Despite the voice echoing out on the field, our majimonsters still rushed towards one another. That fact however did not stop the sudden appearance of a bizarre looking majimonster. Quicker than a lightning strike,but more graceful than a feather, a weird bird majimonster had suddenly descended in-between the two charging groups of monsters.
[Well, this went from a rousing romp to utterly horrifying in a couple of minutes], Voxea commented on the sudden appearance of the bird majimonster.
The monster in question didn't exactly look to be incredibly strong, in fact it looked elegantly wword. It had long golden and silver feathers, long legs that looked powerful and graceful, a sharp beak that reminded me of a spear and three feathers that reminded me of a crystal crown. However...all of these details composed what basically reminded me of a long chicken. Of course, I couldn't appreciate any of this due to the immense magical power pressing down on my very existence.
It was like staring down the Grim Shrieker all over again except ten times worst. I could feel a scream building up in my throat, until-
[Don't say a peep Silvia. Look around you. Everyone else is not as terrified as you're feeling].
Everyone else seemed to be only reacting to the monsters' appearance, namely shock, awe and admiration, I appeared to be the only one noticing the power it was radiating. I quickly swallowed my fear before putting on a brave/annoyed facade.
[Why isn't anyone else freaking out over...whatever this thing is]?!
[Probably due to you and me being the only ones with enough aether sensitivity to notice], Voxea commented,[... it's fascinating].
[Fascinating]?
[Take a look with your Dragon's Eye. See why].
[...oh].
The monster in question was simply known as [Bosstrich], a basic affinity majimonster. I had no description of it because this was the first time I had ever heard of it, but Voxea's notes stated that it was a rather peculiar flightless bird majimonster that could command other species of bird majimonsters, due to its creator, [The Feathered Overlord], having a fondness for ostriches. However, none of that really mattered due to the Bosstrich's grade being [Diamond]...the highest possible grade for a majimonster to reach.
[Oh crap].
[What more interesting is that its supressing its aether to the point only someone like you or me can detect something like this and why everyone else is so unusually calm. On top of that, it's at least three,no, five times stronger than when I was alive!], Voxea explained excitedly.
[Why is that making you excited]?!
[Because it means there's no idea what my limit is now! Also, the Bosstrich is about to make a move, think fast]!
[Oh crap]!
As our majimonsters were about to clash with Diamondas', the Bosstrich lazily gazed at both of the charging sides.
"Impudent hatchlings. Cease your roughhousing", a deep authorative boomed across the courtyard. Everyone else looked confused at where the voice was coming from, my friends, opponents and I could clearly see it was coming from the Bosstrich!
[Of course it can talk...].
In the next moment, all of our monsters' techniques suddenly fizzled out and they were stopped dead in their tracks...or to be more accurate, they got smashed into the ground. When I finally registered what had happen to Azalea, I felt a huge amount of backlash from the bond! It was like getting kicked in the stomach by a horse, and from the looks of it, none of my friends were spared either.
"How in the name of heaven"?!
"What technique is that"?!
"That was either insane speed or a mental technique"!
"Maybe I saw its wing twitch"?
"Its beak"?
Evidently, they were all wrong. It didn't use its beak, wings, legs or mental abilities to take down our monsters, rather, it just released its supressed aether for a split second.
[Enforcement Aura. I haven't seen that in centuries], Voxea commented with a low whistle.
[Enforcement Aura]?
[It's an old maji trick, it's basically a showy display of force. The mother aether your body could produce and hold, the more powerful an aura you could release. Depending on who was on the receiving end... well, you can see for yourself].
I looked back at the Bosstrich standing over the defeated pile of monsters like a warlord or a tyrant or...a boss.
"Well then, thank you Archimedes".