Chapter 317: Tournament Alliance.

Chapter 317: Tournament Alliance.

[Humanize (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

M-My Lady, while I can take heat well enough while my armor is on, without my enchantments, you are boiling me alive Larent, sitting behind me inside this sphere made from my shed scales, was sweating like crazy, despite my white flames surrounding him.

Dont die! I shouted out, realizing I was slightly underestimating how much Mother and the twins could offset the heat treatment with their cold aura.

W-Well hopefully, I wont.

Mothers training around my [Volcanic Blaze] involved me learning how to control temperatures as well as mastering my new ability of lava manipulation. Temperature control was important, since I could overheat with stuff like [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Finale)] whenever my core gets damaged. Like during the Griffonpeak raid. I had to learn how to manage my internal temperature even with my core.

With the usage of mana, I could do it, since I could manipulate heat with [Pyrokinesis] to a certain extent, similar to how Tasianna could control cold with [Cryokinesis]. Mother noted I already did exactly that with my white flames, so now I had to apply it to myself and my surroundings.

Weirdly enough, it was almost like a physics lesson.

Essentially, temperature manipulation was the stealing and transferring of energy through mana. On the elemental spectrum, fire and water were opposites of each other, while ice was a compound element between water and wind. However, when it came to heat and cold, they were, more or less, two sides of a coin. What determined whether it was warm or cool inside a room was the amount of energy inside of it.

Physics, basically.

And to control it, I needed to use mana. Mana was the foundation of this world, and depending on the user, it could morph into whatever they wanted. Similar to how I could feed my scale-dust fire to grow larger or to produce a stronger [Hellflame Breath], I could also use mana to make things colder like with my white flames.

Still, even with this theory in my head, controlling extreme heat to turn earth into lava to swim in while maintaining a small area where it was cooler than the molten rock I was swimming through was difficult. Especially since I also had to manipulate my scales to maintain a spherical shape to protect Larent from the lava.

And why exactly did I do this? Well, cause of the tremor coming from above us, forcing me to dive deeper into the earth and away from it.

At least, I dispelled [Symphonie des Feuergottes] before going lower. With all the flames, that probably would have cooked Larent faster.

Ahhaaaa ah, its getting better now Larent used her handkerchief to clean away the sweat on his face, drenching the poor cloth piece. My lady, ahuk! Agak!

Larent suddenly coughed up blood. Magmakammer, or magma chamber in English, not only created an elemental area for me to fight in, it also continuously produced toxic gases born of my corrosive fire. I wasnt sure if I could defeat Larent in a fair match, so I decided to use poison to win it if I had to.

My white flames quickly cured him of any ailments, and I apologized and explained to him what happened. Strangely, he didnt take it too personally, as he noted he expected to fight against nature itself when he challenged me, knowing I was a dragon. His straightforwardness flustered me a bit.

W-We can speak afterward after Im done with this. My parallel minds and I had to be completely focused on this dive trip. The very earth before me was being melted into semi-solid liquid before I used [Volcanic Blaze] to move it aside.

Im using so much mana here. I complained to my parallel minds about all the spells and actions weve done until now, which made my minds slightly nervous as I was starting to show some arcane corruption problem headaches, mostly. I needed some fulinoe tea.

After the tremors above us subsided, I let out a sigh and began moving back to the surface.

Hey, God Yeostar, does that cannon have a long wind-up time?

We were talking about the dragon-killing cannon, dragonator. An integrated weapon in the castle Fatalisa, which somehow just activated and nearly eliminated Larent and me from the match! To save us, I grabbed onto him and dove into the ground, where I sought refuge from that one-hit shot.

Thank you for that warning. I thanked him for providing me with the information, instead of leaving me in the shadows like before. I have a question, does this castle exist nowadays?

Grimnir never specified it, but I thought the cannon came from Chihiro. So it came from an outside influence, huh?

After a bit, I eventually managed to reach the surface. Lava moved upon my command and the artificial light of the dungeon shone on me once again. I broke my scale sphere apart, laying them over my scales in preparation for a battle. Iwas going to have to dispose of them after all of this was over, as Mother told me to.

I turned around to Larent breathing heavily, looking out of place with how drenched in sweat he was. Sorry, I didnt bring any water with me.

No need, my lady. How would you know this would happen? With how much Larent had been sweating, I was worried he would fall over from dehydration. I am more at fault. My armor didnt stand up to the test and failed me.

Larents armor spent one of his three enchantment slots on [Environmental Adaptation], allowing his armor to adapt to any surroundings. Heat, cold, underwater as long as he had his armor completely on, he could theoretically go anywhere he wanted. For an adventurer, it was one of the best enchantments to get.

Sadly for him, but fortunately for me, I managed to break his helmet and chest at an opportune moment, nullifying this magic. Just, it seemed his armor itself was less sturdy than the man inside of it. I did more damage to him by causing him to sweat like crazy.

Haaaa, haaa, that cannon blast did quite catastrophic damage. Larent pointed at the spot where the dragonator cannon hit, having atomized literally everything there. Even by flying up a bit, I couldnt really determine how deep the crater was.

Scary.

And look at that, people! Crimson-Scaled and Auegors Blade survived the blast! Now, I was quite surprised the dragonewt lass managed to do something like that, but I guess this is what you have to expect from a beastmen descendant of dragons! Monstrous powers like being able to turn a whole forest into a lava field and flying about with flames coming from their wings! The announcers voice appeared out of nowhere, commenting on us reappearing.

Hey! Dont call me monstrous! Im trying to impress people here as an idol! I shouted back, slightly annoyed at how he would call me that! Incredulous, if you asked me.

But, my lady Larent tried to speak up about it, but my head just snapped around.

Oi, dont you dare! I pouted before breaking off my [Panzer], having transformed back into my usual appearance, and began posing in a cute fashion. Strength is important and so, but Im also here to promote myself. I need to impress people enough to bring them to my concert!

Hahaha ahhhhhhhhhh. Larent laughed for a moment before letting a deep sigh from overheating a moment ago. He really didnt look like he could continue fighting.

Worried, I walked over to him to check on him, but at the same time, the both of us snapped our body toward the rumbling sound in the distance. The castle was moving again, redirected to us, followed by the announcers voice.

Ahhh, the brothers are moving the castle again towards our two top scorers! If they can eliminate both Crimson-Scale and Auegors Blade with one of Fatalisas weapons, we might actually see a change in the whole tournament! The brothers might actually take out all top scorers and bring their gang into the bracket stage!

Fucking announcer! He blew our cover! I realized this a bit too late, but the announcer just broke my attempt to stealth this, as I wanted to take Yeostars advice to stay incognito to not get targeted by the castle, again.

Now, that plan was gone.

Verdammt! I cursed before grabbing Larent with my [Unheilige Engel] and taking to the sky as the castle materialized a barbed harpoon and shot it at us. Thankfully, I was faster than the attack, but it still baffled me at how this was even allowed in this tournament.

Urgh I couldnt argue against him now. That was a valid answer, but it was also a truth which could ruin Jethros plan altogether.

I technically didnt have to win the tournament to continue this Divine Quest, but I told him I would, so I had to now. Besides, if I acquired the blood and could give it to somebody I trusted, it would be safe. As such

Waaaaaaaaah! I screamed as even more bus-sized black harpoons and spears were shot from the castle, all aiming at me and Larent as we flew in the sky. Mr. Larent!

Understood! Give me aim! Larent face refocused and slipped through my obsidian slime claws, jumping into the air as I morphed the slime into solid blocks for Larent to land and stand on. I secured his feet securely onto it, allowing him to wield his sword.

Hmph! Channeling his mana into his sword, Larent swung his weapon with immaculate precision, slicing all the incoming projectiles in half before they reached us. With a more readied strike, he even launched a visible blue crescent projectile forward, slashing a few harpoons before crashing against the castle.

Only, it didnt reach the wall. There was a barrier around the place.

Welp, that should have been obvious, I commented while Larent resumed his attacks, undeterred by what happened.

Agreed. Any fortified castle must have a magical barrier of some sort, otherwise any mage could take it down too easily, Larent clarified my statement further. My lady, I havent had the chance yet, but allow me to thank you very much for aiding me not once, but twice! Although, I am rather confused why you would do so. We are opponents, after all.

Huh? My mind went blank for a moment before it resumed working, realizing I was currently inside Yeostars dungeon, not outside where that blast could have killed him. If I had let them get hit, my biggest opponent would have been kicked out of the match there and then! Oh

Hmm? Did you move to help me by pu WAAAAAAAAH! My lady, FOCUS! Larent shouted at me as he was almost skewered by a harpoon, as I suddenly stopped moving my [Unheilge Engel] due to my realization I just fucked up by pure instinct.

Oh sh! The same applied to me, as I narrowly dodged an incoming projectile by arcing my body back before taking control of the floating obsidian platform and began moving again.

Gotta move down!

With the number of attacks quickly increasing the longer this stalemate continued, I decided it would be best for us to return to the ground, trying to find a way to get out of the castles front. Even with Larent helping out, getting a counterattack just looked grim with the barrier around it.

With my rocket boosters, flying through this bullet hell was both easy and difficult, depending on Larents cuts. Any divided projectile could cause me to twist myself around, breaking my rhythm. I told Larent this, but since he had so little time where he could only slash instead of think, it was hard to accommodate me like this.

Shit! Stop shooting at us!

I couldnt see a way to escape this. Everywhere we moved, the large projectiles would destroy the environment. If I tried to build a [Terra Wall] or any earthen construct, it would be destroyed before it could harden. Similar to my obsidian. Shoot back at it? The castle had a barrier and it seemed like it had an infinite amount of ammunition. I didnt even know how the castle was creating all these weapons in the first place!

Considering this castle was made to fight against dragons and probably other aerial threats, it sure did its job well as an anti-air weapon. I couldn't think of a way to get closer to it or hide. The only way was to make some distance and then try to formulate a counter plan. This was the only way.

Down!

Huh? But as I was about to act on that idea, a sandstorm suddenly burst from underneath us.

It twisted before us as the millions of sand grains began to settle down as a wall of sand, large enough to completely hide our vision from the castle. Spears and harpoons still shot at us, but they werent as accurate as before, while Larent and I had [Danger Perception] and [Foresight] to efficiently dodge anything we needed to.

Hey! Down here!

Lady Hestia, look! Larent pointed at a group of five people on the ground, with one of them waving at us. There, I also saw a dark-skinned man kneeling down, putting his hands on a brown magic circle which was continuously producing sand. We should go down there for now. Hide.

Seeing as it was too late to go back to our previous duel, I thought this meant Larent was still fully on board with that ceasefire he proposed before. Considering he was a former knight, he probably wouldnt backstab me now, especially since he seemed like a follower of Aurena.

Grk! It seemed like a vein was about to pop on the mages forehead, but I ignored it and turned around to the wall. I placed my hand on it before speaking with Yeostar.

God Yeostar, is there a barrier underneath the castle?

Cool, then please, educate me on everything the castle has. I want to know my prey like the back of my forehand.

Why did I need somebody to give me a second-hand recollection of what castle Fatalisa was, when I had someone who fought within it himself? It was easier and quicker for him to give me a quick rundown of everything while my parallel minds sorted the information out.

As such

The temperature around my arm began to blaze up, slowly scorching the earth I was touching and turning it into lava. Slowly, with my purple fire, I molded the area into an oval shape, hardening the lava into an obsidian door frame.

[Rajah, get ready, boy!]

[Yes, Master!]

It was time to boil a castle.

Using [Terra Wall], I shoved the earth in front of me downwards, creating the first part of this long tunnel.

A note from AbyssRaven

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Bio: 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.

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