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Chapter 205: Ladon

Drako noticed Bianca holding of his sleeve. "Don't fight him, I don't want you to die."

"Whoa, you guys look like I have any chances to win against this dragon. The prophecy said that one dragon was going to kill another one, not that Ladon was going to kill me," Drako said, amused by the looks of his companions.

They all know how prophecies work, so that was the reason why they didn't have much faith in Drako's survival. Not only that, as Ladon was one of the infamous Evil Dragons, even if he was one of the weakest ones. Even some gods couldn't do anything against his defence. Maybe the strongest enemy here wasn't The General, but Ladon.

"We are going to help you," Zoe said.

"There's no way we are going to let you fight him alone now," Thalia said.

Drako just smiled and shook his head. "We don't have time for that. You have to free Artemis from the hands of Kronos's army, that's the most important thing right now.

Drako stopped looking at all of them, including the Hesperides. Now he only had eyes for his prey, the Evil Dragon Ladon. This was going to be a fight to the death.

"The Insomniac Dragon shouldn't be sleeping. Wake up, Ladon!" Drako shouted.

The dragon stirred, glittering like a mountain of pennies. The Hesperides yelped and scattered. The lead girl said to Drako, "Are you mad?"

"Maybe I am," Drako said. "I have the courage and the strength to be mad."

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. Zoe took a step forward, her arms raised.

"Zoe, don't," Thalia said. "You're not a Hesperid anymore. He'll kill you."

"Ladon is trained to protect the tree," Zoe said. "Skirt around the edges of the garden. Go up the mountain. As long as I am a bigger threat, he should ignore thee."

"Shut up, stupid girl," Drako said. "You're going to save Artemis."

"No!" Zoe shouted. "Ladon should recognize me, I can buy enough time for you to go up the mountain. It is the only way, even the five of us together cannot fight him."

Ladon opened his mouths. The sound of a hundred heads hissing at once was enough to send a shiver to anyone's back. Drako pushed Zoe behind, and he received Ladon's breath upfront. Now, he understood why Zoe that the dragon needs to chew the leaves. The fucking smell was like acid. It made Drako's only exposed part of his body, his eyes, burn.

"Run!" Drako shouted.

Thalia and Percy went left, Bianca and Zoe went right. Drako walked straight toward the monster.

"Hey, little dragon," Drako said. "Do you know how to dance?"

Ladon shifted forward, then back. Some of the mouths closed. Some kept hissing—dragon confusion. Meanwhile, the Hesperides shimmered and turned into shadows. The voice of the eldest whispered, "Fool."

"You are too quiet, Evil Dragon," Drako continued, speaking in a mocking voice, trying to get all of the dragon's attention. "Maybe are you scared?"

The dragon's eyes glinted.

The rest were about halfway around the garden. Ahead, there was a single rocky trail leading up to the black peak of the mountain. The storm swirled above it, spinning on the summit like it was the axis for the whole world.

For the first time, Ladon spoke.

"This aura… so you are a new Dragon King, huh. The new generation is already at this level, not bad. Since this is the first time we meet, I'm going to introduce myself. Ladon "Insomniac Dragon" is my name."

"I'm Drako, the "Nephalem Dragon"," Drako introduced himself.

"Now, are you going to show me your real form or are you going to fight like a shitty human?"

Drako smiled. This kind of arrogance was what he was expecting from the Evil Dragon.

But the dragon didn't give time to Drako to transform himself. He lunged at the younger dragon directly.

Drako instincts are the reason of why he is alive right now. To tell you the truth, it wasn't easy to defend oneself from the attack of dozens of dragon heads.

Still, Drako's reflexed were almost enough to defend himself from the Evil Dragon. I say almost because he was actually hit by one of the heads, receiving some damage. Not only that, as Ladon applied some venom on him.

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Drako

Race – Nephilim Dragon King

Level – 107/125

HP – 143221/161250

MP – 153750/153750

STR – 1455

END – 1080

AGI – 1805

MAG – 1030

Status: Poisoned (Minus 150 HP every second)

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Fortunately, Percy and the rest had already made enough progress. Ladon was no longer a threat to them.

Drako retreated, out of range of the tree. To his surprise, Ladon did not pursue him.

"What's going on?" Drako said. "Are you so afraid of me, that you can't get away from your beloved tree?"

Ladon hissed angrily. "The gods have cursed me. In exchange for returning to life, I cannot leave the tree if my life is not in danger! I curse you, you damned Olympians!"

So if Drako did not actively attack him, Ladon could not actively attack him. Of course, he could attack him if he approached the tree. It was his duty to protect it.

"But don't worry, once Lord Kronos is reborn, I will be able to leave this place and bring Chaos into the world."

Drako took advantage of this situation to take two actions.

The first one, Status Inspection.

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[Ladon]

Race: Divine Spirit

Strength: 4125

Defence: 7150

Magic: 12250

Agility: 2100

Abilities

-Immense Defence

-Barrier Magic

+Time Dilation Barrier

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As expected of an Evil Dragon, he is strong. Maybe his Strength and Agility stat is not that high, but his defence and magic stats are awesome.

After his Status Inspection, Drako prepared himself for the battle.

Firstly, he activated his touki. A light aura surrounded his body, the lifeforce strengthens his stats by a 60%. Secondly, he activated Branch Destruction on his own body. All of his stats were doubled.

And for the last…

"GrrrrooaAarRRrrRR!"

The dragon's roar was heard all over the mountain. For the second time since his evolution to a Dragon King, Drako transformed into his dragon form.

The scales grew all over his body, from his arms and legs to his own head. His bones expanded, and a pair of long wings get out of his back. His eyes turned red as he looked at Ladon as he was looking at his prey.

The human disappeared, there now stood an enormous dragon. The silver scales shone with elegancy, and what was the touki aura was now a royalty draconic aura. The dragon was emitting a pressure that would turn any being weaker than him to his knees at the moment. The apple tree looked small compared to him, as he doubles its height. The extended wings of the dragon occupied perfectly 30 meters each, an unbelievable amount. Drako was only in the evolution of Dragon King, but he was already one of the largest dragons in existence. For example, he was already bigger than Tannin.

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Drako

STR – 4656

END – 3456

AGI – 5776

MAG – 3296

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Drako had to bend down to look into Ladon's more than two hundred eyes. Drako only had two eyes, but his eyes were not afraid at all. He knew he could fight Ladon, that he could win and kill him.

Statistics aren't everything. He had already proved that by killing Nemean Lion.

Right at that moment, Drako felt the creation of two barriers. The first was around the apple tree, and the second was a barrier around the entire mountain.

"You felt it, didn't you, Dragon King?" Ladon said. "These two barriers are my strongest arsenal, not even Zeus could pierce them without the continued use of his Lighting Bolt."

"You seem pretty confident," Drako said. Now that he was in dragon form, his voice sounded deeper. "You are going to need them against me."

"I don't think so, those barriers took to much time to create," Ladon explained. "But only one of the two is made to protect."

Drako understood what he meant. "You don't want us to leave."

"Of course! Your friends and that little goddess are going to die here at the hands of The General," Ladon laughed. "There's no way you can win."

"Why do you all keep naming him by The General," Drako asked.

Ladon's eyes narrowed. "Remember this, young dragon. Some names have power. Don't be careless of how you used them, you won't even know how you die."

Drako remembers that blast of lighting before, probably it was because they mentioned Kronos that they received that attack. The General must be really strong if even Ladon was warier of him.

"Now, a young dragon," Ladon's eyes focused on Drako. "Don't you think we have talked too much? Your friends have already reached the top of the mountain. Are you going to fight? Are you going to escape? Or are you going to join us?"

Drako smiled, showing his huge fangs. "Do I really need to answer?"

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This chapter goes for those who wanted to see his Dragon form!!!

Hope that you like it!


Chapter 206: Ladon (2)

As Drako was with Ladon, the rest of the group ran up the mountain as the Hesperides resumed their song in the shadows behind them.

At the top of mountain were ruins, blocks of black granite and marble as big as houses.

Broken columns. Statues of bronze that looked as though they'd been half melted.

"The ruins of Mount Othrys," Thalia whispered in awe.

"Yes," Zoe said. "It was not here before. This is bad."

"What's Mount Othrys?" Percy asked. Bianca wanted to know it as well.

"The mountain fortress of the Titans," Zoe said. "In the first war, Olympus and Othrys were the two rival capitals of the world. Othrys was blasted to pieces in the first war."

"But… how is it here?" Bianca asked.

Thalia looked around cautiously as they picked their way through the rubble, past blocks of marble and broken archways. "It moves in the same way that Olympus moves. It always exists on the edges of civilization. But the fact that it is here, on this mountain, is not good."

"Why?"

"This is Atlas's mountain," Zoe said. "Where he holds—" She froze. Her voice was ragged with despair. "Where he used to hold up the sky."

They had reached the summit. A few yards ahead of them, gray clouds swirled in a heavy vortex, making a funnel cloud that almost touched the mountaintop, but instead rested on the shoulders of a twelve year old girl with auburn hair and a tattered silvery dress: Artemis, her legs bound to the rock with celestial bronze chains. Artemis was forced to hold the roof of the world.

"My lady!" Zoe rushed forward, but Artemis said, "Stop! It is a trap. You must leave now."

Her voice was strained. She was drenched in sweat. The weight of the sky was clearly too much for Artemis.

Zoe was crying. She ran forward despite Artemis's protests, and tugged at the chains.

A booming voice spoke behind them: "Ah, how touching."

They turned. The General was standing there in his brown silk suit. At his side were Luke and half a dozen dracaenae bearing the golden sarcophagus of Kronos. Annabeth stood at Luke's side. She had her hands cuffed behind her back, a gag in her mouth, and Luke was holding the point of his sword to her throat.

"Luke," Thalia snarled. "Let her go."

Luke's smile was weak and pale. He looked even worse than he had three days ago in D.C. "That is the General's decision, Thalia. But it's good to see you again."

Thalia spat at him.

The General chuckled. "So much for old friends. And you, Zoe. It's been a long time. How is my little traitor? I will enjoy killing you."

"Do not respond," Artemis groaned. "Do not challenge him."

"Wait a second," Percy said. "You're Atlas?"

The General glanced at him. "So, even the stupidest of heroes can finally figure something out. Yes, I am Atlas, the general of the Titans and terror of the gods. Congratulations. I will kill you presently, as soon as I deal with this wretched girl."

"You're not going to hurt Zoe" Percy said. "I won't let you."

The General sneered. "You have no right to interfere, little hero. This is a family matter."

Percy frowned. "A family matter?"

"Yes," Zoe said bleakly. "Atlas is my father."

At that moment, a dragon roar was heard all over the mountain.

"It seems that the two dragons are playing a little bit," Atlas commented with a half-smile.

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The truth is, it is not pleasant to fight a dragon with more than a hundred heads.

Ladon's body was constituted in such a way that it is similar to that of an Eastern dragon, with the shape of a snake with a width of a propulsion rocket, but with infinite heads coming out of it.

The first to strike was Ladon. More than twenty heads bit at once, making it impossible for Drako to avoid them all. The dragon's teeth had poison in them, making the attacks even more effective.

[Level of resistance skill [Poison Resistance] was increased from 5 to 6]

Drako also realized something else in that same attack. Ladon had a very high attack, almost at the same level as Drako's after using all his stats boosters. However, he had difficulty using 100% of this power with just one head. Not only that, but Drako's defensive skills negated much of this damage.

Aigis: Divine Scales of the Nephalem Dragon

This skill was Drako's main help at this time. Thanks to it, 80% of the damage Ladon was trying to apply was neutralized.

Drako was not going to stand still either. Black flames began to burn around his huge dragon arms. He struck directly at one of the heads that was trying to bite him.

[Level of normal skill [Infernal Dragon Punch] was increased from 5 to 6]

"ROOoaaArR!" Ladon screamed in anger and pain.

Although he had very high defence, one must be careful of Drako's punches. Although there was a 2500 point difference between Drako's attack and Ladon's defence, the use of the [Infernal Dragon Punch] skills had an effect that no one could ignore. Drako's entire dragon aura merged with Surtr's flame to create a devastating punch. Ladon did not have the defence skills that Drako had, thus suffering great damage from that single blow.

"You've got a good punch, young man," Ladon's heads smiled. It didn't look like he was going to fall for a single punch. "But you can't beat me with just that."

Eighty of the heads opened their mouths, and Drako's senses were alarmed. A second later, eighty acid flashes descended upon the young Dragon King.

Luckily, Drako had covered himself as best he could: enclosing his body in his wings.

Feeling a new attack coming on, Drako flapped his wings and took to the air. He was faster than Ladon, so he couldn't catch up. From the air, Drako channelled his [Breath of Darkness].

The dark flame descended upon Ladon, consuming him in black flames. There was no way he could have dodged that attack, he must have suffered quite a bit of damage.

No!

Drako noticed that there was something that stood between his flames and Ladon. It was a barrier! It's true, Ladon specializes in barrier magic! Not even Azi Dahaka, the dragon of a thousand forbidden magics, was up to Ladon's barrier magic!

"Your attacks are useless, young man," Drako heard Ladon's laughter. "Very few things can overcome my magical barriers."

"I don't think your barriers are invincible," Drako said as he threw himself at Ladon with his burning arms.

Using [Infernal Dragon Punch] on both fists, Drako plummeted from the sky. Knowing the power of that attack, Ladon was quick to create a powerful barrier to protect himself from the coming attack.

Boom! The attack hit Ladon's barrier, creating a shockwave that travelled all the way inside the barrier that Insomniac Dragon had created around the mountain. If Drako had not had the skill [The One Who Is Loved By Nature], the skill that does not allow him to harm nature, a good portion of the mountain would have disappeared. If Ladon had not put up the barrier, the shock wave would have reached the city of San Francisco and destroyed the Golden Gate.

At the top of the mountain, everyone felt the mini earthquake caused by the dragons' crash. Atlas even felt a little uncomfortable, recognizing the power of those two supernatural forces. Even Ladon, the weakest of all the Evil Dragons, had powers that the gods could not easily defeat.

Along with his innate defence, Ladon's magical barriers made his defence almost impenetrable for nothing in the world. Drako realized why this dragon was among the select group of dragons feared by all mythologies.

Drako's attack... had succeeded in destroying Ladon's hurried barrier. But he had lost a lot of power, and the blow had been completely cushioned by the hard scales of the Evil Dragon. Instantly, Ladon counterattacked with his heads.

His arms, torso, legs, wings, neck... all possible places were being bitten by Ladon. This counterattack had been very hard, causing great damage to Drako. Blood was pouring out of more than hundreds of deep wounds.

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I feel bad leaving the fight in the middle, so here is a question. I can the update the next chapters of the fight (there are two left) right now, and I'm not going to post them next week. That means that next week you are only going to have one chapter or maybe 0. I will be reading your thoughts!

Well, it seems that since Korean or Chinese characters appear on this fanfic (I don't know where so if you can point me that you can help me a lot), you guys can't vote. Now I have to search for where the fuck I have used Chinese or Korean characters.

When I said character, it means letters not persons. If you guys have seen any of them put it on the comments.


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