With one beat of it's wings, the Welsh Dragon accelerated toward me at an alarming speed.
It rammed me head on, carrying me a good distancing before spinning around and slamming me into a massive crater using its jagged, armored tail.
"AUGH!!!"
It hurts so bad, yet my lower half feels completely numb.
Numb...my back, it shattered the lower part of my spine. Coupled with my shattered bones, I was bleeding excessively from various parts of my body.
HP: 1,245/16,000
Heal damnit!
After about 25 seconds, I was back at full health. But that doesn't mean any of that hurt any less than it did.
"What the hell is an Emperor Welsh Dragon?"
"I don't know much about them other than the fact that they're a primordial extinct species. They supposedly ruled over the ancient world, but Vanessa has a sample of it somehow, so that must insinuate something."
I'm dealing with an unknown force here, not only is it fast, but it can practically one-shot me!
I stood up from the crater, when danger signals suddenly rang all over my body.
I turned my attention upward to face a sky of hellfire.
As each shot rained down, explosions began filling the area around me.
Using Wind-Magic and Martial Arts, I could dodge, parry, and hop off of various blast, gradually climbing into the sky.
As soon as I cleared the sky, I came face to face with the dragon once again.
Some how, I managed to catch it off guard and deliver my strongest punch straight to it's temple. Using wind and fire magic, I added extra an extra kick with an explosion of my own.
I flew under the dragon, launching a blade of wind at its under belly, leaving a small gash.
The dragon's head recoiled as it let out an rage embedded roar that seemed to ignite the air around it.
It shot of more blast of fire, the I flew in between at high speeds.
It's roar subsided as it lowered it head to look at me. The slits that were its pupils narrowed and puffs of smoke left its nostrils.
I think I pisses it off.
The air suddenly changed somehow. Its like that smell you get when it's about to rain...ozone?
The gaps in between the dragon's scales began to glow as sparks of electricty crackled from it.
A fiery, yet electrified golden, orange-ish aura eminated from the dragon.
Erythro chimed in. "It's using Draconic Aura, this could be extremely troublesome. Its abilities will be greatly boosted for some time."
As Erythro finished talking, a bolt of lightning shot out from the dragon, hitting me dead on.
It felt like I was being stabbed all all over, effectively locking me in place.
It hurts like hell but I have a feeling there's worse to come, so I can't just sit still.
What the hell are the stats on this thing?!
Apprai-
Before I could even open the menu to view its stats, a gigantic sphere of destruction covered everything in sight.
It just kept growing, never ceasing. Wait a minute, it's coming straight for me.
I see now. The dragon locked me in place using electricity only to blast me with it's finishing attack.
The calamity hit me dead-center.
I put my arms out foward, using a combination of numerous different magics.
For one thing, I was constantly applying healing magic so I wouldn't distegrate. On top of that, I was using wind magic, fire magic, body enhancement, and spatial magic to at least attempt to hold my demise off.
I wanted this, so I can't blame anyone else but myself if I die. But can't Vanessa hold back a little!?
My efforts weren't working, the only thing it was doing was burning my mana away.
HP: 9,456/16,000
MP: 1,218/3,500
This is bad, I can't teleport away, because of my panicked state. I can't use max-charge because my other activation skills are at work.
Shit!!! My clothes were beginning to burn away into the embers of the flame.
As the pyrosphere carried me further and further away, the very real possibility of death dawned on me.
HP: 4,564/16,000
MP: 643/3,500
"No, not like this! I can't let it all end here! Damnit all to hell!!! Come on, this can't be my limit!"
Fighting against my envitable death, I heard a familiar, atrocious voice.
"Ahahaha! Look at you fighting for your life! You shouldn't have gotten involved with me boy! Such fragile magic is simple to take control of once my magic has infiltrated it."
Lilith! So she's behind this freak of nature insane power.
I don't have time to talk to her.
"PISS OFF!!!" I yelled in pain and frustration.
I could here her throwing a tantrum, but I ignored her.
My vision began to blur, and my body only got weaker. Meanwhile, the dragon's blast had barely lost any power.
Oh...there it is...I'm out of mana.
The blast consumed me entirely, and my flesh began to char almost immediately.
I had no more strength. "Hey Erythro, I'm sorry for getting us killed."
That's all I could say.
"..." Erythro said nothing.
As death reached out to touch me, the familiar red goo came out of my body and attempted to envelop my it.
"Erythro, what are you doing?" I asked in confusion.
Erythro was being burned away little by little in a futile attempt to keep us alive.
"Hey...stop," I said.
Erythro didn't listen. Damnit!
Come on, think! What else is there to do?! If I don't act now, Erythro will die for my stupidity!
After maybe 10 seconds, I thought of an idea, but there's no guarantee it'll work. Yet, it's still a lot better than letting Erythro and I die in vain.
With the little bit of mana I recovered, I linked mana with the maelstrom of fire swallowing us and slowly began absorbing it's mana via my absorbtion skill.
Pain shot through my body instantaneously. It was like dying over and over again, never a moment of relief, just constant pain, but I can't let up.
The energy the seemed limitless moments earlier began to dwindle ever so slightly. It's working, but I'm afraid I might pass out from pain before I can fully mitigate the blast.
Come on! We're almost there!
Just then, another idea came to mind. If I can utilize the berserker state properly, I can remain conscious and withstand absorbing the entire blast.
There's no other option. Berserker!
Suddenly, I felt as if the pain or fear of death no longer existed. I felt rage and only rage.
In my berserker state, I let out a primordial warcry, and strained my body to its absolute limit.
The vortex of fire slowly dissipated and the remaining mana entered my body.
I disabled berserker and began free falling due to exhaustion. The dragon was nowhere in sight. Just how far did it launch me?
As I fell through the hellish sky, a cool and gentle shell of mana embraced me. I didn't fight it, it felt relieving afterall.
I couldn't tell if my world had become dark or bright, it was like I was being covered in a color that had never existed before.
I felt my very being becoming unraveled and reconstructed little by little as time went on.
Speaking of time, it seemed to pass by extremely slowly, as if I was falling forever.
"Ascension..." Erythro murmured weakly.
Ascension? I don't think Im going up though...gravity's blantantly pulling me down.
My weakness started fading away, and I felt like I was getting stronger.
Stronger...not just stronger, I'm improving in every sense of the word.
My mind is expanding, my mana is growing, my my body is...changing.
I see, so I'm evolving. Why is this happening?
Erythro spoke up, sounding better now. "You've fulfilled the neccesary requirements to awaken unintentionally. I can assume that you've evolved into a 'super-human.'"
I'm a super-human now.
The shell of ethereal mana around me soon shattered. I could see everything far more clearly now. I felt calmer, more confident. The ground was fast approaching.
I performed a mid-air rolled and landed on my feet. I used wind magic and landed on the ground softly.
I looked down at myself to see what had physically changed. I still look the same, but I definitely feel way stronger.
So much power is welling up inside of me that I can barely contain my newfound excitement.
I need to finish off that dragon and get to the bottom of Lilith's power.
First things first, I need to check my status.