Chapter 422: Dragonslayer Hunter: Unite.

Chapter 422: Dragonslayer Hunter: Unite.

83 human, beastman, elf, dwarf followers lost

Total follower count updated. Total followers of [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]: 22051

Everybody still alive will be transported out of the dungeon through space-time magic; to ensure your safety, please do not move. How annoying. I understood the reasoning why there was a feature like that, as escaping the dungeon after the Event was done would be tedious and a waste of time. Why not expedite it with the power of the Divine System?

While I was okay with random adventurers returning to the surface this way, I hated it cause it also applied to Galg. Rank S dragonslayer and a constant thorn to my side, this person had been ruining my dungeon dive from the moment I met him. Four times we ran into each other, and every single time we ended up fighting.

There was no peaceful method to end this feud between us, as he was a hunter, and I was his prey. Why would I stop my fangs when I was hungry for a rabbit? The mindset of a hunter was something I grew up with, but now somebody was hunting me. They werent here for any ideological clashes, or because they had to fight for survivals sake. I was convinced he didnt really care that the Folschreck Emperor even had a bounty on me, and I knew he didnt care I was royalty. He was just here for the hunt.

Although, now? It was personal, too.

In the midst of the desert

A bright ray of light shines

Pure and brave, that she was, as she walked

Oh, how I wished I could play three or four spell songs at once, instead of only two. Sadly, I could only play two when I was in my dragonewt form with [Musical Renaissance Diva]; actually, I preferred being in my dragonewt for my supportive role so I could use that skill, but fighting Galg required me to stay in my dragon form, otherwise, I would have to rely on Neill and Tasianna.

Symphonie des Feuergottes! Switch to Dragon Fire!

In my purgatory, I make the devil cry

In Hellfire

All you hear are his screams, begging to be released

Its Music

The roars of flames formed in the sky as Galg and I stared at each other. Music played as small fire meteors in the form of dragons descended down on the earth, destroying the many gnomacotta warriors Maagneil had summoned. As all my alliesincluding those fighting Maagneil just behind uswere engulfed by the fiery waterfall coming from my magic circle, it also burned away the army of golems streaming into the Hubs broken down wall.

[How many antidotes?] I called out to Neill while erecting a [Terra Wall] where Maagneil broke the ground.

[One left,] she stated. [The bastard got me in the gut when I was fighting him. Fathers horns, that guy isnt as fast as the demonkin, but his attacks can penetrate my defenses far easier. Your fire ball healed it, so dont worry.]

Anti-draconic weapon plus Winters Gift; Neill and I were quite susceptible against them, and now we were down to only two antidotes. Still, we had backup right next to us, where we could always switch with the other members to take care of both Maagneil and Galg. Still I guess this was a grudge match for everybody involved, and I had a feeling Neill would not let anybody steal this chance from her.

[Until we need help, Ill be the front tank with my armor plus focusing on being the supporter, Neill will be the skirmisher and stay away from him. Youll be our main damage dealer. Tasianna, long range magic support as always, Beth support her from the skies and use your ice attacks to weaken his armor, Pradreo and Skardrvo make sure you two rely on guerilla warfare. That guy can rip anybody apart if he gets some time to attack!]

[Got it!] Everybody acknowledged, only for a chill to suddenly run down my spine.

Hostile Territory detected! [Dragon Blood Bath] has been activated!

You sick

All dragonkin type enemies have their stats reduced by 25%. All types of buffs and their dragonkin abilities will have their effectiveness reduced by half. Territory owner leeches damage inflicted on dragonkin type enemies by 25%. Territory owner loses 1% of their Health per 5 second if they arent fighting a dragonkin type enemy

This guy really made his Territory specific to one enemy type!

While Neills, VifiYoks, and my Territory were all made to synergize with our abilities, his was purely made for the killing of dragonkins. A true hunter in that sense, and it certainly would have been an issue if we didnt have our own Territories.

[Sis!]

[Already on it! Just keep that [Dragon Fire] on so you dont scorch anything!]

Tsk, urgh, it might just be better to fight in my dragonewt form just to be more supportive

What a dilemma, but now wasnt the time to second question it.

Mana Release activated. Aura used as control unit: [Draconic Aura Lv. 5]. Territory [Magmakammer] has been established. Territory Dispute engage

Allied Territory detected! [Supremacys Manaspring] has been activated! Territory coexistence established

[Music Resonation (Major)] [Symphonie des Feuergottes Movement (Adagio)] [Stage Fever (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor]

I still had [Battle Frenzy (Minor)] and it looked like Neill just transitioned into her moderate stage, considering I could see her neon purple shining through this stream of fire. After warning Beth, Pradreo, and Skardrvo to be careful, the waterfall of fire stopped, revealing Galg unharmed and was already charging at us through the air.

His red aura flared up as velvet blood streamed from his body like a leaking bottle. It formed around him like a mantle, almost like the blood was protecting him. His white ice blades were stained with blood, dying them red. His fearsome figure then threw a chained hook at me, signaling the beginning of our fight.

Freeze. Tasianna mumbled as a cyan magic circle appeared on her hand. As the hook was almost about to hit me, she breathed through it, shooting out a fog of what looked like liquid nitrogen.

[Liquid Winter] was the spells name, and it created an area of liquid nitrogen-like gas that froze anything it touched, even the caster and her allies. A tricky spell to use, but to a wind mage, it was just something else she could control.

After the hook froze, allowing the dragonewt duo to destroy it, Tasianna cast [Tailwind] to push Galg back a bit before shooting out a [Hammerfist Blow], causing the wind to smack Galg as if a hammer had hit him, sending him flying towards the ground with the sound of a howitzer blast.

However, showcasing his ability as a dark mage, Galg slipped into my shadow, reappearing on the wall next to me. He kicked away a dwarf who took shelter from my dragon meteor rain and jumped, but was quickly intercepted by Pradreo and Skardrvo dragoon diving in front of him, staggering him. They quickly jumped away, not even giving him an inkling of a chance to hit them.

Smart.

This opening made it possible for me to crash onto the wall and finally use [Drakonian Sunlight Edge] to its fullest potential. With [Solar Beam] causing my body to explode in heat and the sun fueling me with solar energy, my burning tail cut right through the dwarven-made wall, destroying the mana barrier protecting whatever was left of it in one slice.

The area around us quickly began to melt from [Magmakammer] while portions of the lava began to fly up from Neills [Supremacys Manaspring], all connected through streaks of mana. As Galg was dodging my lavakinesis, dragon meteors, and spells, Neill galloped through the air in her kirin-dragon form, using her Territory to harden air, lava, and anything else into weapons for her to add onto the barrage.

When she saw her moment, her purple glowing claws lit up, causing the mana streaks on her own body to intensify before she crashed onto the wall and shot out a [Pulse Arcana] blast. She was attempting to hit Galg, trying to use her dragon paths to weaken his armor; however, the red armored dragonslayer was showing off his speed as he dashed and ducked through everything my sister threw at him.

Even when Neill stomped the ground, causing a portion of the wall to explode from the dragon paths, he would use [Defensive Rune: Auracoil] to protect himself just in the nick of time. If we used our scales to attack, he would cut them apart easily, while that dragon blood surrounding him kept him safe from the heat.

As it was starting to look like our giant size was being used against us, Beth suddenly flew up to Galg but immediately stopped before she got into his range. With a powerful wing beat, she produced a strong gust before spewing out an ice breath at him, getting her out of the way. At the same time, the lava fields began to freeze up as Tasiannas new ice dress started to light up.

Glacial Witchs Wardress: A dress made from natural mana made from the essence from the glacial stones of the north. An imperfect mana dress made from a dungeon, this dress constantly exudes a blood-freezing ice aura that assaults its owner. In the possession of a true ice magician who had turned their mana into the ice element, this dress protects its user from fire attacks and keeps their body temperature low, while hardening upon impact from foreign attacks, whether magical or physical.

Skills: [Ice Amp] [Ice Magic Efficiency]

Enchantment: [Sealed Potential] [Glacial Witchs Protection (Limited)]

Sealed Potential: An enchantment created by the System for specific dungeon loot. Requires an assessment by an expert to recreate this object to unleash its full potential. Until recreated, it will seal most of this objects skills, enchantments, and runes nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.

Glacial Witchs Protection: Hardens the mana surrounding it into true ice, making it impossible to melt. Consumes mana of the user while active. Ice spells cast while this enchantment is active are less susceptible to fire and high heat, while also increasing their damage to those weak to ice

True ice. While Mom never specified what it was, I was sure Tasiannas glacial attack was probably something similar, as it was practically impossible for me and most people to even cause her ice to shed even a droplet of water. While Tasiannas dungeon loot was imperfect, much like the equipment we got on my side, it was still a helpful addition to her firepower. And it was mostly free.

Casting her three custom spells[Aifli eir Vintral (Fairy of Winter)], [Tor Eicleres Finulaflei (Ice Ages Paradise)], and [Slithering Frost Serpent]she grew a pair of wings of ice while the ground around Galg began to turn into a blizzard. A giant ice serpent also materialized as it carried my fairy friend, letting her rest her wings as she began shooting down more ice blades than I could possibly count.

The ground was turned into a pincushion, leading Galg into a trap and allowing the dragonewt dragoons to [Dragoon Dive] right onto him, sending him flying off the wall and into Neills waiting arms. Like a horse, she turned her body around while in the air, and landed a kick using her hind legs right on his head and chest.

No matter how hard he made that armor from my scales, his helmet and chest armor could only break apart as mana lines spread through them. With his scarred face and chainmail exposed, I was about to land a hit with [Hellblade Edge] before my [Danger Perception] warned me just as the sound of thunder erupted.

I snapped my head around, seeing Saori and VifiYok simultaneously attacking the gundam, sending the giant golem crashing against the wall and right into our battlefield. I had to [Flash Fire] away, leaving everybody else to find a way to save themselves from getting squashed.

[Saori! Watch it!] I shouted, but nobody could answer as the ground below us shot right up like a [Terra Wall], creating a rock wall even taller than the ones around the Hub.

I had to fly even higher with my party to avoid getting hit by it. With a birds eye view over the Hub, we notice the gundam slowly standing up, only for it to suddenly get attacked by multiple tentacle-like tendrils. Ellaine jumped close to it as flesh pulsated around her arms, before she shot out multiple more of the tendrils.

With all of them attached to the gundam, Saoris shadow pack grabbed onto Ellaine with their mana threads, pulling her and the gundam back up, allowing Saori to land an electrical slash right at the gundams chest. They were all hard at work!

[This is a warning to all other combatants in the area! This is an order from King Elutis, King Artorias, and High King Fugnarus; if you are an adventurer, garrison soldier, general soldier, or freelance fighter, you are to remove yourself from the premise! If you are a member of Princess Hestias and Princess Fargryneills retinue, this is a message to you, hold strong! Support will be coming! I repeat, Support will be coming! Protect anybody you see; everything will be compensated afterwards, so protect your life and those around you!]

It was a crier; I quickly identified an elven mage calling out to everybody with elven knights in pristine white armor attempting to lead everybody away from the danger zone. The dwarves still attacking with their crossbows quickly ran away, joining up with the fleeing mass.

Argh, shit!

The effects of the venom applied immediately but due to Grimnirs armor and [Panzer], the cut was too shallow! I still had time. With his arms exposed due to Farron destroying his gauntlets, my attacks could now cripple Galgs arms. Increasing my biting force with all the buffs on me, including the adagio stage, I ripped right through his muscular limb, breaking flesh and bones.

I then sunk my tail into his left arm, forcing his blade out of me before I grabbed his arm and

Kraaak! The poison caused me to puke right on him.

The dizziness was setting in as I began to lose feeling in my body. I couldnt get a grip around his arm and he managed to free himself from my tail, leaving him the chance to raise his blade for the last time.

I am! he said as he swung his blade down at my head. The hunte

Triiisssh! The sound of bones and flesh being sundered deafened my ears.

Grrk! A female-sounding growl replaced the bone-breaking noise, but it wasnt mine. No, I was just lucid enough to identify it to belong to none other than my first [Imperial Guard]. YOU DARE TOUCH MY LADY, HUMAN!

Haa? A confused voice escaped Galgs mouth as he looked down.

Although I couldnt see it clearly through all the wobbliness in my sight, I did notice something large getting separated from his body. I also saw Tasiannas blue-haired silhouette next to me with a long blade of ice in her hand.

I couldnt see what she did, but I knew she just saved my life. With my last strength before the poison got to me, I activated [Storage Magic], prompting Tasianna to take out two potions, giving me one to drink while driving her ice blade into Galgs helmet. In a last ditch effort to survive, he snapped his head to the side, saving his brains, but it gave me just enough time to recover from the poison and to hand over control to my parallel thoughts.

Lets do this! Manager Mind rallied every single available parallel mind to jumpstart my numbed body. Like a marionette, they began controlling my actions.

I pushed Tasianna aside and cast [Wind Blast], blowing her away as she screamed, Lady Hestia! I blinked, finally able to see everything before me. I grabbed Galg by his throat and used the molten rock below him to grab his legs to hold him down. However, due to [Magmakammer], the frozen red liquid on his body thawed and transformed into claws as they grabbed Galgs blades.

A smirk formed on his face as before it contorted his expression, revealing how he had this secret saved on this very moment. My eyes widened as I saw the liquid readying themselves to hit me.

But my conviction to take him down was stronger. [Hydra] made it in time and slammed him like a tidal wave. While his body was mostly protected by his armor from my corrosive slime, the openings in his armor werent and nor was the dragon blood protecting him.

As my [Hydra] retreated, it was my time to smirk. I pulled him closer to me.

[This is for messing with my sister and friends.]

I disabled [Battle Frenzy] and [Symphonie des Feuergottes] before I began to channel [Solar Beam]s energy outside my body. The heat around my body rose even higher and higher before the solar energy burst out of me in a grand explosion, mimicking what I usually did for my meteor impact attacks.

In other words, I just turned myself into a massive bomb.

Boom!

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

Naturally, the usual happened as my solar core cracked upon unleashing my overdrive mode. My scale-dust was completely consumed and I was now twirling in the air, burning up. I had to keep my Territory and songs up, but I honestly couldnt move any longer. The poison still did a number on me even with the antidote.

Lady Hestia! Tasiannas soothing voice calmed me down, following her cooling streams of ice to reduce my body temperature. Once she was done, she grabbed me. You! Honestly, even if you can heal yourself, stop doing all these risky moves.

I could understand all her complaints, but this was the only way for us to win the battle. However, I knew he wasnt dead yet. If he had, I would have gained a pretty nice level up, but that wasnt the intention of this final attack.

I pointed in the sky, leading Tasiannas head to snap towards Galg dashing through the air. His armor had completely melted onto his skin. After all, if there was a heat strong enough to start burning me, what would happen if it got into contact with my scales while they werent supported by my core and special biology? How else could Grimnir melt my scales into my current armor?

Uraaaaaaghkkkk!

As Galg was still benefiting from that [Inferno Absorption Potion], I assumed that my solar attack probably didnt kill him outright; instead, it probably would have healed him quite a bit. That was what I initially thought, but it seemed like solar energy didnt count as a fire elemental attack as the dragonslayers face and skin was charred up.

Still, with the melted armor on his body, his roars sounded like the death rattle of a beast. He dashed through the air, intending to kill me, but almost as if his body still knew of fear, he stiffened up. He slowly turned his head to the side to see Neill flying right in front of him with her horn channeling mana.

Her voice echoed in our heads. [You are my prey you dont get to mess with my little sister! For we Kargryxmors are the tyrants here! Freikugel!]

Finally taking revenge for her past with Galg and his dragonslayer party, Neill unleashed a piercing mana beam from her horn, shooting right through Galgs head. Tenacious as always, though, his body kept twitching as he fell from the skies, for in Peolynca, as long as your health didnt hit zero, you could continue living.

Urraaaaaaaaghkkk! Ahahah, I am won with da dragons! he screamed out, barely coherent. Dare blood will make me

Shruuuuuiiiee! But not allowing him to even say his last words, my [Hydra] pounced at him, enveloping his entire body with its corrosive slime. His words turned into shrieks as his body was being dissolved in the flesh-melting toxins.

Territory deactivated. Territory Dispute completed in favor of individual [Sunfang Dragonewt, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] and [Violetshock Kirin-Dragon, Fargryneill Qilinus Kargryxmor]

There was no need to learn what Galgs motivation was. Whether it was for sport, revenge, duty, or even for a perverted desire as his last words suggested, none of it mattered to me. I was just happy it was about to end as that last System message informed me.

No longer protected by the armor he made from my arm, Galgs body continued to squirm around, pitifully trying to escape the death trap, unwillingly digesting more and more of the corrosive slime. In this acid bath, his skin would break down while his organs would be consumed at the same time. It wouldnt take too long for his cries to deaden as his body was being dissolved until nothing remained of the fearsome Twin Reaver Galg.

Ruuuuuuawwwwwwarrgh! [Hydra] let out a victory cry it had certainly well deserved after so many fights against this annoying bastard.

Rest in peace, everybody.

I made a prayer to those Galg had killed to help me. Revenge was a fools errand, as Saori and I had taught Tasianna, but I guess you could say I was elated that I never had to meet this guy ever again and that I was able to make all the sacrifices worth it. Neill was also scarred by her experience with them, so I hoped this last bit gave her some closure.

Experience for development Jobs has reached multiple breaking points.

[Star Idol]: Lv. 24 -> Lv. 30 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 5 Lv. 0

[Fire Mage]: Lv. 20 -> Lv. 35 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 10 Lv. 0

[Tyrant Hatchling]: Lv. 15 -> Lv. 30 | Reset accumulation finished | Prestige 8 Lv. 0

Evolution Points: 30/30

Congratulations, you have reached the maxed needed Evolution Points to evolve your unique Job. Please evolve it to re-obtain the ability to level up your development Jobs! Enjoy the Prestige Points!

Experience has reached a breaking point. [Young Sunfang Dragon, Hestia Atsuko Kargryxmor] has risen from [Level 29] to [Level 31]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Acquired 1600 skill points

If nothing else, the sound of levels rising and the chance of evolution certainly made this battle sweet. Sadly, this was also where I had to stop. My body couldnt continue fighting any longer unless I wished to harm myself.

[I leave the rest to you guys! Sis! Saori! Ellaine. Grimnir. Rajah! Shadow Pack! VifiYok!]

[Leave it to us!]

Leave it to us, lass!

While I couldnt hear VifiYok, it was still heartening to hear my party replying back. This was why I loved my Aurora. My family.

They had my back.

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A note from AbyssRaven

Anybody got the title reference? Eh? Eh?

In any case, this is how Galg endedas goop. It took me a while to properly write this chapter, in addition to some rewrites since I wanted Neill's character arc to find the necessary cartharsis. This encounter with the dragonslayer is as important for the worldly repercussion of Hestia's achievements as also a chance for Neill to get rid of her trauma for dragonslayers. Hope you guys liked it!

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