12 Water Dragons Migh (1/2)

The Huntingwood had many trump cards. Even if it suffered a few losses here and there, it was undeniable that it still had a huge advantage over the Thornfield's family: they possessed an adept-level powerhouse, the Grand Knight Tyler Anderson.

The Grand Knight Tyler Anderson was born in the famous Anderson family, one which rose to glory a few hundred years ago, when its founder broke through the grand knight realm while supporting the Phuinem King's war campaign. Handsomely rewarded, and giving birth to descendants full of potential, this ancestor from the Anderson family created many inheritances before dying:

Unique swordsmans.h.i.+p, unconventional tactics, education programs to improve the youths' potential, principles and morals to abide, alliances, body tempering resources and even a grand knight breathing technique! These inheritances were pa.s.sed down through generations, and each rising grand knight who appeared over time added some items, enchanted weapons for example, before dying.

Grand Knight Tyler Anderson was in a dilemma. His family, widely known as the house of sword masters due to their unique swordsmans.h.i.+p, was in dire conditions. He was already 120 years old, and his physique was already decaying. His descendants lacked the potential and fervour necessary to break through the grand knight realm. Outsiders weren't an option either.

There was one potential youth, indeed, but the girl, called Oriana Anderson, was only 28 years old, despite being already a peak knight. Breaking through the grand knight realm would take her more than 20 years, even with her heaven-defying talent, which was far from enough to stop the old Grand Knight from worrying for his family's future.

Tyler Anderson had received his share of injuries over time. One particular fight with an adept had crippled his right leg, thirty years ago. Although he wasn't the match of adepts anymore, he still possessed strong foundations, and a monstrous physique! It was enough to deal with the Thornfield family, or so he thought.

When the Huntingwood family's supreme elder fought and lost against the Thornfield's famous Water Dragon, Tyler Anderson was in high spirit, thinking that the old man had been similarly injured. As long as he won this war, the Huntingwood family promised to offer him a high-grade elixir which would enable expand his lifespan by 50 years! Although he still had about a few decades left, grand knights were different from adepts. Grand knights only had 150 years of life expectancy, unlike adept who had over 300 years if lifespan.

The elixir was crucial to him, and his family. With 50 more years to live, Tyler would see the Anderson family rise again, hopefully gaining a new grand knight, and he would be able to rest in peace, after pa.s.sing down his skills and knowledge to his descendant.

However, the Water Dragon was at his peak. His 'injuries' weren't anywhere to be seen, and he even seemed to be stronger than the last time he appeared. Rumours had been crafted by the scheming old man. What a terrifying enemy!

Drodosis' grandfather had purposefully showed 'average' pseudo-adept strength in his last duel with the Huntingwood's supreme elder, in order to take the grand knight by surprise. There was no way a normal grand knight would submit to an adept family like the Huntingwood's, which obviously lacked the means to hire one! It had to be an injured grand knight, willing to do anything to heal himself!

The Water Dragon was right…his opponent was barely a grand-knight. Even though he had internal energy unique to grand-knights, his real combat strength was only that of a pseudo-grand; his missing leg didn't escape the Water Dragon's eyes! The latter rejoiced and grinned: he had the advantage!

Moreover, as the Thornfield's family supreme elder, he had entered the treasury to consume several hundred Watercloud gems before coming to this fight. His spirit, which had been stuck for decades at 19 points, suddenly had an increase, and he was now at the peak of the pseudo-adept realm!

”Seems like I fell in your trap, old man”, the old Grand Knight Tyler acknowledged the shrewdness of his opponent.

”Who are you calling old? Haha! You made a great mistake by siding with the shadow-element Huntingwood acolytes. They are weak in wars. Maybe, if they stayed in the shadows, they would have risen to greatness, but they were impatient! They lack the wisdom of a long-lasting adept family like ours. It's a pity to see a legend like yourself fall today. I truly feel sorry for that”, the Water dragon said as he transformed.

The Water Dragon nickname wasn't for show. It was one of the 3 unique spells restricted to inner circle descendants of the Thornfield family! The Water Dragon Transformation spell was even more restrictive, since it required the caster to possess the Thornfield bloodline. Legends told that the family's ancestor had consumed a water dragon's bloodline before getting insight for this spell.

From a 6-feet average human, Drodosis' grandfather grew in size, to become a terrifying 8-meters-long, 3-meters-high dragon! Water elemental particles' concentration rose to terrifying heights, and the once-scorching sunlight became blocked by thick clouds. It was beginning to rain. A storm was about to break out…such was the secondary effects of his transformation!

The Grand Knight Tyler Anderson was absolutely shocked! This was a monster one could only find in legends! The Water Dragon was huge, dominant, overwhelming…At first, he thought it was just an illusion to make him lose confidence! He had met plenty of such acolytes in the past, yet he survived them all!

Tyler was no average man either. Although he only had one leg left, his muscles were so refined that he could still move with a speed equal to ten points of agility! This was a huge advantage against the slow water dragon…

However, the Water Dragon had long since expected such a reaction. While Tyler was confused, the Water Dragon had already begun casting a high-grade spell!

Once, the prairies were dry. However, after the Water dragon finished casting the Water Elemental Breath spell, the prairies were flooded! This spell was actually dealing over 100 points of damage, a value which would make anyone gasp in horror! It had surpa.s.sed the threshold of pseudo-adept limits!

The Grand Knight Tyler Anderson received the water breath on his chest, and could only watch helplessly as his enchanted armour turned into sc.r.a.ps of metal. Blocking the impact with s.h.i.+eld, he could only curse the fact that he had only one leg left. The impact was so powerful that his s.h.i.+eld was torn apart, and his body was blasted. It was as if tons of water had struck him!

His arm was bent in a weird and awful position, but the fighting spirit never wavered in his determined stare. Taking his spear in his left arm, he looked like a heroic spirit from legends. Strange runes spread all over his body.