(Author: Hello all. Like the cliffhanger from the last chapter? Yeah, I'm evil. Well, here's the surprise second chapter release of the day! Ulgor and the students face the rank 6 lion magical beast while Void and Elgar face off against the rank 6 aqua dragon magical beast. Enjoy the chapter.)
Chapter 20: Fire and Ice
The Ice Brood roared as Elgar turned to face it. Elgar focused his mana and fifteen summoning circles appeared, each one creating a bone wolf the size of a bear. People in the stands gasped as a baleful aura surrounded Elgar and each of the bone wolves had a heart of white and sky blue fire that permeated all over their bodies. This type of minion summoning was taught to Elgar by Tristan.
"Ghost fire minions! This guy is a necromancer," someone in the stadium shouted. "Where did he learn to summon ghost fire minions? Regular necrotic fire minions have green and black fire permeating from the eyes!"
"Fighters, are you ready?" Draxil asked, pausing for dramatic effect. "This is your first lesson: slaughter or die. Healers on standby....BEGIN!"
Elgar pointed at the Ice Brood with his left hand and the ghost fire wolves charged. Void breathed columns of purple fire behind itself and Elgar to prevent others from joining the fight. Ulgor ran forward, leading the charge of students as he ran toward the lion magical beast. Void was only a rank 3 magical beast so Elgar ordered Void to stay out of range from the Ice Brood while occasionally breathing its poison fire around it. It may be too weak to poison it as well as it should, but the damage would appear over time and slow it down.
Enraged, the Ice Brood breathed a river of ice at the wolves, but Elgar summoned spears of vines toward its snout, diverting the blast of ice away. A huge icicle the shape of a wave appeared to Elgar's right, drawing gasps from the audience as some of the sand on the ground shattered into a small crater before the icicle wave formed. Elgar summoned a small storm of water lances, but they were ineffective against the Ice Brood as they froze and shattered like glass upon contact.
Elgar would have used poison magic, but he didn't want to reveal that he could use that magic or kill the Ice Brood. He focused his mana into his right arm, watching as the lava tattoos converted it into qi. Lava Tyrant emanated small wisps of white dragon fire. After Elgar went through the ritual of his dragon clan, his ability to manipulate and create fire had increased exponentially. The lava runes on Lava Tyrant and the lava tattoos on his arm shined, showing liquid lava moving if one looked closely with small flashes of white fire inside.
"Taste my blades," Elgar said and used the Demon King's ability to manipulate and bend space to teleport over the Ice Brood's head.
Many people stood in shock as they saw Elgar emanate black mana and seeing his wings appear from his back. Among those who stood up were demi-humans with demon blood or those affiliated with demons. They knew what demonic wings symbolized and wondered about Elgar's background. Elgar dived, spinning his body and appearing like a drill of blades and white fire as he headed for the Ice Brood. As his blade smashed against the Ice Brood, it seemingly passed through it as if it didn't exist. Elgar stopped spinning and braced himself as he hit the ground, his feet causing skid marks.
"What the hell? This isn't a normal Ice Brood," Elgar cursed, looking at Draxil.
"Well, I never said it wasn't a variant," Draxil shrugged. "On the battlefield, never assume you know your opponent. They might have some particularly nasty surprises."
The Ice Brood stared at Elgar, ignoring Draxil he levitated above the dome barrier and let out a shockwave. The shockwave was a dragon magic that sends a mental wave to disorient those who heard it. Void, Ulgor, the students fighting the lion, and even the rank 6 lion magical beast were affected, the lion quickly recovering and took advantage to send students flying with its paws. The students spat blood as they crashed against the invisible barrier, shocking the audience as some of them crashed above the arena walls and slammed in the barrier before them.
"You think that kind of attack can faze me?" Elgar roared as he was immune to mental attacks.
Elgar teleported to the left flank of the aqua dragon, but his blade passed through it once again. Only his ghost fire minions managed to harm the Ice Brood, but why couldn't he? Even Void's poison fire and his plant magic that created spears of vines hurt the Ice Brood. Could it be that this Ice Brood had some sort of special ability? If it doesn't attack or move, any attack will go through it as if it didn't exist? It must be some space manipulation ability. Elgar wanted it even more now.
"This kid isn't bad," Draxil murmured as he saw that Elgar realized the Ice Brood's special ability. "Oh well, plenty more surprises in store. If you're gonna be a student of mine, it should be expected that my little test would have a high degree of difficulty."
"If I can't hit it, then I just have to hit harder!" Elgar roared. He summoned a quarter of his mana into his left fist. With a shout, he jumped slightly before slamming his fist on the ground as he cast his plant magic spell: Cataclysm. The coliseum floor shook as giant roots spread out from the ground and a large fissure spread toward the Ice Brood. The Ice Brood lost its footing and Elgar teleported to it, finally slashing it with lava Tyrant as it stumbled into the fissure. It roared in agony and slammed its tail against Elgar. Elgar did not see it as it came from his blindside and smashed into the wall of the fissure.
"You think you can beat me!" Elgar roared as the Ice Brood breathed a column of ice at it and roared a column of white fire. The two rivers converged and a large explosion burst upon the two opposing elements clashing together. Elgar cursed and a small bone cage appeared, catching him as he was knocked back by the blast.
The Ice Brood shook its head as it smashed the top of the fissure as it was knocked back on the surface of the ground. Small of its scales were cracked and the Ice Brood was momentarily stunned. Void breathed a small river of poison fire at the Ice Brood. Stunned, the Ice Brood was not able to block or dodge the poison fire. Elgar destroyed the bone cage and flew up into the air, angry beyond words. Each of the ghost fire wolf minions exploded as they landed on the Ice Brood, damaging more of its scales, revealing flesh beneath.
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"If you survive this, I will spare your life and make you my magical beast," Elgar said coldy as he put willed another quarter of his mana into his left hand. He roared as he used his lightning magic to cast his spell: Lightning Serpent Strike. Thirteen two feet thick and twelve feet long lightning bolts streaked across the sky in a flash and crashed into the Ice Brood.
The Ice Brood endured five serpent lightning bolts before its ability activated. Elgar's eyes opened in shock and sighed. The difference between a rank 6 and rank 5 really was vast. He grit his teeth and willed his black mana to surround his body as he used his demon magic: Demon's Raiment. A void black armor appeared all over his body as Elgar drank a mana potion stored in his cerulean storage bag, replenishing some of his lost mana.
The crowd cheered. They had never expected such an intense fight. None of them watched the other fight against the lion magical beast, failing to notice Ulgor accidentally hitting the other students as he attacked the lion with fire balls and with the excuse that he never fought with his staff and magic at the same time before. Elgar's fight with the Ice Brood was just too interesting to miss even a single second.
"It should be about time for the warm-up to end," Draxil murmured. "Surprise number two should be happening in 3...2...1..."
The Ice Brood roared as a blinding ice white flash flashed and covered the dragon. Elgar frowned and landed on the ground as the orb of light became smaller and smaller. Elgar hastily drank more mana potions and recovered all of his mana. The light dispersed, revealing a smaller dragon the size of a human. The Ice Brood snarled as two swords of ice appeared in its hands.
"Oops. Did I forget to mention it could transform into a more powerful human sized form? How careless of me," Draxil said and faked a regretful sigh.
"Bullsh*t," the minds of everyone in the audience said.
"Did you think being becoming a human sized dragon will make me feel fear? You're an Omega. A lone Ice Brood. You're nothing but a mindless dragon of slaughter. A dragon mutated into an aqua dragon after losing your fire. Dragon form or otherwise, you will be mine!" Elgar said and brandished his double-bladed sword, white fire burning in his mouth.
The Ice Brood's smaller form had all of its scales repaired and was brimming with mana as it gained a stood upright like a human. It still had wings but they were much smaller and only five feet in length. It brandished the two swords and charged at Elgar. Their blades clashed and the ice swords shattered, instantly repairing themselves as the Ice Brood let its mana flow from its hand to the broken swords.
"Bone Yard," Elgar said, using his bone magic to summon a field of bone spears.
The Ice Brood dodged the bones but its movements were limited as it was surrounded by the bone spears. Elgar went into one bone spear and appeared out of another to the right of the Ice Brood and was smashed in the back of the head by the side of Lava Tyrant. The Ice Brood flew out of the bone yard and fused its ice swords together to form a giant sword of ice. The Ice Brood raised its head and roared, a twenty foot comet crashing toward Elgar.
"I grow tired of this game," Elgar said and used his fire qi technique: Lava Dragon's Claw. The comet burst as Elgar flew toward, slashing at it with his technique. The Ice Brood felt fear as Elgar appeared and grabbed its throat.
"Look into my eyes worm! Feel the might of my soul and become mine," Elgar said, covering both of them with his baleful aura. Everyone in the arena and the stands felt a shiver in their spine and were paralyzed with fear as they felt his killing intent. Such killing intent could not be faked. Draxil paused, wondering if he had gone too far. Just how many lives did Elgar take to emit such killing intent?
The Ice Brood was still as it stared into Elgar's left golden eye and jade right eye. It saw the Dragon King rank soul within him and its fear overcame its instinct. A shockwave so strong emanated from Elgar that the barrier shattered on contact and blasted the students in the front rows into the people behind them. Even Draxil was knocked out of the sky and crashed into the stands. Black mana seeped from Elgar's body and leeched blue mana from the Ice Brood. The Ice Brood shuddered and became still as Elgar released his grip. The Ice Brood lost consciousness, forming a small crater as it crashed onto the ground below.
"Now you're mine and know your place. Your reward for surviving is the return of your sanity. Do not lose it so easily this time," Elgar said as he landed softly on the ground and allowed Void to slither onto his shoulder.
"You have done well," Elgar said as he stroked Void's head.
"Thank you master," Void hissed as it stared at the Ice Brood. "What happens when the aqua dragon wakes up?"
"I will learn about the Ice Brood and it will be my servant. It is not like you. The Ice Brood became my magical beast by force. It will remain...rebellious for a time. In the end, the Ice Brood will serve or die," Elgar said using their mental link and turned toward Ulgor's direction. "I see you've finished."
"It didn't take much with so many people. I got the crystal and the spirit core. Next time, I will be the one fighting solo," Ulgor sighed. "It's no fun with others trying to steal your kill. You have to waste time knocking them out."
Chapter 19: Going to Class Main Page Chapter 21: The Aftermath