The boy grew impatient, why was it taking so long for the girl to die. His stored blood had dropped down tremendously and it wouldn't be long before it started taking his blood from his body. Suddenly, he felt something, he had dropped his guard since the girl was close to death. What he felt wasn't painful, neither was it pleasant, it had the same feeling as breathing and it happened quickly. He didn't know what it was but before he knew it he was out cold. As he fell from the branch he was standing on, a shadow rose beneath and swallowed him.
"Kage." Adam said as he walked into the area with Nathaniel who was holding onto the girl.
Kage walked out holding the boy as Alsvid followed. Seeing each other again, Adam and Alsvid had vastly different feelings towards each other. Adam was happy to see Alsvid alive while Alsvid was angry at Adam for abandoning him.
"Alsvid?" Adam said. It was the only thing he could say. He was at a loss for words as his student who he thought was dead was alive.
"My name is not Alsvid, I am monarch." Alsvid replied.
"What?" Adam asked looking at him, he then remembered who his student came with.
"What did you do to h-"
BOOM!!!
A large explosion took them all by surprise as a wave of destruction him the entire group at once. No one had been able to react in time although since the explosion didn't hit them directly, they weren't injured that severely.
Up in the sky a gigantic red dragon appeared. It opened its mouth and let out a wave of destruction which it used to create a circle around the battlefield. A second later, a large explosion occurred in the places that were touched by the beam.
Right after announcing its presence, a loud human voice could be heard from the dragon. The apparition user was standing on top of it.
"Well well, what do we have here. It seems I hit the jackpot. Considering you can only find one or two people every few months am not letting such a chance go to waste."
BOOM!!!
A large wave of destruction hit the center of the battlefield as an explosion followed. All the blood from the previous battle scattered and extinguished the ring of fire that the dragon created. The whole battlefield had turned chaotic as everyone was separated.
The force of the explosions as well as the blunt for trauma received from slamming into a random tree woke up the boy. The girl had lost consciousness due to the pain of blood sacrifice and was in no condition to get up. Everyone else was already up but a little bruised from the first explosion.
Up in the sky on top of the dragons back the apparition user was having a meeting. He stood in front of twenty humanoid draconic beings and gave them a single order before sending them down. The order
"Eliminate anything that draws breath within the circle."
The dragon started charging up essence in its mouth as the twenty beings jumped off the dragon's back straight into the forest and the extinguished flames reignited.
The group apart from the girl quickly recovered from the explosion. They were still separated and were trying to find each other when the beings landed. Adam was moving around when one landed in front of him. It threw a fist towards his head before he could react. The first stopped mere inches away from his face as the being dropped to the ground. A being appeared in front of him. This being was his newest summon. He called it. The Astralshifter Draconivis.
The Astralshifter Draconivis, when summoned in humanoid form, appears as an ethereal figure cloaked in shifting starlight, its skin shimmering like the surface of a distant galaxy. Standing tall and graceful, its form retains draconic features, horns curving back from its head, sharp eyes glowing with cosmic wisdom, and faint scales running along its arms and shoulders. It wields celestial magic with ease, bending reality and traversing between dimensions. As a summoned being, the Draconivis serves as a formidable ally, channeling its astral power into space-bending strikes and protective auras, all while maintaining an air of mystery and ancient authority.
This was the exact description Nathaniel gave Adam and his apparition did not disappoint. This being was what had knocked out the boy earlier and it had just done it again. Adam looked at the downed creature and then curve stomped its head in. The other nineteen were spread randomly across the battlefield.
Kage had three land in his area and he dealt with them with effeciency. As soon as they landed they stopped being the hunters as their own shadows took the form of a horrendous mouth and devoured their heads.
The boy was having a field day. As soon as one landed near him he decapitated it with a blood disk and absorbed all the blood from its body. He then formed a blood cloak and started moving around. The cloak had added some stats as he was faster and stronger. He found and killed another with ease.
Nathaniel was by far the quickest of them all as before the creatures landed he had prepared traps for them. Two of them impaled themselves on essence poles while two were eviscerated by planted explosives set by Nathaniel.
Alsvid had it simple. When the creatures landed he quick tackled the closest one out of view and twisted its neck. Then impaled another in the head with a branch he picked up and filled with essence. Adam's summon then dealt with the rest before the others could find them. Taking this opportunity the boy started draining the blood of the dead through the ground into his chest where they were stored as essence for him to use anytime.
The battle was over as quickly as it begun.
"You ended them quickly, just as I predicted. Since my explosions won't affect you as much in the thick vegetation, am going to clear the area." The dragon rider said.
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[Helpful Information]
Apparition: Draconova
This is an apparition that allows its user to summon dragons or dragon like beings to aid them with various tasks.