Chapter 563 A Dragon’s Dominion

Chapter 563 A Dragon's Dominion

CLAP! Arad put his hands together, glaring at the two with glowing red eyes. "Time to cook." n-/O./v.(e(-l-)b))1-/n

A spark of flame emerged from his back, the crimson light from it darkening his face to them as the wine barrels in the building burst.

Expansions are the process of releasing one's magic in a violent burst to gain environmental advantage. It is most common with powerful entities with an abundance of mana to waste, such as spirits, dragons, and devils.

The city lord started turning away to run, while the fake Merlin lifted her staff, trying to conjure a barrier as fast as she could.

A water dragon fights best in water, so they would benefit from flooding the battlefield, and their enemies would suffer.

Arad's body burst into flames, and the glass windows of the buildings shattered. The wooden houses around them started smoking.

It's like a candle's last flare, burning a large chunk of the caster's mana to gain an advantage, a path to victory.

[Fire Expansion:...]

Mages have been watching the natural world and some of them have created spells to mimic that. Those spells ranged from tame ones like barriers, and storm spells like firestorms. The most known expansion-like spell humans managed to pull is the sanctuary spell, a holy spell that heals everyone in an area around the cleric.

Flames exploded from Arad's body, igniting the streets in the blink of an eye.

He had a spell that acted similar to an expansion, [Fire Cloak]. In exchange for a large amount of mana, he could expand its range from just around his body to several meters away.

[...: Blast Furnace]

Arad had already seen a red dragon use an expansion, all he needed to do was morph the [Fire Cloak] Formula to achieve something similar but on a much smaller scale.

"How are we supposed to stop that from going up?" One mumbled.

"He's bound to get killed in the higher layers," A woman growled, picking a cleaver, "The labyrinth lord would punish us if we ran away from him." She took a step forward.

"What are you doing?" A man glared at her.

"Even if we die," She said, "We can be reborn again from the core. I'm doing my best to stop him."

Arad looked across the street, seeing her approaching him. He smiled.

"You approach me even after seeing this?" Arad looked at her, opening his arms as he started walking.

"I can't cut you apart without getting closer," She waved her cleaver, "We can't run away from you,"

"Don't worry," Arad smiled, "I like women who can put up a fight."

She stood facing him, sweating.

"What are you doing?" Arad looked at her eyes, "Attack, I'm waiting,"

"HAAAAAA!" She screamed, swinging her cleaver at his neck.

SWOSH! CRACK! Arad dodged the attack and punched the back of her head, knocking her to the ground.

Arad squatted beside her head, "If that fake lord was as straightforward as you, this would have been a slightly better place." He stood, "Stay there," He then walked across the street as the people avoided him.

"Merlin! Amber!" Arad shouted, "Where are you? I beat the fake city lord and the stairs guardian," He called, "That guardian looked like you, Merlin. But she was weaker and slower,"

CLANG! One of the houses' doors shattered open, and a soldier rushed out, swinging a greatsword at Arad's neck. "For the lord!"

CRACK! The sound of bones cracking echoed across the streets.