Chapter 543 Bloody Scale

"Why did she suddenly want to kill me?!!" cursed the Altras.

"Tch.. No matter. I already get everything I need from her. It's better that I didn't contact her anymore. Who knows what this bitch did when she saw me again?!" grumbled the Altras as his body slowly recovered from the burn.

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Normally, an injury like this will be healed in a moment. But he notices his burning wound heals slower after he reverts to his true adult form. Furthermore, he could feel the burning wound get worse as time passed, giving him unnatural stinging pain. As an Altras with abnormal regeneration, he was supposed to not feel pain while regenerating himself.

"Fortunately, the space magic items trigger at the right moment. I hate to say this, but this bitch creation is handy. Well, not that she will notice I took some of her stuff." grumbled the Altras.

"You know… I really don't understand you people. Why do all of you keep provoking the sleeping dragon as if trying to bury yourself."

Suddenly, the wounded Altras heard a voice behind him and turned back. He finds a scaled lizard man holding a small liquor bottle and sitting on top of the rock.

"W-Who are you?!!" asked the Altras.

'Damn… I didn't even notice his presence until he spoke. Just my luck. Now, I need to take care of him too.' thought the wounded Altras.

Seeing the man didn't reply to him, the Altras wanted to ask again. Suddenly, his body froze as their eyes locked each other. The wounded Altras feels like being stared at by a humongous dragon with a menacing presence.

He feels like the entire world is stopping moving as he receives mind-blowing pressure from the person in front of him.

"I know few people that are worthy of my respect and become my friend. I don't care what your story is with Nabe. But, you should never touch her." said Alder as he stood up.

"Fuck!!" cursed the wounded Altras.

*Swish* *BAAAMM* Suddenly, Alder disappeared and appeared at the wounded Altras's location. At the same time, the whole area turns into a giant crater with only Alder standing in the middle of it. He ignores the change in the surroundings and looks in a particular direction.

"Interesting… Let's see how many times you could escape." said Alder with a predatory grin.

Not far from the Alder location, the wounded Altras immediately ran for his lives after escaping using other space magic items.

"Shit.. Shit… This presence... Isn't that monster overlord?! Why the hell is he here? Also, since when a monster overlord could talk normally. Wait, don't tell me… He is…" as the wounded Altras realize something.

During this moment, he feels another deadly attack coming from above. *BOOM* Once again, Alder creates a giant crater while the wounded Altras escape using the space magic items. Alder didn't surprise at this and jumped towards another location.

Unlike before, Alder finds the wounded Altras didn't run away and seems to be casting spells with the help of a magic staff. [4th Circle - Space Barrier] [4th Circle - Space Lock] Instantly, the whole area is covered by two magic circles.

Before Alder's destructive punch reached the Altras, he felt like hitting a strong barrier and stopped mid-air. *Cracked* *Prick* *Prick* However, Alder stops a few seconds before the whole spell is destroyed like a fragmented glass.

"Hahahaha… As expected of the Bloody Scale, even two 4th circle space spells couldn't hold you." The Altras madly laughed while getting a distance from Alder.

"Hoo… You are not running again." said Alder with the same predator smile.

"I know I will not survive from you. But, I… The Surprise face of Seven Faces, Tucker Redskin, will not get down easily." said the Altras as he showed his real power.

*Whoosh* Everything in the area is pushed back by Tucker's enormous mana, except for Alder who is yawning with a bored expression.

"*Yawn* Are you done?" asked Alder.

"Haha… Take this!! [Acceleration Cast] [5th Circle - Magnificent Ruby]." yelled Tucker.

*BOOOM* Instantly, a giant magic circle appeared below Alder. Before he could react, a bright red light enveloped his entire body. The whole area is covered in less than a second by gigantic red ruby crystals.

Except for Tucker, everything is covered by the Ruby crystal. *Crack* Suddenly, the whole crystal cracked and broke like glass, turning into smaller ruby pieces. Alder still stays in his previous spot with his usual predator smile.

"That's quite an interesting spell. Did you learn it from Nabe or did you create it yourself?" said Alder without even getting injured by the spell.

Tucker ignored Alder's question, "Huf.. Not even a scratch.. Huf.. Haha… Huff… I guess this is my end." said Tucker with an exhausted face like he didn't get any sleep for a year.

Seeing his opponent at his last, Alder decided to end the battle. Before he could move forwards, another similar magic circle appeared below them. However, Alder didn't dare to take the spell and immediately left the area.

[5th Circle - Magnificent Ruby] *BOOOOM* Another giant ruby covered the whole area along with Tucker. A few seconds later, the shiny ruby shattered with everything on it, turning into smaller pieces of the ruby crystal until nothing was left but red dust.

"This is the same spell, but why does it look more powerful?" said Alder.

"Hmph… Isn't it obvious? It's because I am much stronger than him." said Nabe, standing in the air beside Alder.

"Hahahaha… Don't tell me you are deliberately using the same spell to show off?!!" laughed Alder.

"Shut up!! I just don't want you to look down at my created spell." rebuked Nabe.

"Haha… Sorry.. Sorry… Certainly, your spell is different from that brat's one, even though you use the same amount of mana. Anyway, aren't you feeling sad about killing that brat? If I am not wrong, he calls you a teacher, right?" asked Alder.

"Nah… He is just an abandoned naughty dog that I picked up long ago. He thought he could steal my creations silently while getting closer to me. He didn't know that I deliberately let him steal those things." explained Nabe.

"Huh?? Why? Aren't you quite protective of your creation? You even beat me up last time I tried to touch your thing." said Alder.

"Hahaha… Those things are prototypes, not real products. I know he will give it to someone or use it by himself. As a researcher, I need some actual data tests. So, I let him and his friend use those things while I keep observing in the shadows."

"This way, nobody will blame me for my creation. Even if they try to blame me, I will just say it got stolen. By the time I notice, it is already gone. This way, I could keep researching peacefully while getting an actual data test. It's like getting two birds with one stone." said Nabe.

"Hahaha… As expected, you are interesting. Nabe, be my woman." said Alder casually.

Hearing an unexpected proposal, Nabe blinked for a few seconds before kicking Alder lightly while embarrassed.

"S-Shut up, stupid lizard. Who wants to be with a dumbass like you?!! That's it. I am going back to my lab." said Nabe without letting Alder respond.

"Tch… I thought she would agree. Most women will even drool like a dog if asked like this. Has my charm gone? Tch.. Whatever, I will know it when I ask other female creatures." said Alder.

After saying these words, he noticed a massive amount of Nabe's mana released from far away.

"Die, you lizard scum!! [6th Circle Spell - Rose Hazard]" yelled Nabe from far away.

Suddenly the dark snowy cloud turned crimson red with a gigantic magic circle covering the whole area until a few kilometers away. A moment later, the magic circle shrank as a red rose made of crystal ruby appeared in the sky.

The rose faces Alder and the surrounding ground. Despite the enormous and thick mana in the air, Alder didn't panic and even looked more excited.

"Beautiful!!" muttered Alder while smirking.

Then, rose petals break up into gigantic red crystals moving toward the ground. Seeing this, Alder wakes up from his stupor and realizes he needs to escape.

As soon as one of the large red crystals touched the ground, it exploded and turned the surrounding into ruby crystals before it exploded again into a small red stone. Noticing this familiar phenomenon, Alder didn't dare to touch any of these crystals recklessly.

He may be proud of his scale skin, but it didn't mean he didn't feel hurt if getting hit by these unknown spell effects. Unfortunately, he is already too late as the large-scale red crystal obstructs his escape route.

Before he realizes he is already surrounded by countless red crystals from every direction. *BOOOOM* The crystals hit each other and start to cover the whole area. At this moment, a large pitch-black energy shoots out from Alder's position.

Some part of his body had already turned into the ruby crystal as he grimaced in pain. Alder could feel uncomfortable searing pain like getting touched by freezing ice.

Although he knows it is not dangerous as his body instantly regenerates and fixes the crystallite part, it still gives him pain. Fortunately, Alder escaped using his full power [Miasma Blast] before completely turning into red crystal.