"For the empire!!" Hamon roared out at the top of his lungs the final words of his rival, his best friend and most loyal subordinate before lunging straight for Valend, fully intending to bring down one the enemy commanders in retaliation.
"Tsk! Cocky bastard!" Valend clicked his tongue and activated his own aura, not holding back in the slightest when faced against the grand commander of the Furano defensive. Maggie, Vaccos and Frost were powerful as a unit and kept him on his toes, but a fully enraged Hamon was something he really needed to go all out against.
That golden shimmer and body decorated in runic inscriptions sent a chill down his spine. If he wasn't careful he'd end up with more than just a minor wound.
"[Dynamic freezing, rending of the frost giants] Valend with his 10 metre frame leaped from his war mammoth Dulan who was at this point covered in all manner of wounds. High in the air he raised his giant hammer above his head with both hands. White and blue coloured energy transitioned from inside his body to the weapon, infusing it with a devasting chill that made even Frost feel cold.
As if that wasn't deadly enough a massive image of what looked to be some kind of super frost giant formed behind the hammer, appearing almost fully corporal. This was a very, very high level hammer skill, far more than what Frost, Vaccos and Maggie had been pitted against.
Frost who was looking up from on Kiba's back felt a stifling pressure weighing down on him, his mind becoming blank as he tried to think of countermeasures. Such a move was beyond him. He was reminded of the final move the ice revenant used against him back in the [beginner's ice magic] monster lair.
[Rending of the ice king] a devasting move that called upon powers beyond the level of the user, summoning an aspect of the king of ice.
Valend's [Dynamic freezing, rending of the frost giants] however felt even greater than that. That image of the super frost giant felt almost godly, it had a presence that mere mortals couldn't fathom but he could, and a name of legend whispered in his ear.
"Ymir." Frost muttered the name of the frost giant who reached the ultimate level, becoming a God and transcending mortality. The great crevasse that spanned hundreds of kilometres through the glacial mountains was said to have been formed by the cleaving of Ymir's axe the day he ascended.
Frost rapidly blinked and his heart became strangled in fear, his hand subconsciously making its way into his robes to feel the teleporting talisman. If such power was to be used here then he'd have no chance at survival.
Hamon however who was the clear target of such a powerful move didn't even falter for a second. He stopped his forward dash and slammed his hands against several points on his body causing his golden sheen to be overlapped with red fire.
"[War god's eruption]" Hamon yelled out the command words of his unique skill, one that combined his mastery of the pugilist arts with his command of magic and runes. Using prepared runes and his mana Hamon's body radiated an intense heat that caused the very ground where he stood to bubble like magma.
Following that magic circles formed along his skin, creating defensive barriers that made his body rival the durability of a 4 star weapon.
"[Ten ton pound]"
"[Whiplash roundhouse]" Maggie and Vaccos leapt into the air and following Valend's decent the two of them struck him with their weapon skills. Maggie going for his ribs with a heavy hammer blow while Vaccos aimed for his neck with a vicious spinning kick. Both advanced level skills packing some serious wallop, especially on a temporarily weakened target such as Valend.
The prideful frost giant was forced to curl himself into a defensive ball and endure these blows with his durable body, cursing his ally as the blows struck true.
Meanwhile Ryuu and Jessie summoned their firebird and earthen salamander respectively to compete against Frostine's ice hydra. Their summoned mana apparitions were however quickly handled. One hydra head evenly dealt with each of the creatures thus leaving one free to attack Hamon as he fell.
"Fuck!" Ryuu cursed and spat out blood as he tried to forcibly summon another 4th circle spell to deal with the last head, but he was already overdrawn. His magic circle failed to form, and the old mage fell to one knee, gasping for air.
Hamon felt the killing intent held within the final head and forced his body to turn so as to face it head on. He let out a sigh and frowned before moving to activate his magic in defence, but it seemed as though that was no longer needed. A smile grew on his lips as he caught sight of the young man and tiger cub floating before him, shielding him from the oncoming hydra head.
"Leave it to me" Frost yelled in reassurance to his allies before twirling his glaive in the air, covering the blade in ice fire and imbuing the weapon with his aura, something he'd become far more natural in doing since yesterday's duel.
Frost's standard ice chakra covered his and Kiba's body like tight fitting armour, making them appear like knights of the imperial order. His royal aura permeated around him giving Frost a noble presence and protected him and his battle mount from the pressure of Frostine and Valend.
"[Wyvern's maw]" Frost utilised his strongest glaive skill. A large wyvern's head was summoned above his glaive, vicious looking and armed with a great set of teeth but sorely lacking in comparison to Frostine's hydra. Frost's royal aura thus infused itself into the wyvern head making it far more corporal and gave it a presence.
He then wreathed the beast in his ice flames as the cherry on top before slashing out with his glaive, launching the enhanced wyvern head against the ice hydra with its maw prized open.
"Roar!!" The wyvern roared out with fury as it was launched at the hydra. The two dragon subspecies that were formed of energy brutally battled against one another for dominance. The wyvern head viscously biting down on the hydra's neck and burning its insides with ice fire whenever it got a chance while the hydra would attempt to squeeze the wyvern head into mush with its much larger form.
Eventually however the wyvern head lost, its form fragmented and dissolving back into natural energy, melding with the world leaving a hydra head that was covered in viscous bite marks and quickly faltering as the ice fire burned away its internal structure.
Frost had successfully stopped Frostine's sneak attack on the Colonel.