Dragon-Burnt Ruins,
I slid down the mountain edge as I reached the Lake. The ruins of the lake glowed red from dragon-fire residue. I stepped onto cracked black stone to take a good look at the surroundings.
Cough....cough...
'God, the Air is Dry as a desert, ' my throat went coarse as I walked in the water.
I could hear the distant chants from the dead, hoping for Agheel to burn and deliver them true death.
The grass seemed to grow back, "Agheel didn't visit this recently, I guess..."
~Huh? Then what are we doing here? He is not around anymore...~
"Give it a minute, Ddraig. He will surely come. He must have recognized the Scent of the Ancient dragon by now," I said as I sat on the Rock, on the edge of the lake.
....5mins later,
I sensed Ripple in the lake, as I quickly gathered lightning in my body.
Everything smelled like charcoal. As I gazed at the Sky...
SWIIISH-!! BOOM!!!
Suddenly, the sky tore. Something massive sliced through the clouds and came down like a comet.
Wings the size of ruined roofs beat the air, and each beat sent spray and ember across the water.
I flinched as flames burst around me.
[GREATER ENEMY DETECTED: FLYING DRAGON AGHEEL]
[POWER LEVEL: HIGH CLASS DEVIL (PEAK) / CORE FORMATION (PEAK) ]
Agheel didn't roar. It hummed like a furnace.
Bdum... Bdum....Bdum...
I could hear its heart beating in there...so delicious and tempting....
~Stop Drooling Grey, focus~
"..fine..." I wiped my mouth.
The drake swept its head and peered at me with its golden pupil, squinting at me.
The ancient blood in my veins must have caught its nose, hehe
Its nostrils flared as it opened its mouth. I felt the heat, like lightning before the thunder
RAWR!!!!
!!! Flame Breath !!!
Agheel's first attack was old-school, a sweeping cone of fire that would swallow the lake.
Ash rose in the air as it formed smog, removing visibility....
I quickly jumped, dodging the dragon's fire coming in waves.
[ BUFF ACTIVE: PLACIDUSAX'S CURSE - DAMAGE AGAINST DRAKES +100% ]
[ ALL ATTACKS BY HOST DEAL 2x DMG ]
'Alright!!'
Without wasting time, I shot towards him, My fingers glowing white.
Bestial Rend!!
Massive claws formed on my hands as I furiously swiped his legs,
ARAWGH!!!
[ BLOODLOSS!! ]
His blood spurted out as he screamed, while I dug my fingers into his wound as I channeled lightning into it.
ZAP!!~~
The dragon arched, surprised at the pain that burned from inside; the bolt had torched through charred scales and seared a nerve cluster. Blood hissed warm
The beast roared, a low, broken thing, and pivoted its body. Its wings beat a wind that could flatten a house.
It flew up in a half-spin and dove like a spear. Its claws were scythes. It whipped its tail, cracking the ground.
But alas, I was too fast as I ran on its wings and jumped on its head.
Lightning Stake!!
I lunged the stake into its head as the Red lightning burst forth, and its head fell on the ground.
[ ENEMY: STANCE BREAK ]
The system bleeped. Agheel staggered. I gathered Lighting in my hands as I attacked its eye,
Discharge!!
BLAST!!
Huge Current flowed out in a burst, hitting its critical point, as I stepped back quickly.
Agheel, recovering from the Attack, flinched as he felt pain running through its body first time in ages....
I coated my hands in lightning as I rushed him, not giving him time to think,
Lighting Cleave!!
I sliced his fireball in half as I threw red lightning arcs, striking his head one after another.
We traded blows. When Agheel's wing-blast blew me back, I threaded the air and struck a tendon under the wing. That tendon snapped like a rope. Agheel's dive misfired and crashed its weight into the ruins.
Swoosh~~
A ring of fire spewed outward from the dust, then folded it into itself and hurled the ring like a fire hoop.
I struck and struck. My fists left red trails in the air. Every hit scaled with the curse, every cut proceeded to bleed.
ROAR!!!!
A tearing cry erupted as he shouted, with a huge gust, he immediately took to the skies.
"the fuck?"
He vanished in the clouds, flying far above the clouds. "Where did he go??? Did he bail out on me?!"
Suddenly, the sky went dark orange, like someone lit the clouds on fire.
Fireballs launched down, each one an explosion. They came in waves, faster and faster. The lake boiled under the first volley. Steam shoved up and mixed with ash. Visibility dropped to a smear of orange and black.
"holy fuck!!" I dodged and started running on the Boiling lake. I barely stayed ahead of the barrage.
~Hahaha, it seems that the lizard doesn't want to fight with you on the ground. You must have scared the shit out of it~ Ddraig laughed as I got blasted in the rain of fire.
"Damn it! Come down and face me like a Man, Bastard!!"
~hahahahaha~
Ddraig's voice snapped in my head, ~If you don't act soon, you'll be swimming in fire lake or worst case, you might have to run away. Cause He can stay up there for months.~
I wove between flames. The heat scorches me. Sweat evaporated before it fell down my face. The dragon above circled, invisible almost in the cloud of ash and fire.
I dodged another volley, rolled through a throat of flame and came up coughing. The fireballs kept coming, relentless.
The environment itself had become a furnace, as the trees are on fire while the lake is completely dried up....
None of my attacks could reach Agheel in the sky. I could try to shoot lightning into the air, but I can't hit what I can't fucking see!!
It was almost a perfect spot for a dragon. I didn't like it, not at all.....
'...there is one method....a technique to fish a dragon out of the skies....' I thought as I remembered different classes of secret arts that Placidussax had left me earlier.
Well, when you are a dragon and fighting another, both usually can fly, so it is not an issue to be worried about, but the problem is when the enemy can fly and you cannot.
A technique to counter Flyers, this was a Gift to the Dragon Lord by the Lord of Storms himself, to celebrate their centuries-old Friendship.
It's been decades, if not centuries somebody called upon it, as it heeds none except the Royal lineage of Dragon and Storms.
I pulled out the old scroll. Hands shaking, "Ddraig," I breathed, "I'm doing it. Read it with me."
~Are you insane? We don't have room to cast this in the middle of falling fireballs! If you mess this up, your meridians get shredded. You'll be a potato again!~ he snapped.
"It's the only way!" I yelled.
"I don't want to run away, Ddraig...
All I ever did in life was run the moment things didn't go my way...
I don't want to do the same now…Not now....not anymore.
Help me, partner!"
~Hao!!~ Ddraig grinned. As my mind cleared, I read
'By storm and wing, heed my cry,
O Sky Hawk, born of seven skies.
Wind and flame entwined in might,
Rend the heavens, claim thy right!
Let the stormhawk soar and sing,
Strike down the dragon,
Stormhawk King!
As the words burned in my throat, the air reacted. The sky that had been orange started to twist.
Wind built out of nowhere. It came like a fist. The flames themselves hunched and tried to climb up with the wind, but no use. The wind ripped through them.
Huge gales burst forth, as winds were strong enough to shred hills into rocks.
Ash and embers spun sideways. A white sigil burned into the ground in front of me, a full magic circle. Runes flashed, and a shape formed inside it.
A massive hawk burst from the circle. It felt like the storm itself shaped as a bird. Wind screamed so loud it cut my hearing. The hawk's wings flapped, and huge tornadoes rose into the sky.
Keeee-eee-Arr~~
The hawk's screech cracked rock.
It dove straight into the clouds with a sonic boom, as Cyclone covered the skies....
The twister crashed into the lake, and the dry basin blew away in a hurricane. As it slammed into stone, the ground exploded outward.
BOOM!!
I dug my fingers into cracked earth to hold myself as the twister ripped past. When the dust cleared, the hawk was there, huge and roaring, holding the dragon down with wind and talon.
Agheel got knocked from the sky and slammed down, causing a massive crater.
The bird was almost as massive as the dragon itself, screeching as its storm-wreathed wings spread wide.
Holy.....I couldn't believe my 2 eyes as I stared at this majestic bird,
"This really worked!!!"
Agheel roared, but for the first time, it was struggling on the ground.
I didn't hesitate. This was the shot.
I called the Primal Current, the very power that my blood carries,
"Lightning that smites the Gods,
Return this Traitor back to Dust"
I didn't hesitate. This was the shot.
Above me, the cyclonic clouds swirled and answered, breathing ancient red lightning across the sky.
I leapt as the Stormhawk circled and rose a few meters, taking me with it.
It held me steady as if it knew what I planned.
We soared as the primordial storm my ancestors called forth gathered around my shoulder and flowed into my Hand.
A Long and bright spear formed in my hand, in the shape of the one conjured by Placidussax himself.
I could no longer feel my hand as it was covered in crimson lightning, wrapping both the hawk and me in its power.
"Primal Arts: Lightning Tempest!"I roared.
Riding the Stormhawk, we dove directly down on him. The Primal Current blazing around us, and the storm engulfing us, we became a living tornado of red light as we crashed.
BOOOMM!!!!
Everything exploded. As the screams of Agheel died down by the crackling of lightning...
[GREAT ENEMY FELLED]
[CALCULATING REWARDS...]
[REWARD: FLYING DRAGON AGHEEL SPIRIT {CAN BE DEVOURED} ]
[REWARD: HEART OF AGHEEL]
[REWARD: FLAMES OF AGHEEL {RANK: DRAGON} ]
[CONGRATULATIONS! HOST HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEFEATED A FAR STRONGER ENEMY ]
[BONUS REWARDS CALCULATING....]
[UNIQUE REWARD: MOTHWING CLOAK (HOLLOW KNIGHT) - CLASS: MONARCH]
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