"It's not working, miss! The teleportation magic circle must have been damaged or something is covering it."
"What's the nearest city to the Village of Fertile Waters?!"
"The nearest city... Valtara! Valtara is the nearest city to the Village!"
"Then what are you waiting for?! Change the course now!"
"Yes, yes, I'll finish up soon!"
Mana spread, igniting every rune on the ground. The side altars glowed, and as the mana returned, striking the central altar, light rose, covering all ten knights around.
With the light fading, Elizabeth and the knights didn't even have time to take a single step forward as, before their eyes, on a strangely frozen roof, huge glowing claws emerged, and the roof they were on was completely torn apart.
The ice dragon roared.
Running out of the destroyed building, they saw a frozen city. Everything, including people frozen like statues in the streets, was covered in shiny ice.
Elizabeth leaps. Moving her sword towards the great winged creature, a massive line of fire cuts through the skies.
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Her eyes scan the surroundings. The dragons continue to approach from afar, and with bows and arrows in their hands, the remaining residents try to prevent the terrestrial creatures from climbing the hill.
"Go there! Stop them from climbing the hill!"
A roar emerges, and its head raises, but it's already too late. With its torso between the dragon's sharp teeth, Elizabeth was only saved from being torn in half thanks to the automatic action of her mana.
The aura covered her body, and after a shake of the dragon's head, Elizabeth collided with the ground.
Houses were destroyed with her fall, and without any injuries, she rises from the debris.
Her fangs bared and the white smoke in her throat intensifying. The creature descends rapidly towards her.
"This is..."
As their eyes meet, her body trembles, and her movements become heavier and heavier, but it wasn't just fear.
In the act of halting amidst the continuous descent, the wings beat, and the generated wind pushes the debris around. Raising her arms with a strange difficulty, Elizabeth tries to defend herself from the dragon's icy breath.
"The aura is... freezing?!"
Fragments of the aura in her body break apart and fall towards the ground, leaving these parts vulnerable to the freezing factor.
First her fingers, spreading then to her wrists. At this moment, even parts of her belly, legs, and feet were being affected by the icy breath.
Jumping, Elizabeth emerges from within the icy flames. However, raising her head, her eyes meet again with the creature's eyes.
"So the cause of this is its eyes...?"
Again, her heavy body and limited movements. While the layer of fire envelops her body, the creature's tail comes quickly towards her.
Blocking is not an option, as her body would break if she did.
Increasing the heat in one of her hands, both internally and externally, so that the ice thaws faster and enduring the pain that this causes, Elizabeth turns her body, placing her hand on the creature's tail and exploding the area where she touches it with a fireball.
A roar of pain echoed.
With the ice on her body extinguished, Elizabeth ran to her sword, and before she could do anything, she jumped to the side to dodge the icy breath.
The claws gleaming and the fangs reflecting the sunlight, the dragon approached at high speed, aiming for her eyes at every instant. However, when Elizabeth turned, she was... with her eyes closed?
The blade rose, cutting through the air where it passed, and with the division created, the parts of the dragon passed on either side of Elizabeth.
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Running towards the hill, her heart races along with her feet, and the destruction around her is not even noticed by her eyes.
The roars echo, terrifying.
With their swords in hand, the knights fight, but are completely overwhelmed due to the enormous difference in numbers. The wings flap, and one of them passes before her eyes, caught in the claws of a dragon.
The creature spins through the air, and, closing its long blue fingers, parts of the man scatter around.
Descending towards the residents, the white in its throat can be seen clearly. However, Elizabeth's blade was faster.
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A dragon falls. But it wasn't the only one.
With the sound of roars, the wings emerge, covering everyone and bringing the night hours earlier than usual.
Paralyzed, everyone watches the white dominating the skies.
Raising her hands, Elizabeth tries to contain the freezing breath with her flames.
An intense and fearsome dance between ice and fire spreads through the air.
Later, her knees weaken and tears stream from her eyes, because, in order for her to survive, the reach of her flames had to be diminished, covering nothing but herself.
[Name: Elizabeth Berseba
Status
Level: 208
Mana: 1030
Strength: 805
Resistance: 809
Agility: 812]
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His black wings dance amidst the red sky, and as the dragons fall into the lake surrounding the kingdom's lands, Ethan's blade keeps swinging.
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"What's the plan? Prevent them from reaching the wall?"
Carlos swings his sword, releasing the mana contained in his blade towards the terrestrial creatures and, as if using aura, cutting them all down.
"Yes..."
Clovis leaps, spinning in mid-air, and with the movement of his sword, the flames cut through the creatures like an invisible blade.
"Riley is taking care of the east, and the princess is on the west."
"Huh? What about Aiden?"
"Well, he should be here."
Clovis stops and, stepping back, he closes his eyes. One hand on the hilt and the other on the blade, which keeps turning increasingly red.
A slow movement is made, and after the spread of a slightly warm breeze, everything, including the trees in front of him, is split in half in an area of over a hundred meters.
"That's... did you copy Ethan?"
"It's not a copy. It was inspiration."
With black wings emerging from his back, he sheathed his sword.
"Take care of this place for now. I need to do something."
"Alone...?"
"No, if you want, I can call Aiden to stay with you."
Clasping the hilt tightly, Carlos swung his sword, and all the creatures running towards him were split in half.
"Well, I'll take that as a 'no need,' but be careful not to destroy the entire forest while dealing with the creatures."
Clovis departed, flying towards the castle, and Carlos looked around for a moment.
The smoke from Clovis's attacks continued to rise from the trunks of the trees that had been split in half.
"Not destroy... look who's talking..."
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Ethan raised his sword, and with the beat of the black wings on his back, he approached the dragon in front of him. The blade ran, cutting through the air where it passed, but...
"No no no no! Stop! Stop! Damn it, are you going crazy?!"
Interrupting his attack, Ethan couldn't help but wonder;
"The dragon... is talking...?"
"You were trying to kill me, weren't you?"
After a grunt of pain, the creature turned.
"You... What are you doing...?"
With part of the blade of his sword embedded in the creature's neck, Aiden reveals himself to Ethan, mounted on top of a dragon.
"Well..., you know, some things happened while you guys were away..."
[Name: Ethan Mildred
Status
Level: 258
Mana: 1280
Strength: 1010
Resistance: 1013
Agility: 1012]