Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Battle at Phoenix City V: Lightning Dragon King

Otome continued to concentrate on solving the magic ritual that currently had an important role in this battle. With his true power, Eyes of Truth (eyes of truth) he could see formations like a mathematical formula. Not only that, his eyes could see the truth from everyone.

Although they were at first glance similar to the abilities of Kuro's eyes, Eyes of Origin, the strength of their eyes was like heaven and earth.

Otome's eye abilities are arguably limited and require a lot of concentration and great magic energy. That's why he can't use it. But it was with those eyes that he ended up being known as Spell Breaker and became one of the Knights of Rounds.

But all of that is not important at this time. The magic circle formation he was trying to break made his head seem to want to explode.

(People who are able to create magic rituals like this are undoubtedly geniuses. He set up a chain formation that would activate continuously even though one of the magic formations was destroyed. This is like trying to delete an image that continuously appears after deleting it)

But Otome knew there was no need to remove the magic circle formation. He just had to change it like a very complicated computer program.

(Not only that, this formation won't be visible to anyone unless it has eyes like mine. Who exactly is he?)

Otome was curious, but she also understood that only monsters could do all that.

Besides all the complicated things he had to do, he realized he didn't have much time. In addition to the fight on the surface getting fiercer, but also the safety created to prevent anyone trying to remove the magic circle has begun to function.

The surrounding land suddenly formed a golem figure with a size of 5 meters. Thanks to Laila's arrival at the right time, he didn't have to worry about them because the golems would be instantly wiped out once they were created.

He was delighted as his disciple became stronger. Unfortunately, despite being weak, the golem continued to appear as if it was boundless. Otome knew that no matter how strong Laila was, she would definitely reach her limit sooner or later. He had to break the magic ritual immediately.

(If I make a mistake I have to repeat it from the beginning. What should I do to quickly destroy it?)

Of course he realized rushing would only create new problems. He should try to stay calm.

That's when lightning struck the hole wall and destroyed it. A large chunk fell towards the direction of Otome.

If he stays in place, he will die. Of course the events would be different if he dodged or used magic to survive, but he chose not to do anything. The reason

"Sacred Magic Art "

With a single strike, the chunk of wall shattered into pieces. He knew he had a student he could trust.

(For the sake of everything, I have to destroy this immediately)

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  - Meanwhile, the fight on the surface has increased its participants. This time it was a girl and a huge dragon known as Lapis Lazuli, one of the Dragon Kings.

Lapis Lazuli is a dragon with lightning element abilities, therefore she is also called a storm control dragon. According to records, the last time he appeared was about 50 years ago in a great battle. After that, no one knew where and where he went.

But now, he appeared together with a girl known as one of the students of Kuryuu Academy. This makes people wonder what really happened. But all of that is not important at this time.

"Layer, can we win against Maria?"

[I've told you that our chances of winning are very small. I'm really unlucky to have a stupid Miko.]

Charlmilia ignored Lapis's taunts. He's used to it.

"What I mean is after we combine forces with Electra's mistress and others. I'm not stupid enough to fight alone against Maria."

After enduring Mary's great attack with Lapis' Divine Slayer, Charlmilia realized Mary's power as if it had no limits. He was lucky enough to withstand the previous attack, but he was pessimistic about resisting the next attack. That's why the only option right now is to work with Electra.

[I'll give you a suggestion. Queen can only be fought by other Queen, but to win against True Queen, you must fight with King or you must at least become True Queen.]

"..."

Charlmilia understood Lapis wanted to say that they needed Kuro's strength to win against Maria. But at the same time it means that despite working with Electra, the victory is still very small.

[And to be honest I don't want to fight someone who was once True Queen Solaris, it's the same as telling me to fight against the True Dragon King. Do you think I would win against a monster like that?]

"Oh, don't complain too much. As always, you're pessimistic. Lapis, we're attacking!"

Charlmilia tightly grasped the two swords in her hand, then she lunged forward. The ground that became his footing shattered every time he stepped foot. His speed and strength this time around were very different before he disappeared.

But despite advancing, Mary is now protected by an impenetrable pillar of lightning. Not only that, Maria can even control the lightning like a whip.

And that is what Mary did.

The seven blades of lightning turned into a dragon head. Then all those heads attacked Charlmilia. Just a single strike would be fatal as it consisted not only of lightning element magic, but also of holy elements. Then plus the iron element that became the natural conductor of lightning, each pillar of thunderbolt had a power capable of splitting the mountain in two. What would happen if such an attack hit Charlmilia?

Aware of the danger of that lightning pillar, Charlmilia had no choice but to dodge at her speed. Of course it is not easy because the speed of the lightning whip can not be underestimated.

But after making a contract with Lapis, Charlmilia had kinetic eyes fast enough that she saw the whip motion of the thunderbolt as it almost stopped. His current eyes might be able to see Kuro's speed while using his strongest technique, the Witch Reaper.

He dodged and finally arrived near Maria. At the same time the pillar of lightning that turned into a whip increased and attacked him blindly. Having no choice, Charlmilia attacked, more precisely defending.

He flowed mana into his sword so that it turned into a plasma sword, with which he fended off the whip that came at him. Of course, an attack that had such great power could not be agitated with his strength, which is why he deflected and simultaneously channeled the attack in another direction. This is one of Kuro's best techniques. Although he was just imitating, he admitted this technique was perfectly suited to survive attacks that had such great power as Maria's thunderbolt whip.

But he realized his sword would not last forever if it continued to be used to survive attacks mixed with holy elements. He must soon find another way to survive. That's when -

[Stop!]

Charlmilia instantly moved in the other direction after hearing the warning from Lapis through telepathy.

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Lapis spat out a breath of fire mixed with the lightning element. Unlike ordinary dragon bursts that spread widely, these bursts of time moved straight like Laser Breath, only that its speed and power were many times stronger.

The burst of Lapis shattered the thunder pillar like a dry wood, then finally pointed straight towards Maria. The attack would crush a human into dust in the blink of an eye, even a paladin-level mage would be severely injured if it received directly the attack of a Dragon King, but-

""

The shield appeared and Lapis' attack disappeared without a trace. All knew this was just a simple shield made from sacred elements, yet the effect was terrifying.

[Bch.. I knew it wouldn't work huh.]

With a displeased expression, Lapis flapped her wings and flew into the sky. Before long Lapis disappeared among the thunder clouds.

"It's bad.."

Charlmilia finally realized as powerful as any attack she had, if everything was made of magic, the attack would have no effect at all. His initial plan for close combat became useless because the two swords in his hand were the magic arm that Byakura had. No doubt his weapon would vanish if he fought a sword with Maria.

(What should I do?)

He understood why Lapis said it was impossible to win against Maria. Especially one who relied on magic like himself. Could this be the reason why Kuro needed to defeat Maria? Or because he is a king?

Then he glanced towards Electra and Arthuria. Both are still unconscious, but when viewed from the outside, their injuries are not too severe.

(Maybe I should move them terle-)

At the thought of that, he saw a figure wearing golden armor approaching the two. It was Irho.

(If not wrong.).

By relying on his memories of a general once known as one of the strongest, Charlmilia instantly shot towards Irho. It only took him two seconds to get there.

Charlmilia was a little surprised when Irho was aware of her arrival. His speed should be faster than lightning, but the eyes of a general cannot be underestimated.

"Sorry, Uncle. Can you give me a gun?"

He remembered with the ability that Irho had. Of course asking suddenly is arguably an impolite way, but not the right time to think about manners.

"I'm not a walking shed, but I have."

Realizing they had no time to talk, Irho chose one of the best swords for Charlmilia.

From the empty air a sword appeared. No, it is more appropriate if a thin and pointed sword known as a rapier.

"Get it. I think it suits you."

"..."

Charlmilia. Golden rapier that not only looks luxurious, but also well made. Even while holding it, Charlmilia felt that the rapier was part of her own body.

"I'll ask for your comment later. Now leave. I'll take care of them both. Looks like they just fainted."

"I understand. I'm handing them both over to uncle."

In an instant Charlmilia disappeared just like the way she had come. With a new weapon in his hand, Charlmilia fought Mary in full force.

Charlmilia once again intended to fight close quarters. First he had to get close, of course the thunder pillar did not let him just like that. Once again he repelled the incoming attack, but this time he not only repelled.

Charlmilia creates lightning in her new rapier. As he had expected, Irho's given rapier was made of excellent metal to combine with magic. He was now holding his own magic arm.

""

He hit the thunderbolt with lightning. His attack was powerful enough to throw the thunderbolt in another direction even though the thunderbolt was mixed with the holy element. Then he advanced. The same attack he did until finally he was only a few meters away from Maria.

"?"

But that was when Mary began to move after a long silence. He looked at Charlmilia, no, rather he was now finally beginning to assume Charlmilia's existence in that battle.

Mary drew her bow, an arrow made of light appeared.

Charlmilia raised her vigilance by guessing what Maria would do next, or perhaps not.

Suddenly Mary again released an arrow towards the sky. Because unlike the previous major attack, Charlmilia had nothing to worry about and tried to prevent it.

But it was a fatal mistake.

While in the sky, Mary's arrow shattered like fireworks. Then thousands of arrows spread out in all directions. And not only rained down on Charlmilia, but all those in the battle arena.

"Tch...!?"

He's worried about Electra and the others, but he can't do anything for them. He had to focus on the attacks that led to him.

By increasing his concentration, he saw an arrow pointing at him. Then he deflected using a rapier. Because it was not too fast, it was an easy matter, but once again he could not underestimate a strongest paladin.

When the first wave was over, Maria shot the other arrows one by one. And the next incident can be guessed.

(Say all that high-level magic it does is like breathing?)

He didn't know if it was the resurrected effect or the original power of Mary. But it's not the time to think about that.

Having no other choice, once again Charlmilia fended off the incoming attack. But due to the amount being too much, he was hit by one of the arrows in his armor section. In an instant the armor he was wearing disappeared like it was forcibly removed.

"Ware!?"

He realized that if one of the arrows hit him, he would be finished. He had no choice but to increase his strength.

His body was now splashing a powerful lightning bolt, then he was moving faster than before. This is one of Electra's magic arts. It is with this magic art that he is referred to as the fastest.

Charlmilia could use magic art that is not strange considering Electra is the former Queen of Lapis Lazuli.

One by one he fended off the holy arrows. Shortly thereafter, Mary stopped releasing the arrows.

(This is my chance!)

He advanced with full force towards Maria. Rapier was an unused weapon for slashing, so he chose to stab at the speed he had. In addition, this was to avoid Maria using Divine Aegis that was able to withstand magic attacks.

Of course Mary was aware of what Charlmilia was planning. He turned his bow back into a sword.

(He's planning to hold my attack with a sword?)

That's a good plan, but-

(Dragon Art Form.).

""

Rapier spun with thunderous lightning. It was a piercing technique, then coupled with Dragon King's high-level magic. The attack had enough destructive power to pierce the magic grounds of a paladin.

Naturally since Charlmilia's attack was mostly magic, Divine Aegis would be able to withstand it, more precisely if it reduced her strength. All of this was predicted by Charlmilia, but she did it anyway.

Surprisingly, Maria did not use any defensive magic that was able to withstand Lapis' attack. With this his attack would definitely pierce through Maria. That's what he's thinking.

Until it happens

"?!"

Charlmilia's attack was easily withheld as if it had no power at all. Indeed indeed.  Shortly before touching Maria, all her magic disappeared. The Dragon Valkyrie Gear she was wearing even disappeared and left the ragged Kuryuu Academy uniform camping in various places.

Then Charlmilia fell. His entire power disappeared as well as his entire magic energy. The rapier he used to fight fell down with a heavy voice. He even lost the strength to hold it.

"Huh..."

"Why did this happen?"

Does Mary have some kind of power that neutralizes all magic in a certain area?

Wrongfully.

Looking down, he understood why he had lost all his strength. A white object resembling a root wrapped around his foot. And slowly the thing grew twisted into his thigh. Every time it grew, every time Charlmilia lost her powers.

"This...?"

He didn't think much about what was really going on. The rest of the truth is still there.

The arrows were fired all over the place not only as a weapon against Charlmilia, but also as a deadly trap. When the arrow stuck to the ground, the arrow did not disappear and fused with the surface of the ground. Each arrow slowly melted and formed a network of holy elemental magic roots. In other words, right now Charlmilia was stuck in the middle of the prettiest and most dangerous profit net for a witch like herself.

[Stupid, is not the time to be amazed!?]

Lapis' telepathy returned Charlmilia to her senses. He forgot he was fighting right now.

A light reflection flashed in his eyes. It came from Mary's beautiful sword.

(This is my end?)

What happened next was a nightmare. Charlmilia could not imagine what would happen to her.

Knowing that her opponent could not escape, Maria slashed Charlmilia slowly. Although Charlmilia prepared with magic, the magic would be erased by the sacred elements.

No doubt this was his death.

At that last moment, time felt like a long time. He recalled why he could be there and fight.

In the fight against Itsuki, he understood that his strength could be said to be like heaven and earth when compared to Leon. And it wasn't because he was just an SSS-ranked mage and Leon was a paladin witch, but he felt that there was another reason why he was so weak.

When compared to Laila and Kuro, of course he was weaker. But why could it be like that? What distinguishes him from the two of them?

When compared to him, the development of both is very rapid and makes anyone amazed. When he first fought against Kuro, he felt that their strength could be said to be balanced. There was no doubt that Laila was weaker than him.

But in the battle while fighting the Necromancer in Dragonia, he instantly erased that thought. Both of them did not do any training even just fighting with the strength that was on them, but they showed strength that could not be said to be simple and weak.

Is this called potential?

Or is this what we call destiny?

He doesn't know that. He doesn't care about that. All he saw was a strong determination to continue fighting fearlessly no matter if their enemy was an impossible enemy to defeat.

Then what was different about the situation now with the situation back then?

He's gonna lose. He's gonna die here.

He had already promised to express his feelings for Kuro after this fight was over, but it seemed like it was impossible.

(A.. Why didn't I do it before?)

Negative emotions approached him. That's a regret. But at the same time, it was not only that that approached him. He also felt hatred and envy. On whom? Of course, to someone who gets everything he wants.

Laila Allein Fortisillein's.

That was when a question appeared in Charlmilia's head.

If he doesn't exist, he'll get everything he wants. And most importantly, right now it must be him who will be side by side with Kuro.

Yep. If only Laila had never been in the du-

As he was about to be swallowed by the darkness, he came to his senses. Everything that came to his mind was all wrong.

He realized what was more important than all his negative thoughts about Laila. More important is the fact that she and Laila both love Kuro.

Negative emotions instantly change with new ones. The stronger one. Which is less easily shaken. He has more power than anything in this world.

(Really. I hate him, I envy him. But all because we love Kuro)

And that's why he can't die. There's something he has to do no matter what happens.

With renewed determination, he took the rapier and held back Maria's slash.

"Sorry, I still want to live!?"

New strength and determination were seen from Charlmilia's eyes. At the same time he felt that the power that disappeared was now back full, even stronger. Even though he was restrained by the root of the sacred element, that power continued to grow and overflow.

Then he realized, his whole body was emitting lightning.

(Why can I still use magic? No. gabe. It's different. Than this magic.).

Although he did not know what phenomena were happening to his body, he did

He could fight with Maria using that power.

Unfortunately, Mary did not let Charlmilia enjoy her power.

Michael appeared and instantly slashed Charlmilia from the side. Charlmilia could not escape, so the only way was to resist the attack. But with what?

Without a doubt he used lightning to withstand Michael's attack. With the sacred elements Charlmilia's defense should be useless. But reality says something else.

"..."

Michael's attack was arrested. He survived.

While rejoicing and understanding of her power, Mary once again slashed Charlmilia with unimaginable strength and speed.

A loud explosion occurred and a figure shot out like a bullet. Even more times faster.

(Damn.. I can't stop.)

Charlmilia's body hit the building and pierced through it dozens of houses, no, not even more. He was finally able to stop after sticking a rapier on a path made of stone. At the same time, he stopped right before the territory of the nobles who were protected by walls and shields.

"Tch.. I can't believe I've been thrown this far. But.-"

He remembered that his body had received a direct hit from Maria's sword, but his body was completely unharmed.

"Sound.. What the hell is going on with me?"

He understood the power he could use against Maria, but he still did not understand how it worked.

[I think you're Queen, no, the real Miko. With this I will renew our contract as we agreed before.]

"Layer.."

[Don't be happy just yet. You still can't use our powers. You can only use no more than 20 percent now. Don't be arrogant just yet.]

Haha.. Charlmilia smiled wryly.

She was happy to finally become a Queen, but being told that she could only use the 20 percent power of a Queen really made her want to laugh.

But-the

(This is one step to be with Kuro)

With such a thought, he activated the Dragon Valkryie Gear. But that was when he realized there was something different about what he was wearing before.

In addition to the strength he felt increasing, golden lightning patterns appeared on his various armors. In addition there is an additional form such as wings that float on his back.

"It's.."

[Well.. You will be able to use it later. But for now it is not necessary. Lucky you've stayed away, with this I'll finish him off.]

"Huh?"

Charlmilia had no choice but to be dumbfounded. He even wanted to say what he saw was just an illusion.

In the sky, a bluish light dotted the sky filled with thunderclouds. Then in an instant the lightning cloud disappeared by the huge thunderbolt that formed a dragon monster whose entire body was made from a kilometer-long thunderbolt of destruction. And in the middle, Lapis flew with her mouth wide open like she was shooting something.

"ply.. What are you..."

Thunderclouds were thundering in his ears. This incredible natural occurrence is happening not only in the Phoenix capital, but also around the world.

[Hmphc.. This was what happened if the Dragon King started to seriously fight.]

Not knowing what really happened, but what Lapis did was already beyond human thought. The energy radiated is so great it exceeds human capabilities. And it makes people ask if there really is a creature that can use that much energy?

(So this is the power of the Dragon King?)

They are called the strongest not for a reason. Of course he had seen the power of Shapira and Ruby while in Dragonia, but he was aware. The strength they displayed back then was still only a small part.

Realizing she was in danger, Mary made a layered shield. Michael was also converted into a holy shield. This was the first time Maria had seriously defended herself from her opponent's attack. No doubt Lapis' attack was the most powerful attack that occurred in the battle this time.

"...h.uh.. Lapis, wait! Are you sure you fired that attack?"

[Don't worry. The city may disappear from the map, but the whole world will survive.]

Charlmilia's guess is correct. Even worse than he had imagined.

"I have to stop him. He's more dangerous than Maria."

But how? At the thought of that, Lapis had already attacked.

[Divine Dragon King Art ]

The light was shot out along with the sound of the cries of ferocious beasts. The thunder dragon fused with the attack core and gave the sight of a gigantic dragon that bestowed holy punishments on the world.

The attack that was able to eliminate the Phoenix city from the map was now sliding without anyone being able to prevent it. Except for

""

Mary's defense magic is active and rotating. Lapis' attack and Maria's defense clash and destroy each other.

A mighty force pierced through the five layers of defense like a paper piercing, then continued to occur until the seventh layer. After the tenth layer, Lapis' attack slowly began to slow down. Unfortunately, Maria's defense only had a few layers left.

[Don't think you can stop it with magic like that.]

And then, something unbelievable happened again. Lapis's attack slowed down, but that's when the core of the attack showed its true figure.

A giant fang.

[You can resist magic, but can you hold back the dragon fangs that are capable of killing gods?]

Maria's defenses were destroyed and Lapis' attack hit Maria. A huge explosion occurred simultaneously with the lightning splitting the land.

The shockwave destroyed everything within a 10-kilometer radius without any residue. Charlmilia could survive, but everything around her was destroyed.

With such great strength no doubt no one could have survived. But-the

[Bch.. Why is the sword in his hand?]

Lapis was not joking about the power that was able to wipe the Phoenix city off the map. Even his attack would be able to kill a god if it was hit directly.

But if you look at the results, it all looks like a mere empty joke.

Mary is still standing. Although one of his hands was cut off and some parts of his body were destroyed, he undoubtedly managed to survive and resist most of Lapis's attack power.

No, it's more appropriate to cut it in half. It was visible from the two large craters that appeared between him.

But how can it be?

The core of Lapis' attack was her own fangs that had god-killing power, but was it that easy to cut?

Answer's no.

unless he has a weapon stronger than dragon fangs.

"..."

Without a word, Mary drew the white sword towards Lapis. It was a challenge if the fight was still not over.