Chapter 44: Dark Slash

Chapter 44: Dark Slash

[TLN- Keeping the pronoun of the ice dragon as He/His/Him. Note that it can be female which is quite common.]

Gurgaaaaaahhh!!!

The Ice Dragon gathered an incredibly powerful magical energy deep in its throat and exhaled a freezing breath.

No matter how superior Lukes abilities were, he would not survive a direct hit.

But he simply gazed at it calmly, as if it were just an ordinary day. Then, with a slight grin on his lips, he activated a spell.

Dark Sun'

In less than a second, before the breath could hit him, Luke sensed the tremendous amount of magic contained in the breath and judged that he could absorb it without any problems.

The dark sun created from his right hand slowly rose into the sky. As if drawn to it, the breath that the Ice Dragon exhaled unnaturally changed direction and was swallowed up by the black sun.

How insignificant!! This means nothing!!

The Ice Dragon exhaled its freezing breath once again. But this time it was not aimed at Luke. It was aimed at the black sun that devours everything.

However, it was slightly different from before. It was narrower and more concentrated. In an instant, the dark sun froze.

At that moment, Lukes magic was broken.

Amazing.

Perhaps it was due to his knowledge as deep as the ocean, which was far beyond human comprehension, or perhaps it was due to his exceptional insight.

The Ice Dragon had seen the weakness of dark magic. The weakness was that there is a limit to the amount of magic that can be absorbed at once.

Thats why the Ice Dragon exhaled a breath with even higher magic density.

Indeed, magic power density is extremely important. Kukuku, Lloyd is amazing.

What are you talking about

In that case, I should also concentrate my magic power in the core. More concentrated, denser. Extreme Dark Sun.

This is bad. The Ice Dragon realized this instinctively.

It should be the same magic as before, but neither its breath nor any other magic it can use can break it.

For the Ice Dragon, it was almost like a conviction rather than just intuition. In addition, the magic was crafted too quickly. There was almost no lag time before Luke activated the new enhanced magic spell.

Therefore, there was no time to hesitate. It had to decide what to do now before this Dark Sun absorbed the magical energy in the atmosphere and grew bigger.

!!

Dragons are creatures that are terribly resistant to both physical and magical attacks. Moreover, they possess amazing regenerative abilities, which makes them far superior to humans as a species.

The Ice Dragon chose to destroy the magic with its strong body. It swung its tail like a whip, sharp and flexible like a spear, and cut the Dark Sun into pieces.

Gaaaaaa!!

Instantly, it felt like its magical power was being rapidly drained away. The Ice Dragon was shocked. It lost so much magical energy from just a slight contact. It had to avoid a direct hit at all costs.

I see, the Dragons abnormal endurance is just as described in the literature. Overwhelming physical or magical attacks are necessary to cause damage. If both, even better.

Luke had a fierce grin on his face.

At that moment, the ice dragon finally understood. The creature in front of him was a human, a lower species, yet he truly intended to kill him, a dragon.

The ice dragon couldnt read Lukes expression as a human could, but with his highly honed senses that were incomparable to humans, he realized this fact.

The moment he understood, a feeling that he hadnt felt in a long time spread slowly like mist.

(Could it be that I, myself, am feeling fear?)

However, that fear was immediately covered up by another emotion, a burning fury. For the ice dragon, the fact that they had even momentarily felt fear towards a mere human was unacceptable.

You human scummm!!

The ice dragon flapped its wings and accelerated.

Kuku Ahahaha!! As expected, fighting to the death How wonderful!!

While giving in to anger, the ice dragon closed in on Luke with rational thinking that he couldnt let him use that magic.

In contrast, Luke also flapped his wings created by magic and directly confronted the dragon.

The sharp claws and fangs of the Ice Dragon clashed repeatedly with Lukes sword. A human and a dragon. In terms of raw strength, it was clear as day who would win.

Scratches, bites, and tail swipes. All of them would be fatal to a human, but only if they hit.

However, every attack was dodged and evaded.



He thought about using Dark Gluttony, but

That was Lukes last resort. It was a heinous magic that could even swallow matter by sublimating the characteristic of absorbing magical energy. However, this magic was still under development, and the burden on the body was immeasurable.

(What a waste. I wont use magic. Ill definitely cut him down. Ive already seen through his movements. Its really monotonous and boring. Hes just a monster after all.)

Luke had no intention of using Dark Gluttony.

He perfectly incorporated the unknown power that was different from the magical power into his sword and slashed the ice dragon.

That was what Luke aimed for. His vague sensations until now were sharpened and became clear in the battle with the ice dragon. It would be a waste to end it with magic.

Luke had been able to cut without this power until now. No, it should be said that he had been cutting by chance. But now he was facing a formidable opponent that he couldnt truly cut.

He parried the attacks of the ice dragons claws and fangs with his sword. He even parried the magic and breath attacks. In the repeated exchanges, Luke steadily gained control of that power.

And then

Ah, this is it.

The time had come.

Luke couldnt accurately grasp the source of that power.

But even without understanding it, he was able to control it thanks to his devilish ingenuity.

This was like magic that a warrior could handle. He judged that understanding it to that extent was enough for now.

He immediately switched his consciousness and poured all his concentration into his sword.

The light converged on Lukes sword, and

<<Slash>>

Since the start of the battle, the most blood spurted from the ice dragons tough body.

Guaaaahh!!

Hahaha! Finally, I did it! This is great! Oh, thats right, lets mix it up!

It was just an idea.

Luke thought of mixing dark magic with the special skill he had just learned.

The tremendous magic resistance of the ice dragon. Luke thought that it was like having a magic barrier on its body. So, if he wrapped it in darkness, it would be good.

The light that had been concentrated on the sword was stained black.

Without understanding how advanced the technique was, Luke had accomplished it.

<<Dark Slash>>

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

The ice dragon tasted a pain it had never felt in about two hundred years and fell to the ground writhing in agony.

More! Lets go more and more!

Once he had grasped that feeling, it was as natural to Luke as his arms and legs.

A bigger light was concentrated on the sword than before, and it was stained black.

<<Dual Dark Slash>>

Giiiiiiyaaaaaaa!!

The swung sword was a divine and speedy two-hit slash.

<<Triple Dark Slash>>

GaaaaaaaAAAAAA!!!

And then, a divine and speedy three-hit slash.

The ice dragon screamed while scattering fresh blood. Luke, who was smeared with its blood, grinned and laughed from the bottom of his heart.

Once again, light was concentrated on the sword. It grew even bigger and more ominous.

Ahahaha!! <<Quattro>>

W-w-wait! Wait, please!

Lukes sword stopped just before striking. The tremendous gust of wind blew away the dust that had been swirling around the area.

What are you trying to do?

I-I-I fully su-surrender

With its head down on the ground and its limbs and tail curled up as small as possible, it represented the dragons utmost respect. It was a pose of submission.