Chapter 352: Heaven’s Sword and Dragon Fire.

Chapter 352: Heaven’s Sword and Dragon Fire.

156 human and beastmen followers lost

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:14161

Shit!

Boom, boom, kaboom. The air was filled with the sounds of wood planks being blasted away by mana cannons, the screams of the sailors and warriors, and the creaking of the ship as it sank into the sea with all the corpses on board. The port was even more chaotic.

Neill and I informed Mother, Larent, and Alistar of our plan and they agreed it would be the best way forward. The port couldnt be lost, as it was the last bastion before the enemy reached Karhalantheel island. The siege would be lost, not only cause of the lack of food, but also we would be in danger of having an SS rank leviathan rampage.

So, here we were, having flown over here with Mother accompanying us. That was when we saw a ship being bombarded by mana cannons. I wasnt a ship expert, so I didn;t know their names, but the ships Elyonda had were far smaller and shorter than the grimgarians. They looked a bit patched-up and poorly maintained, as if they didnt have a proper shipwright, but it didnt seem to matter if you had mages to cast defensive spells and cannons to attack.

Regroup first, you can blast things afterwards. I nodded at Neills suggestion, and we flew over to what looked like a small makeshift war camp in the middle of the port.

Princess The moment we landed, a group of soldiers, priests, and even some adventurers came running, but were immediately stopped by Neill with an annoyed face.

Dont make me repeat, call me by my name. Im here as an adventurer, okay? Okay? The people around us nodded vigorously, but before they could notice Mother and me, Neill changed the topic. Anyways, injured? I saw a ship just sink.

O-Oh, that Yeah, were having some problems, a merc answered. Those five B ranks are fucking the whole place up. This damn citys ships are still using mounted crossbows! Not a single cannon or mana turret! Even the Empire's scout boat has a cannon on each side!

Unfortunately, this clear criticism against Elyonda was loud enough for the soldiers to hear. Hey, shut your mouth, drifter! Consider yourself lucky were allowing you on the ships to fight in the first place! Its only because of Lord Jethro's grace that were allowing you to fight on them!

Shut it! We took on the job to protect the city. Ghorush already told us everything! You tin cans aint got the damn soldiers to afford to shoo us away, and youre letting us die out there? Met some terrible employers in my time, but you stink the most with how desperate you are!

Youll die anyways once you get out of the city! You fight or die, thats the deal, mate!

Shut it, conscript! Damn city has to force you rookies into fighting. Dont think you're any different!

The hostility between the soldiers and adventurers was a normal thing for any city, due to the fact both were military forces. It wasn't like a city could do anything about it since adventurers brought in money due to their visit and the Quests they fulfilled within a city. Some adventurers were city inhabitants, but the majority came from other cities or even countries. Rapport was hard in that case, since you couldnt bond through patriotism.

Hey, hey, please! We need to calm down here. Were all fighting for our lives here, we need to settle down, or you want to die to a goblin or kobold? How embarrassing is that? Thankfully, those Yeosian adventurers were coming in clutch by speaking to both sides. God Yeostar is watching, probably. We cant let the city fall, right? Dont forget the manabloods offered us proper rewards. Look, we got two, no, three dragons watching over us. Youll help us, right, Princess Hestia!

H-Huh?! The man suddenly dashed forward and grabbed my hand. Ooh, I-I saw your fight and also your singing, Your Grace! Mhmm! I knew youd come back! Ghorush said you were gone, but I knew the Goddesss blessed wouldnt leave us in our time of need!

Ghorush? Wait, did he mention that?

Hestia? Wait, Crimson-Scaled?!

O-Oh, wait, thats her! Crimson Horns! Yeah, I saw her in the arena. Two of the four semifinalists are here!

T-Two nicknames?! That damn arena commentator!

Oi, settle down! As the horde of adventurers began to swarm around me, Neill pushed them away with her scales. You can cheer her on after this damn siege is over. Where is Ghorush? Jethro or Kushlekzar? We need to talk with them now.

I-Is it time for the counterattack! One of the soldiers blurted out.

Neill raised an eyebrow but decided to nod in the end. This seemingly raised the soldiers and adventurers morale as they cheered, shouting out how they were ready to take revenge on the grimgarians for their fallen comrades. Immediately, the soldiers offered to show the way, but I told Mother and Neill to go, as my place was somewhere else.

Im a healer, so my place is with the injured. Fill me in later, alright? I told Neill and she agreed. She already knew what I was planning to do later, so my input to the strategy was already there. [Oh, and, Ghorush? How did he know I was gone?]

Noticing my telepathic message, Neill changed to it, too. [Uhm? Dunno, maybe Jethro? For some reason, the both of them have become pretty close over these past two days. Dunno why he said that you were gone to some random mercs, though.]

To be honest, from the times I met him, he really did seem like a loud mouth. Bit belligerent, too. Musclehead. If Jethro were stressed out, he might have revealed something and if Ghorush were drunk, it could all happen

Whatever. Not my problem.

In the midst of the desert

A bright ray of light shines

Pure and brave, that she was, as she walked

[Shield of [The Light]] [Music Resonation] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

21 human and beastman have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:14182

My job here was to heal people. As I just learned from the outburst from those adventurers and even the eyes of some of the soldiers, a couple of the people here were my fans. With hope-filled eyes, they cheered when they thought it was time for the counterattack. I wasnt a hero, but an idol had to do some fan service, right?

As in, healing and saving their lives.

W-Woah, the bleeding stopped! M-My stomach

Ahahaha, thank you! Praise the Goddess and you, blessed! My arm is back on, hahaha!

Honey, youre safe! Thank the Goddess, thank the Light!

It felt good but its also another warning how this wouldnt be the last if I couldnt end this siege soon. My core was back to 100%, so now it was time to fight. I was still feeling a bit peckish, but it couldnt be helped considering I havent eaten anything for two days in that dimension breach, and only a bit of rations since we got out. I should eat on the way.

Hmm?

While snacking on some sandwiches from my storage, I looked around the port. It sure was as lively as always, just for the wrong reasons. Soldiers ran around with porters transporting supplies like rations, giant crossbows, and weapons, either towards the port or into the city. The adventurers were heavily split between those enjoying themselves despite all the chaos while others were trying to keep themselves cool and collected.

Honestly reminded me of the Griffonpeak battle, with that giant A rank looming over the walls. It did make me wonder if my bad encounter luck was starting to seep out, spreading to other people. I came into this Divine Quest believing I just had to punch some demonkins and mercs, not deal with a whole army.

Haaa, this Woah!

Scatterbrained when a mana cannonball could fly over. Gutsy but expected for a true dragonkin.

I nearly bumped into somebody while thinking about the situation on hand, only to suddenly hear their voice and snap my head around. Not only did he tower over me but his frame was bulky from his trained muscles and thick, marine blue armor. Just looking at his scaled, inhuman face, I wouldnt blame anybody for fearing this person.

Chahayat! Fortunately, I knew this caring person already, so I grinned widely. Good to see youre still kicking! You managed to repair your armor and weapons in time, I see!

He grunted with a nod. You didnt destroy the catalyst inside of the tank. Everything else was replaceable.

He raised his axe and harpoon, two things I had broken in our arena match. I had been planning on destroying his catalyst but now I was happy I hadnt, cause the plan I had in mind needed people like him in action.

Youre fighting?

Elyonda is my base, he replied with as few words as possible. Good to see you back. Heard rumors. Been told to hold back until you returned, but the adventurers didnt believe you would.

Mhmm, sorry about that, but its time to turn this siege around. I need your help, so would it be okay to lend me it?

Of course, Kargryx princess. Your sister has already inquired me about it. The depths demand these intruders blood. He offered me a fist bump out of nowhere. With a smile, I reciprocated it. The tribe I mentioned is hiding in the arena. Let us clean it up for them.

Chahayat still had something to prepare before he could engage. Separating from him, I steeled my resolve one more time, remembering why I was here. I wasnt here to kill for fun, revenge, or bloodlust, I was here for a reason. I had to end this siege, and if I could get some experience on the way, then even better.

Regardless, as I said, I had to end this siege. That was the real objective.

I met up with Neill and Mother after I calmed myself down, where they told me they had explained everything to Jethro. Master and the other saurians were currently fighting on the frontlines against the grimgarians navy. Using his unique skill, he was doing his best to defend against the constant bombardment from hitting the ships and port, but he needed an opening to attack with his party.

This was where I came in.

Dont worry about the walls. Even if the grimgarians do something, we gotta trust in that old man Larent. Sword saint candidate, right? Means a lot, considering the [Sword Saint] title is a pretty powerful buff, I heard, Neill explained. Go. All. Out. Well get Tehmrayn and Kushlekzar to deal with the aftermath.

Are you sure about Tehmrayn? He wont leave the island, and I think thats for the best. We cant underestimate the enemies since we dont know where the demonkins are.

The dude wrath demonkin was probably still alive, although I wasnt sure about the girl. Mother mentioned not having put much weight into her slap, but the girl should have had [Dread Burn] applied to her. Unless she died from her wounds before the status abnormality wore off, we still had a big problem on our hands.

Neill couldnt say anything about that, as nobody had seen the demonkins since then. They probably also have those mercs around. You know, the reason why that male demonkin escaped was cause one of the mercs showed some pretty dangerous skills. Heard hes the skull mask you met during the tournament.

Skull mask? God Yeostar, can you confirm that?

Those bastards, huh? Of course. Then, Eithalr might be here No, focus! Come on, focus. If he appears, then Ill get my revenge, otherwise, I need to focus on breaking this siege.

However, considering what you are planning, we need their help. If the grimgarians break through the naval defenses, that naga will have to deal with all the ships himself. Jethro went over to persuade him. I had Ghorush fortify the harbor, in the meantime, Neill tried to reassure me. There is a landing party with pretty much a B rank and his C rank goons at the docks, so we need you to wipe out the naval forces. Once they are down, we can clean things up here.

And, if that giant leviathan were to break out, Ill just stop him, Mother added, looking a little peeved. Even now, hes taunting me. What a shameless ancient. He really wants to die by my hand, hehehe

Yeah, if the worst were to happen, we could rely on this freebie from Mother. She was really eager to fight that thing for her own benefit, to the point she was spamming [Haste] over and over again to slowly level up her new [Space-Time Magic] skill after becoming a void-touched. It was still level one, strangely, but I could attribute that to how hard it was to level up in the first place.

Regardless It was time.

Alright, see you later.

I flew up onto the roof of a nearby building, allowing myself to see the action happening on the seas. Five ships attacked about nine smaller vessels on our side. The sky was orange, it was almost time for everything to stop, time for people to take a break. However, before it stopped, the battle was still rampant and chaotic.

I looked down, watching multiple soldiers and adventurers looking up at me. Most didnt, as they rushed around the streets in a hurry. Those armored like knights were running along them, shouting out commands of the plans Neill made with Jethro. They were informed the counterattack was about to happen, but while some were motivated, others only seemed to be more demoralized.

Alright.

[Music Resonation] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]>

Feel the echoes of our voice

Quivering the core of your very soul

Rally up your strength, you soldiers

Be brave, find hope in it

Let strife not frightened you away

From the peace of the brilliant light

And let the Star shine bright

Inside your hearts!

To bring about the power of their souls, to grant these people hope. It was an idols job to raise their morale!

Will you roar out to the world

And stand tall next to our flag

To see the very tale

Of what the gods have in plan

So dont cower away

In your fears of the departed and be free!

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

More eyes. More ears. I wanted the whole crowd to see me before I departed.

Feel the echoes of our voice

Quivering the core of your very soul

Rally up your strength, you soldiers

Be brave, find hope in it

Let strife not frightened you away

From the peace of the brilliant light

And let the Star shine bright

Inside your hearts!

[Stage Fever (Major)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

It was just a matter of time until those who were my fans joined up, having heard me sing this song multiple times during my musical festival. Their chorus amplified the message of the song, pushing others up from their seats. Soldiers and Yeosians adventurers saluted, while the others clapped along.

[Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]s solar core status: [0%]

Urgh!

In the face of the world around them grimgarian ships turning completely red and filled with steam, I clutched my chest as I felt the rebound of using up the remainder of my solar energy just to fuel this, and still I used up 40% more of my mana! This nuclear option alone drained me to the point I had to rest up.

However, oh, the rewards

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 19] to [Level 23]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Acquired 2250 skill points

I lost strength in my wings for a moment, stopping the song as I calmed down my body from using such a large amount of mana in the span of what felt like a couple of minutes or so. What was it, again? 75% of my mana from a [Purple Flash]ed [Heavens Sword] and [Dragon Fire]? Holy smokes. My solar energy was trying to recover as quickly as possible, but this just knocked me out of the battle in one go.

Argh, thank goodness for the level up!

The power of leveling up. If I hadnt gotten a single level, I would have complained like a kid. I still felt tired, but at least my Mana was back to full. Easy gamble.

Once I got my bearings, I looked down. I made sure to not let it affect the port or the other ships, but the water around the grimgarian ships was just gone after the steam dissipated. The sea around it quickly rushed in to fill it up, but at the same time, tsunamis had risen and were endangering the harbor, the ships, and the island. This was the aftermath I was talking about.

As such

6 kirin-dragon and saurian have become your followers

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]:14709

What? Kirin-dragon and saurian? But, arent the only they

However, before I could finish forming that thought, I saw the tsunamis suddenly being pushed back. Two giant dinosaurs suddenly appeared around the ships and harbor, protecting them, while the waves directed at the other island just stopped and slowly shrank.

I knew the dinosaurs were created by Masters unique skill, but what was surprising to me was how I saw a single person looming over at the beach of the island. Looking closer, I actually saw that naga champion, Tehmrayn over there! With a movement of his trident, the tsunami directed at the island slowly became smaller and smaller, returning into the sea to fill up the area I blew up.

Jeez, thats som Urk!

Kring!

That noise!

Uuuuh, yo, Original Mind, we got a problem here. Looks like our core just got a small crack.

Are you kidding me?

Hadnt I just regrown this stupid thing about two weeks ago? Why did it get a bloody crack again? Not only that, but it wasnt cause of overloading myself with heat from [Solar Beam] or [Symphonie des Feuergottes], but from just using up two pretty large spells Now that I thought about it, didnt I just empty it out in a few minutes? I guess, I placed a large amount of stress on it anyways, so the methods didnt really matter.

Well, I wasnt feeling lightheaded, so arcane corruption probably was still low. Nevertheless, even if I knew I could fully recover my mana through a level up, maybe I underestimated how much using up 75% of my mana at once would put a considerable strain on my body. As I said before, what I did was just overkill. For the future, I should try to minimize the mana cost and also maybe cast this as a dragonewt, so I could use my mana cost-reducing catalyst.

Okay, this is done. Lets get some rest befo

Nooooooo!

Arghk, come on, I ju

Uuuuuurghk!

That voice just came from the island! Was the universe trying to overwork me here, why did this have to happen?! Tehmrayn, being on the island himself, probably heard that scream and rushed towards it, but I was a mile or whatever away! Did I have to go rush off Oh, what was I complaining about!? Of course, I had to!

Leaving the rest behind, I blasted my way over to the island. Not knowing exactly what would happen, I remained in my dragon form and delved deeper into the island as Yeostar instructed me. However, at the same time, my eyes wandered around as I not only noticed dead warrior priests but also what looked like earth statues broken earth statues.

Never mind, gotta hurry! Something happened here. How did these priests die?!

They were all dead. Either crushed by these weird animalistic earth statues or decapitated by one clean slash. What the hell happened here while I was dropping that nuke on those grimgarians?!

The deeper I went, the more unnerving it got. Destroyed defenses, fields filled with dead priests and shattered earth constructs. How did this happen? Why was there a battlefield here of all places?! The fight should have been at the seas, and if that failed

No way, did a small elite troupe get past the defenses? During the time Tehmrayn was away from the center to prevent my attack?

How did they predict I would do that?! Impossible, no way something like that could be anticipated. It could only be leaked.

Tsk how?

How? Why, with support, of course, dear Champion. This is our specialty.

I passed through the barrier of the island shrine, where Karhalantheels seal was located. There, I saw Tehmrayn facing off against not only those monster-like earth statues but also a group of skull mask assailants. But, more shocking, were the two people looming behind Jethros fallen body.

One was a skull mask with a pretty conspicuously long coat holding onto a dagger. Knives were floating around him, as if he was a psychic, and from how many horns and decorations his mask had, I presumed he was the leader and that seventh boss of Yanderu Eluseuss. While I was sure to think of him as my primary target, what caught my attention more was the person next to him.

B-But, how? You were just at the harbor?! How did you make it here before me?!

[Ghorush?!]

Ah! Dear girl! What a fine showing of supreme arcane magicks! As one mage to another, I salute and bow my head to you, Your Grace. Something a half-fraud mage like me can never achieve with this mana-stunted body.

Instead of his poorly-maintained armor and two-handed axe, the leonid I saw in front of me was wearing a perfectly-fitting suit with a top hat. He bowed with it, showing off his well-groomed mane and hair, before standing upright and holding his rapier up in a noble posture.

I dare say, it was just as our employer mentioned, you certainly are dangerous. Sadly for you, however, your arrival was a bit too late.

He snapped his fingers and an explosion happened at the back of the shrine. In the next moment, the ground beneath me shook.

Hostile Territory detected! [The Krakenlords Graveyard] has been activated!

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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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