Chapter 146: Draconic Might (1/2)

Chapter 146: Draconic Might

Aldrich aiht towards Shri rows of bloody red, crystalline teeth

But though dragons certainly had a fiercesome bite, that was not what they were known for

No, whatcalamities, was their faon was a Bloodblaze Dragon, a vampiric type with a particularly nasty breath that created torrents of crimson flame that not only burned, but also rapidly built up the [Bleed] status effect This effect was so potent that in the lore, it was said that whenever a Bloodblaze Dragon went on a rae, the rivers would run red with the blood it spilled

"What is that? So many powers Not like the other huet a read on what Aldrich was doing

In all of Shrimp's short life, he had not felt fear He knew the destiny he was born to Both his mother and the Voice had told hi, it was his given duty to do so

For that purpose, Shri enemy after enemy But never had he felt fear

That was, not until now Because even though every instinct inside Shri in front of hi

Emptiness

And thatinto a deep, dark shadow ready to s hi

"What is this, you say? Well, this is another experih it, my valued test subject," declared Aldrich as he willed the dragon to fire its [Bloodfire Breath]

The dragon's red eyes glowed strongly as red sparks flickered between its jaws, igniting a wave of bright red fire that shot forth with a crackling roar The night sky lit up in a shade of sinister red as the bloodletting session began

"Gah!" Shriony as the red fire washed over him The flames quickly melted the rock around his feet, but the heat was not the issue here, no, if it was just heat, Shrimp was fine His shell was heavily resistant to it

It was the bleeding

As the raged over Shrimp's body, parts inside of it just broke apart Blue blood spurted froh his body, and he dropped down to one knee yet again as he desperately put his ar sound, Shrimp vomited out a chunk of blood from both his mouth and his eye sockets that rapidly evaporated in the heat of the fire This compounded on top of the Cursed flames that continually sapped Shrimp's life force

"Is this it?"a minor sense of disappointht this long against an entire army by himself in the first place, even if that had required constant evolutions and sudden powerups

Aldrich was just feeling disappointed because things would end like this when he had just started to get into the zone, when he had just gotten the chance to really go all out with all his neers

In response to Aldrich, Shri collapsed, causing him to fall down on both knees as blood continued to spurt froy surged around it in a Burst again, shi+reen aura, but the aura chaotically broke apart when another round of bleeding forced Shrih out a chunk of blood

Even if Shrimp had successfully used Burst, Aldrich was ready for it But with that Burst getting disrupted, with all that built up energy fading away, Shrimp was done for, doomed to perish in an inferno kindled by his very own blood and life force

Shrih the Locus was so far away This was not a real attempt to attack Aldrich It was a final, desperate attempt to reach out born froed to slowly craards Aldrich for a few seconds, blood spurting from all of his wounds, but after those seconds, it was obvious the end was in sight

And while Aldrich focused on Shrimp's end, there were others that focused on him

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Within Haven's-

Heroes, police, and civilians alike all crowded together on whatever devices and screens they could, watching the fight between their black armored savior and the Locus with bated breath and wide eyes Technos had rigged aholo-board at the city center square to link with the streaest crowd of people thronged together to watch

Beforehand, everyone had locked themselves in apart to find the courage to ether in solidarity to watch their savior that they had entrusted their hopes and dreaht

When they saw Shrimp finally collapse under red and black fla out from everywhere Before there had only been the tense silence of desperation

Now -