665 Leaving No Doub (1/2)

All of the elders joined the consuls, however, literally. The many conjoined frost bodies glided into each other once to create one terrifyingly-large frost body with twenty-one heads. It matched Lunara's grandiose size and gave all spectators the sense that the elders were far stronger than they had anticipated, that the elders were going to pull off a victory.

This left out the seven multi-headed hydra elders and a couple of single-headed hydra elders that had never fully shared how progressive their intentions were to the mostly conservative council. Lunara was astounded by this. She was completely unaware that such a tactic was possible among her own species. Had the unwilling hydra elders joined in, Lunara wasn't sure what the outcome may have been. But as ice gathered around the massive, amalgamated hydra frost body, Lunara roared with matching fury to prove her confidence to the viewers below.

'This…'

'Don't worry, she'll be fine.'

Sighing and glancing at the young woman on his back, Raztol quietly asked, 'How are you so sure?'

Lina smiled with the utmost confidence. 'Because she's my mom. I've seen her fight gods much stronger than herself, so a bunch of old hydras that don't know any better won't stand a chance.'

Everyone's eyes were wide open and unblinking at the battle above. They were in awe of the sheer amount of ice the elders were generating, not to mention the dropping temperature they were causing. A sheet of icy javelins took shape and spread wide beside the elders' combined frost body. It nearly covered Lunara's view of the city. With a final roar, the elders unleashed this ultimate attack upon the Hydra Goddess.

As the vastly spread-out attack targeted Lunara with incredible accuracy and funneled toward her, all she did was roar. But as she roared her frost body grew larger and larger until it surpassed the size of the elders' joint frost body.

This seemingly changed nothing, only giving the icy javelins a larger target. The javelins swarmed her and came from all directions. In the end, no one was able to see Lunara as her entire body was engulfed in javelins of ice. When her roars died down, the elders finally sighed with some relief and Raztol frowned with heavy eyes.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRR!!!

Lunara suddenly unleashed the most thundering roar that any hydra had ever heard, matching the intimidating and threatening cries that Halmut used before his battles. To the shock of everyone watching, the countless javelins of ice around Lunara began to move backward and then turn around. She was once again revealed to all below without even a scratch.

'You've gained power through amazing tactics, that I'll admit. But you've lost the ability to properly wield and control your power in doing so!' shouted Lunara. 'Now, move aside and forfeit, or receive my attack and die with pride!'

Upon stating that, Luanra gave the elders a single moment of pause to decide.

Many of the frost body's heads began to shrink down as elders deserted the cause. But two heads roared mightily, swaying a few others to stay. The eight elders who commonly followed the general opinion of the council had managed to escape the battle, but the remaining thirteen elders stood firm in the water with both consuls roaring in encouragement.