Chapter 65 (1/2)
Expensive and Useless (3)
Zing!
The attack was prevented by a huge magic circle that suddenly appeared in front of the Dragon’s chest.
Woong!
– What?!
As the speed was unexpected, the telepathy rang with mixed bafflement.
When conditions were ideal, the activated magic circle quickly sucked Mana from the Dragon’s core and created defensive magic. As a result, an opaque energy barrier was created, blocking the sword right in front of the Dragon’s chest. Substantially, the dragon was like a moving barrier and a breathing composite magic circle.
The Mana absorbed from the cores was enough. A great purple glow of power was concentrated on one point. With a boiling high-density pressure! Defensive magic and sword energy collided. There was a gruesome sound and sparks caused by friction. The contrast between the Dragon’s black, giant body and solid shining lines were reminiscent of a flash of lightning in a dark thunderstorm.
Grrrrng!
The more Mana I injected, the stronger the sword’s pressure. The surrounding air fluctuated, and a haze arose. The wall that protected the Dragon began to lean in like a bubble prodded by a finger.
-No…. Way!
And finally. Rumble! I broke the shield with a loud noise. But the moment my sword was about to pierce the Dragon’s chest…
[Polymorph!]
The body of the massive dragon suddenly disappeared from the air.
As I’d seen in my past life, it was a magic that was activated instantly. Mana’s movement was so fast that my speed of perception barely kept up. The thing that activated [Polymorph] reappeared as the image of an elf, floating in the air away from my sword.
Swoosh!
In that state, he made the distance in a flash and unbelievably returned to the Dragon’s giant body as fast as lightening.
– You, bastaaaaard!
Angry telepathy shook our heads.
Crrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
The Dragon opened its mouth. Mana’s torrent flowed from the heart.
Boosh!
A torrent of blue light emitted from inside the Dragon’s body, where the Mana was concentrated, and a scarlet river of fire crossed the sky. It was both intimidating and disturbing to my eyes.
Swoosh!
The fire that passed through where I stood evaporated the dark clouds that filled the dusty sky and distorted the air. I flew at almost the speed of teleportation towards the bottom of the Dragon! Hot steam flowed from the mouth where the breath stopped, but he failed to see me, mainly because of its physical size and shape. I swung the blade over my head again, which was wrapped in energy, and as if tearing the sky, I sliced at the dragon’s gut, leaving a purple-colored slash on the Dragon’s chest.
Whiz!
Booooom!
A roaring sound noised around us, and then a shockwave followed, as a result of the barrier blocking my sword. The Magic Circle sucked the Dragon’s Mana frantically, and a blue beam rampage covered the entire Dragon’s body. The stronger I applied force, the faster the Mana moved. But in the end, my strength went beyond the limits of the spell.
Shatter!
The Dragon avoided an attack to the heart, but instead, the shield was broken again. Every time a shield was shattered and recreated; it consumed a huge amount of Mana.
– It….!
Once again, the Dragon spread its wings and shot out its breath.
Boosh!
Heat and flame waves were intensely condensed as the murky sky turned red. I escaped with a shield around my body. The situation was dangerous even if I was not directly hit by the explosive attack. The heat storm along the dragon’s breath’s path was enough to burn me to ashes in a second.
I approached, taking advantage of an opportunity. I drew another stroke of the sword. After another blast of power, the shield broke.
This was the third time.
magic lines and Mana patterns surrounding his body were clear. The Dragon was now defenseless, as if it were stripped of all his armor. Shocked, the Dragon’s lost balance, tilted, but alarmingly, pushed back.
Its telepathy revealed just how confused the creature was, as the Dragon’s eyes flashed with a certain determination.
– Where did a bastard like you…!
Dragons had strong egos, and unlike other dungeon monsters, they did not rush into death. He had an instinct for self-preservation. Therefore, though exceedingly rare, these dragons ran away immediately if there was any indication that it might be in danger. This fact was unknown to humankind because there are only a few talented people who could realistically threaten a dragon.
Whooooooooooh!
In its vast heart, Mana took shape and flowed. I knew the spell it was making.
[Teleport]
It was attempting to flee, but before the Mana was concentrated, and the Dragon’s spell completed, I also fired a spell.
[Counter Spell!]
A cloud of light flashed, surrounding the Dragon’s tail, and disappeared in an instant. Now, the Dragon’s eyes flashed a look of horror. Clearly, it was baffled.
– This is··· No way····!
Teleportation was the least efficient SS-Rank magic that consumed 30,000 Mana for one activation. Even Hibiki wouldn’t use the skill since she said it was a waste of a skill slot, requiring one to have a dragon-sized Mana capacity.
– You saw through this?
To invalidate a spell, [Counter Spell] of the same or higher rank was required. But more Mana was consumed than the Mana used by the subject.
The Dragon shouted with a furious mind wave.
– You! You’re not human!
It was common knowledge that the Mana capacity of the human species would not be as big as the dragon believed.
‘No, I’m a human. The one prepared to end you.’
Right now, I’d absorbed a vast amount of Mana core. Instead of wasting the cores collected in the U.S. on the output test, I’d absorbed them all at once after the promotion review.
As a result,
– Active Mana: 63,900 (+28,000)/35,900
– Potential Mana: 102,300
Even though I had just consumed a large amount of Mana, it was still over 60,000.
I looked at its core with [The Successor’s Eyes].