to back down now.

But Hestia remained composed. All she did was look up in the sky, drawing all our attention to an object. A red object looking very much like a!?

Comet?!

Breaking through clouds and burning so brightly like another sun, an unknown object was slowly descending down to the ground. I panicked. Was I hallucinating, or was this object an actual meteorite? How did Hestia get such a thing?!

[You know I am a void-touched, you bitch.] Hestias voice resonated throughout everybodys minds. [Sure, you might be stronger than me, but are you strong enough to protect yourself from this world-ending space stone while protecting your two accomplices? If you are here to kill us, then Ill take you down with us.]

She grimaced, looking at HeeRlak, then to OBloom, and then back to the meteor. She clicked her tongue as her lightning suddenly weakened. The electrical wings and tail disappeared.

Identify.

Effects: [Excited: 72%] [Anger: 100%] [Fear: 43%]

She kept on thinking about the problem, to the point the meteor flew past Hesita. Hold on, was she serious about this? No way would she let that thing kill us, right? This had to be a bluff. Yeah, Hestia was bluffing 100%!

U-Uhm Still, despite my trust in her, feeling the extreme heat singeing my fur was enough for me to remain anxious.

Fuck FINE. Let there be peace! she shouted loudly, prompting Hestia to reach out her hand, stopping the meteor in its place. With a snap, the flame dissipated and the meteor broke apart, revealing itself to only be an extremely huge collection of her shed scales.

How far did she get with her scale manipulation?!

Guek Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Seeing how she was fooled, she took a deep breath

before she just screamed while running her hands through her hair rapidly, messing up her entire hairstyle. She then stomped over to OBloom, showing all of us the middle finger as she grabbed his unconscious body. Despite her clear annoyance, she didnt even glare at or hurt anybody in the process, acting in a relatively amicable way.

Seeing her approaching, Grimnir stopped his attack, allowing HeeRlak to finally fall onto his knees, shivering from the cold and coughing up blood. The girl walked past the snorting dwarf, paying him no mind before pouring antidote into her apprentices throat.

You won the fight, but dont forget about the bigger picture. She pouted as she declared war on Hestia, and as a consequence, the entirety of Aurora.

[Go already, you little shit.] She would not be intimidated.

Wha-What?! You piece of Hrmmmm! And with her red lightning forming around her body, she grabbed HeeRlak in her other arm and dashed away, leaving only her silhouette behind.

At the same time

Urgk!

Grak!

Bladdarg!

Grouuk

DamArk!

Tch!

All six Aurora members all fell onto the ground simultaneously. From what I could hear as Hesti descended, Kyouya fell unconscious while bleeding profusely with severe burns after being cooked alive by HeeRlak while Grimnir had [Arcane Fever (Major)], having hid his blue face with his helmet and was almost dead.

Tasianna was dizzy and nauseous, having lost quite a lot of blood. Even if she couldnt die from blood loss, she was still missing an arm and her elven body still heavily weakened. Ellaine was enduring a numbed arm, caused when the demonkin girl stabbed her shoulder. The armor hadnt fully protected her, as the lightning rapier went through her shoulder and made it impossible for her to move it without [Musclemass].

On the other hand, Hanazawa and I both came out of this fight with minimal injuries. Hanazawa only had [Arcane Fever (Minor)], perfectly handable unlike Grimnir, while I only had [Mana Stress] and some [Exhaustion].

Sure, we might have won today, thanks to Hestia somehow making it over here with her rocket boosters, but it still stung. We didnt win this fight through our powers, but by luck. If she hadnt accepted the deal and continued fighting

[Hey, are you alright?] KleaHatma asked me while Hestia was frantically taking care of everybody. I nodded to her. [Thank goodness you guys listened to me, right?]

I nodded again.

The last bit of information during the planning session. It was KleaHatma who stopped us before we left to prepare the battle stage.

Good thing we listened to her.

[Hmm, oh yeah, that boy said he had a master, right? A Warbringer or whatever they are called nowadays? Yeah, well, in case they were the reason for that giant lightning, just think of fleeing. Try to do something to get on the demonkins sense of dignity and honor. The demon of wrath was a bit of a warmonger, but he was extremely honorable, to a fault. Not the type to scheme. If his descendants inherited that personality type, then those demonkins of wrath are pretty similar to dwarves.]

Dammit

I thought I had scaled the tower by almost defeating HeeRlak, but the true tower was still behind him. A Warbringer, an elite guard type opponent behind one of the seven demonkin princes of sin. We, Aurora, showed our hands today, and I had a feeling this was just the beginning of its ripple effects.

But, in return, we now had an idea on how much more we had to catch up. How far the summit really was. Our catalyst to move beyond that foe.

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