Chapter 1103 (2/2)
As the breath attack of the Broodmother faded, it lifted its head and looked at the floating form of Alana with wide eyes. Alana stared solemnly at the Dragon while she gathered herself, the golden wings on her back beating softly. This hidden effect of Inviolability had a severe mental cost that meant it couldn’t be used very often, but obviously the Dragon Broodmother didn’t know that.
All it knew was fear as it recognized Alana for what she was: a hunter.
Which made these Dragons prey. And in the System, that was a sin that condemned you to death.
The Dragon Broodmother’s arrogance crumbled as it turned and shrieked as it tried to scuttle away with a broken wing. The younger dragons surged up into the sky and belched spikes of ice toward Alana in attempt to cover their mother’s escape.
Alana’s eyes were half-closed as she surveyed the mountain top below her. Is this truly all a Level 82 monster amounts to? Compared to Randidly, you are just…
Which, Alana supposed, was why the Earth was truly blessed. It was easy for them to see what Randidly accomplished and admire what he had done and chase him, but it was only now, as Alana had struck the first blow against this Dragon Broodmother did she truly understand the impossibility of Randidly’s existence.
There was a strange sense of satisfaction that burned in Alana’s chest as that moment, looking down at the Dragons.
The only reason that I could inspire such fear was surprise and my evolved stat, but… It could be done without those things. This is a beast that could be killed. if we would have beaten this sort of foe without Randidly’s interference, our belief in ourselves would rise even further. Our confidence would become even more entrenched. And the moment that confidence was shattered would become all the more dangerous.
How did you display such disregard for the System, Ghosthound? Where did you find enough power that you could disregard us all? But Alana knew the answer. It was an image. A clear image of a world without fear of the System.
As the Dragon Broodmother fled and the minions surged upward toward her, Alana’s eyes burned. She lowered her spear and dived sharply down toward the ground. Most of the Dragons twisted to try and keep up with her movements, except for the unlucky Dragon that was directly beneath Alana.
Alana’s heels smashed into that poor fool and it was smashed into the ground with enough force to shatter the frozen ground. Snow and blasts of ice swished around her but Alana was already flitting forward like a ghost, her golden wings burning a path forward through the precipitation so she seemed to leave a wake of mist.
A Dragon with a torso the size of a horse and the wings the length of a plane’s crashed down in front of her and lashed out with its claw, but Alana didn’t even blink. As she ducked under the blow, she reached up and seized the offending wing with her left hand while she brought her spear up in her right. Without even using Sunstrike, Alana’s spear shot forward. With the addition sharpness and damage from Dragon Slayer, the spear pierced through its scaled skin and stopped the Dragon’s heart with a light touch.
Then Alana leaped into the sky, her golden wings beating rapidly and the limp body of the dying Dragon pulled behind her. When the next volley of ice blasted toward Alana, she simply tossed the Dragon in front of that and watched as, even its constitution that was adapted to this climate, it was stiffened and frozen by the barrage.
Alana’s golden wings beat again and she shot forward, blasting the flurrying snow in the surrounding area away to clear a path. Her gaze was fixed on the still bleeding Dragon Broodmother. Unfortunately, these wings cost far too much Mana… maybe only a minute remaining. I need to kill it soon.
Alana accelerated further, even as two Dragon’s about the size of buses surged up in the air to protect their Broodmother. Both were Level 73, higher even than Alana’s current Level.
And yet those Levels now seemed insignificant now. Their breath attacks surged toward her and Alana solemnly activated Inviolability once more. She had wanted to save the second activation for pinning down the Dragon Broodmother, but it was more important now to close the distance before her Descent of the Radiant Wings ran out.
The breaths smashed against her and Alana’s breath was knocked out of her chest. But she pushed forward and raised her spear. She unleashed six quick Sunstrikes against the left most Dragon, puncturing its torso and ripping a bleating cry from its lips as it groaned and fell backward. As Alana turned with burning eyes to deal with the remaining Dragon, a notification popped up.
Congratulations! You have reached Level 70! +2 Strength. +5 Stats distributed between Endurance, Agility, Wisdom, and Focus, +2 Inviolability, +8 Free Stats! +15 Health, +15 Mana, +18 Stamina, +4 to Stamina Regeneration!
Congratulations! You have learned the Skill Valkyrie's Relentless Crusade (A) Lvl 1!
Congratulations! Due to the evolution of your Soulskill, you have learned the Skill “The First Sermon of Alaihym: The Shadow of a Distant God” (L) Lvl 1!