137 Chapter 137: Summoner vs. Dragon (1/2)

Even as I rose to my feet, I was barely able to catch sight of the incoming dragon's jaws. Instinctively, I drew Gan Jiang and Mo Ye to parry the enormous head. The tremendous strength of the Hellfire Drake forced me back, my feet sliding across the scorched earth as I struggled to block its fangs, but fortunately I managed to prevent myself from being flung off my feet this time.

Suddenly, the Hellfire Drake shrieked in pain and snapped its head back, retreating from me. Stunned by the unexpected development, I could only stare at the dragon, but to my amazement I saw a stream of crimson blood dripping from a couple of long gashes across its face where I had caught it with Gan Jiang and Mo Ye earlier. I glanced at both of my swords and saw the same crimson blood dripping from the lengths of their gleaming blades.

”Since when did you get yourself a real sword?! And two of them at that?!” Troy hollered from behind me as he struggled to his feet.

”A gift from the Stuart family,” I replied, even as I was unable to conceal my awe. Both of my swords throbbed wildly in my hands, their gleaming blades displaying their terrifying sharpness and latent power. I felt a smile spread across my face as I savored the powerful sensations that poured into me from their hilts. ”There is no foe worthier than a dragon for their first battle.”

The Hellfire Drake reared back as its spikes once again exploded with crimson flames, its jaws opening to unleash another torrent of flames.

”Oh no you don't!” I snapped as I sheathed both my swords and raised my now empty hands to gather mana into them. ”Chains of Andromeda!”

The long, heavy chains materialized in my hands instantly, and I immediately threw them over the dragon's jaws, snapping them shut. The Hellfire Drake tried to screech, but only a muffled roar emerged. I swung the entire length of my chain up and around the rest of the dragon's body, tying up its wings, claws and tail.

The dragon struggled desperately against its restraints, almost hurling me off my feet. I stood firm, however, clutching the chains and tightening them over the Hellfire Drake's massive bulk. I could feel my stance slowly crumbling as my feet were slowly dragged off the ground.

”Hang on, bro.”

Troy joined in, grabbing my chains to ground me while restraining the Hellfire Drake as well. Between the both of us, we succeeded in forcing the dragon down with a tremendous burst of strength, driving its whole body down to the ground. Troy was also muttering an incantation under his breath and I could see the air around the Hellfire Drake distort and twist as gravity increased several times in its vicinity, using its own crushing weight against it.

However, the dragon's constant flailing still almost managed to throw the both of us off our feet several times, despite Troy's immense strength. I had to grit my teeth and dig in hard to keep it chained down, and without Troy's assistance, I would have failed long ago.

Unfortunately, I could feel the grip of my chains weakening before long. To my horror, I discovered that the crimson flames that were blazing through the Hellfire Drake's spikes were melting my Chains of Andromeda. I didn't have much time left before the dragon broke free of its chains.

”Troy, can you hold the Hellfire Drake down for ten more seconds?”

”I can hold it down for thirty if you need me to,” Troy replied with a snort.

”I'm not sure my Chains of Andromeda will last that long, but I appreciate it. Ten seconds are enough.” I was already summoning Sagittarius while channeling mana into a flaming arrow. Even as I slowly coaxed the arrow to materialization, I pulled the bowstring back and took aim. Not that I needed to, given how big my target was. Taking a deep breath, I fired off Alnasl, which exploded upon impact.

”Holy shit!” Troy whistled as he watched the colossal conflagration consume the dragon. ”You think that finished it off?”

”I wish,” I muttered, rolling my eyes. Amidst the giant inferno, I could see the dark shape of the Hellfire Drake rising to its feet. Troy stared, blinking, as my molten chains drooped down at his hands, the rest of it melted to slag by the superheated inferno that resulted from the combination of Sagittarius's and the dragon's flames.

Now free of any restraints, the Hellfire Drake opened its jaws and unleashed its crimson flames in our direction. Fortunately, by now, my Black Tortoise had recovered and returned to my side. A barrier of water appeared, turning to steam as it withstood the torrent of superheated flames. Even as my vision was obscured by a boiling fog and I felt uncomfortably warm, I found myself still alive.

”That thing just refuses to die, huh?” Troy remarked. I nodded, but before I could offer a remark of my own, a familiar voice cut in.

”Franklin Sword Style: Royal Meteor Bombardment!”

Descending from the air, Kureha Franklin crashed onto the back of the dragon, her silver sword flashing elegantly. Thousands of blades materialized in the air and slammed into the Hellfire Drake with the force of meteorites, crushing it onto the ground. Blood spurted from the shrieking dragon, but Kureha refused to relent.

”She's got it!”

Smelling blood, Troy also left the protection of Black Tortoise's bubble to pummel the Hellfire Drake, and between the two of them, the dragon was succumbing to their combined assault.

Unfortunately, it was far from done. Its spikes exploded and a fiery shockwave erupted from its body. Having seen the attack before, both Troy and Kureha were prepared for it, jumping back to safety, but even so, they were still struck by the blast and sent flying.

However, it was now my turn.

”Lyra.” Even as the golden harp materialized in my hand, I was already sending out hundreds of near invisible garrote wires to slice the wounded dragon into pieces. Unfortunately, the armored scales of the dragon protected it against the incredibly sharp wires. Even so, I managed to restrain it in similar fashion to my Chains of Andromeda earlier.

Twisting its head to face me, the Hellfire Drake glared at me with its blazing red eyes. I recognized that as a sign that it was going to start spewing flames again. True enough, the spikes began bursting into flames and melting my sharp but thin wires.

”Where are you looking at?!”

”I'm your opponent!”

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From the sides, both Troy and Kureha attacked, fists and blade crashing lethally into the Hellfire Drake's flanks and causing it to shudder violently. Even as it lashed out with its tail and claws, forcing my friends to fall back, I used the time they bought me to transform Lyra from a golden harp into a bow. Incredible amounts of golden mana began flowing into my recently summoned arrow, obliterating the ground around me.

The dragon shook my party members off and turned to face me, instinctively aware that the huge amount of mana around me currently posed the greatest threat. Its jaws yawned wide and a torrent of crimson flames erupted.

I released my arrow at the same time.

Vega blasted through the superheated stream of flames, carving a ruthless route through the hellfire before slamming into the dragon's mouth. The Hellfire Drake teetered back as Vega exploded inside its jaws, screeching in agony and flailing about as destructive golden mana blew up all around it. Blood dripped from its jaws as it fell back on all fours, glaring at me in hatred. It raised its head weakly to glare at me in hatred.

”Yo,” I said, already preparing to release a second Vega.