Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Most Hated Thing

"After learning that it was the Trident, the head of the Azure family planned to hand it over to the imperial side. Anyhow something like that is something we can't handle. We all agree with that decision. That day the Azure family did experience a loss, but when compared to their achievements, it was worth it."

In the empire, achievement was the most important thing besides strength. Although powerful, if it had no achievements, people in the empire were tantamount to trash.

Achievement in successfully obtaining the Cursed Arm would definitely earn great rewards. Not only that, the position of the Azure family would rise and that meant their loss would quickly recover. No, it'll be bigger than before.

"But for some reason, the head of the family suddenly abandoned his intentions and chose to use the Trident for the Azure family."

Sebas' expression was so helpless and filled with regret.

Riku can't beat Sebas. As a servant of the family, Sebas had no power to stop the intentions of the head of the family.

"I understand that the current situation is related to the Trident, but I still don't understand the extent of the bad situation. Can you explain further?"

Riku knew that the Cursed Arm was a trouble-carrying existence, but he still did not quite understand the extent of the trouble it could cause.

Since childhood he was often told to read books by his father and mother, it was a pity that he preferred to spend time with Lunaris and that made his knowledge of history far behind.

If he comes home, maybe he should read a book.

"sure.." Reply Sebas while nodding.

He then continued.

"Different from the other Cursed Arm Sins series, Trident is arguably one of the most powerful and unique. Especially if used at the right time and place. That's why, you could say the Trident found by the Azure family at that time was a huge gift that was priceless. It's not strange that at that time the head of the family decided not to give the Trident to the empire."

Riku wasn't stupid enough to not understand what he meant.

"Well matching elements?"

Just like normal Arm and Beast, Cursed Arm also had elements that matched their strength. The Skullia Crystal that appeared 15 years ago had the element of fire.

The Trident opposite the Skullia Crystal, the Trident element was water matching the magic element of the Azure family.

"Then will you use the Trident directly? It can't be, right?"

"Of course not. We're not that stupid. The Trident is known as the Cursed Arm not only because it has the power to enhance its magic users only." Sebas gave a small sigh. "There's a legend that says that the Trident is an unrivalled Cursed Arm in the ocean, it's not an empty legend, but reality. But the legend also mentions something else about the Trident's power. One of them is increasing the capacity of the pool where a witch."

"!?"

Hearing that Riku was immediately serious and at the same time in disbelief.

But if that was true, it explained why the Azure family could recover so quickly and become stronger than before.

"The "members we chose were training in a room with a special magic formation. That way our family members increased strength quickly as they are today. In addition, there are no side effects from this exercise. You can imagine if our family continued to rely on this to increase the strength of our family."

He can, but he doesn't want to imagine it.

In this world the hard thing for a witch is not to create new magic. Even new magic appears every year. The difficult thing was to raise the pool where the witch belonged.

Which pool determines how much magic energy the magician has. The larger the mana pond, the more and more powerful magic they could use. And of course the potential possessed would be greater than that of a witch with a smaller mana pool.

Although it is difficult, increasing the capacity of any pool is not impossible. But that way is known as the extreme way and spend a lot of time.

If the Trident could increase the capacity of the mana pond in a short period of time without causing any side effects, it would make the Trident owner unrivaled not only in the ocean, but also in the ocean, but it will also be able to build an unparalleled great power.

Let alone being the number one family in the empire, if it continued, the Azure family might just be able to rule the empire.

"We are very happy with the results. We understand why the head of the family at that time chose to keep the Trident instead of handing it over to the empire. We are truly blessed by heaven."

Sebas was so emotional and showed such pure happiness. But quickly that expression turned into deep sadness.

"Unfortunately, we're too naive. Trident is referred to as one of the Cursed Arm is not without reason. There were no side effects for the magician who practiced using the Trident, but the Trident made the practicing heart fall into darkness. They can't stop training and keep trying to improve their strength. This was also true of the Azure family's daughter who received the most power from the Trident. That wish eventually triggered another wish and eventually left the Azure family split apart."

Riku did not hide his surprise. This was only the first time he had heard of the conflict within the Azure family.

The conflict of one of the great families in the empire would definitely attract attention, but no news of anything made Riku realize that there was a party who wanted it hidden.

Question, who?

"The Azure family is currently able to carry out their duties in the empire without any problems, but behind all that, the Azure family is currently divided. The party who wants to continue the exercise, the party who wants to stop the exercise because it is aware of the dangers caused by the Trident and the party who wants to control the power of the Trident. If this situation continues, it won't take long until the Azure family will be destroyed."

Riku didn't really care whether the Azure family was destroyed or not. In a family empire like Azure was not a bit.

One thing that interested Riku.

"Controlling Trident? Control the Cursed Arm? Is that guy stupid?"

Sebas did not answer and only made a bitter smile.

"Controlling the Cursed Arm does sound stupid, but it doesn't happen for no reason. The Trident that brought the matter was finally decided to be sealed forever. What happened also made the head of the Azure family realize that he had made a foolish decision. He realized he couldn't avoid imperial punishment, but it was better than watching his sons kill each other."

As a person who has many brothers, Riku quite often makes conflicts with them. But it was only a fight between brothers. He could never imagine what made someone kill their own brother.

"But poor, as if God didn't want him to survive, the most unwanted thing happened. The Trident chose young master Adam as his container."

"!?"

Riku could not hide his surprise. This was the least he expected.

At first he thought the worst thing was that the Azure family wanted to bring a trouble-carrying object to Panese city silently, but he did not expect it to be in something else.

"Say that it's just a joke!!"

Riku is really serious. He was also angry that he did not expect a child like Adam would have bad luck from being involved with the Cursed Arm.

"I'd rather it be a joke, but it's reality. Thanks to the Trident choosing young master Adam, now all his brothers intend to kill him. The head of the family who did not know what to do finally decided to ask for help from the people he trusted, and that is why we Panese city quietly. "

Riku was finally able to see the dots that started to connect with each other.

The Azure family that was supposed to be in the imperial sea region went to a land territory far away from where they came from. Just a little boy with a two-man escort.

If you think about it, it's strange and unnatural.

Riku's head instantly dizzy as he subconsciously got involved with a big problem. He sighed deeply and tried to calm down. At least the current situation is under control.

"alright. I-i understand. What matters now, where's Adam?"

Trident issues can be thought of later. The most important thing is Adam's salvation.

"After the wyvern attack, I sent him to Panese city with instant teleportation magic with Ana. You can calm down. Ana is a strong and trustworthy maid."

Riku's eyes twitched. He was eager to hit Sebas after hearing that.

They are on a mission to escort the man who became the seed of disaster someday (maybe) and Sebas let the man go? Is your brain sane?

But now it's clear. The instant teleportation magic that Riku discovered did not belong to the enemy. Then considering that each city had a barrier preventing teleportation magic, the instant teleportation they used was already tailor-made.

It seems like everything was well prepared.

It was at that moment that the airship again trembled due to the attack from the wind dragon.

The captain panicked and almost fell due to the great shock. And that's not the only thing that makes him panic.

"Wine. The protective energy arrived suddenly reduced rapidly. If the dragon attacks again, we will only be able to withstand two more attacks."

Sebas and Riku were still calm. Although the ship's shield was destroyed, they both had the power to defeat the dragon without having to hurt it.

The problem now is to solve the problem about the intruder.

(Lunaris, I trust you.)

Riku then moved from where he left.

"Where are you going?"

"Just talk."

Fire wings shaped dragon wings appeared on Riku's back and carried him flying out from the ship's protector.

"..."

Seeing the wings appear on Riku's back made Sebas shocked. Fire, lightning, and wind element magicians could be said to be magicians who could use flying magic easily as long as their magic energy was sufficient and learn flying magic.

But when I saw Riku fly. Sebas did not feel any strong magic energy at all. He felt Riku's wings as if they were a part of him that he could use at will.

As he realized, he met a surprising person.

Meanwhile, Helen and the others could not see when Lunaris was hit by an enemy attack. They realize that their enemy is stronger than they think.

If Lunaris can't win, how can they?

"Hm.... That's unsurprising... "

But as if Helen and the others' concerns were not so important, Lunaris bounced back with a flat face. He felt that what happened just now was not dangerous.

"!?"

Not only them, the enemy was also shocked.

As an assassin, using Arm and Beast was a last resort as it would instantly reveal his true identity. It's the same as suicide.

To prevent that, assassins usually used weapons made with powers equivalent to Arm or more.

The witch's body itself has a magic protector that makes them not easily injured by ordinary weapons. But receiving unharmed attacks from special weapons, what was Lunaris' skin made of?

"I'm lazy to play again."

Lunaris casually threw Riku's sword on the floor. Lunaris right hand gave off a black aura and slowly formed claws and scales like those of a dragon.

"So he's getting serious."

Helen was not so surprised by the changes that had happened to Lunaris.

As one of the most famous disciples in the Flame Academy, Lunaris' strength was quite famous.

That Dragon Transformation was Lunaris' power.

Rumor has it that with that power Lunaris was able to turn into a dragon. But so far no one has been able to confirm the truth of the rumors because Lunaris rarely uses her power.

Feeling in danger, the enemy's magic pressure began to increase. He also created a protector around him.

"Dragon's Slicer!!"

Lunaris darted and reappeared behind the enemy. It moved so fast that no one knew what was happening.

Not long after, the enemy guards suddenly disappeared. Simultaneously, the enemy's body was split into pieces of flesh.

Helen and the others felt nauseous and wanted to vomit to see what they had just seen. Killing is not unusual in the lives of witches, but it is the first time Helen and others have seen murder in person and so cruelly.

"He's weaker than I thought."

Unlike them, Lunaris looks so ordinary. He even approached the corpse of the enemy and searched for something amidst the remaining lumps of flesh of the enemy.

"W-what are you looking for?"

Helen's approaching. Although the nausea was unbearable, he held back because he felt that what Lunaris was doing was completely unusual.

"A clue. Maybe you don't know, even if it looks weak, but this guy can kill an A rank magician easily."

Helen shudders. If what Lunaris said was true, then if Helen and the others were against that person, they would be suicidal. Helen realized that she owed her life to Lunaris.

"People who carry out assassination missions like this are definitely not ordinary people. He knew that Adam was being escorted by a Master, but he did it anyway. If he's not stupid, then there's another possibility, which is that they have the confidence to succeed."

Like finding what he was looking for, Lunaris took something from the corpse. It was a skull medal of copper.

Lunaris smiled and threw the medal at Helen.

Helen was shocked and disgusted that the medal was full of blood and flesh. But when he looked back at the medal, he instantly turned deathly pale.

"What's that...?"

Guy approached and saw the medal in Helen's hand.

"This is the symbol of the Hades Hall members."

"Hades Hall's? Aren't you wrong?"

Helen shook her head.

Guy instantly turned deathly pale and lost the spirit that had always been seen to him.

Hades Hall is known as the largest and most feared assassin organization in the Orladist. Their members are made up of witches with great powers who are ruthless and willing to do anything to carry out their mission.

There wasn't much information about Hades Hall unless they were divided into three classes. The lowest and weakest was Copper, the second Silver, the highest and strongest was Gold.

The medal in Helen's hand was a symbol of their members. From the materials and colors, it could be known that their enemies were only the weakest members of Hades Hall. The weakest members alone could kill an A rank magician. What would happen if they fought Silver or Gold members?

"You don't have to worry so much about what hasn't happened. The most important thing now is to make sure that our mission goes well."

The words of Lunaris awakened them. Indeed, the background of the enemy is quite scary, but because it ensures the identity of the enemy, then this is not something that needs to be worried about by magic school students like them.

"ahahahahah.. Miss Lunaris is right. Since the enemy has been eliminated, then we need not worry anymore about the existence of the enemy."

Guy came back cheerful as if everything that was feared had never existed at all.

Many think Guy's a fool. Hades Hall is famous not because they have strong members only, but because once a target Hades Hall, then the target's life will be finished off. Today they were up against a Copper level member, but tomorrow maybe they would fight Silver or Gold.

The only way to be free from Hades Hall is to carry out the mission immediately. But knowing a child like Adam was a target for Hades Hall made Helen sick. He wanted to do something, but protecting himself was difficult, let alone protecting others.

If only he had more power.

He glanced towards Lunaris. It must be nice to have great power. He can do whatever he wants.

Meanwhile, Riku faced off against the raging wind dragon. He managed to keep the wind dragon away from the airship, but he was not at all happy.

"Why are you doing all this?"

Riku doesn't speak for himself, but he communicates with the wind dragon.

The ability to communicate with dragons was one of the Dragonoid unique abilities he possessed. In addition he also has the ability to detect the presence of dragons as far as 50 kilometers more. This was the reason why he knew that there were wind dragons intercepting their airships.

But it was only a small ability of a figure known as the only Dragonoid in the Orladist.

As a person who obtained the blessing of one of the supreme dragon gods, he had a position on par with the Dragon King in the eyes of ordinary dragons. In other words, a dragon other than the Dragon King would obey and respect him.

Without giving orders, ordinary dragons would feel fear and submission to Riku, but the wind dragon facing him at this moment would give no respect or fear at all.

Riku was not at all happy with this situation. Not because he felt disrespected, but he realized that the dragon was not in normal condition.

There are several reasons why this situation occurs. The first is because the dragon was likely possessed by someone who was carrying out the orders of its owner. Dragons like this can usually still be invited to communicate.

But the dragon was completely unable to communicate and continued to rage.

"Khhhh!!"

Riku moved his teeth. He realized that right now the dragon was in the situation he hated the most.

The dragon was brainwashed and forcefully controlled to the point of not having the slightest will.

He had no choice but to defeat her with absolute strength.

"Level 2!!"

Magic energy gathered from all directions towards Riku. This was one of the dragon's abilities, but as a Dragonoid, Riku could also use that technique, even dozens of times better and faster than ordinary dragons.

The magic energy formed claws on the hands and feet, long tails and horns that were like those of a dragon. Riku's pupils also turned into dragon eyes. When viewed from afar, Riku's current figure was like one who was in the middle of a dragon aura.

With his new strength, he could currently deal with a Master without any difficulty. That wind dragon only had power on par with an S rank mage, at most on par with an SS rank mage.

With a few hits and punches, Riku quickly defeated the wind dragon and threw it into the forest violently.

The dragon roared in pain. Tried to move, but Riku did not let it go and crushed her so hard that she was finally unconscious.

Riku let out a heavy sigh as the most troublesome stage was finally completed without any problems. Even though he struck hard, he controlled his strength to the point of not harming the wind dragon so much.

(Now, let's see.).

Riku approached the dragon's head and touched it. He connected his mind with the dragon to find out what happened so that the dragon was like this.

Riku was taken aback when he could only see some vague and blurry memories. It was as if the memories of the dragon were forcibly erased.

The one thing that was most obvious when Riku saw, the dragon was visited by several people. And after that, his memory became dark black.

After knowing there was no more information he could get from the dragon, he retracted his consciousness. Whatever he was doing right now was useless due to the lack of clues.

It was just that he could not hide his anger at the figure who did all this to the dragon.

Dragons are known as monsters, but they are more than that. They are arguably one of the most powerful and intelligent races surpassing humans. In fact, if they had a humanoid form, perhaps humans would not be able to rule the world as it is today.

As a Dragonoid, Riku knew that the existence of dragons had a very important role in the world. He also understood the real reason why in the empire the existence of dragons was something that should not be disturbed no matter what.

The person who does all this will bring disaster to humans if it continues to be left unchecked.

Riku then intends to go to Lunaris and others. Since they were close to Panese city, he would hand the dragon over to the Knight there.

But yet to fly, he felt magic energy gathering on the dragon's body. Then, the dragon exploded leaving only a crater 30 meters over.