Book 3. Chapter 14
“An unexpected visit. The call back.” Part 2
“What the hell? Inspection!” She muttered, surprised to see how quickly the portal formed over the beautiful, calm lake. Twenty red, blue, and green dragons emerged from the giant portal in less than six seconds.
[Name: Elhyas
Race: Dragon (Elite)
Level: 100
HP: 1’500.000/1’500.000
MP: 40,000/40,000]
“Shit!” Powerful roars came from the invaders as they formed into a semicircle, their wings spread wide, flapping as they hovered in the air as they formed a defensive line nearly a hundred and fifty meters from the portal.
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“Perfect aim! Telekinesis! Ice spear! Duplication! Duplication! Duplication! Penetration spell!” She conjured and launched her attack at the back of the dragon closest to them, fearful that her attack would miss due to the large difference between their levels, but still doing her best.
But just as she had feared, the attack had no effect. Even worse, the dragon just swung its tail and in one swoop split its spears, blocking her attack too easily.
Ice ran through her veins as she saw how weak and helpless she was, despite all she had grown in such a short time.
How can I kill those things?
“Master!” Tsuki shouted in her mind, but Kalysto ignored him. The roars of the red and blue dragons ceased and instead transformed into powerful blasts of fire that set the entire park on fire in a matter of seconds as the green dragons formed swirls of wind that fed the fire, helping it spread faster.
It all happened too fast.
In a matter of mere seconds, the scenery changed from a peaceful and beautiful landscape to an inferno filled with fire.
However, the sector inside the demon king’s seal remained intact.
“Fire creation!” She quickly conjured as soon as a new dragon, a much larger and black one, came out of the portal. But again, it did not cause any damage.
Kalysto’s heart clenched with fear.
If even she who was level sixty-five couldn’t cause them a scratch, the other hunters had no hope of saving the city. Even worse, she doubted that the foreign hunters who had come to the auction Sakura had organized were above level thirty.
And Hanna, who was level seventy, was too far away, exploring the paradisiacal beaches of Central America.
I should never have told her about the lagoon of seven colors in Mexico! She scolded herself as the fat black dragon turned to look at her.
“Does my aunt know that you are a wizard and that you have a dual system?” Asked the demon king as he watched her with open curiosity. Unmoved by all that was going on, as if chaos wasn’t breaking out around him.
“What?” She stammered, unable to understand how he could be so calm despite everything that was going on.
“Don’t look at me like that, and I already told you to call me by my name,” he answered at the same moment that the huge black dragon launched a flame of fire towards them.
The demon king didn’t even flinch at that. Kalysto, however, rushed to cover Tsuki’s body with hers.
But the pain didn’t come, neither did the notification window announce the pain block.
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Tsuki is not dumb! Kalysto growled, turning her face to the left, a habit she wasn’t aware of having every time she spoke to Persephone. To then stare in amazement at the semi-transparent wall of magic that was protecting them from the dragon’s attack. Though she didn’t even see the demon king lift a finger to conjure it.
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“What annoying flies!” He muttered, looking at the dragon out of the corner of his eye, then raised two fingers and with a simple movement, a curved black line with red edges was drawn in the air, splitting the huge black dragon in half. “Now, where were we?” he commented with a smile, looking her in the eyes.
Kalysto opened her mouth without realizing it, admiring and at the same time fearing the immense power of her boss’s godson.
<> Persephone coveted. And Kalysto could feel greed and longing gnawing at her insides.
Yes, me too! I want to be as strong as him! She agreed.
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Are you crazy? Shut up already, no one asked for your opinion on whether I sleep with someone or not! You want to get us killed? He's my boss's godson! The one who can stop time! Remember? Kalysto was alarmed.
“How interesting,” he muttered. Kalysto immediately turned her head to look at him, startled at how close his face was to hers, and immediately pulled away, backing away. “Fascinating to see you two getting along,” he murmured as he studied her, eliminating what little space she had created between them. “ A word of advice: stop treating her like an old friend and get rid of her if you want my aunt to remove all restrictions from your system.
“What? How do you know about that?” She was alarmed, but immediately remembered that the queen had mentioned to her that he was an expert in mental magic. And she immediately raised her mental defense.
[The skill Mental Defense has been activated.]
A playful smile appeared on the handsome demon’s face, as if he enjoyed the challenge.
“If I were you, I would worry more about the broken seal inside you than any intentions I have for you. After all, I’m not the one trying to steal control of your body,” despite the softness of his voice, Kalysto’s face lost all color at the warning.
“How...?” But before he could answer her, the rest of the dragons flew towards them, at the same time that another black dragon, as big but a bit fatter than the previous one, came out of the portal. And all twenty-one dragons attacked them at the same time.
“What a lack of manners,” he muttered. ”Can’t you see I’m busy chatting with a beautiful lady?” He became annoyed and, in that instant, the air pressure changed. The swirls of air and fire in the vicinity were extinguished, as well as the fire in the surroundings. All the oxygen suddenly escaped from her lungs and the pressure in the fairy champion’s chest, as well as that of the dragons, which began to fall into the lake as if they were dead flies.
This pressure...it’s much worse than the queen’s! She panicked as she struggled to breathe.
“Ma...master!” Tsuki gurgled, ice coursed through Kalysto’s veins at the sight of her little one suffering from lack of oxygen and such a display of power.
[Warning! An unknown entity has disabled the skill Mental Defense. All the user’s stats have been reduced by 99%. All magical skills have been reduced by 100%]
“Pa...stop...please...you’re going to kill my...puppy,” she begged as she struggled to breathe while her body, like that of every living thing in the vicinity, was lying on the ground.
“My apologies,” he murmured, kneeling beside her, nullifying his magical pressure immediately as he chivalrously extended a hand to help her up.
“..."Distrust flashed in Kalysto’s eyes, and instead of taking the outstretched hand, she muttered, ”Inventory!” In one swift movement, she put Tsuki inside, ensuring his survival.
“I apologize for my tactlessness. I didn’t think Tsuki was so young.”
How did he know his name if I never told him? She thought, not trusting the sorry face he was showing her. Can he really know his stats?
Surprise flashed in the demon king’s eyes.
Can’t you see it? Kalysto got angry when she heard him.
“Stop reading my mind,” she became even more annoyed and immediately conjured her skill again.
[The skill Mental Defense has been activated.]
The twenty-one dragons came out of the lake. Rising a couple of meters in the air as the strongest of them, the black dragon, charged at them. Throwing a mighty blast of fire as it approached.
But again the fire was blocked by a semitransparent magic wall which extended all around the circle drawn under their feet, but burning all that was left around the circle.
“It seems I have to apologize again, Kalysto. Let me kill this insect so we can continue talking.” Aegir Donovhar extended his hand and from it, a line of mana turned into a beautiful black sword with bright red carved symbols. But despite Kalysto’s initial relief that he would take care of the dragons in her place and save the city, an idea came to her mind.
“Wait!” She said, stretching out her hand to stop him, but it was too late. Half of the dragons died with the interrupted attack, the rest only survived because Kalysto in her eagerness to stop him, grabbed him by the arm.
They both stood watching where she had touched him, and Kalysto recoiled in shame for having touched someone without his consent. Especially since that someone was powerful enough to kill her without leaving a trace.
“I apologize for that, but could you please not kill them all and just leave them weak enough for me to finish them off?” Aegir, used to dealing with fairies, just let out a half smile.
“What are you willing to offer me?”
“What do you want in return?” She answered almost at the same time as the rest of the dragons, except for the black one, flew towards them, crashing against the semi-transparent wall.
Desperate to see the continuous attacks while the black dragon watched them carefully as she feared he would realize that the protection only worked on one side, she hurried to answer.