138 Chapter 138: Dragon Dance (2/2)
A deafening roar drowned out any reply I might have, and something heavy crashed onto the mountaintop. Spinning around, I caught sight of a second Hellfire Drake ramming my Draco off the first. Like my Draco, it was fully unscathed, but unlike my Constellation spirit, the new dragon was utterly furious.
”What the hell?!” I hollered, anxiety curling up in my heart. There was no way Draco could take on two Hellfire Drakes at the same time, even if one of them was near death. ”Where did that other Hellfire Drake come from?”
”There are two of them?” Kureha whimpered, despair filling her voice. She gripped her sword tightly, ready to battle to the death, if necessary.
”Did that stupid thing learn a cloning technique or something?!” Troy demanded.
Then it hit me, even as I slapped my forehead in exasperation. ”Of course! This is the dragon's nest! That second Hellfire Drake must be the first's mate!”
”There may be eggs!” Kureha was trembling. ”If they raise a whole brood of dragons…”
”We have to destroy them!” Troy agreed vehemently. ”No matter what it takes!”
”That's part of the plan. I was planning to nuke the whole mountain.” Turning to my Constellation spirit, I issued an order. ”You get to unleash the Thuban after all, Draco.”
Draco bellowed as he leaped back, charging the beam of mana in his jaws. However, the second Hellfire Drake rammed into him, knocking him off his feet. Draco crashed heavily onto the ground, the mana in his jaws dispersing at the interruption.
”Damn it!” I was already casting another summoning spell, even as Troy and Kureha were sprinting toward my fallen Constellation spirit. ”Cancer! Provide some backup!”
A giant crab materialized above the Hellfire Drake and smashed his massive pincer onto its head, driving it right to the ground. At the same time, Kureha pierced it with her sword while Troy grabbed its tail with both hands and swung it around before throwing it right at its mate with his incredible strength. He was only able to do that because the dragon was still stunned from Cancer's Crab Hammer attack.
”Both of you! Tactical withdrawal! We have to leave the mountain right now! Get to my position immediately!”
Even as I dismissed Cancer, I was yelling and waving my friends toward my direction. Thankfully, they obeyed without question.
”Draco, use Eltanin first!” I hollered. Two huge black beams of mana glowed from the dragon's jaws and erupted into twin bursts of destructive force that struck both Hellfire Drakes and knocked them into the neighboring mountain. ”Now, get ready to fire Thuban!”
Then I sprinted toward the edge of the mountain and leaped off. Even as I spiraled down to the abyss below, I yelled, ”Aquila!”
The enormous eagle appeared below me. I landed on a bed of feathers before rolling upward to check on the progress of my friends. Troy didn't hesitate and also followed me off the cliff, as he was familiar with my modus operandi. On the other hand, Kureha was a little apprehensive, but she took off when she saw my hovering Aquila.
”Gonna give them a parting gift.” Turning around, Troy raised a hand and clenched it into a fist. Along the surface of the mountain, huge rocks flowed outward to grasp both Hellfire Drakes. They struggled against their binds, slowly breaking the stone with their immense strength, but it was enough to hold them for the precious few seconds we needed.
Rising to her feet, Kureha also summoned a thousand swords before bombarding the Hellfire Drakes with the devastating storm of blades. Both dragons screeched as the spirit swords sliced and pierced through their armored scales, blood spraying across the mountainside.
Aquila soared away at incredible speed, leaving the two shrinking figures of the dragons behind. At the same time, Draco unleashed the Thuban once he was sure we were far enough.
The black beam of mana slammed into the two dragons before blowing up in a gargantuan mushroom cloud. The black explosion swallowed the entire mountain range, erasing the entire terrain and leveling it, leaving a smoldering crater of colossal proportions. Even the valley below was not spared, disintegrated without a trace.
”Amazing…you did that?” Kureha gasped.
”You really fucking nuked the entire mountain range!” Troy yelled, his voice filled with delight. ”You maniac! You incredible maniac! You're a fucking, walking and talking nuclear bomb!”
”I wish I feel like one…” my consciousness was slipping. This wasn't good.
”Are you all right?” Kureha asked worriedly. ”You look extremely pale.”
”…yeah. I've expended too much mana. I need to land, or I'll pass out, Aquila will disappear below us, and we'll fall to our deaths.”
”Not surprising, after casting a spell of that magnitude.” Troy was nodding. ”No wonder you took so long to summon Draco and cast that spell. Of course it would take an insane amount of time to complete the casting! It'll also require crazy amounts of mana too!”
”There's a military base just a couple of kilometers from here,” Kureha was looking around to find it. ”Just hang in there…”
”No. land. Right now.” Troy placed a hand on my shoulder. I was literally collapsing on top of my Aquila, who was gradually becoming transparent as maintaining his existence in the material became quite the struggle. ”I'll take care of the rest. You've done more than enough.”
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”Thanks.”
Exhausted, I had Aquila set down immediately, and then I crashed onto the ground. Troy quickly caught me before my face could hit the dirt.
The last thing I knew was an inevitable wave of darkness swallowing my consciousness, and then I truly knew nothing.