Chapter 23: Defeating a Rank Three Supernatural (2/2)
Rosie is lying on the ground while Adhara is kneeling on the ground with heavy breath, their faces are pale and they both look tired because of mana exhaustion.
Rex frowns, the distance between him and the girls is quite far. The tail sweep is nearing them and Rex didn't have the time to dash towards the girls. The lecturer will also not made it in time if he calls for help.
He decided to readies himself, he grits his teeth as his muscles bulge under his clothes. Rex musters all of his strength and lowers his stance to hug the dragon's tail that is coming at him.
Rex didn't feel confident in stopping the dragon's tail, he is doubting himself when suddenly.
A flash of his past where his mother and father dies while he can't do anything about it zips through his mind, his eyes turn bloodshot, ”I WILL NOT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!”
”Kaahkk!”, A huge force comes down to him just as he held the tail, he gritted his teeth so hard that it started to bleed.
The power from the tail is too much but Rex held it in, the life of Rosie and Adhara is in his hands!
Rex is being pushed back by the tail, he glances to his right and found that the tail is nearing Rosie and Adhara who helplessly look at the dragon's tail as if waiting for their deaths.
In the heat of the moment, Rex's adrenaline spiked.
”AAARRRHHH!!”, Rex stomp the ground heavily with his force beam and musters all his strength to stop the tail.
BOOMM!!
The ground cracked under Rex's feet, Rosie and Adhara thought that the enormous tail will hit them but to their surprise, the tail suddenly stopped in its track.
They slowly look at their left and saw Rex holding the tail with determination, their hearts flutter after seeing Rex doing his best to defend them.
Rex can easily dodge the tail sweep if he wants to do so but he takes the tail head-on risking his life just to save the both of them.
The dragon snapped its head to its back to look at the person who holds its tail, the dragon looks shocked when seeing Rex.
Rex looks at the dragon with a fierce gaze, unknown to him the aura on his back makes a terrifying figure.
Looking at the aura, the dragon steps back in fright.
Rex's reddish dark aura form a fierce werewolf that seems to look down on everything, the Skeletal Dragon's instinct is sending danger signals.
The supernatural is divided into ranks, the higher the ranks the more powerful the supernatural, and because of that the lower-rank supernatural develop a sense of natural fear towards higher ranking supernatural.
The Skeletal Dragon is obviously a lower-rank supernatural than a werewolf so its instinct jolted by Rex's aura, its body is frozen in fear.
Lucas who is lying on the ground while coughing blood can't believe what he's seeing, the mighty rank three Skeletal Dragon is showing fear in front of Rex!
'IMPOSSIBLE! I HAVE TO RUN!', he thought trying desperately to crawl his way out.
Rex's anger is swelling up inside of him, he notices the dragon's fear so he decided to use the opportunity to leap towards the dragon's chest.
He slipped through the dragon's rib cage and punch the blue heart located in the Skeletal Dragon's chest, the Skeletal Dragon's heart is blue in color and it is emitting a faint blue light. It is the weak point of a Skeletal Dragon, its source of power and life.
the dragon snapped out of its daze but it is too late,
SPLURTT!!
Rex's fist pierced right through the Skeletal Dragon's heart, blue blood burst everywhere.
Adhara jolted in shock when she saw Rex is piercing the Skeletal Dragon's heart with his bare hands, ”REX NO!! THE HEART WILL EXPLODE!!”, she screamed in fright.
Rex heard this but he is too late, the Skeletal Dragon's heart is already glowing bright blue. He tries to escape but his hands are stuck at the dragon's heart.
The energy around the heart is starting to condense, Rex closes his eyes when suddenly, the sound that can help him seeps into his ears.
<night time!=””></night>
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BOOOMM!!
The dragon's heart exploded sending a fierce explosion of blue energy, the energy is condensed and it didn't travel so far but its destructiveness is doubled especially to the one who is near the heart like Rex.
Rex was blown away like a broken kite before he bounces from the ground leaving a crater in the ground.
His right hand is scorched, as he lies on the ground unmoving.
Rosie is unconscious on the ground while Adhara is stunt looking at Rex unmoving on the ground, ”REX!!!”, Adhara screamed on top of his lungs.
Tears started to flow down from her eyes, she can't help but blame herself because of her powerlessness she makes Rex suffer the consequences.
Just as she was crying, suddenly Rex's body shook.
Rex sit upright while scratching his back, ”Damn that hurt a lot”, he glances in the girl's direction and saw Adhara looking at him blankly.
Looking at Rex who is casually rubbing his back, Adhara was dumbfounded.
She saw that Rex's right hand is starting to heal although it is not fast it is still healing, She rubbed the tears off and threw her face away.
Rex caught Adhara's tear as he walks towards her.
Arriving in front of her, Rex asked, ”Are you okay?”, he said while rubbing Adhara's head.
Adhara felt touched, Instead of looking at his injuries, Rex immediately goes to her to ask about her injuries.
She replies, ”I'm okay, I'm just tired. I don't have any healing magic so let me do it manually”, she wanted to tend to Rex's injuries but Rex cut her off.
”I'm not done yet”, Rex said while looking in Lucas's direction.