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Capítulo 94: Big bad frog [2]

Beneath the infamous Dragon-Queller of Jueyuen Karst, a raging battle between two miniscule figures and one massive stone dragon was about to be held.

The two challengers, seemingly finding themselves in the doorsteps of this behemoth, looked at it with bewildered expressions.

Lumine quickly analyzed the situation, her golden eyes darting around the vast cavernous space. In the short span of a second, she had quickly summarized what was going on.

'This is... the perpetrator behind those mind-controlled miners?' she thought, suddenly gaining an insight behind the matter. However, she soon brushed this thought off as she narrowly dodged a falling debris.

'No, now's not the time. I need to either get out of here first or...' Her eyes narrowed on the sealed colossal stone dragon, hesitating as she tightly held her legendary Dull Blade.

'Kill that thing...'

This one simple thought, however, was easier said than done... Or rather thought than done.

She then grimaced. 'We can't possibly do it right now... We don't have enough strength.'

Originally, she had been accompanied by the most reliable person in the world. Now, however, he was nowhere to be found and had seemingly disappeared with another person they were with.

As such, Lumine was left to deal with the creature alone. She might have fought a dragon before, but this one was much more massive than the previous one.

Moreover, the last dragon she fought was flying and she had the help of three other companions. Now, however, she was all alone. In the face of the massive creature that was about unsealing itself...

Indeed. It was just too terrifying to face head on. Moreover, although Lumine can sense that its seal was holding some of its power back, she could still feel an ancient and domineering power emanating from the stone dragon.

Hesitating, Lumine found a safe spot and held her ground. Clenching the Dull Blade tightly, she raised it directly at the behemoth.

- Rumble!

Then, in a series of events, the stone monoliths that served as the behemoth's seals all crumbled to the ground, thus freeing the creature from its luminescent cage. Followed by it was a deafening roar announcing its freedom.

Both Lumine and Paimon quickly covered their ears, but even so, the sheer magnitude of the shriek of the dragon caused them to get stunned for a second.

Disoriented, Paimon tried her best to stay afloat while trying to comprehend the creature. In shock, she pointed at it.

"What the heck is that?!"

Yet even the traveler cannot answer such a question.

Then, a primal and maddened voice emanated from its absurdly giant mouth, hinting at a burning hatred. Raising its crimson eyes full of indescribable agony and loathing, it spoke.

"Morax... You have arrived at my doorstep at your own volition."

Just its voice alone caused the cavernous space to rumble, triggering yet another rain of debris. And, once more, Lumine dodged them with her exceptional agility.

However, the creature was not done. In a harrowingly amused tone, it continued.

"Excellent... Taking revenge for sealing me away will be all the easier!"

Upon hearing this, Lumine prepared herself for the worst and assumed a defensive stance. However, she couldn't help but digest the words uttered by the stone dragon.

'Morax...' Thinking of that gentleman she met not too long ago, Lumine's eyes narrowed. 'Where is he...?'

It was right at that moment that a voice emanated from beside her, responding to the cries of the stone behemoth with his usual eloquence.

The man, who appeared beside Lumine, raised his eyes and looked at the dragon. His deep amber eyes look eye to eye with the great beast.

It was none other than Zhongli, or rather, the Geo Archon Morax.

"But if you recall, Azhdaha... This is not how we intended for events to transpire."

His deep soothing voice, even though he had spoken aloud, still had a sense of authority and wisdom. But in the eyes of the sealed king of the Vishaps, his words were as worthless as dirt. The Lord of Geo wanted to make peace yet the stone dragon found it useless.

Grunting, the stone dragon roared with anger. "Waste not your words! Your life is mine!"

- Thud!

Then, with a furious growl, Azhdaha stomped the ground as hard as he could. With his massive and powerful limbs, it caused a significant seismic activity that rocked both underground and aboveground.

"Stay inside my barrier, Traveler."

Turning over to Lumine, Zhongli conjured a shield made from the Geo element.

"Azhdaha is on a rampage. Be careful to not be caught up in his blind rage."

Finding herself suddenly enveloped in a ethereal cocoon made purely of Geo, Lumine felt somewhat empowered. It was as though she was being inspired— elevating her mind and boosting her courage.

'This shield...'

Remembering the capabilities of Zhongli's barrier, Lumine had a sudden thought. Currently, she was being protected by a barrier conjured by the Lord of Geo, and she had personally witnessed how sturdy such a barrier was.

Darting her eyes around, she made a bold decision. 'Maybe with this...'

Holding onto her Dull Blade, she hesitated a bit before deciding to lunge and dash forward, heading straight to the rampaging Azhdaha.

"Traveler? Traveler?! What are you doing?!"

Seeing her sudden bizarre action, Paimon shouted in bafflement, watching Lumine head off straight to the terrifying massive dragon.

Looking back, Lumine's gaze lingered on her for a bit before shifting to Zhongli. She then spoke to him.

"Mr. Zhongli! Keep giving me this shield! I think I can deal a blow to it!"

Her words were quite bold for someone of her stature. Compared to the magnificent being that was currently rampaging, she was but a tiny person.

However, even then, she still had to give it her all.

Indeed, she was small, and yes, she lacked the necessary power to fight such a thing. Even so, her desire to defeat it overwhelmed her senses. It was not the call of heroism— no— it was the call of adventure, and the thrill rushing through her veins, fueling her to reach even greater heights than what she could possibly achieve.

With both the Anemo and Geo elements, she will do her best to fight the colossal beast. No matter what it takes.

But would she lose?

In the peak of adrenaline, Lumine remembered a certain Barista's face and soon, she lightly smirked.

'Nah, I'd win.'

Perhaps being with that certain barista has tainted her with a certain affliction.

At that moment, Zhongli's deep amber eyes lingered on the figure of Lumine before giving a silent nod. Willed by Zhongli, the transparent amber shield enveloping Lumine suddenly became thicker, amplifying its protection and the buffs that it gave to the wearer.

Seeing this, Lumine nodded her head with satisfaction. Turning to Azhdaha, she braced herself before running at full speed.

"This insect... How dare you!"

The proud king of the Vishaps, however, saw her charge as an insult and immediately retaliated.

With a furious growl, it swiftly turned its massive body and made use of its thick tail to try and attack the charging visage of the traveler.

'Dodge!'

Seeing this, Lumine quickly processed what was happening and immediately slid underneath the incoming crushing force of the gigantic tale.

- Woosh!

She managed to swiftly dodge the deadly strike of the beast, but she wasn't done yet. She saw this as an opportunity.

Not wasting time, she quickly stood back to her feet and immediately jumped up, aiming at the massive body of Azhdaha, with her Dull Blade in hand.

"Haa!"

With a battle cry, she pushed the sword in her hand in the body of the behemoth. Empowered by the shield of Zhongli, as well as two elements, the power that was produced by the strike amplified, causing a great shockwave.

- Boom!

"Argh...!" The stone dragon let out a pained growl.

With the help of both the Anemo and Geo elements, while simultaneously being empowered by Zhongli's barrier, the king of the Vishaps experienced tremendous pain. With its current half-sealed state, such damage had made a great impact.

Seeing that her blow caused significant damage, a look of astonishment appeared on her face. 'It worked!'

However, her celebration was short-lived. Because Azhdaha was not done yet.

The stone dragon's crimson eyes narrowed to Zhongli, filled to the brim with madness as he let out an abhorrent howl.

In the stone dragon's eyes, what Zhongli did was basically pick a champion to kill it. And... that angered Azhdaha greatly.

"Once is not enough... You would forsake me again?!"

After saying this, the madness in Azhdaha's eyes burned even brighter. In a moment of fury, the behemoth dug beneath the Earth. This was not an act of cowardice but instead another form of attack.

Surprisingly, for a creature of its size, it did not take too long for it to submerge the majority of its body. It didn't make sense at all.

But one should know that not everything needs to be made sense of.

As the behemoth sunk its body beneath the soil, it started moving around the arena akin to a predator encircling its prey.

Lumine darted her eyes, carefully eyeing the creature's movement while simultaneously dodging falling debris caused by its movement.

'Come on... Come out...'

Fulfilling her wishes, the mighty stone dragon suddenly emerged from the ground after completing its encirclement. Afterwards, Azhdaha's crimson eyes darted at the figure of Lumine and Zhongli. His voice boiled with loathing as he spoke.

"Morax... You and your insect... Would now perish here!"

'Huh?'

At that moment, Lumine sensed that something was wrong. She felt that the stone dragon was about to attempt something. Perhaps it was because of its blind fury or its last resort, but she felt that it was about to do something drastic.

Assuming a defensive stance, she held her Dull Blade tightly. 'This isn't good... It's about to do something!'

Indeed. Right after Azhdaha announced their supposed doom, its body started to act bizarre. Elemental energy from the surrounding environment started gathering around it and crystalizing in various parts of its gigantic body.

The most noticeable changes were at its tail.

Zhongli's deep amber eyes narrowed, as he too felt that the stone dragon was about to unleash something powerful.

Various parts of its body then started flowing with different luminescent lights, representing four elements: Cryo, Hydro, Pyro, and Electro.

Lumine sensed all of them— as well as what the crazed dragon was about to do. She knows that it was about to do a powerful attack— one that she couldn't possibly block without her current shield.

In a moment of reluctance, she even doubted her skill.

"Can I... truly beat this?"

Negative thoughts clouded her mind. Perhaps if Zhongli kept shielding her and she persisted, then she might just be powerful enough to beat it.

However, what if she was in a similar situation without the help of anyone? Then she would just be powerless.

She loathed that.

Her eyes squinted to her sword as a negative feeling crept up her heart. Holding on to her Dull Blade, she grimaced.

"Maybe... I am—"

However, just at that moment, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed her left shoulder.

'?!' Her eyes widened upon realizing that someone had sneaked up on her. Turning her head, she was prepared to deal with the unknown person when she paused and saw who it was.

'That...'

Her golden eyes stared at that person, full of disbelief. For a moment, she didn't know if it was real or not.

However, before she could open her mouth and utter her curiosity, the person's own affirming voice reached her first.

It was a silvery yet soothing voice, tempting anyone who heard it to calm down— as if inducing tranquility.

"Relax, Miss Star."

Seeing that familiar tousled brown hair and deep amber eyes that were eerily similar to the Lord of Geo, she hesitated before uttering in disbelief.

"I-Isaac? Why... Why are you here?"

He smiled.

"No. Not just me."

Then, with an elusive smirk, he spread open his arms as more figures appeared behind him.

Along with him, four other figures appeared. Each of them had an aura of nothing ordinary.

One emanated a sense of foreboding power to wipe out evil, the other held a pristine sense of nobility, another appeared to be a child yet hid endless wisdom behind her eyes, and one that seemed to emanate a dreadful sense of heat and fire.

Lastly— the man in front of them, who looked the most normal, yet was the most enigmatic individual.

Pulling out a bronze revolver, the man then smirked as his eyes locked on to the giant stone behemoth.

"Well then, lads... let's begin the Hunt."

The Tarot Club has joined the fray.

* * *

A/N:

Didn't managed to update the other day cus... Got into a bike accident lol. Unfortunate enough to get hit by a strong wind while on the road filled with sand. The result? A very... uncool... skid.

Got 4 big wounds from it and nothing broke, though. But did it made me think I'd lose to the pain and stop writing?

Nah, I'd win.


Capítulo 95: Big bad frog [3]

For a short moment, the vast cavernous space grew eerily silent, with nothing but the buzzing hum of Azhdaha's body collecting elemental energy serving as a source of sound.

Lumine looked at the people that suddenly appeared out of thin air. She recognized each one of them— after all, they were all valued regulars of the cafe as Isaac would put it.

However, she knew that they were somewhat similar to her, who was pulled to Isaac's cafe via unknown methods.

As Isaac's assistant behind the counter, she often met and talked with them and gained some insights about the current state of the other nations. But when it came to other intricate or detailed questions, they would either not answer or give a vague one.

It was as though they were being kept from answering her honestly.

Although Lumine had found such a thing arduously annoying, she didn't press them on it. She thought that they just had their reasons.

For a while, she thought that that was just the way it is with the mysterious lord of the cafe and his customers...

But now, seeing them suddenly appear and seemingly trying to help her, she just had one thought in mind.

'What the heck...?!'

---

Isaac saw Lumine's baffled expression and could not help but be amused, suppressing the urge to laugh out loud and tease the bewildered blonde traveler. At moments like this, he needs to put his act on.

Gone was the presumptuous barista— it was now time to act.

Shifting his gaze at the behemoth that was very obviously charging up some kind of attack, he quickly glanced at Xiao and nodded.

"Just as planned."

"Yes."

The Conqueror of Demons caught his nod and returned the same gesture. Then, with a sway of his hand over his face, a terrifying demonic mask appeared over it that seems to strike fear into the hearts of all evil.

Holding his jade polearm in one hand, Xiao looked as if he was a demon that came straight from the depths of hell— ready to drag back any vile sinners to the eternal embrace.

'Should I get a mask better than a clown's?'

Seeing Xiao pull up the demonic drip, Isaac internally sighed in envy. Unlike the serious and condemning aura of Xiao's mask, his clown mask back at Fontaine was rather... comical.

Not wasting any more time, he grimaced and pulled out his revolver, prepared to use his Dendro vision.

The sharp contrast between the beastial demon and the posh gunslinger made quite an odd duo, to be honest.

But Isaac paid it no mind. Because at the next moment, the sealed king of the Vishaps yelled in an enraged tone.

"Morax... Even if you bring a whole colony of annoying insects... This does not change anything!"

With a furious growl, the stone dragon stomped to the ground and shook the Earth. Then, subsequently, elemental shards flew from its stone body, transforming into elemental attacks.

Isaac and Xiao, without uttering a word, swiftly moved. They had already planned their strategy and just needed to fight the dragon accordingly— if they do so, then their victory would be guaranteed.

Empowered by his demonic mask, Xiao disappeared in an azure flash and appeared above the stone dragon before plummeting down, delivering a fierce strike.

Before Azhdaha could shift its attention to him, however, another attack was already about to be sent by Isaac.

Holding on to his revolver, he shot six consecutive bullets to the beast. As expected, the normal bullets did nothing against the tough stone hide of the behemoth.

But that wasn't what Isaac was aiming for. Instead, what he was aiming for were the eyes. And it worked— Azhdaha was stunned.

Without wasting any time, Isaac activated his vision and commanded the nearby fauna. It took a couple of moments, but soon, wild thorny vines emerged from the ground and held Azhdaha in place. If one of the vibes broke, then more would just replace it, perpetually locking the behemoth on the spot.

"These...! Argh!"

Simultaneously hit by Xiao and Isaac, Azhdaha furiously shook its body, struggling to move due to the joint effort of the two ants. It then raised one of its massive legs, preparing to send out another powerful stomp, prompting Isaac to gather more vines.

Needless to say, maintaining and creating such constructs drain a lot of mental energy. After all, elemental manipulation is intricately linked to one's mentality.

Fortunately, Xiao was also attacking the behemoth alongside him, as such, its attention was divided.

Infuriated, Azhdaha screamed louder, prompting Isaac to wince. He never got to cover his ears, as such, it has stunned him for a second.

But that was all what the behemoth needed.

"Useless tricks!"

Gathering more elemental energy in its body, Azhdaha started producing more elemental crystal from its stone hide. However, instead of producing small projectiles, they instead concentrated on its mouth.

Seeing this, Isaac's eyes widened. 'It's not going to...'

Before he could finish that thought, the behemoth was already finished charging its breath. From its mouth, a stream of cold wind and ice shot out, freezing a good part of the battlefield.

'This darn frog...!' Swiftly dodging the devastating attack, Isaac silently cursed.

If he wasn't careful, he would have turned to a popsicle at that moment.

Springing back up to his feet, Isaac bit his lip and commanded more elemental energy to surge in his vision— thus commanding more Dendro elements.

Soon, more thick thorny vines sprouted near the behemoth's head and reached for its mouth. They reached up and soon encircled it, forcefully stopping its ice breath.

'This... Is much harder than I thought...' Slightly disoriented by the control of his vision, Isaac looked at his other companions.

Xiao, who has evaded the attack too, quickly made use of Isaac's vines and swooped in for another attack, relentlessly barraging the monstrous stone beast with his jade polearm. Coupled with his Anemo powers, each strike gave the beast a devastating blow.

However, the stone dragon persisted relentlessly, determined to crush the ants. Its powerful body tried hard to move, causing Isaac to drain more and more of his elemental energy. If this continues, then Isaac won't be able to keep this up for more than twenty seconds.

'Agh... When would they start...?' Slightly nauseated, Isaac thought of his other two companions.

But he did not need to think further.

While Isaac was maintaining the vines, he suddenly sensed something behind him. He did not even need to turn his head since he already knew what was happening.

Not far away from Xiao and Isaac, on the rear, Yae Miko and Klee were also preparing their attacks.

Yae Miko summoned several electro constructs around Azhdaha, encircling the behemoth in what was essentially an electron field.

Beside her, Klee was pouring an absurd amount of pyro element into a strange device— no, it was obviously a bomb. The fact that it can take in the elements as a charge should indicate how much damage it would cause.

"Are you ready, little one?"

Yae Miko, who was done setting up her constructs for a powerful attack, looked at the elf beside her with an amused smile.

The little pyromancer looked back at her while holding the new device in her hand. With an excited expression, she nodded.

"Yup! The Dodoko Type-Armageddon is ready! I'm sure that it would have a lot of... Armageddon Flames!"

The crafty fox found that name interesting and decided to ask about it later to the child. But for now, they had to concentrate on the battle.

Turning her gaze back to the trapped behemoth, she nodded.

"Then let us commence."

"Okay!"

With that said, both of them started their part of the plan.

Yae Miko stretched out her hand and sensed all of her constructs present in the field. Then, with them, electro energy started humming around the air as they concentrated above the stone dragon.

The concentrated destructive power of pure lightning would without a doubt leave a devastating blow on the stone dragon.

The crafty fox lingered for a bit, gathering more energy above, before finally letting down divine punishment on the behemoth.

At the same time, the child beside her threw a device the size of her own head towards the stone dragon. It's design was a cute bunny... But the fact that it has a sinister timer made it look comically sinister.

That device emanated an intense amount of pyro energy— enough to set the seas ablaze— yet it was still thrown.

Going back to Isaac, he sensed the electro energy prepared by Yae Miko and knew that the next part won't be pleasant.

'It's time...'

He lingered for a moment then decided to stop restraining Azhdaha. Instead, he concentrated all of his energy around himself and formed a cocoon made of thick vines around his person.

As for Xiao, he too sensed what was about to happen. Once more, he disappeared in an azure flash and appeared far away near Lumine.

"Pathetic!"

Freed from Isaac's restraints, Azhdaha easily broke free from the thick vines. It was just about to unleash another powerful attack, when suddenly, it noticed something roll beneath it.

The stone dragon's frenzied eyes looked at the item and saw a cute drawing of a bunny.

...and a time hitting zero.

- Beep, Beep, Beep!

As the bomb reached its countdown, it started to detonate. Similarly, the concentrated electro energy hovering above condensed and finally struck down, unleashing a powerful divine punishment from the envoy of the shogun.

- Boom!

The strong, destructive force of the bomb caused a catastrophic explosion. However, instead of spreading outwards, the flames instead stayed in the middle while the smoke formed a strange mushroom cloud.

Paired with the condensed and concentrated strike of a destructive lightning, needless to say, the party had dealt significant damage to the stone dragon.

Isaac, on the other hand, was not having a good time. This was because he was currently the one closest to the explosion, as such, he could feel the heat brushing past his face.

'Hot... It's so hot...' Hidden inside his cocoon which was being burned and repaired, Isaac scowled.

The other members, however, were doing much better than him.

Yae Miko and Klee were being protected by Nahida's Dendro shield which was several times stronger than Isaac's, while Lumine and Xiao were being protected by Zhongli's nearly indestructible shield.

Truly, Isaac was the unluckiest one for deciding to stay nearby.

It took a moment for the dust to settle down, but even then, the remnants of the devastating explosion still lingered.

The pyromaniac elf's bombs were just that powerful.

Hesitating, Isaac slowly unwrapped himself and peeked out from his cocoon. Fortunately, the explosion was over.

However...

"What a tenacious frog."

Standing there where it had been earlier, Azhdaha's domineering body stood amidst the sea of smoke around it. The attacks did hit it, but those had only given the ancient behemoth a few shattered regions in its body.

Overall, it was still alive.

Seeing this, Isaac silently cursed. He knew that their attacks could not actually kill it, but still— it was a relatively powerful attack. How could that thing still stand?

Azhdaha, on the other hand, opened its mouth and let out a stream of smoke from its maw. Its crimson eyes are still filled with madness and fury. But now... They were even more profound.

Soon, a menacing voice emanated from it.

"Good... You have selected good champions, Morax. But in the end, they're nothing but insects— no less than you!"

Indeed, the ancient stone dragon was just too powerful for mere vision wielders to defeat. Isaac knows this, and so did the other two people in the cavern.

...or rather three.

He also knew that there were only two ways to defeat Azhdaha; either a God would defeat it, or... another fragment of it, which was still hiding, would come out and stop it.

But it seems like that fragment is taking its sweet time.

'Darn it...' Standing not too far away from the massive stone dragon, Isaac searched his head for any possible solutions.

Then, in a fraction of a second, a bold and daring thought emerged in his mind. 'Hold on...'

Opening his status window quickly, he made sure of something before checking his elemental energy reserves.

'...there's enough.'

Isaac was planning something— a gamble.

'This... This might work!'

This new method he discovered, from observing his vision and one of his skills, would surely help him defeat the behemoth.

However, at that moment, he saw something from the corner of his eyes.

Down in the ground, a water puddle was present that remained from the ice blast attack Azhdaha did earlier. From it, Isaac saw his reflection.

...but why did his reflection look...

Odd?

He should be wearing a face of excitement right now for finding a new method to fight the beast, so why was it that his reflection showed... pity?

Looking at his reflection weirdly, Isaac soon shook his head. He brushed off those thoughts and focused on the matter at hand.

Looking at the stone dragon, he smirked while preparing his Dendro vision.

'Alright, let's go try it.'


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