“Ice Wall!”
Chuchuchuk- the steam in the air froze instantly and created a wall of ice. Its thickness and weight were incomparable to those used by Ram Hwajung!
Bang, bang, bang, bang-!
The flame strikes Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh casted hit the ice wall, scattering ice dust in the air.
“Hail!”
Bailephus cast another spell toward the ice wall that was on the verge of being destroyed. An innumerable amount of hail stones suddenly summoned behind the golden knight.
When the ice wall was completely destroyed, hailstones and fire collided with each other, generating fierce steam.
Chichichi—–!
The steam was extremely hot, but it was not hot enough to damage a polymorphed dragon.
Rather than the temperature, the lack of sight caused a brief lull.
Bailephus raised his voice in the silence.
“Summoning Tiamat will not benefit the chromatic dragons either! Did you not hear anything before you became an ancient, Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh?! The queen of the chromatic dragons is more like a praying mantis! Don’t you know the reason why the chromatic dragons kept repeating the cycle of summoning and sealing Tiamat, unlike the metal dragons keeping Lord Bahamut?! If she comes out, the chromatic clan will also-”
“Shut that mouuuuuuuth!”
Swhiiiiiit-!
Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh slashed through the steam and swung his sword toward Bailephus. The tremendous speed seemed to reverse the cause and effect to Leeha who looked through the scope.
It didn’t look like the steam split and he moved through the steam, but more like the steam split after he moved through it.
Bang, baaaaang——!
Bailephus hurriedly swung his sword and shield and managed to block two of Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’s curved swords.
‘That was close! I-If he was even a little late-’
Bailephus’ arm would have been cut off. Not only did the rising steam obstruct Leeha’s vision, but there was no way to aim between Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’s and Bailephus’ transcendental speed.
A battle between two beings transformed into human form! Whenever there was a clash, the noise and waves produced by the dust clouds each time was sufficiently conveyed to the onlooker. However, one thing was certain.
‘It’s the same as what Blaugrunn, the bronze dragon, said while dying.’
Bailephus fell behind Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh in a 1:1 match. However, he didn’t get impatient. Slowly but surely. Leeha watched their battle with patience.
“How long are you going to run away, dung fly!? I’ll make you have nowhere else to flee on, fire pillar!”
“Oh!? Energy Shield!”
Bailephus’ feet trembled. A blue shield surrounded the golden knight, and a large-scale pillar of fire was even more terrifying!
Bang, bang, baaaang——!
As if crude oil deep underground caught fire and soared, the pillar of fire rose, tearing through the ground. It wasn’t like Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh to step back and let Bailephus put on a shield.
“Can you stop this?! Hellfire-”
The red dragon ran like the wind and cast the strongest non-target fire magic.
When the blue particles that seemed to swallow even the pillar of fire, deep blue enough to be mistaken for Ram Hwayeon’s casting, entered Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’s body, Bailephus finally made a decision.
Because it was too dangerous to be hit by that magic in human form.
“Wild Tornado!”
Huuu, hu-hwuiiiii—–!
The gold dragon hurriedly cast a wild gust of wind. When the wild gust of wind approached the location of the soaring fire, the lights of fire began to merge into one.
“Cough, this damn bastard-”
It wasn’t just to block the fire dragon’s strongest fire magic. The gold dragon did not block the casting of the Hellfire but simply used magic to cover the red dragon’s sight.
In the gap where Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh squinted his eyes, the figure of the golden knight had already disappeared.
『Kaaaaa!』
A majestic gold dragon roared and flew up. Everyone who watched and experienced the war knew what the whirlwind of mana gathering in front of the gold dragon meant. A super-heated breath of white flames was directed at Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh.
“Kuwaa, damned dung fly!”
Will he use another Hellfire against the gold dragon’s white flame breath?
Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh made a choice. Even in his dragon form, Bailephus’ breath would reach Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh first if he used the strongest fire magic, which required casting time.
Ultimately, Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh canceled casting Hellfire.
However, because of the Fire Pillar magic he used, he did not have anywhere to escape.
Should he take on the breath or throw himself into the pillar of fire?
Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’s choice was natural.
Taat-!
Bailephus didn’t feel sorry for Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh, who flung himself toward the pillar of fire in order to avoid the breath.
He expected from the start that the red dragon, with his quick movement, would avoid the breath.
『Enchant Fire! Ignition Burst!』
This was because it was the goal of the gold dragon. A pillar of fire combined with a tornado was enchanted and emitted more powerful heat. The red flame, which was already over 1,200 degrees Celsius, turned yellow beyond orange.
It was different from the orange or yellow caused by incomplete combustion.
The color of the flames, where complete combustion took place, proved that the flames were over 5,000 degrees Celsius.
And a small bluish-white mass flew toward the whirlwind of flames of over 5,000 degrees Celsius.
A color different from the dark blue color of the outer flame of a candle, a clear, vivid, dazzling blue light shimmered and burned ominously.
The heat that was stronger than the gold dragon’s breath of over 10,000 degrees Celsius blew out.
Like Hellfire, the Ignition Burst, the most powerful ranged flame magic that no user had been seen using, collided with the whirlwind of flame.
It was not the noise that the sudden collision of huge energies created.
The shimmering waves of energy were felt by Leeha as well.
The heat reached far beyond 1km, and the compressive energy stronger than the head shook Leeha’s body violently.
‘Hot is hot, but what is this-’
The powerful force and the feeling that the surrounding air was being sucked in in an instant dragged Leeha’s body little by little.
‘Keeuup, the camouflage would be undone if I move, I have to hold on…… Kuwwaaaaa-!’
Was this how it felt when playing in a tug-of -war between 50 and 1? But Leeha persevered.
With only the thought of catching Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh, his legs trembled as if they were about to explode, but he managed to stop the movement of 30cm.
He barely managed to endure within the range where the camouflage did not come off, but… he wasn’t safe yet.
A huge wave of energy entered Leeha’s sight beyond the scope.
Kwa, kwa, kwakwakwa- kwakwakwakwa
When the condensation of energy was over, the real explosion began. The accumulated energy was released to the surroundings along with the flame aura.
‘This sight- ha-!’ A huge mushroom-shaped cloud rose about the spot where Bailephus and Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh stood.
“Cough,…… kehek, phtew.”
Leeha checked his condition after the explosion.
Dark red view covered more than 60% of his sight. It could be said that he did not die due to his heavenly luck.
However, considering the distance between the explosion point and his current spot, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was more powerful than a missile explosion in modern warfare.
Of course, the damage Leeha received was so severe because no defensive magic could be used. It was because mana flow should not be detected by the enemy at all.
“Barely…… I did not move. Kek.”
The camouflage was not released. A force ten times stronger than when sucking him in pushed him away, but he did not get pushed back. Of course, the reason was because of a skill.
He used the ‘Joint Fixation: Lower Body’ skill right before he was about to get swept by the explosion.
Forcibly restricting movement?
Would he be able to resist not only the will but also the opponent’s skill? Leeha tried to gamble using the skill and his gamble succeeded.
A colorless skill with no conspicuous color, like the force barrier firmly fixed Leeha’s body to the ground.
‘I really turned into a tree. Tsk, it isn’t a very pleasant skill…’
Leeha looked down at his lower body.
The vines of mana protruding from the boots were rooted in the earth, covering Leeha’s hamstrings, heels, step-ins, and thighs.
Leeha felt happy, but also sad because it was similar to the ‘forced paraplegia’ he was familiar with. Of course, it wasn’t the time to worry about that.
Leeha: Bailephus-nim?!
Bailephus: If you’re ready, open fire, Ha Leeha!
Leeha listened to Bailephus’ rushed voice and looked at the explosion site.
Smoke enveloped the surroundings with a thick cotton-like texture. He could not see anything aside from the two smoke points rising in the sky.
‘Mana Clairvoyance!’
However, even with mana clairvoyance, the only thing that caught Leeha’s eyes was a dragon-shaped lump of mana.
In addition to Bailephus’ reaction, the quest clear notification window did not appear.
In other words, Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh was not dead either.
Besides, what did it mean when the wind was currently turbulent?
It meant the bastard was alive. And he was not visible with Leeha’s skill.
‘Damn it, it’s easy to say, appear right now! What can I do when I don’t see anything? It means that mana clairvoyance isn’t working at the moment.’
Fortunately, both dragons cleared the smoke. Through the smoke that gradually faded, Bailephus’ figure came in.
Even the silhouette of four wings was visible through the thin smoke.
『Kyaaaaaa—-!』
『Kaa, Kaah一!』
The two dragons roared and started shooting magic again.
With a flap from Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’s wings, flame strikes came out at once, but the magic disappeared as if it was erased by an eraser.
Bailephus’ dispel was as adroit as Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh fire magic.
The ground battle turned into air battles, and humans became dragons. It was only natural that the battle would become more intense.
『Sun Burst!』
『Ice Cloud!』
Blocking the explosive flames containing sunlight magic blocked by sunlight as cloud as ice, and Kuzguna-ka.
Breaking through the explosion caused by the clash of opposite attributes, Kuzgunak’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh’sh charge toward Bailephus.
『I will rip your wings off today!』
『Nonsense! This is a great opportunity to wake up!』
Kyaaaaaa—–
The two dragons roared and started physical attacks.
Their claws, each wrapped in gold and silver energy, were sharper than any other weapon.
Two dragons were entangled in the sky at the corner of the road where the gold dragon Bailephus’ lair was.
(To be continued…)