Dragon God's Advent, an oppressive name befitting the oppressive transformation. It's unclear whether it is a spell or a skill, but the only means of obtaining it was by conquering the burning hatred of the Dragonmen progenitor over a millennia ago. A single scale was all that was left by the legendary figure, and even that managed to subdue every challenger until Tio conquered it herself.
For the first time in recorded history, that very same transformation was unleashed into the world once more.
"I-It can't be…"
Ehit for the first time uttered what sounded like an unintentional admittance of defeat. All as he stared at the majestic onyx-colored dragon whose body extended far beyond what his eyes could perceive.
The dragon peered through the dark clouds, not at all mind the thunder and lightning which struck its body. To the dragon, such attacks were the equivalent of if an ant were to bite the body of an elephant.
Even Ivan hid an incredulous expression behind his mask as he stared at the body that seemed to intertwine with the sky itself. Her scales glimmered with an almost blinding gleam, though what distracted Ivan the most was the fact that her body type had gone from a western-looking dragon to something more eastern.
'Who the hell was the progenitor of the Dragonmen…?'
From what he understood, the world had faced several 'resets' at the hands of Ehit. Some surviving members of the wipes managed to pass down the events to later generations. Though out of those generations it seemed that only the Dragonmen were accurately aware of the fake god's misdeeds.
'Ehit must have pissed off this guy for him to create such an absurd skill.'
'Metamorphosis Magic, Evolution Magic, Restoration Magic, and Spirit Magic, that past progenitor seemed to have been a prominent figure in the world for him to have combined several ancient magics…'
Ivan didn't even know where to begin if he wanted to analyze the transformation and break it down.
'In that aspect, it seems to even border Concept Magic. At least going by how it was formed through the progenitor's pure rage, similar to how the frustrations of the Liberators created a god-slaying weapon they didn't even know they could produce.'
It was a once-in-a-lifetime miracle that the scale left behind was even able to bestow the transformation. It probably wasn't even an intentional thing for the godly-level figure.
He simply got so angry that he accidentally created a god-slaying transformation right before dying.
'The question is, how did this not stop Ehit when it was first formed?'
There were 2 answers Ivan came up with. Firstly, Ehit wasn't anywhere nearby when the transformation activated, the progenitor likely just went into a rage when his clansmen were killed. Ehit might've even sent thousands of apostles down to subdue the Dragon God.
Secondly, the transformation might be able to 'kill' Ehit, but it didn't have god-slaying properties that would slay Ehit's soul.
'Going by how Ehit waited so long for the perfect host, I'm going to guess it was the first guess.'
But right now all of those thoughts weren't important. The dragon had moved.
"W-What the hell?!"
Ehit's attempts to flee were denied as his body had sunk into the ground up to his knees.
"She's using Gravity and Spatial Magic…"
That was what Ivan was able to infer as he too was affected by the great dragon in the sky. Teleporting had been disabled, the weight of the area around her became several times more intense, and lightning cackled throughout the entire sky.
Tio had become unable to differentiate between friend and foe, her reasoning had been consumed by the power of her transformation.
[Claire, Mildei, I'm going to need you two to lead the fight into the city. The citizens should have evacuated by now. I'll feel some guilt if their homes get destroyed but it's better than endangering everyone with Tio like this. Make sure the others know as well, I doubt the apostles will resist the movement very much. Looking at their leader right now, I'd say they too want to run away…]
Ivan sighed as he received multiple affirmative responses. He didn't know how far her control spanned, but looking at the city from afar it was clear that none of the buildings had suddenly collapsed due to the straining gravity.
Thankfully, while she couldn't differentiate friend from foe, she seemed particularly keen on erasing Ehit from the face of the planet.
Tornadoes whirled around what remained of the demon lord's castle, seconds passed and a new element intertwined with each of them, fire.
'Heavy gravity, constant thunder, flaming tornadoes, today has been quite eventful so far~'
Apostles that remained by their master's side were immediately forced to land as those who failed to do so in time were almost instantaneously sucked into the whirling tornadoes and thrown around whilst being burnt alive.
Not that flying for them was easy in the first place, at least with Tio's gravity field in place.
Unable to teleport or run away, Ehit frowned before assuming offensive positions. Apostles huddled around his body as he conjured elemental attacks of his own.
[Yue, Felis, ranged attacks for now. We don't want to get caught in whatever attacks Tio is cooking up.]
All that mattered to Ivan currently was disrupting any action Ehit took while allowing Tio to do whatever she wanted. The problem was the living wall that the apostles surrounding Ehit.
"...."
The onyx dragon flapped its wings proudly as it stared down Ehit aggressively, and then, it opened its maw to reveal the hundreds of teeth lining its mouth.
A powerful vacuum emitted from Tio's mouth, and even the apostles had a difficult time holding their ground as the force of the suction ripped apart the ground beneath them. But that wasn't the worst thing that happened because of Tio's actions.
"M-My strength!"
In her current form, Tio had perfect control over three elements: air, fire, and lightning. Within a 5km range, each of those elements was at her bidding, allowing no other ruler of them besides her.
That of course included those very elements that made up Ehit's elemental body. His molten fire chest, his electric left arm, his head completely composed of wind, each of them was stripped from him.
"Kuuhh"
Faced with the loss of such things Ehit knew he had to adapt before he'd be left bare without abilities.
He deliberated between the wood element and ice before coming to a swift decision. The parts that were stripped from him were immediately replaced by a chest of strong magical oak wood, the same for his head and left arm.
If he went with ice then he would be afraid Yue's flames would melt him just with their presence. Though the same applied to his wood element as well but compared to the ice he felt safer as his body would not just ignite by being exposed to the air.
In a single move, five elements were reduced to two.
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