Chapter 33: Terror
But the ball of flame in its finger tip was different than Oslo's. It was like any other ordinary flame which was different than Oslo's green ball of flame.
"Looks like it can copy my magical abilities but cannot copy the nature of my mana." Oslo guessed.
But the question was, to what extent the goblin could copy his abilities? If it could copy all his abilities then he would have to fight an opponent that was the mirror image of himself, maybe even better in terms of using the abilities. It might be troublesome, he thought.
But it didn't scare him in the least but on the contrary, he was thrilled to say the least. A smile appeared on his face because it wasn't everyday that he got to fight with his self image and he wanted to know, how much stronger than he really was and what were the loopholes in his abilities. He wanted to know how would he perform against himself.
Oslo tried something different this time. He tried manipulating the flame in goblins hand but it failed miserably.
Swoooosh~
By squatting down he barely dodged the ball of flame by a hair. Literally by a hair...couple of his strands were burned.
BOOM!
Its explosive power was also better than Oslo's. When it got it contact with the wall of the room, the dungeon shook for a bit.
Heh!
With his feet using repel, he leaped at goblin with the saber slashing diagonally at goblin ready to cut in half. But result wasn't as he had expected.
The saber blade was sliced by the dagger in goblin's hand like a hot knife slashing through a butter. The sharp saber of hob goblin came to an end just like that. Why does it always have to be monsters that get the good material? He thought.
Tang ~
Subconsciously he jumped back when the sharp blade fell in the ground. He was now only left with the half broken saber in hand which he knew was useless against that dagger the goblin possessed. As if mocking him, the goblin put away its sharp dagger and threw balls of flame at him.
Six balls of flame chased him to the wall before exploding.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
In a chain of explosion, the wall had a crack formed in it and Oslo was also caught in it. He coughed a mouthful of blood as he dropped in the ground. Leaning at the wall, he learned that it wasn't over yet. Another six balls of flame appeared before the goblin revolving around its palm which was doubled with the use of both of its hand.
Swoooosh~
With it'd order, the ball of flames flew towards Oslo with an unimaginable speed. Oslo who was barely standing had no choice but to use that trump card move of his. Below the bandage in his hand, although not seen, the dragon tattoo glowed bright as the pendant in his neck amplified his move.
From his mouth, a tsunami of green flames erupted and with a breath it clashed with the twelve ball of flames causing an explosion with huge shockwave. The goblin with saw the fire unceasingly erupting from Oslo's mouth was shocked but before long it was covered in tsunami of flames.
Cough~ Cough~
Oslo who used the skill coughed more blood from his mouth. Just because of that skill more than seventy percent of the mana inside his body had vanished. But after the flame settled, he was in awe as his face turned pale.
The goblin was still standing and it was covered in a white membrane that acted as a barrier for flame. After it was over, the white membrane wilted from its body making it visible for Oslo to see how enraged the goblin really was.
How could it not be? It was two months worth of magical energy that it had to use just to defend that attack.
Now it was thoroughly enraged. Hundreds of fireball revolved around it as it clearly controlled it so that it could burn this intruder to crisp.
Alphonse who had been watching the battle unfold was dazzled by the Oslo's attack from before. He couldn't believe that Oslo who was only a D-rank was so strong. But he was more terrified of the goblin which even withstood that attack safe and sound and even controlled hundreds of balls of fire which was enough to kill Oslo to the point he would be only an ash in a moment.
He wanted to help Oslo but he knew that he was now useless as the case of ice had already reached his waist making him unable to control his legs. He couldn't be of any help and all he could do was to watch the unfolding battle as he froze.
Just as he was watching goblin, he saw something. But he couldn't tell what he saw was correct or was he just seeing things? If he told Oslo what he saw right now without even being sure of it himself and it turned out to be false then it wouldn't be any wonder that he would be yelled at. But if he didn't and what he saw was true then Oslo might be at disadvantage.
What to do? What should I do? Tell him? What if it turns out to be false? He wasn't so sure what to do in this situation.
The swarm of fireballs flew toward Oslo. He was shocked as it could burn him to a crisp if he only got grazed by it but he still tried to resist.
BOOOOOM!
A hole was created in the wall which was about hundred meters long and two feet wide. It seemed as if another tunnel had been created to enter the boss' room but unfortunately it wasn't long enough.
Oslo wasn't too injured by those flames but because of explosion, his body flew in the air before dropping again.
At the final moment, he had used his Mana to deflect the balls of flame only by a little angle away from him which didn't cause him any big injury or burns but that explosion did made him a tinge of pain.
"I see...so, that's how it is." Oslo muttered as he stood up picking up the dagger that had fallen along with him. Looking at his right hand covered in bandages that had become too dirty, a smile formed on his lips. He had realized something.
"Looks like I'll have to show this creature the true terror of Flame Warrior. Underestimating me? You'll regret it, idiotic creature."
Seeing Oslo not suffering next to no injuries from those balls of flames, three hundred more balls of flame revolved around the goblin. Alphonse who didn't miss a single detail and now saw it clearly had his confirmation. He then shouted towards Oslo,
"Brother, the magic that goblin uses is not its own but comes from the bodies covered in the cases of ice. The cases that are surrounding the bodies is actually the magic power extracted from their bodies and because of some weird trickery the goblin uses, it has been able to solidify the magic that it had extracted from the bodies."
"When it uses the magical power, the ice entrapping the bodies thaws!"
Oh? The bodies entrapped in the ice were its power bank? Oslo looked behind the goblin which was controlling hundreds of balls of flame and found that it was indeed the case because the three elves that were used by the goblin as chair before were now lying in the ground unconscious without any ice covering their bodies.
Looks like this battle made it use very much of a magic it had stored. Haha, serves it right. Well, this idiot also became helpful in some ways, Oslo thought.
The balls that were surrounding the goblin grew even larger in number. Now there were more than five hundred flame balls revolving around the goblin which made the room brighter than ever. It was using even more magical magic it had stored.
"Brother, are you gonna be okay?" Seeing so many ball being controlled by the goblin, Alphonse couldn't help but worry.
"Yeah, I'll be fine and..." Oslo didn't fear those balls of fire anymore as he had learned something quite useful in this battle. "Don't call me brother. Its disgusting hearing it from your mouth."
Oslo then looked forward and met the gaze with the goblin whose eyes were filled with killing intent, but this time Oslo didn't fear this creature and it's fireball anymore. It was different this time...very different.
Swooooosh~
With just a flick of its finger, the flames obeyed the command of the goblins and flew at Oslo in unimaginable speed. Just as ball of flame was right before Oslo's face, his lips curled up and subtle green light covered his body.
The same attack wasn't going to work anymore.
Swooosh~ Swoosh~ Swoosh~
Whole five hundred balls of flame turned into tsunami of green flames in just a second which obeyed Oslo's every command.
I may not be able to control others flame being a Flame Warrior but when it is now in control of others and is free then I can make them obey my command.
He had learned that he couldn't control those flame which had an owner but if flames didn't have any owner then he could easily control them by making them come in contact with his Mana.
Only a tiny bit of his Mana was required and for controlling the flames...it felt quite natural for him. He had used the moment the goblin let go of the flame and used it for making the green tsunami which wasn't too bright but mild in nature.
"This tsunami of green flame seems too dull." He said as he controlled the flame and started changing it's shape, "Let's give it a good shape, it'll be my new move."
The green flames remolded itself into a form of a creature which was too domineering to even look at. For the goblin which saw the creature of flame and met it's eyes, it felt something as sweat dripped down of its forehead.
It couldn't stop its trembling legs thinking that Oslo was going to throw this monster made up of flames at it. Immediately, it extracted all the magic power it had collected till the time to cover itself in thick white membrane which it had used before to cover itself from Dragon's Breathe.
Every ice case in the dungeon thawed when goblin extracted all the magic power, leaving human bodies unconscious that laid in the floor.
"Oh? Hiding again? Like hell it'll work!"
The pendant with him shone in a green light making the monster Oslo had created from the flame even fiercer.
The goblin which played with fire and mocked Oslo using it's tricks was now scared witless. It was terrified by the flames. Now...it was now that it felt the true terror of dealing with flames and Oslo which was controlling this fiery monster was demon in it's eyes.
"Get swallowed," With a wave of his hand, the fire made creature flew towards the goblin hiding in thick white blanket like membrane,
"Fire Dragon King!"
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