CHAPTER 124: PENTAGRAM DRAGON
XENON WINGATE
PRESENT DAY - 3 HOURS BEFORE THE ACTIVATION OF THE PSYCHIC AMPLIFIER
It really took ten minutes until the airships arrived on the foot of the towering Psychic Amplifier. There are about eight airships that came for our backup, including the emperor's royal ship. The island has been fully occupied by Alterra's military troops and neutralized all the Elysian threats. The dreadnought ships are already guarding the perimeter of this island, so our victory should've been guaranteed.
But somehow, I feel uneasy. Serena feels the same way too, as our heartbeats are quite acting weird and funny. It's like there's much more from this Psychic Amplifier that meets the eye.
When the Pentagram Knights, Danielle, and the emperor landed beside us, we immediately reported the situation. We told them that there is this weird magical energy coating the Psychic Amplifier that makes it eerie, and they confirmed that. Somehow, there is this psychic voice whispering to us to get the hell away from this island.
"Our objective is still the same." Emperor Elkyria said. "We have to save the empire… no, the whole world. We don't have a choice but to destroy this pillar right here and right now."
"Yes, your majesty." All of the dragon knights saluted, including me and Alphonse. Then all of us held our own chests as we shouted in a synchronized manner. "Activating Vesryn Pulse!"
Multi-colored lights flicker on the island, and several dragons ascend. There are so many dragon knights in this place that there is no way we could never destroy the Psychic Amplifier. But somehow, all of us felt that our power is underwhelming and not enough to lay waste on the target.
"DK One Squad, commence fire!" One of the Pentagram Knights shouted. On his mark, twenty dragons charged fireballs on their mouths and unleashed it to the spiraling tower. Explosions echoed, and the ground shook. The birds that were resting on the nearby sakura trees immediately migrated. But the Psychic Amplifier remains unscratched.
"DK Two Squad, commence fire!" When the second command was given, thirty dragons unleashed fireballs, and five of its airships launched heavy artillery. Such a powerful blast was enough to blow almost half of the sakura trees away, and there was a strong quake. However, the Psychic Amplifier remains undamaged.
"Limit Release! Exceed! Forge into a ray of light!" I shouted out loud as I poured my magical energy on my Nexus Dragon. In an instant, my dragon's wings were converted into a hologram-like transparent four wings, and its claws became like a razor clamp. Several hologram spikes spawned on my dragon's spine that is capable of gathering natural energy. Giant stag beetle-like horns were created on my dragon's cheek, making her a terrifying abomination when it opens its mouth. This form is now Serena's Nexus Blaster Dragon.
"All callsigns, all squads, commence fire!" The Pentagram Knight Jerick Fachias commanded, and all the dragon knights, airships, and even the dreadnoughts with ballistic missiles followed. A raging storm of explosions of fireballs, rockets, and mixed projectiles echoes around the ocean. The topography and the landscape immediately changed when all our attacks blasted on one single target.
"Full Burst!" I cried out loud as I created a gigantic cannon on my futuretech glove. With my signal, my Nexus Blaster Dragon charged electricity on its horns as it channels its ultimate attack on its mouth. We unleashed blue blasters in a synchronized manner that it swirled around in midair before hitting the psychic tower. "Hraaaaagggghhhhh!!!"
The bombardment of attacks went non-stop until it's the five-minute mark. All those explosion flashes are blinding in the eyes. All those noisy blasts are deafening in the ears. All those burning smells are painful in the nose. However, our attacks did not work at all. In fact, there's not even a scratch.
All we did was to dig a giant crater at the foot of the Psychic Amplifier. The crater was so deep that I think it's way lower than the sea level already.
"I-Impossible…" The Pentagram Knight Gerald muttered. "How are we supposed to destroy that thing?"
"Wait. Listen." Danielle Keine raised her hand, signaling everybody to stay silent.
As we obeyed the chocolate duchess's words, we finally realized what she was telling us. The Psychic Amplifier is beating. There is a strong sonar pulse with a pattern similar to a heartbeat. The spiral tower is very much alive, just like a human's and a dragonoid's heart.
"The Psychic Amplifier pulses…" The emperor muttered. "Is this thing alive after all?"
"No, your majesty. Psychic Amplifiers do have heartbeats, and it uses the same frequency of the Vesryn Pulse to mind control the targets. However, it seems that it's not using its pulses to control us the very least."
"It's set to unleash its mind-altering pulses once the cooldown is finished," I muttered.
"Hahaha!" Suddenly, the emperor made a geezer's laugh, as if he's amused on the predicament we're in. I thought he was the most serious about this operation, but now I think he's just joking all around. Not until I heard his encouraging words. "So if that thing is pulsing, all we have to do is to stop its pulse, right?"
"Right." I nodded.
"Worry not. I have the power to stop any heartbeats." The emperor stood tall on top of his royal airship.
I was about to argue on how the hell could he use his own Heartstopper Curse on a freaking tower. For the curse to work, the caster must squeeze the heart of the target, unless you have the Eye of Deus like Michael fucking Eldritch. I don't think that the Psychic Amplifier has a heart at all. It's a freaking magical machine that is supposed to unleash pulses mimicking a real heart.
Suddenly, the emperor of Alterra revealed his glowing sword; the one he used to fight Serena back in the Interrogation Center. At first look, everybody could conclude that the glowing sword is just for display purposes or for exhibition fights. But now that I have the chance to see its full power, I could say that he is the most powerful emperor of all.
"Dragon Splicer, Activate!" The emperor shouted as he blessed his sword in front of his face. "Pentagram Knights, I summon thee!!!"
"Yes, your majesty!" All the five Pentagram Knights urged their dragons to assemble around the emperor. With the Airstrike Dragon, Black Feather Dragon, Mystic Flame Dragon, Dark Samurai Dragon, and Quasar Dragon making a formation of a pentagram, the knights Gerald Luciello, Errol Fizarro, Marlon Trystgade, Christian Reines, and Jerick Fachias revealed their own swords and raised up high. The knights spoke in synchrony as their swords glowed. "Pentagram Seal Rescinded!"
"Unleashing Ultimate Vesryn Pulse! Pentagram Knights, Affirmation Start!"
As soon as the emperor shouted, all the swords glowed and unleashed a laser light that formed a large magical pentagram with the emperor at the center. Almost-Infinite magical energy gathered around him, the Pentagram Knights, and the dragons altogether.
"This is a fight praying for victory." The emperor muttered as he entered his own subconscious.
"Accepted." Gerald Luciello said as his Airstrike Dragon glowed.
"This is a fight praying for our future." The emperor said.
"Accepted." Errol Fizarro said as his Black Feather Dragon glowed.
"This is a fight praying for the preservation of the empire." The emperor whispered.
"Accepted." Marlon Trystgade said as his Mystic Flame Dragon glowed.
"This is a fight praying for the salvation of the innocent lives." The emperor said.
"Accepted." Christian Reines said as his Dark Samurai Dragon glowed.
"This is a fight praying for the triumph against evil." The emperor said.
"Accepted." Jerick Fachias said as his Quasar Dragon glowed.
"All Five Pentagram Knights have made their affirmation! O holy dragon, heed my call! Shatter the heavens and purify this earth as I summon the ultimate guardian of the planet of Alterra!" Emperor Sirius Elkyria shouted out loud as he forced his lungs to its limit. He unleashed magical energy beyond reading that his own body glowed.
At that very moment, all five dragons were converted into huge balls of light that spiraled through the skies. When the five dragons collide and form into one single gigantic glowing light, the clouds gave way. The skies darkened, and the thunderous roars of space echoed. A divine being descends with its ultimate form.
A dragon with five heads, two large wings, gigantic body, muscular arms and feet, razor claws, towering about a hundred meters high descends from the skies. Its five heads represents all the five dragons it fused from, and each of the heads shelters their Pentagram Knights on the orb on each of its foreheads. The ultimate dragon has a white body but dark adamantine scales. There is a glowing Pentagram Seal on its chest, and at the center of the seal is a red V sigil. I would never mistake this ultimate being for anything other than the legendary Pentagram Dragon.
Among all the countries, this is the one everybody feared. The Pentagram Dragon is the sole reason why the empire of Alterra is almost impossible to defeat. Even Michael fucking Eldritch avoided confronting this dragon at all, and instead planned it to become his own weapon. There is no way any creature in existence can defeat its brute force, not even Sakuradrop's eight-headed serpent. The Pentagram is made to synchronize five dragon's hearts, five dragon knights' hearts, and the emperor's heart altogether, which completely beats that flower witch's eight mutilated hearts.
"GRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" The synchronized echoing roar of the Pentagram Dragon's five heads gave its sign of supreme authority.
"This is a fight praying to save the world!" The emperor mightily pointed his Dragon Splicer sword towards the spiraling Psychic Amplifier. "Pentagram Dragon, unleash all fury! Activate Supreme Death Ray!"
All the five heads of the Pentagram Dragon charged dark energy in its mouth and unleashed it relentlessly towards the tower. Such a powerful attack, imbued with the dark powers of the Heartstopper Curse, immediately stopped the pulse of the Psychic Amplifier. And without any resistance, the spiral tower was gone, evaporated to nothing but dust that danced in the air.