Chapter 418: The Greatest Gambit!

Chapter 418: The Greatest Gambit!

We dont have time for this!

Our targets in this entire debacle weren't these dragonkin slayers or the random adventurers vying for the Event reward, it was the person behind all these disasters. The ones who probably are responcible for the gods issuing the first Event Quest inside this dungeon.

Right now, our objective wasnt to fight, it was to chase. We had to reach Maagneil and Broggart before they escaped! Letting them flee into the unknown again was a no go!

But, just like always, that red aura from that bastard unnerved me cause he always knew when the best time to strike was.

But not this time!

Galg, ignoring the incoming army led by Tasianna, only had eyes for me as his red aura intensified, but there was something I just noticed after meeting him three times at this point. He wasnt that insanely fast that I couldnt see him. Compared to my fight with VifiYok where she zoomed around with that lightning of his to the point I could only predict where she went, Galg was just slow enough for me to see.

It was all in my mind. That creeping chill running down my spine whenever I smelled him. The stench of the dead dragonkins covering his armor and body, telling me how many fights he has seen, how many dragonkins just like me he has slain. The armor he made from my arm to counter me, the potions his team created to heal from fire damage, and just the fact he made sure he had everything planned to murder me.

Nothing scared a prey more than a prepared hunter something Ive known and taught others here and there. This was a crash course I havent had in months but the third time was what I needed to understandmy fear of him slowed my thinking and actions down!

Snap!

Anticipating him to dash at me again, I snapped my fingers just as he jumped to reach me while riding Uno, causing a spark blast to erupt. While it didnt hurt Galg, Uno flinched from the damage from the blow, creating enough distance for me to cast two [Wind Blast]s, blowing us far away from this man.

Sorry, Uno!

[Do not be, Alphas Master!] That low, manly voice coming from Saoris second-in-command reassured me before he stomped on the air, using [Air Walk] to get further away from the dragonslayer. Still, that guy was relentless as always.

However, the moment he tried to pursue me, not one, but two of my allies charged right at him. VifiYok preoccupied his right blade, while Saori kept his left arm restricted with [Dark Tendrils]. That was when the third punched him right in the chest, spreading blue mana lines on the armor before sending him away through the force of her strike.

It was Neill, and she already was in her [Battle Frenzy] mode with her black hair shining neon purple.

Galg fell onto the ground, tumbling around before he recovered his balance. The mana lines spreading on his chest suddenly stopped, leaving a large scar on his armor, but it wasnt broken. I should feel proud my scales managed to endure a punch from an enraged Neill, but this wasnt the moment to express that.

As he recovered from that blow by taking a breather, his two remaining alliesthe blind katzune archer and the eccentric human magebegan to barrage us with arrows and spells respectively, forcing Kyouya to dismount and construct shadow walls with his unique skills, creating enough of a diversion for everybody else to bypass the projectiles.

Once Saori rescued her student from the incoming fire and teleported him on Quatre, I was ready to unleash hell back by bombarding them with my own spells.

[Various Spell Buffs] [Music Resonation (Moderate)] [Stage Fever (Minor)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

Not this time! Im not cowering before you all, this time!

Not only the dragonslayers but also their cronies had to dodge as [Bedrock Blades], [Banishment Beam], and [Levin Core] riddled the battlefields with destruction, blowing the ground up and inconveniencing everybody around.

I did managed to damage a couple of the random wyvern slayers and adventurers, but the mages amongst them immediately went into action to stop me from killing any of them, especially that dragonslayer mage. Aside from holy and dark elemental spells, that guy had been using fire, wind, water, and earth spells, in addition to their various compound elementslightning, ice, magma, and mudto fend me off.

He had access to [Bedrock Blades] to force us to dodge, [Tailwind] to speed up his allies movements, [Blazing Twister] to force us into positions for the katzune archer to fire at us, and even [Sapphire Membrane] to create a barrier of water to shield everybody. This wasnt even to mention how I noticed him being able to cast seven spells simultaneously, making me fully acknowledge this person was without a doubt a rank A mage.

Just like me with far more room to work with, unlike the tunnel we just fought in, this was about to copy our first meeting where we went wild with our spell casts. Only difference was I was fighting against eight more mages, all able to cast at least three spells at once. They were rank B, probably, but any spells slung at us forced us on the defensive as even a weak earth spell was enough to disrupt our dodging rhythm.

Cant attack! VifiYok cried out as she dodged at an incoming arrow, forcing me to cast [Sanctuary] to block a few more spells to allow us to get in a better position for me to cast spells. Too many!

VifiYok was one of our only fighters who could equal Galg when it came to combat speed, so having her act as our vanguard would leave our slower members in danger. King Fugnarus had his artificial Territory in store to allow him to control the earth at a more large-scale fashion, but if his armor or axe cracked, all of would be for naught. Tatsuya and Kyouya were completely out of the question since they werent strong enough.

I couldnt just charge in since I was weak to their attacks, especially Winters Gift would knock me easily. I couldnt even transform back into a dragon since the moment I did, I would have to take off my bracelet. That meant I would forfeit my stay in this dungeon and would be transported out by the rules of the Event Quest. I had to rely on my allies, but

Grimnir wasnt responding, looking like he was still in shock at what happened, not to mention, he probably was still feeling the aftereffects of the demonic encroachment, even if [My Darkest Thoughts] probably soothed his mind. I felt confident in Ellaines powers now but only if she turned into her demonkin form, and that could expose her to VifiYok. Was it worth it?

As such, only Neill or Saori could be sent in, but both of them were weak to anti-dragonkin weapons. Neither of them could fully one-woman army all of them due to the number of wyvern slayers and the three dragonslayers looming around with Winters Gift ready to take them out.

The shadow pack, also, required far larger shadows to jump out from now that they evolved into rank Bs. They were far too large for human shadows now, and this huge arena was surprisingly well lit by a large artificial sun.

Sun? Wait, wait, wait! This place is large enough! The requirements are set!

And just as I got an epiphany on how to solve this situation, the more obvious one was about to dawn on me. I mean, while my hearing was quite good, it couldnt hear people from too far away still, it did sound like the air was whistling as multiple missiles were quickly approaching us from the sky.

Looking up, I knew why.

DRAGOONS! the enemies before me shouted, momentarily stopping their assault.

For up in the sky, spirit-like silver and black dragons formed before they lunged at us, striking and launching numerous of our enemies up in the air. Easy pickings while they were airborne, but I held my spells back as I squinted my eyes, noticing numerous other figures diving onto the ground, barraging the ground as if it was an artillery strike!

The rumbling, ear-splitting sounds of all those attacks forced the dragonslayer mage to focus entirely on defense, constructing multiple [Sapphire Membranes] to dampen the attacks. Still, those spear-like missiles pierced right through the watery barrier, wrecking the people underneath it.

Allied Territory detected! [Skyward Bladeworks] has been activated!

Just then, a System message appeared in front of me as the dust was swept away by the sight of twelve spears made from glistening silver. They rotated around a silver-scaled dragonewt, slicing anybody around her before she jumped up, using those floating weapons to destroy the [Sapphire Membrane], opening for the assault of two familiar dragonewts and the sightings of a blue-haired elf blasting ice unto the battlefield.

Glory to Kargryxmor! Glory to Eltharion! Glory to the True Dragonkins! Dragoons! Dive! The silver dragonewt shouted before she pointed her spears at the enemy below. Protect our Princesses, Loatryxians! Clan Nordor, protect our matriarchs beloved daughter!

Yorshka! Thats her Territory!

By the command of my father, a representative of the kinkyuro, Loatryxians, we give our lives to our Emperors daughters! And from below, a bulky, black-scaled dragonewt raised his halbard into the sky as black flames began to rise around him, covering his black-scaled armor like a poncho. Our honor as knights depends on it! I, Midirn, order every able Clan Kargryxmor member to protect our two princesses! Protect Princess Hestia and Princess Fargryneill! Gahaha!

The rousing battle cries and speeches fully invigorated the many dragonewts on the groundsthe ones who bombarded the area with their [Dragoon Dive]s. They all raised their polearms in unison, pumping them up and down like handbells in the middle of the shattered ground and the bodies of some of the deceased adventurers.

Kill the dragonslayers! Kill the wyvern slayers! Kill all dragonkin SLAYERS!

I noticed Pradreo and Skardrvo amongst the dragoonsthe two dragonewts ambassadors I metbefore they had to defend themselves from some incoming attackers. In fact, all of them went into action, with archers targeting Yorshka in the skies. Fortunately, the two dragonewts and Tasianna I mentioned before had them covered.

Ice breaths coming from Shay and Beth blanked the field before countless blades of ice showered everything, turning the battlefield into a spike field. Tasianna was riding on the back of the brother of the two twins, doing what she did best. As the chaos raged on, a giant green magic circle appeared on the ground, before Tasianna unleashed one of her new spells upon everybody.

Support is here! Flight Zone! she shouted for everybody to hear before the spell activated, causing a strong updrift from the magic circle, shooting everybody in the air as we floated around as if we were in an indoor skydiving room.

Tasianna! I shouted as I noticed the katzune archer aiming at her, but before she even needed to react, an arrow landed directly on the mans bow, ruining his aim.

Following his direction, the other archers readied their bows at Tasianna, but this was the dragoons playing field. If it came to the air battles, this was their moment!

Huuuraaaah! The only human amongst the dragoon shouted, swinging his swordspear downwards, causing the wind to move towards him, bringing the archers closer. This rusty dragoonFarronthen stomped the air with his fellow dragon knight, shooting themselves forward in a rotating moment with [Spiral] to eviscerate anybody they touched.

The uplift suddenly stopped, causing everybody to fall down who wasnt floating with a skill or ability. My team, for example, were going back to the ground.

And there was when all of saw the reinforcements of the cavalry incoming. Riding on the backs of dinosaurs made from water, numerous humans, elves, and dwarves quickly approached us with the giant ice serpent acting as the vanguard. I also noticed a priest-like wind elf aiming his bow at a few adventurers but not shooting, while a heavily armored dwarf was laughing out loud as he bashed his gemstone-embedded shield with a hammer.

However, it wasnt these over twenty allies that made me smile, but the five scalekins sitting on the last dinosaur. Saurians; it was Master, Krim-Slak, Grazlahta, Akast, and Tehmrayn! That ass who didnt want to join the after-battle feast in Elyonda was back!

I could even see Nishio, Kazumi, Kohaku, and Misaki in the middle! The students werent fully injured! Everybody was alright, and they were charging into battle with the rest.

The whole bloody expedition was here I couldnt really them show me up but

Go! Neill shouted. Find the person behind this and beat the shit out of them! We can handle this!

What?! I snapped my head around. What was Sis suggesting here.

This is another Elyonda situation if you ask me, Hestia. We failed to stop Ghorush from releasing that rank SS leviathan cuz we got distractedeven Tehmrayn realized it was his mistake in the end. Whatever they are planning with that dragon killer, we need to stop it now. She grabbed my shoulders. Manethala might not be part of Kargryx, but you heard that fake Broggart. It might not be the whole truth he said, but I have this feeling Manethala is still an unwilling participant in this. As a dragonkin myself, I know what it feels when somebody stomps on the things you love, especially if all of the things are in your nest!

She then began shedding the upper layer of her scales, allowing them to form two gauntlets and greaves, before she continued, But, if that guy is a threat, then we better stop him now. What did you say? A rebellion orb or something?

I understood what she wanted us to do. Youre telling me to divide our forces?

Yes cuz killing that dragonslayer is my job, not yours.

Huh? My mouth went agape as I heard her say that.

Either that, or we can all wait here, kill the dragonslayers together, and possibly risk Maagneil or that thing running the fuck away. Or, in the worst case, that thing becomes active and wants to kill us. Do you get what I mean? Iall of the expedition forcecan handle these two last assholes! Neill readied to jump off Uno the moment we landed. Besides, you made me realize I cant continue running away from my kirin form. As I told you, if I want my name to spread throughout the world, then it better be from me killing the rank S dragonslayer Twin Reaver Galg! GALG!

Unlike with the dragonslayers, I couldnt smell the stench of dragonblood on the colossus that much, aside from the drill. I wasnt scared of this thing. It was just another of the many giant foes Ive taken down in the past. It would be another piece to my collection of victories.

I held my hand up, creating a purple magic circle as the barrel began to lit up blue.

Purple Flash. Humanize.

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

I felt my mana surging up, demanding me to cast my next spell. I poured my mana out as two white magic circle materialized above and under me, each a part of the other according to the mana link between them. This was one of my newest custom spells along [Hydra]. Speaking of which

Hydra.

The giant obsidian slime snake began to appear from the ground, hissing at the enemy before me. I tensed up as I sent more of my mana out until the holy spell was ready. With a deep breath, I roared!

Kriiiiiaaaaaaaaah!

Sun, Consume All!

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