Chapter 1416 - The Final Step (Part 2) (1/2)
The elements started to flow clockwise from one eye into another. From the yellow eye on the left side of his forehead to the red one, from the red eye to the silver one on his cheek. Then from silver to orange, from orange to black, and from black to blue.
Once the circle was complete, all of the elements flowed as one into the seventh eye in the middle of Lith's forehead. The vertical eyelid opened slowly, giving Jakra the impression of watching at an emerald moon rising.
”That changes nothing.” The Emerald Dragon reverted to his original size and form, matching Lith's height once again while his equipment grew in size accordingly, fitting his Dragon body like a glove.
Even though now their mass was on par, Lith had lost his armor and weapon in the process. Both the Scalewalker armor and War were smaller than toys for the Tiamat's body.
'He has no experience with this size nor control over his powers. Evolving to the violet core just widened the gap between us in my favor.'
Or so Jakra's thought until Lith struck at him with a front kick that also packed his tier four Spirit spell, Piercing Explosion. Unlike the Tiamat, the Emerald Dragon had no protection while shapeshifting, leaving his body completely open.
The kick and the emerald pillar sent Jakra flying back. He crashed against Arthan's Madness, turning it into a pile of scraps.
Now that the mana geyser was free for the taking, Solus drained every drop of world energy from it. She regained her tower mass and used the merging with War and the Scalewalker to reshape her form into equipment that Lith could use.
The sword he wielded and the armor he wore were of a lackl.u.s.ter dull grey, yet they brimmed with the power of a mage tower.
'Thanks for believing in me even when everything was lost, Solus.' Lith thought as he let his mana flow freely from his core through his shoulder, arm, hand, and into Solus's sword.
'Save the thanks for later. First, we have to take care of this jackass. I'm afraid he's under Huryole's slave spell, but we don't have the luxury to care for it.' She said while letting Lith's mana merge with her own and flood War.
'Agreed. Now that I've gotten the violet core, I can't defeat Jakra without your help.' Lith replied.
'We can only do it together.' They thought in unison.
Salaark was right when she said that no person could be one with a sword because weapons are nothing but tools. Yet Solus wasn't a tool. She was a person and the master of the tower that now was not only part of her body, but also a part of War.
Lith and Solus were as one, making them unwittingly weave their first Blade tier spell.
The air crackled as an ominous emerald glow shrouded Tower War. The blade produced a slash that cut through Dragonclaw's Adamant and the Kingslayer armor, opening a deep gash in the c.h.e.s.t of the Emerald Dragon.
”What?” Jakra and Thrud said in unison as she Warped her companion to safety and collapsed the space behind them to cover their escape.
In the meantime, in the other half of the cave, Xedros couldn't dodge to save his life, literally. Lith and Jakra were now so big that they took the rest of the available space, locking him into place.
Scarlett's claws gouged one of his eyes out as they crossed his face and c.h.e.s.t, ripping away all the scales that they met. A Dragon was strong, but a Guardian was stronger. The Sekhmet's cantrips had now the power of tier four spells and her Spirit Spells reached new heights.
Scarlett severed Xedros' right arm and then the left, returning him to a Wyvern-like appearance.