["Hang on human, the dragon is turning back around, I'm charging at it full force! Are you ready?"]
Twirl shouted loud enough through the gust of winds, but it was still hard to hear.
["Yeah, I'm ready! I have an idea... just keep moving forward!"] I shouted back.
Twirl accelerated forward like a bullet, exceeding Mach 5.
The Dragon flew at the same speed or a bit higher than us, watching it advance towards us at the speed of Mach 10 or a bit more than that!
We moved at the speed of a literal bullet, this was unreal.
["I'm gonna stretch my body out so you can stand on me!"] Twirl started to morph himself out, expanding the size of his body which was enough room for me to balance myself on.
["Alright..."]
I pulled myself up on his body, balancing myself on his gelatin mass.
It was a bit wobbly, but it's nothing I can't handle.
["Let's do this."]
We closed in on the dragon at three kilometers while I nervously smiled.
["I haven't mastered the art of spell chanting... but I have no choice in this situation."]
I closed my eyes while my hair blew through the wind. Everything felt slower, my mind focused on my soul, and the mana embedded deep within it.
Spell chanting was something I didn't fully know how to use, but if you're wondering what it is, it's essentially empowerment for your magical attacks.
Those that follow and believe in the god Ferdows are said to have a connection with her, allowing them to say a prayer in the form of a chant. If you don't remember, Ferdows is the god of this universe, just in case you forgot.
Praying to Ferdows as her follower, allows access to spell chanting. And if you're wondering, yes, it's only a religion concept that religious people can do. Those who are atheists cannot do spell chanting, it's virtually impossible.
["First came the earth, and then came the moon, soon came the sun, and then came the noon. From destined dawn, to destined doom, Ferdows the creator has started it from the gloom—"]
The mana from my soul started to ooze outside my body, constructing a thin-layered aura around me.
["I pray to the creator, give me strength, I, Godfrey, must defeat my enemy with all that I have! Bestow to me the grace of god!"]
And then a massive aura exploded outside my body. It was too much mana... even for me? Why did I get so much mana? What was happening? I didn't expect this much.
["Impossible..."] Muttered Mammon.
The blonde haired man next to her glanced at his leader, confused.
["Lady Mammon, what's the matter?"]
["Do you not see what's happening, Lorthel?"] Asked Mammon.
Lorthel looked back at Godfrey and Twirl, widening his eyes from realization.
["His... Mana... it's like that of-"]
Mammon turned around and clenched her fist.
["Lorthel, we're leaving."]
Lorthel stood in shock, widening his eyes.
["Thats impossible though- how can his aura resemble that of-"]
["Lorthel! We're leaving! Sticking around will only get us caught, you fool! I made a miscalculation. We have nothing in our disposal to defeat that boy, can't you see?"]
Lorthel took two steps back, still in shock until he shook it off.
["Y-Yes Lady Mammon, I'm coming..."]
["HEY HEY HEY! WHATS GOING ON UP THERE HUMAN? WHERE DID ALL THIS MANA COME FROM?"] Twirl yelled.
["I-I don't know... all I did was say a spell chant to increase my magical attacks... and then I was given all this mana? What's happening?"]
Yeah, what the hell was going on? The mana around my body not only covered me, but also twirl as well.
This much mana was enough to wipe out entire mountains if I launched a single spell, possibly even more!
["WELL? WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? PREPARE YOUR ATTACK!"]
I snapped back into reality, forming a slight smile on my face.
Heh.
This was awesome!
["Right! I'm feeling confident this time around!"]
I pulled off spell chanting, and I also received some overweening mana!? Today couldn't get any crazier, but I'm all for it!
["Now, let's see how you deal with this, dragon!"]
I held out both hands in front of me, condensing all the mana around my body into a powerful spell.
["ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST!"]
That's the name of this grand attack. I was utilizing fire magic now, ready to kill this dragon without a second thought.
I was angry that it had to come to this. I wanted to research and learn a bit more about dragons, not kill them, but reality can be disappointing.
Sorry it had to be this way.
Hope you can resurrect like me another day, dragon.
["Haaaaaaa!"]
I yelled, forming a large fireball in front of me. It was large... way too large, but it's nothing I can't handle.
Once I thrusted my arms forward, the large ball of fire had launched from my palms, accelerating towards the dragon at the same speed it was going from the increase of my magic, and strength.
The massive creature in the sky had even realized that my attack was a threat, causing it to stop mid-air, flapping its wings downward which was enough to push itself further into the sky, evading my attack.
["WHAT? I MISSED IT?"]
["ARE YOU KIDDING ME HUMAN? YOU JUST COSTED US OUR LIFE!"]
No... this can't be... I used up... all my mana from that attack.
You have to be kidding me, did I just kill both me and twirl?
PLEASE... NO!
IM AN IDIOT!
I should've planned a greater way of attacking it... maybe by getting closer?
Shit... we're done for...
We're dead, without question.
*BOOM*
["WOAH!"] I shouted in awe, closing my eyes from a bright light in the distance.
It resembled that of a nuclear bomb... what was going on?
Wait... was that my attack? Did my attack just cause that?
["INCOMING, HUMAN!"]
Twirl must've been unaffected by the blinding light in front of him, but I couldn't see anything... what was going on?
["Twirl, what's happening?"] I yelled in question.
["Your attack dude, it just caused a massive explosion, and it's coming our way!"]
I DID THAT? SERIOUSLY?
I had no choice but to drop down to my belly, holding onto twirl for dear life.
["We're going up!"]
Twirl started to accelerate himself upwards to try and outrun the explosion as it approached us at rapid speeds.
["We're almost there, hold on human!"]
["Aaaaahhhh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't mean for this much destruction!! I didn't know it was gonna do this much damage!!"] I shouted while the sound of the wind hit my ears as we accelerated upwards.
Twirl was focused, pushing his body with all his might to escape the explosion.
Eventually it reached the dragon that tried flying away, sadly engulfing it in intense flames that could even burn away one's molecular structure.
I heard the dragon roar in pain while we finally made it high enough into the sky, escaping the explosion.
["We made it! We made it!!!"]
Fortunately the explosion didn't reach Sludge Village, but it did damage a lot of the forest.
Who cares, everyone's alive right? I hope they'll forgive me at least.
["Heheh... hahaha... hahahahah!"] I started laughing from my adrenaline while breathing rapidly.
["Hahaha... pffft, bahahaha!"] Twirl started to laugh as well.
We both bursted out into laughter, filled with adrenaline, happiness, relief, and many other emotions.
We survived, we actually survived!
["Holy crap, that magic spell was awesome! I didn't expect so much destruction from that, you can wipe out an entire mountain with that spell, dude! You're a monster!"]
I smiled from twirls compliment—
It was a compliment, right?
["I didn't expect that much destruction either... it was like shooting a nuclear bomb from my hands..."]
["Nuclear bomb? What the heck is that?"]
["O-Oh... it's nothing, hahaha!"]
We could suddenly hear the sound of groaning, resembling that of an animal.
It was... the dragon? It managed to escape from the cloud of smoke, showing a damaged wing on its left-side, and a missing foot.
["What the? The dragon managed to escape, but how? That explosion should've been enough to kill it!"]
A large mushroom cloud was in the distance, and the shockwave from my attack did go over sludge village thankfully, maybe from the cliff that blocked its aftereffects.
This dragon was durable... very durable.
If it had the strength to survive such an attack like that, then fighting it without saying a spell chant would've been utter suicide.
I had no chance in hell on beating this dragon if it survived that!
But luckily it was heavily injured, it may retreat, right?
["Hey look, it's going for sludge village! Oh no, what are we gonna do, human?"]
Oh for fuck sakes! Going after sludge village even while damaged? You have to be kidding me!
Seriously, what the actual hell can I do now?