Vol 3 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Magic of the Wind, Roar of a Dragon, Slayer of Dragons
‘How much further? Can you sense it?’
‘It’s about two thousand meters or so ahead. Thunder and lightning has been coming down non-stop – it looks like the lightning spirit has encountered a very powerful enemy.’
Honestly, a humanoid spirit’s attack power has to be at least five times that of a special cla.s.s spirit. In other words, what he had encountered has to be a demon of the superior cla.s.s, maybe of an even higher cla.s.s…
Hm? Hasn’t the lightning begun to strike less often now? The spirit couldn’t have been suppressed, could it? I have to hurry up and get over there!
The moment I thought about how that spirit could have been killed, I got this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. It should be because that spirit-con, Freed, was inside my body, right?
‘Erm… actually, I am not interested in humanoid spirits… You know, they are humanoid… so it would be Yalide who likes them. What I like are animal-shaped spirits. That dreadful feeling you have should be because of Yalide…’
I didn’t answer Freed because I didn’t want to get distracted by our conversation.
‘Bwoom!!!’ Another lightning bolt stuck. How many times has it been? … Strange, what had happened? Why is there no more lightning all of a sudden? Could it be…
No, it’s alright, it’s alright. Maybe he managed to escape.
‘Kid, hurry up! It’s about one thousand meters ahead. That spirit’s aura is getting very weak, he may not make it.’
d.a.m.n it! I was just trying to make myself feel better, why did you have to go and ruin it?
On the other hand, if even Yalide said so, then I really didn’t have any time to spare, ‘Do you… do you know of any way that can make me run faster? I have to save that spirit!!! I don’t want to see any more spirits who lose their families showing a devastated and anguished expression like Silent Water did back then!!! I don’t want to let anyone else get heartbroken, even if they are spirits!!!’
That’s right, everyone in this world has a family. The pain of losing one’s family was hard to bear. I did not want anyone else to suffer as a result of losing someone they love.
‘…kid, what you have said really moves me. I am a child of light – I am light. Since I am light, then you can imagine how fast I can be…’
‘Even if you were fast, you are already dead! What’s the point of telling me this now?’
Freed, I know that you were incredible, but at this juncture, could we stop talking about unnecessary nonsense?
‘Kid, calm down. This is the second time that I have to tell you to calm down. I understand your feelings – you are anxious and you are nervous… But the more dangerous the situation is, the more important it is for you to remain calm. Listen, the level you are at right now, you won’t be able to attain that light speed of mine. However, you should be able to get to wind speed. All you need to do is to convert our dragon power into wind type spiritual power… do you think you can do it? You have to hurry though, there isn’t much time left…’
On Freed’s advice, I tried to put out that burning fire in my heart.
‘Even though I don’t know what that is, I will give it a try.’
‘Then, listen up! What you need now is to compose yourself and calmly get a feel of the breeze that brushes past you. Then, imagine yourself as a gust of wind…’
I closed my eyes… then tried hard to catch the feeling of the wind… and to create that image…
‘Wow!!! Fast, very fast!’
All of a sudden, I could feel my body becoming light. In that instant, I could see the scenery around me pa.s.sing me by in a flash. At this moment, I was like a gust of wind, moving at an incredible speed. Within 5 seconds, that red light was already only a short distance away from me. After running a little bit more, I could see some ancient woods, fallen down from the fighting from before and still burning. They had formed a circle and at the center of the circle, there was something that looked like a piece of rock. That piece of rock was holding onto the head of a blond haired girl.
That girl had fainted. From the looks of it, that piece of rock was planning on bas.h.i.+ng her head in.
“Let her go!”
I rushed inside the ring of fire, and the surrounding flames were dragged along by my high speed, following right behind me. I took advantage of the gale force and with my momentum, punched the piece of rock that was grabbing onto the girl’s head with everything I had.
The moment I felt my hand getting a bit numb, I heard a loud noise, “ba-dum”, followed by the demon’s scream, “Ouch!”
Meanwhile, because of my high speed, I ran into a tree…
It was no time for me to be in a daze from my concussion, I had to hurry and save that girl from the demon.
I shook my head vigorously, trying to clear my head. With my hazy vision, I saw the demon clutching that rocky shoulder of his, staring with shock at a rock arm, which was once attached to his shoulder but now lying on the ground.
From the looks of it, I must have broken his arm off. So, he was a superior demon, of the earth attribute? In that case, the demon would be a physical attacker type. I would be no match for him. If I had to save that girl, I would need to take this opportunity when the demon was still in a state of shock and hadn’t yet regained his composure…
With my speed comparable to that of the wind, I ran towards the fainted girl on the ground. Then, I reached under her arm, lifted her up, and ran away as fast as I could, towards an unknown destination.
Everything happened so quickly that I couldn’t even believe it myself…
‘Kid, you can stop now… You have to hurry up and stop! This lightning spirit needs magical power. You have to release your wind-like state and replenish her magical power.’
When I heard what Freed said, my brain froze.
‘What do I do now?’
‘Now, you just need to imagine yourself as a gust of wind, but the wind dies down.’
‘No can do, I don’t get it.’
‘f.u.c.k! Then we are in trouble! If you continue like this, you will use up all your dragon power, and the lightning spirit will die for sure.’
‘What should I do?’