On the Mother Dragon, the one who laid a lot of eggs, Ben is facing the future Rogue. Different from the present Rogue, his future self has white hair on the left side, and there are tattoos & scars on his face. He still has his black emo hair on the right though.
Future Rogue looks very displeased seeing Ben here. After all, Ben is the biggest hurdle in his plan, that's why he controlled those 3 Dragons to attack Ben. He knows how powerful Ben is currently and how strong Ben will be, so he needs to eliminate Ben right now.
"You are still ridiculously strong just as I remember. But I have become far stronger too and now I have 5 Dragons under my command," says Future Rogue with a smirk.
"Heh, you seem to have gotten more talkative after 7 years. But you still look like a weakling to me," says Ben.
Future Rogue's smirk disappears and he looks angry now. "You really like looking down on others, aren't you?"
"Looking down on others? Nah, I just like messing with my enemies," says Ben.
"Then, can you still mess around after this?" asks Future Rogue as he releases a black & white aura.
His magic power skyrocketed and it keeps raising so that it can be felt by all Mages in the city. Ben just looks at it excitedly while Quorra is analyzing it. Future Rogue's appearance also starts to change into something familiar.
He enters Dragon Force with his left side covered by black color while his right side is covered by white color. Ben can feel the power of Shadow & White Dragon Slayer Magic from him. So Ben is sure that future Rogue must've taken future Sting's magic.
Future Rogue smirks and looks at Ben, "How about now? Feeling scared already?"
"Hmm, that's an impressive feat after consuming your friend's magic. But is this all?" asks Ben calmly.
[Analyzation complete! Estimating enemy's power...]
[Name: Rogue Cheney (future self)
Moniker: Shadow Dragon
Mode: White Shadow Dragon Force
MP: 1,996,739/1,996,739
STR: 567
AGI: 797
STA: 932]
Future Rogue has surely gotten a lot stronger compared to his current self. He is even stronger than Ben right now, the normal Ben. He watched Ben's battle against the 30 Mages this afternoon, but he watched it from the screen outside the city because he didn't want to get detected by Ben, so he doesn't know how strong Ben was in Sun Dragon Drive Mode.
"Well, little frog in the well, let me show you the power you will face. That power of yours isn't enough to scare me," says Ben while activating his Sun Dragon Drive Mode.
[Name: Ben Cooper
Mode: Sun Dragon Drive
MP: 2,017,672/2,017,672
STR: 1,243
AGI: 1,286
STA: 1,462
INT: 2,555]
Their MP stats are not that different now when Ben is in his Sun Dragon Mode. But their other stats are very different and Ben is just in Dragon Drive mode while future Rogue is already in Dragon Force mode. So it can be said that Future Rogue has reached his max power while Ben isn't.
But Future Rogue can still smirk, "You may be slightly stronger than me now. But I have more battle experience than you because I've lived 7 years more. Also, a 1st Generation Dragon Slayer like you won't be able to use Dragon Force freely. Unless you put a Dragon Lacrima in your body, you won't get stronger instantly. So this is your limit."
"Stop blabbering. Do you want to fight or not?" asks Ben while getting into a battle stance.
Future Rogue clicks his tongue and also gets into a battle stance. Then he suddenly feels a strong pressure falls on him. Ben is using a strong Gravity Magic spell on him without any sign, so it surprises future Rogue.
But future Rogue who has a lot of experience suddenly transforms into a shadow and slips out of the gravity area. Shadow isn't affected by gravity, after all, so he can get away easily. He moves toward Ben through the shadow and comes out right in front of Ben.
Future Rogue sends a very fast punch at Ben but it gets evaded. That punch is actually very fast and it grazes Ben's cheek, which surprises Ben a little. Ben looks at the punch and it is coated by a black & white aura.
Ben sends a counter punch which is faster than Future Rogue's punch. But Ben's punch passes through Future Rogue's body that has transformed into a shadow. He has anticipated Ben's counter-attack while also having a great reflex, so he can react to the punch.
'The White Dragon Slayer Magic makes him move faster and now he has more penetration in his attacks, huh? It really complements his Shadow Dragon Magic's weakness. And he surely is far better at fighting than the current Rogue,' ponders Ben.
They fight at close range and no one can hit the other even after exchanging many blows. Ben can't hit Future Rogue who keeps transforming into a shadow, while Future Rogue can't hit Ben too because of Ben's speed. This situation is unfavorable for Ben though because he needs to defeat Future Rogue fast.
"That seems to be the only way, huh? It's been a long time since I used this, so I hope it goes well," says Ben while clapping his palms.
A very big bright yellow magic circle appears on the Mother Dragon's back. It attracts everyone's attention, even the Dragons & mini-Draco because it's a strong Dragon Slayer Magic.
Ben then chants the spell's name, "Sun Dragon's Domain! Blinding Hell: Light World!"
A big bright yellow sphere appears from the magic circle. It's so big that it engulfs the Mother Dragon along with Future Rogue & Ben on its back. The yellow sphere is also very bright it makes the dark night turned into day in the city.
Future Rogue & Mother Dragon who are trapped inside the Light Sphere aren't damaged by it because it's not an attack. But they can't get out because it's a type of barrier. Also, they can't see anything because it's too bright here and they need to close their eyes.
The only one who can see normally inside here is Ben. He immediately attacks Future Rogue who is stunned right now. His attacks work and he keeps attacking Future Rogue using super fast & strong punches & kicks.
Future Rogue can't evade anything because he can't transform into a shadow here. There's no place for a shadow in the world of light. So he keeps getting hit by Ben without any resistance. With Ben's speed, he can land tens of hits in a second, so Future Rogue is suffering so much right now.
After Future Rogue gets weakened, Ben coats his hands with Light Magic and stabs Future Rogue's body with them. His hands penetrate the guy's body very easily and Future Rogue finally opens his eyes as blood streams from his mouth. Ben weakens the light around Future Rogue, so now he can see Ben.
"7 years more of experience? I have experienced 1 more life, so don't even compare it. You have gone through a lot, but so do I. Also, I actually planned to send you back to your time, but I don't think it's worth it. My son & daughter are still alive there, so I will never let someone like you live around them," says Ben with a very cold gaze.
Future Rogue finally can feel the fear that he always felt from Ben in his timeline. He thought the current Ben won't inflict such fear on him, but he was wrong, and he realizes it too late. In both timelines, he never had the chance to win against Ben.
"Life is very unfair," says Future Rogue weakly as his magic power starts to disappear.
"It is," says Ben coldly as Future Rogue breaths his last.
Future Rogue's body then starts to disappear just like his magic power. But both his body & magic power don't just disappear into thin air. They are actually absorbed into 2 spherical objects on Ben's hands.
One of the objects is black while the other is white. These are the Dragon Lacrimas inside future Rogue's body. Ben stabbed Future Rogue's body and grabbed these Dragon Lacrimas. Then he used them to absorb Future Rogue's magic power and in the end, they even absorbed his body.
He doesn't know if he'll have any use for these Dragon Lacrimas, but they are very valuable, so he keeps them in his space storage. Ben then looks down on the Mother Dragon that starts to thrash around after being freed from Future Rogue's control.
Still with a cold tone, Ben says, "Now, it's your turn, Dragons."
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