215 Battle Trance

‘Here goes nothing.’

Eren tried to approach the wyvern using his movement spell. He used the Speed Aspect of his lightning element and coated his legs in the purple lightning streaks before disappearing from his position.

Roar!

Another draconic roar resounded in the air as the wyvern welcomed his opponent by spreading his wings wide. Even with his exceptional speed, Eren was bound to be attacked by the beast’s comprehensive blind attacks.

Wind wing slashes.

The beast created wind-element flying slashes with the flap of his wings. He sent them everywhere around him, not caring who or what he hit them with.

‘Son of a …’

Eren tried to get away from the bunch of wind-wing slashes that were approaching him. But he couldn’t dodge them all. His left shoulder, right leg, and right hand got injured in the process. And this was just a few moments into the battle.

“Aaaaargh! Fucck!”

Eren cried out loud before changing his direction and orientation. He was trying to approach the beast from his three O clock. But since the beast could attack around him indiscriminately, he needed to come up with a new strategy.

Igni Wave

Igni Chains

Alfem

Eren cast his spell before deciding to change his position. And he was glad he did because he saw the beast attacking his previous position with his attack.

Boom!

A detonation of compressed fire-element mana took place when the beast’s wind-fire element ball hit the ground Eren was previously standing on. It expanded so rapidly that it managed to burn the escaping Eren’s back. His tunic was burned off, exposing the chainmail armor he was wearing underneath it.

Swoosh.

Eren’s body took off in the air because of the impact’s shockwave. Eren knew he had broken a rib or two because of the attack’s shockwave. However, he decided to ignore the pain because he felt a threatening sensation coming from behind him.

The Wyvern was approaching Eren from the air while the latter was in a compromising position. The beast sent a fire breath in Eren’s way and prepared to tear him apart using his claws.

The firebirds Eren had created couldn’t harm the beast’s thick skin even a little bit. The fire-element spells were useless against the beast that had a natural resistance to fire-based attacks.

Thus, Eren decided to use Alfem only to change his orientation in the air. He detonated the firebirds beneath his feet and increased his speed before using some more firebirds to achieve near-impossible aerial maneuverability.

The beast couldn’t see what had happened to its potential prey after he had sent the breath attack in Eren’s way. The fire of his own making covered his vision. But he soon came to know that the prey had changed his course abnormally and had gained a higher altitude than him.

The wyvern looked up and saw a faint shadow in the sky. Eren had positioned himself in such a way that the sun would be behind him when he attacked the beast. A natural cover for his attack.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

Eren never liked to yell when he was fighting. It allowed his opponents to keep track of him. However, he needed to boost his morale somehow.

He sent his mana circuits into hyperdrive and screamed. He then gripped his two Axes before releasing a series of precise flying slash attacks on the beast’s wings.

Elemental Fusion: Lightning-Fire Chains

Eren chose to use another elemental fusion he wasn’t sure he could use. Thankfully, he managed to pull off fusing the two elements and create a fusion spell from scratch for himself. The desperate times managed to bring out the best in him.

Eren timed his attacks well. And they packed so much more mana than before. The battlemage had made full use of his infinite mana core.

Elemental Fusion: Wind Fire Shards

He then manifested Wind Fire Shards around him and sent them in tandem with the Lightning Fire Chains. Lastly, he created Wind Fire Waves before sending them toward the beast.

“Kiyeeee!”

The beast cried in pain when Eren’s fusion elements attacked him from above while he was flying so close to the ground. It seemed that he had underestimated a human’s aerial attacking potential. And faced the due punishment for his mistake.

Another few moments into the battle. And the beast had injured his wings. The equation of the duel was changing within a few seconds.

The beast was brought to the ground when his flight became unstable. But that was not the end of his miseries. He felt something latching onto his front claws and felt a tug.

Zoom.

Eren landed on the beast’s bag. It was as if he had shut off the part of the brain that felt fear. He started attacking the beast’s back by sending more fusion element attacks.

Kino had come to realize that Eren was smiling despite feeling fear. And his eyes were a bit diluted, indicating that he was in a peculiar condition.

‘Battle trance!’

Kino mumbled in her mind as she looked at Eren performing so many incredible feats. The guy was conscious and aware of his surroundings. But he was not processing them like a normal ranker.

‘The best rankers focus only on the present. Never reminiscing over the past. Never committing to the future.’

Kino thought to herself as she watched Eren fight. She could see that Eren’s battle trance was just him desperately trying to survive the odds placed against him. He was facing his fears head-on. And that valor had granted him this peculiar state of battle trance.

Beast’s exposed back was subjected to Eren’s attacks all of a sudden. It sent another draconic roar and tried to shake the wretched and puny human off his back. However, Eren could feel a hint of panic and pain in the roar he heard just now.

Anemoi!

The beast was about to take flight despite his injuries. But before he could do so, Eren cast another series of his stacked spells. He had outdone himself this time when it came to executing summoning spells.

That’s because the wyvern was surrounded by a total of nine wind-element elephants at this time. All stomping their feet before charging at him. With their trunks aimed in the beast’s direction.

A battlemage was outshining most summoners of his generation in casting summoning spells.