The Book Of Flowers
Seren Down from the Air
*GROYOW!!*
That deafening loud roar left everyone shocked
The extremely powerful wind magic suddenly brought flying every shadow of Jael that was around them in an instant
Powerful wind magic. Veskal wondered who cast the wind magic?
'Vescal!'
"This voice...!"
Veskal's eyes immediately sparkled as he recognized the familiar voice
"Cool!? Where're you?!"
Once again the wind blew, but a little slower than the wind magic
'I'm on my way, but I can't go fast because of this fat body. So fly towards the Forest Gate as quickly as possible to reduce our distance!'
"Good!" Veskal replied, before looking the other way. "Everybody listen to me! Seren is flying in here! So we have to reduce our distance to him!" He also explained to others
"Understand! Towards Miralius!"
They were again accelerating their flying speed
"cool? Who's that?" Eleanor asked curiously
"Eldwyrm Seren's. He is the dragon that controls the wind and also the protector of the entrance of Miralius"
"Dragon? That thing should have gone extinct hundreds of years ago"
"I also thought so at first, but you will see the truth of my words with your own eyes"
"..."
Keep flying. If he could close the distance between them and Seren, everything would be fine. He's sure of it
Nothing else will happen after that
"Quick! Don't miss it!"
Veskal kept shouting motivational words to keep them flying
Not long after, they meet Seren
"It's cool!!!" Veskal exclaims
"LOOK BEHIND YOU!"
"!!!"
A great many black auras started chasing them. The shadow of Jael
"DEPLOY THEM TO ME!!"
*GROBUREN!*
He again roared loudly and the wind instantly attacked the black aura that was chasing after the Veskal crowd
But there are still many of them that are not missing. And even more than before
Not dozens. Not dozens. The number may reach more than 100
"Wine! SEREN!!"
A black aura stopped in front of them, and gave rise to the form of Jael
But Eleanor immediately took out her jewel and made Jael's shadow disappear
"They are weaker than the real thing" Eleanor muttered
"That means, the more shadows there are, the less power each of them has!" He then triggered
"Sylph Force. I beg you to attack them while we move. They must be much weaker than the real ones right now, so your own wind magic should be enough" Veskal gave the direction
"Understand!"
They also did exactly as they said. With that tactic, every approaching shadow was instantly fended off by them easily
Because the weakness of his shadow had been realized, Jael also used another way. Throwing magic at them
"Revelation!"
Once again Eleanor threw her magic jewel to fend off the barrage
But it was not enough, so he had to throw the latter as well
The sudden attack was successful and gave time for the Sylphs to realize it
"Thank God you saved some" Veskal praised
"Thank God it could dispel the attack earlier" Eleanor replied in an agitated tone
*twush!*
"Now, leave it to me" Seren said, then flew past the crowd that Veskal was carrying
"It's cool!!!"
"fly away! I've installed the wind blessing all around you! So no need to worry about their attacks anymore and fly away!"
Veskal gaped uneasily at Seren who was ready to face the chasing shadows, as all the children chuckled in amazement at the sight of a dragon like Seren
Veskal once again just kept quiet. For the first time he felt...
...
If he shouldn't have followed that order
......................
-- In the meantime ----
"Urgh...!"
"Mr Zaphir! You are awake!" A Sylph exclaimed at Zaphir who was starting to wake up
Zaphir tried to sit up, but the stabbing pain in his head left him barely able to do so
He also realized something, when it was fully awake even though he still felt a throbbing pain in his head
"... Waitie? What the hell's going on?" Ask Zaphir for a moment
"They... Will safe... Uhuk!"
He looked at the voice that answered him, and was wide-eyed when he realized I was beside him
I who was lying next to Zaphir only smiled faintly because my body was still injured
"Oberon's? What happened to you!? Explain to me!"
He shook my body. But I just brushed his hand off slowly
"Don't you see what I'm sick with...?" I retaliated. "That damn thing. He really made my whole body feel broken..."
I pointed to my head too. Zaphir's eyes immediately widened
"One of the petals came off... That's why I'm in so much pain all the time - Uhuk!"
"But... You're not gonna be anything, are you?"
"What matters is that there are still flower petals, I'll still be fine"
12 petals of my crown. One of them had already been removed due to Yael's attack. That means my body is receiving too much pain at one time
Damnit... Though I can withstand a bullet attack on the head, but my petals even come off at a time like this
I need to rest now. Next time, I will definitely be more careful with that person
Huh... Though I thought I could deal with it, I was wrong. Yael's strength is on par with mine. He had always hidden his full strength all along
But I'm curious. Why is he so strong. There was no ordinary human being capable of becoming that strong
Or maybe...
He's not human at all...?
...
But... If he's not human, then...
...
Then-and!
Oh no...!
Oh God. What have I done...?
I sent Seren to the den of death...!!
......................
"O black witch!! Stop whatever you are doing!! This is the order of the Elf King! Get out of the way, or face my anger!" Seren warned
"Huh? A dragon tried to stop me? Your king must be kidding~ Ahahaha!"
The Hundreds of Shadows began to laugh at Seren with various echoing sounds
"You underestimated me too much! I will warn you once more, black witch!"
"... No. gabe. I must refuse. They took something that was needed by the master I served
Just like you, I just want to run the orders"
"... Then good
I'll carry out my orders now!"
Seren started roaring, then flew round in the air. Slowly, a typhoon formed and began to sweep cleanly towards the shadows
They began to dodge, but most were completely fruitless and sucked into the wind
Seeing the many shadows that had been sucked, Seren flew through the wind with his wings widened. It also made the entire shadow within the range of its wings disappear instantly
After convincing that the shadows were wiped out, he stopped the typhoon and glanced in the air
"So you're the real one"
"..."
They stared long enough. The violent wind that had just swept away the entire shadow even began to turn into a light breeze
"... Hmph. I can't believe there's still anything left in the world"
"Hm?"
"Oh sorry. I didn't mean to offend, but wasn't that true?
Dragons and Eldwyrm should have been extinct since the battle of the spirit brothers, right?"
"..."
"... Oh, so!
You ran away like a coward apparently. Let all your people die! Ahahaha! But-"
*BRAK!*
The wind magic shot towards Yael, but he blocked it easily as if it was just a passing wind
"Let me finish talking~!"
"I'm not interested in that sassy tongue of yours. If your head is removed, I'll make sure it won't be left out"
"ahaha! Angar~? Poor~~"
If he says he's not angry, Seren must be lying. But he still has to stay focused. The opponent in front of him
-- Not human at all
He could sense that as the surrounding wind started to stir as if escaping from the black mage. As if... There was something cynical behind his opponent's entire existence
That bright but cold look... It was the gaze of a poisonous snake. But he's not a snake at all
"You know what, dragon? Wind magic. They are the easiest magic to resist. Wh why? Because they give very clear signs before they hit something"
"... What is your purpose in saying that?"
"can't understand? I'm just saying...
If you'd be an easy meal"
"Curtain!"
The fight began. Wind magic began to spew everywhere, trying to chase after Yael. But the effort was in vain. The wind magic was easily repelled by Yael
"Hmph! You're great at being able to ward off basic magic, then feel this!"
"Wah~ Dragon Race turned out to be arrogant too ya~?"
Seren also began to close his eyes while absorbing all the Mana around
Oh great wind spirit. Be unto all my enemies, and show thy mighty roar. Rage, and make nothing left. Suck them into your death vortex! The Wind of Void!
The swift began to form a hurricane that coiled around them. But that wind was not at all similar to the typhoon he had emitted earlier
That wind
he formed into a creature
"Holy level wind magic...?" Yael looked up at the terrible creature before him
The creature that resembled the hurricane began to glance towards Yael. He started to come closer and sucked everything around
But, despite seeing all things begin to vanish in the typhoon, Yael just stood there. Silence does not move
"Even if you replace yourself with that cheap shadow, this thing won't disappear until it kills the man I want!" Seren called out to Yael
He grinned happily, assuming that this was his victory. And when he saw Yael being absorbed by that hurricane, he breathed a sigh of relief
But not too long
He glanced back to respond to Yael who was suddenly standing behind him. However, he was surprised when he noticed a mark that began to form on the back of Yael's left hand
"I'm sick of you" Yael said
The sign was increasingly formed, and finally showed its form
A sign with a form that he never forgot since the war of thousands of years. The mark of a Duke-level demon, Bathin
"You-you!"
"That's enough! Stoptalking. My mission has failed, so it's best if I kill someone before I leave"
That is indeed the mark of a demon. Not wrong anymore. The demons have incredible power
"It's only natural that you can't be killed easily. Your descendant turns out to be a rotten demon who only knows how to trick someone"
"... Noisy. Who asked you to talk?"
Their eyes once again clashed. But this time -
-- Seren knows he can't do anything anymore
"What you want to get out of it, is an absolute curse, isn't it?"
"..."
"... Yes already...
Attack me as hard as you can, son of Bathin!"
"... With pleasure. And I should praise you too, Eldwyrm Seren of Miralius"
In the next second, Yael made just one move. Slipping movement using the back of his left hand. An invisible black aura shot towards Seren quickly eyeing his heart
The Sylphs who had been with me finally arrived to help Seren, led by Amelia whom I had been forcing since. But they're late...
In the next second they arrived, Seren came down from the air, smashing into the ground causing a great tremor
