I sat in anticipation as Davida and the others open the metal door slowly to face the giant lizard. Sharing my excitement, the Demon King sat upright as he watched the metal door was fully opened by Davida and the others. I saw that they used their previous formation; Duncan leads in front while Davida and Diane stood behind him, forming a triangle.
Turning my head towards the Demon King, I asked, "Who do you think will win?" The Demon King sneered, "Anthony would win if it were a life and death battle. But since this is a trial, he will not kill his opponent." I frowned, "So, they would get through then?" The Demon King nodded, "Of course. After all, that's what my instructions were. No matter what happens, the trial takers would always go through", he rubbed his chin, "Well, they must take a beating first, though", the Demon King let out a creepy laugh.
I look upon the Demon King in disdain, "What a shady old man", I murmured before focusing my attention back at the screen.
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Duncan walked through the metal door first, his eyes vigilant. When Duncan felt it was safe, he called Davida and Diane to comes out. They got into a triangle formation as they proceed carefully. The group move carefully, combing through the prison with alertness. Before, they speculate that the orb they were missing was from the Dullahan's corpse, so they went to where the Dullahan died.
Once the group arrived there, they found that the Dullahan's corpse was already gone. Duncan felt something was not right, "Young miss, Diane, get back!" immediately after, Duncan barked an order in which Davida and Diane followed. The trio back up, then, out of nowhere, a giant lizard come crashing from the sky at their previous location.
The impact caused Davida and the others to be flung backwards, hitting the wall behind them. Just before they could feel the impact, Diane quickly cast a spell that softens the blow they would take. Thanks to Diane's quick thinking, the party did not get injured much as they can get up quickly and reforms their formation.
The giant lizard roared, causing fear to crept out on Davida and Diane's skin. Duncan, however, was quite used to these tactics from his enemy, so it doesn't affect him much. Duncan returned a roar of his own, which cancels out the effect of the giant lizard's roar to Davida and Diane. The giant lizard observed how his opponent moves with the eyes on his lion head. Duncan, too, was observing the giant lizard movements at the same time.
A few seconds later, the deadlock was broken by Davida, with her fireball going straight for the giant lizard. The giant lizard evaded the fireball with his nimble body, but before he could do anything, Duncan already went after him. Then, Diane's vines emerged from the ground, trying to tie the giant lizard down.
The lion-headed giant lizard frowned; he thought for a split second before jumping high, evading Duncan's pressure and Diane's vines. Then, the giant lizard activated his camouflage to hide from the trio. Duncan, Davida and Diane got back to their formation and observed their surroundings carefully. "Be careful! The lizard might come from anywhere!" Duncan warned.
"Right!" Diane answered; she held her staff up high, and a white magic circle appears below her, "Holy Guard!" Diane chanted, and a transparent barrier materialised around the trio.
Then, as if by cue, as soon as Diane's spell materialised, the giant lizard crashed at them, breaking the barrier to pieces. Diane stumbled backwards, spitting out blood. "Diane!" Davida shouted with worry as she tried to get closer to Diane. "No, young miss!" Duncan barked, which halted Davida's movement. "We mustn't break formation. I'm sure Diane will be fine!" Duncan stated. True to Duncan's word, Diane immediately got up and swiftly ran towards Davida and Duncan, forming their formation back.
Diane cast a recovery spell to herself while looking at Davida, "Don't worry, young miss. In times like this, you need to be calm and assess the situation just like you did earlier", Diane said with a smile. Davida nodded and gripped her staff even tighter. The trio warily scanned their surroundings after the giant lizard attacked and disappeared on them. Diane cast another Holy Guard together with Davida, strengthening the spell further.
Again, after the barrier finished forming, the giant lizard comes crashing towards the trio. This time, however, Diane smirked as she cancelled the barrier. Instead, vines emerged from the ground, slamming the giant lizard down. The giant lizard screamed in fury while Duncan saw this as an opportunity, "Now, everyone attack!" he barked. Davida let out a barrage of fireballs; accompanying it was Diane's ice barrage spell. Coupled with Duncan's dark yellow aura's attack, the giant lizard's furry skin began to bleed as he screamed in pain.
The little bunny smirked, watching all of this unfold from an unknown place. "What good acting", the little bunny snickered. While the giant lizard was struggling, his eyes darted towards the corner of the prison. He saw her eldest sister laughing at his misfortune, and that made the giant lizard felt miserable. Looking at his attacker happily strikes at him, the giant lizard felt indignation inside his heart. 'Wouldn't this be too easy?' Anthony clicked his tongue, 'I'll let you win easily but not this easy', the giant lizard thought before struggling free from Diane's vines.
Feeling that her vines were breaking, Diane's face turned gloomy, "Watch out! It's going to break free!" she shouted. Duncan immediately jumped backwards while Davida took a step back herself. The giant lizard roared as he finally managed to break free from the vines before jumping to the ceiling, concealing himself again. "Heads up, people!" Duncan shouted; the trio then goes into the position again, waiting for the giant lizard to show himself.
The giant lizard looked at the three tiny humans below him with disdain, 'Damnit, how can I, the great and mighty Anthony, get humiliated like this!?' Anthony sorrowfully thought. He shook his head, 'I'll finish this fast before this humiliation goes on any longer.' Anthony curled his body then launched himself towards Davida and her group. Duncan felt something in the air then quickly warned Davida and Diane, "The lizard's coming!"
Davida, together with Diane, quickly prepared their spell. Red and light blue magic circles overlapped with each other. "It's ready!" They both shouted. Duncan nodded then he, along with Davida and Diane, jumped out of the way. Once the giant lizard hit the ground, the overlapping red and light blue magic circles activated.
'Fuck!' Anthony said in his mind as an explosion of ice and fire engulfed him. The little bunny watched with shock in her eyes, 'So, the redhead and the busty elf is more capable than I thought they would. Anthony's in trouble,' the little bunny thought in her head while rubbing her cute face with her hand. Inside the explosion, the giant lizard cried with indignation, 'Fuck! I don't think these three little cretins know how to use a spell like this. If I'm not fast enough to use a protective barrier around myself, I would be charred black by now.' Anthony looked towards where his eldest sister was. Seeing her still smiling with threatening eyes at him, Anthony knew that he's going to pretend to be hurt by the duo's spell.
Duncan goes to where Davida and Diane are and formed their own formation back. Then, they watched warily as the smoke from the spell cleared out. When the smoke fully cleared, they saw an angry giant lizard emerged from it, with blood dripping from his fur. Not giving the giant lizard a chance, Duncan rushed at the giant lizard, brandishing his greatsword at him. Duncan tried to slash at the giant lizard's head, but his skin was tough. Duncan's greatsword was repelled; thankfully, due to his powerful strength, Duncan managed to gain control of his greatsword, preventing him from tumbling down.
The giant lizard had an annoyed look on his face before charging straight at Duncan, trying to ram Duncan with his horn. With Diane's quick thinking, the giant lizard's directions change as she used her vines to steer the giant lizard away from Duncan. Then, Davida throws a pouch that's been filled with oil she found from the laboratory. The giant lizard skidded through the floor thanks to the oil before hitting the wall.
Not willing to give the giant lizard a chance to breathe, Davida and Diane immediately propped up their staff as mana gathered around them. A red magic circle appears above Davida, while a green magic circle appears in front of Diane. "Fire Blast!" Davida cast, simultaneously Diane also cast, "Win Tornado!" Both Davida's spell coupled with Diane's spell made up a combination of spells as they both shouted its name, "Flame Tornado!"
The massive Flame Tornado heads towards the giant lizard, hitting him and causing the giant lizard to scream in pain. While the giant lizard screamed in pain, Davida, Diane, and Duncan could only warily stood in their formation, waiting for the outcome.