Chapter 130: Crazed Mayhem (1/2)

Cracking the jolts in his fingers, Aiden spoke. His tone gradually changed, from his clear tone to the deeper draconic one. His voice carried great majestic power.

”I will handle the leader, you guys can handle the rest.”

At a slow pace, he started walking towards the leader. His voice was contorted into a vicious grin, his eyes were brimming with a bright golden luster. His arms rapidly changed. Golden scales appeared all over his creole skin, providing an additional layer of protection. The fingers grew, his nails morphing into thick black semi-curved claws.

After his arms finished its rapid transformation, he also unfolded his Draconic Aura, enveloping several hundred meters of the lush forest in its domain.

The sudden surge of power coming from the seemingly harmless human boy startled the leader quite a bit. Originally, he thought that they caught some easy prey and will be able to bring great merits to the clan. However, in the first few seconds of their perfectly executed ambush, three from his group died without any chance to retaliate. While it was a nuisance, he quickly made the decision to empower the rest of the group. Even if it sapped quite a bit of energy from his reserves, it would be still worth it in the end.

He was confident that with the spell they had the victory for sure, but now, this boy revealed a terrifying power. He could feel the human's presence, his authority surrounding him as if his will was the highest in all existence.

Angered and distraught at the same time with the sudden turn of events, his expression turned crazy, as he grabbed his stick with both hands and raised it above his head. He started chanting something seemingly unintelligible.

The red gemstone at the top of his stick started glowing in bright crimson color at the command of his words. Aiden wasn't in a hurry, he wanted to see what this little guy was up to. He halted his steps, standing only a couple dozen steps in front of him. He stayed in a vigilant stance but didn't take any steps forward, instead he focused his gaze, trying to understand and analyze his actions.

Continuing his chant, the gemstone started pulsating. Amidst the bright blinding light, it started to emit a scarlet-colored thick smoke. The smoke seemed to have a mind of its own, as it quickly surrounded the leader, shrouding his figure. Raising his voice as it got to the end of his spell, the leader decisively smacked the gnarled stick on the ground, releasing a surprisingly loud bang and a shockwave.

Although the power of the shockwave was not threatening, Aiden still unconsciously crossed both of his arms in front of him, as if it were blockable. The thick red smoke that shrouded the leader's figure quickly seeped into his body through his pores. Immediately his muscles tensed and contorted, emitting a steady pulsing rhythm all over his body. His blood vessels all over his body swelled, increasing the blood pressure to feed the increased stamina consumption of his empowered state.

The white sclera got replaced by a crimson color, turning his gaze crazed and giving his facial expression a maddened feel.

With the spell's changes now in full effect, the leader raised his bloodshot eyes on the strange, half-draconic boy in front of him. Forgoing the stick, he pulled a crude dagger from his right pocket, and with a cruel grin on his face charged at him.

His speed increased several-fold, it only took the leader a moment to cross the distance, and lounge into the air. With the dagger tightly gripped in both of his hands, he was aiming to stab his enemy in his forehead, attempting to end his life instantly.

Although the creature's burst of speed was much higher than what he was expecting, it still wasn't difficult for him to react in time, and agilely evade to the left. As he stepped sideways, he also swung with his right hand.

Contrary to his initial expectation, his claws couldn't dig deep into the monster's body, it only managed to pierce its skin, his muscles felt like marble. The power behind his swing, however, managed to swat the leader out of the air and throw him several meters to the left.

Crashing to the ground, he tumbled several meters before the leader managed to regain control over his body and stop. Although it didn't receive any major damage, the nerves in his right side still violently flared. He reached for the wound, only to notice a looming shadow over him.

Not giving it any time, Aiden flickered, only to appear in front of the guy in the next instant. Before he could regain the clarity of his mind, he was already swiping with his right hand, this time, with more power behind the attack.