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Capítulo 75: Chapter 74 - Wrath of a Dragon

Mister Ed's eyes grew larger and extended his shield out in front of him. He turned his head back and let out a bellowing roar to his approaching guildmates. "Shielders—DEFEND!!"

Line after line of large and heavy shields dropped to the ground—planted in the dirt—they formed a wall of steel and blades.

The dragon raised its scaly blue head into the air and a swirl of red flames gathered at its mouth. Alice turned back to watch everything unfold, she seemed especially drawn to the way the dragon behaved.

I wasn't hoping for her to be terrified but I found it weird for her not to be scared, not even a little bit shaken by any of it. She was deep in thought about something, she stared at the dragon as if she was trying to figure it out.

Then, as we left Mister Ed's side her eyes grew larger. Her lips moved gently as a faint sound escaped her throat.

"Those flames are…"

"Alice, we need to focus! We're heading for the caves, so stay alert."

Hearing my words she quickly turned ahead and shook her head, it looked just like the way I cleared my thoughts. She seemed to be copying us like that a lot recently.

"Right." She said.

We didn't make it far, just as we escaped out of the way of the guild members a shadow flew over us.

"Get away from there!!" Mister Ed screamed.

Veldor looked to be in shock, something above us caused his jaw to drop. Naturally, my eyes rose to the sky and I was left in a similar state as Veldor.

The bottom of a beast, no—it was a dragon—no doubt about it.

Larger than the last one, much larger. Its wings stretched out so far that I was afraid it would hit the sides of the mountains wrapped around us. This one was different though, it was covered in crimson scales. It had large rugged spikes and rough edges surrounding every inch of its backside.

I could feel the heat it created under its wings from when it flew over us, there was no telling how hot it would be up close. It was everything I heard about them, about dragons.

"This isn't good! We're too far out in the open!" Arga said as she grabbed my shoulder.

She pulled me back and we ran, all of us. Arga was in front with Veldor and I stuck to the rear…I quickly realised that we were missing one.

"Alice!"

By the time I realised, it was too late. The dragon made its descent over her, it hovered above the ground with slow yet powerful beats from its wings. Each time it flapped its wings, a wave of warm wind would hit my face.

It burnt the closer I got, each step drove my skin into further agony. That wasn't the worst of it. That expression, the fierce glare of a dragon. It looked enraged as if something had been taken from it. I didn't want to look into its eyes, my body wouldn't allow me to. It was the natural order of things, I knew I was an ant compared to it.

It didn't matter, I wouldn't let it take Alice! I wouldn't let it harm her.

I rushed in with Arga and Veldor following behind but we were forced back. The dragon flapped its wings with powerful strokes and sent us flying. My feet left the ground, it was worse than fighting the Rhaskan. Such an effortless motion caused me to move around the air like a ragdoll.

"No—protect the girl!" Mister Ed commanded.

As he turned to help us, the enemy before them was ready to strike. The dragon covered in blue brought down its head, along with the swirling flames gathered at its mouth. As its eyes locked with Mister Ed's, the flames were released and hit him first.

His shield protected him from the flames, even with that amount of pressure he seemed to be holding his own very well. I was able to feel its wrath from such a large distance away but Mister Ed, who was right at the head of it didn't move an inch.

Some flames slipped passed him but the wall of shields behind him managed to defend against it equally as well. They were high-ranked adventurers after all, a little fire wouldn't stop them.

Even if they could defend against its flames, they still had to stay put. Mister Ed and his entire guild were locked in the fight with that dragon. Meaning we had to fight the red one ourselves…we needed to protect Alice.

Gulp

Without her sword, Arga was left bare-handed in this fight. There wasn't much she could do, so she stayed behind. Veldor had both his shield and mace in hand, however, he only had on his undershirt and chainmail. It was better than nothing but he was still under geared for a fight against a dragon.

I was the only one with my weapon and gear on hand…but with my injuries, I was probably the worst off. Suddenly our chances seemed to have dropped into the low zero range, with even less chance of helping Alice.

I wracked my brain trying to think of something to do when suddenly a blur of silver and yellow flew past me.

Veldor rushed in, he closed in on the dragon and pushed through its waves of heat. As it lifted its wings for another attack, a rush of red flew past my left.

Arga charged in to grab Alice. She moved a lot faster without her equipment, she was surprisingly fast compared to how she usually fought.

Both of them didn't give it another thought, they rushed in to save her without thinking of themselves.

I was overthinking it, trying to come up with a way to keep everyone safe. The way he did…I couldn't be him though, I wasn't Mister Ed.

"I should know by now, thinking things over isn't my thing." I uttered with a smirk.

My legs moved—I rushed in behind them. I had to force my legs to move, they felt ready to fall off the entire time but I pushed them. I pushed them further than they had ever been pushed before.

I placed one arm out in front of me with the other hand on my Chakram.

"You're not taking her—you'll never hurt her again!!" A surge of flames surrounded my palm and formed into red aura. The light took shape into a dragon's head and its mouth filled with pure red flames.

"Dragons roar!!"

 

 


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I see that Webnovel finally allows Bold and Italics into the chapters, so there will be a slight change in the style of writing but not a drastic one. (Thoughts are done in italics while the onomatapeia is done in Bold.)

It's easy to pick up on so I think this will be nothing but an improvement! Thank you for understanding.

Capítulo 76: Chapter 75 - An Eternal Second

The dragon's roar skill was building, the flames around its mouth gathered slowly into a pure red fire that singed the grass around me.

The red dragon stretched its wings forward, Arga was closest to getting hit and without her equipment, she wouldn't have survived an attack like that. She was as good as dead at such a close range.

I clenched my teeth at the thought, I didn't want to see something like that happen but I also couldn't tear my eyes away. I begged for the skill to launch before that could happen but it wasn't ready yet.

It must have been the damage I received before but for whatever reason my skill was taking much longer to charge up. I knew my mana wasn't filled but I didn't think it was that bad!

Its scaly red wings thrashed through the air towards her but were obstructed by a solid block—Veldor's shield. At the moment of impact, the cracks that surged across his shield split open even further. It wasn't going to hold for very long, I'm sure he knew that better than anyone.

The longer he held that monster back the faster his shield broke apart.

I never regretted anything more than at that moment for what I did to his shield. All I could do was pray to the goddess that his shield would hold. Only a little longer, they only needed to hold it back for a few more seconds.

My eyes jolted open as the warm sensation raced up my arm.

I could feel it was ready, the flames that filled the dragon's head in front of me were at their limit. The skill was ready to fire and I had no reason to wait.

With a swift flick of the wrist, I released the flames from the dragon's mouth. It opened its jaw as far as it could go and it erupted like an active volcano. Powerful red flames burst forth, coursing through the air like red-hot lightning.

The red dragon facing off against Veldor must have been sick of playing games, it quickly put all its strength behind its wings and forced everyone around it out of the way. Arga and Veldor weighed next to nothing against such a powerful beast, they were easily forced back and went tumbling across the ground.

The crimson dragon raised its body into the sky, puffing out its chest in a proud manner. It seemed almost like it was trying to intimidate us all.

The Dragons Roar skill hit dead on and exploded against the dragon's chest, which sent it back to the ground with a violent explosion of flames and dust. It was something I didn't think much about before but I realised it then.

"There's no health bar…" I uttered.

Even after hitting it head-on like that, nothing appeared around its head or body. I considered that maybe it was Uriel who was missing and not the health bar, but he seemed to respond as usual when I asked him.

"Uriel, where's it's health? I can't see anything about these things, just how strong are they?!"

I raced to get the words out of my mouth, time was of the essence. Hearing my panicked words, Uriel offered his thoughts.

{Appraisal cannot actively measure targets skill at this time}

"What about the health bar?! I need something here, how can I know if it's weak without one?"

{No enemies found}

"…"

I didn't understand. I wasn't sure if Uriel was messing around or something but either way, he wasn't going to help me. I needed to do it myself, if I couldn't rely on a health bar I needed to do it the old-fashioned way. I just had to judge it myself!

The cloud of dirt lifted and the crimson scales exited under its veil almost completely unscathed, with barely a scratch to be seen. It looked like even the dragon skill I gained wasn't enough to hurt one of its own kind.

I felt powerless.

My eyes sharpened as a figure walked towards it. The wind brushed across the Hollow at what seemed like a sea of pink hair that flowed with it. Her lavish pink curls brushed past her shoulders as they followed the direction of the breeze.

Alice walked towards the crimson nightmare without a worry, she still looked curious about something—about the dragon. I didn't get it, we were working so hard to protect her and there she was just walking towards it like nothing was happening. Had she lost it, she didn't seem to care?!

"Alice no—stay away from it!"

If one of them really was the dragon that Mister Ed heard about, Alice was in trouble. Something about them seemed off though, something about the whole situation.

They had a chance to kill her before, both dragons did. If they blasted down over us together with their flames then there was no way we could have shielded her from that, not just the three of us anyway. So why didn't they?

Mister Ed and his forces weren't having much luck, the dragon they faced wouldn't stop attacking. Blast after blast, it let out powerful waves of flames until—

"Attack while it's empty!"

The dragon's breath ran dry and no more fire would escape its mouth. It let out a dry puff of smoke and breathed in heavily. The entire force of Heaven's gate pushed the blue dragon back, with every member pushing towards it there was barely a struggle.

Lights flashed throughout their ranks as mages let off massive aerial attacks, enough to shake the ground and heat up the sky. Even with the dragon's gigantic demeanour and fierce attacks, they seemed to be doing a lot better than we were.

Their dragon looked pinned, it was forced against the mountain wall—held into a corner with more and more of their forces closing in on it. Their mages made sure to pile on the heavy fire while the tanks like Mister Ed held it back.

The blue dragon let out a monstrous roar—we all felt it—the ground shook and my bones rattled. I'm sure Arga and Veldor felt it too, the powerful tremor beneath our feet. It was more than just an irritated shout, the dragon pinned to that wall had something else in mind.

It was an intense cry that affected everyone, it seemed to affect the crimson dragon most of all. After hearing its bellow of rage, the dragon in front of us opened its wings and let out a cry of its own.

Two equally monstrous sounds collided with one another over the Hollow and shook my brain. It was a deafening sound that blocked out all my thoughts.

It sounded familiar—it wasn't just a cry but something else—almost like the one Alice had used before!

The Queens roar that she used against Ilinore, gave just as a monstrous effect on her as it did on us at that moment. It didn't make sense to me though, how were they able to use such a skill if there was only one queen? Perhaps it wasn't the same after all and just something similar?

At that very second my eyes grew wider as I realised what came after that dreadful noise.

"If it's something similar, then this is going to be bad…they won't be able to defend against both!"

It was no use, my voice was drowned out by the ear-splitting sound both dragons produced.

Veldor and Arga were both down still, they didn't look like they were getting up any time soon either. Mister Ed and his guild were focused on the blue dragon, if they stopped their advances even for a second then the dragon would have broken free.

I was the only option left, the only one able to do anything. And yet…I felt like I couldn't do a single thing.

"I can't reach them in time, I won't be able to warn them." I muttered to myself.

Even if I were to shout, the intense build-up of the crimson dragon's roar was so loud that it drained out every other sound in the area. I was having trouble hearing myself think and grew dizzy.

It was too late!

The crimson dragon's fire burned bright, a brilliant glow of red and yellow focused inside of its jaws and was ready to break free.

Its claws dug into the ground and held itself in place for support. For such a massive attack it was necessary, trust me. That one instance dragged out for far too long, an agonising second where I felt powerless.

I held out my hand, ready to scream when someone beat me to it.

Alice ran ahead, right up to the crimson dragon's feet—or rather its claws—and screamed from the bottom of her lungs.

Her tears flowed out from both ends of her eyes as her voice filled the Hollow.

"PLEASE DON'T DO THIS—BROTHERS!!!!"


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