Chapter 59
Dragons of Gaia
A jagged streak of white and blue splits the heavens, Its light which only lasted for a moment illuminated the night as though it were daylight.
THUNDER
Its powerful roar soon followed, causing the earth to shake with fear.
The once endless rain has become a raging hailstorm and the cold air shakes the trees violently threatening to rip them off the ground.
Tree roots rise from the ground to form a cover over Ken to protect him from the falling ice.
_ How do you know that name? _
Ken hears Saiko shout at the dragons then turns to look at her and feels his body tremble.
Although the sense of dread has been ever present since they made the ritual, he was able to dismiss it.
After all, he was the one who designed the ritual and knew that the sense of dread was just a side effect of it, however, for the first time since the ritual, no, for the first time since he met the silver cat, he is feeling genuine fear.
For the first time since they met, the silver cat’s eyes are full of hatred and anger, her eyes can only see the dragons forgetting everything else around her.
Ken’s eyes quickly dart across the sky scanning the dragons and their surroundings for as much information as he can get.
‘nine dragons, six Asian dragons, all six seem to be mature yongs, no imugis, two true dragons, and one Egitian seraf’
~this is bad~
‘each one of the yongs and true dragons seems to be of different species as well’
~Rin, can you look up information about them and identify what species they are ~
One of the dragons, a yong with red scales, dark blue hair, and black antler like horns, raises its head to the sky and opens its massive jaws.
THUNDER
A pinkish red beam of fire explodes from the dragon’s jaws bisecting the sky and dyeing the blue night red with its blinding glow.
A power far less than lightning but nonetheless the apex of organic life.
The holographic screen glitches then disappears and Ken’s glasses and Ken and Saiko’s watches release some sparks and smoke before they stop working.
Ken looks at his watch and then stares at the dragon with amazement.
~wow, he used a plasma discharge as an EMP, smart, ouch~
A tree root smacks Ken on the head then the lyrebird opens its mouth.
-focus, this is no time to marvel at your enemy-
~I am focused~
The bounty hunter complains then focuses his attention back on the dragons.
‘looks like we won’t be getting any information from Rin’
the white yong opens its mouth as its antlers release a serene blue glow.
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-hotu, you are a threat to harmony, as the guardians of harmony we have come to take you back to where you belong, where you can be of use to harmony-
Ken's eyes grow wide as he stares at the dragon.
~wait, that’s the way the strike force bastards talk, you work for the world government ~
‘I knew that stupid agent was up to something but I didn’t expect them to send dragons’
_ I would like to see you try _
Saiko shouts, grabbing Ken’s attention. He sees her running up the sky towards the towering dragons, ice forming platforms under her feet.
A yong with emerald green scales and three horns pointing backward moves in front of Saiko to block her path then opens its mouth releasing a torrent of green flames.
The silver cat swipes her hand across the air and a wave of water rises from the ice shield to block the fire.
Small explosions and crackling popping sounds echo out when the fire meets the wave of water, then Saiko feels her control over the water vanish as the green flames burn the water and continue its path toward the silver cat.
_what the?_
Saiko quickly jumps to the side, narrowly avoiding the incoming flames, only to see a yong with dark violet scales and red antlers slither blow her and open its massive jaws. The maws of the absolute being are enormous, large enough to swallow a truck.
Saiko stares down the beast’s large throat as though she is staring into the abyss but then she notices something within the abyss.
She sees small arcs of electricity jumping within the dragon’s throat, and then, suddenly, a torrent of violet flames erupts from its jaws.
The silver cat quickly summons more water from the hail to block the fire.
BOOM!
A massive explosion erupts when the water and fire meet and the shockwave sends her flying through the air.
The white yong turns his head aiming at the silver cat and opens its mouth.
A torrent of white flames rushes from its jaws toward the silver cat.
The silver cat extends her arms and summons more water to block the incoming fire but once again she feels the fire burning through the water and fire reaches Saiko’s hand.
A strong burning and stinging sensation assaults the silver cat causing her to quickly pull her arm away but the white fire doesn’t stop and quickly approaches the silver cat to devour her but before it can, Saiko’s body quickly falls down dodging the incoming fire as though gravity increased for her and her alone.
Tree roots rush to block the white flame and another group of tree roots quickly catch the silver cat and pull her down to safety.
Ken rushes to Saiko and scolds her.
~don’t rush in alone like that, I don’t have the reflexes of a Therian-
Ken stops midsentence and stares at Saiko’s hand that was touched by the white fire.
Her hand is hardened and a hard white substance can be seen covering small parts of her hand as though the fire was trying to turn her into a statue.
He then notices Argus moving to the arm to treat it and lets out a sigh of relief.
_ I am so sick of all fires these fires that don’t obey physics, I use water I should have the advantage _
The silver cat complains as she gets up to her feet and forcefully closes her hand causing the white material to shatter and fall off her hand.
~they do acutely, yongs live primarily underwater and they adapted to breathe their fire underwater, to do that they use metals that are more active than hydrogen and can rip the oxygen out of the water itself ~
Ken points at the yongs one by one as he lists the elements they use.
~the violet flames are potassium, the green flames are barium and the white flames seems to be calcium powder although I am not sure, you can tell by the color of the flames and the effects of the fire ~
-impressive deduction young one, then you must also realize that you have no chance of winning and should surrender willingly, after all, we have yet to use magic –
The white yong praises Ken and tries to convince him to surrender.
Although they will kill HOTU, if they have to, they prefer to recapture her so she can be used for the sake of harmony.
~well, I don’t know about that, I think we just need more muscle ~
Ken places two fingers in his mouth and whistles.
A true dragon with brilliant golden scales opens and sneers at Ken and opens its mouth.
-it doesn’t matter who you call or signal to, even if you call an entire army it won’t change the outcome in the least –
~oh, but I am not calling an army, I am calling something better ~
A short distance away behind the dragon, a small hill can be seen.
On the side of that hill is the cave where Ken’s car is parked. A small metallic creature lying on the driver’s chair hears the whistle and raises its head up.
Back on the battlefield, the dragons notice a faint green glow coming out of the cave. Although the glow was barely noticeable, the dragons’ sharp senses did not miss it.
-what is that? –
-it looks like earth magic is being used –
The red yong asks with a curious look and the white yong answers him.
And then suddenly.
ROOOOAAAAAR.
The hill explodes and a powerful roar echoes throughout the forest as a massive metallic being that is twice as big as the hill was erupts out it.
- a Bulgasari!? what–
The golden true dragon exclaims in shock but before he can put another word in a sonic boom erupts and then suddenly metallic beast in the distance vanishes and appears in front of the true dragon with its jaws wide open and with the dragon’s arms holding Said jaws in place preventing them from slamming shut on the dragon.
~see, I told you it is better than an army ~
Ken says with a smug smile while adjusting his glasses.