560 Fated Encounters: Nyzzets Labyrinth Conquest 22/?: Almighty Strength (1/2)
Goghesdum, the Elder Thunder Dragon Great Sage Overlord, and the first Elder Dragon to have been born in Nyzzet's Dungeon glanced as a group of demi-humans commanded by a fairy annihilated the menacing group of monsters that he thought would mean the end of his city and the tribe of High Lizardmen that he had nurtured for so long.
His body was almost one hundred meters tall, a giant amongst giants that created a large shadow below his body, covering most of the city with it.
His head was large and intimidating… but right now, he was doing an expression that could not be said to be intimidating but a bit ridiculous and out of character.
His eyes were wide open alongside his mouth, his eyes were almost exploding out of their sockets due to his baffled expression of disbelief.
”What the… what is happening right now?!” he wondered.
He was being able to easily see through the fight even when Kireina enclosed the monsters possessed by Begudhur's Parasite Soul Clones inside the domain created by her Divine Aura.
This was because Kireina had put a large lump of floating brains with eyes, one of her flesh clones connected with the domain, which used its large eyes to show the fight from the inside in a projection made through Mirage Attribute Magic.
Goghesdum had never seen such a type of magic exist, but he was not surprised just by that but by the fight itself… but why was Kireina letting them see everything?
Not only Goghesdum was seeing this, as the large lump of brains and eyes separated itself and floated atop the city, revealing the same images through projections to all the people of the city.
Everyone had already figured that the monsters had come to kill them for some reason, but they had thought that their greatest benefactor, the Elder Dragon Goghesdum would have saved them like in many occasions…
But instead of him being the one beating the threats that had tried to approach their beloved city, this group of strangers was doing the work, and quite efficiently.
Many warriors and mages noticed that these monsters were strangely intelligent and powerful compared to the ones that would usually try to attack them in the past… even if the people were not familiar with Divine Energy, they knew that there was something strange and overwhelming about the presences and powers they exuded through their bodies.
”Those monsters…”
”They're strange!”
”Did those Wyverns spoke?”
”And they can even use advanced magic spells that we thought only Goghesdum could do!”
”Are these people from the outside world?”
”But Goghesdum-sama said that mortals couldn't get down here!”
”But don't you remember that small party of wolves and demi-human from before?”
”Yeah, but those were like an exception!”
But just a few days later another party of 'outsiders' appeared, saving him and his city from imminent destruction by the hands of Begudhur.
Goghesdum was quite frightened by the implications that these outsides could mean…
”If they can easily destroy these powerful monsters that had somehow attained divinity… Then, are not these people… gods themselves? If they ever willed it, we would be annihilated! Although they took care of these that tried to actively attack us… the possibility of being destroyed still remains unless I quickly befriend them! But what could I offer to them that could be enticing for such a thing…? I remember hearing the fairy voice… she said that I should not worry? Perhaps she meant it in goodwill? Maybe there is a possibility…” thought Goghesdum, worried about the future.
Goghesdum gulped his own saliva as he glanced at the scenes unfold, little girls that should not even be capable of fighting giant behemoths such as these monsters were easily bullying them with their powers.
Some women increased in size by tenfold, almost reaching his own size and unleashing catastrophic attacks that could split mountains apart, powerful magic caster that created such complicated spells that made even an Elder Dragon Sage such as Goghesdum see himself as a little apprentice, and there were also incomprehensible monsters such as the fairy itself, who was able to shapeshift her body into a monstrosity capable of punching to death a two hundred meters tall Thunder Dragon… with a single punch.
As the battle unfolded, the monsters fell one after another, and as Goghesdum glanced in detail, he realized how each monster had their souls detached from their bodies and then either eaten by the younglings or shattered into glass-like materials.
”These souls… they're the souls of a god, isn't it? They're eating a god!?” said Goghesdum in disbelief, without realizing that what he said out loud was heard by his people.
”Eating… gods?!”
”Those monsters are gods, Goghesdum-sama?”
”So these saviors of us are gods themselves as well?”
”How miraculous!”
”We must… we must thank them! …Right?”
”It is more complicated than that, you idiots! What if they end up wrecking us after that? We need to be serviceable and humble!”
”Gods eating another god…? Just what event is unfolding outside of the city?!”
Meanwhile, the High Thunder Lizardmen Priest of the church of Goghesdum, Yerze Hazass was also glancing at this spectacle through a projection created by a mass of brains and eyes floating atop the sky… the moment she heard what Goghesdum said, a chill ran through her spine and tail.
”These people are gods? Have they descended from the 'outside world' to fight? Have they come to protect us or to… oppress us?” she wondered, as the little Lizardmen kids were glancing at the spectacle not with fear but with surprise and astonishment.
”So cool!”
”Did you see it?! Those seven birds fused together and began to fire rainbow colors all over the place!”
”And those giantesses are so beautiful and strong!”
”Who is that woman with butterfly wings? Did you see how she just punched a dragon to death? The whole torso went flying!”
”This is way too awesome!”
”Wow look at that squirrel woman, she's just unleashing giant spheres of fire!”
”That guy with four arms is so mighty! He's defeating the dragons with his bare fists?!”