CHAPTER 181 – YOU ARE MY WORLD
HIRAYA MISTELTEIN
As soon as I raised my staff, a radiant golden light pulsed from its tip, illuminating the surrounding darkness. My heart swelled with warmth, and I could feel it beat in perfect harmony with the five dragons by my side, their immense power resonating with mine. The air around us shimmered with anticipation, yet Arthur remained unmoved, his expression hard and unyielding. His eyes burned with a murderous intent, and he gritted his teeth as he raised his artificial heart high above his head. Suddenly, the heart blazed with a bluish-white light, as brilliant as a supernova, casting eerie shadows across his face.
"Unleash your ultimate form, oh Queen of Dragons! You are the destined Alpha and Omega, and you shall heed my call as the King of Humanity!" Arthur's voice boomed, filled with a commanding fury that echoed through the heavens.
In an instant, the Nexus Dragon began its final transformation. Its majestic wings unfurled, revealing feathers that shimmered with ethereal colors, each one a blend of hues beyond mortal comprehension. Gems materialized along its sleek sides, their surfaces gleaming with a rainbow brilliance, while golden linings traced every scale of pristine white and deep azure. The dragon had ascended to its ultimate form, the awe-inspiring Nexus Rainbow Dragon.
The dragon let out a thunderous roar, a sound filled with defiance as it struggled against my overwhelming channeled magic. The force of its cry shattered the air, sending shockwaves rippling through the castle until it crumbled into dust. The ground beneath us vanished, and our battlefield was no longer bound by the earth; we had risen into the vastness of deep space, with the world now a distant orb far below.
The Nexus Rainbow Dragon spread its angelic wings wide, and a thousand eyes, each a swirling vortex of color, opened to gaze upon us. Each eye began to charge with elemental energy, a spectrum of power that spanned the forces of fire, water, earth, wind, lightning, sound, darkness, light, psychic energy, nature, steel, poison, ice, and all other elements known to humanity. The sheer magnitude of the dragon's power was overwhelming, its presence a cosmic force that threatened to consume all in its path.
However, just before the Nexus Rainbow Dragon could unleash its devastating energies, I channeled my mana and synchronized the rhythm of my heart with that of the Warflame Dragon. The dragon shimmered, its fierce form dissolving as it reverted to Kate. She stood tall, her eyes blazing with determination as she raised her sword high. In response, a colossal pillar of flames erupted from the blade, its brilliance rivaling the intensity of the sun itself.
"Behold the true power of harmony!" Kate's voice rang out, filled with unwavering resolve.
"Dracaryx! Activate Warflame Sword!" I commanded, my voice echoing with the force of our combined will.
"Yaaaaaah!" Kate roared, her battle cry resounding through the void as she brought her sword crashing down onto the Nexus Rainbow Dragon's shoulder.
The impact was cataclysmic. A fiery explosion erupted from the point of contact, engulfing the dragon's right shoulder in an inferno. The flames burned with such ferocity that they consumed one of the dragon's angelic wings, along with the hundred eyes embedded within it. The Nexus Rainbow Dragon let out a deafening cry of agony, its pain reverberating through the stars. Yet, despite the searing wound, it gathered its remaining strength and began to charge a rainbow-hued miniature sun within its maw, preparing to unleash a devastating attack on me.
But just as the Nexus Rainbow Dragon was about to strike, Gaeun appeared, her human form a beacon of hope. With a swift motion, she pointed her wand at the monstrous creature, summoning a gigantic ball of energy, its surface swirling with the power of nine fox tails.
"We will push forward, not just for this world, but for all the races—including the fallen humanity!" Gaeun's voice was a rallying cry, filled with the fierce determination of someone who would not back down.
"Dracaryx! Activate Kyubi Bomb!" I chanted, pouring all my Vesryn Pulse into Gaeun.
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With a determined focus, Gaeun unleashed the Kyubi Bomb just as the Nexus Rainbow Dragon prepared to release the rainbow energy gathering in its mouth. The bomb soared through the void, colliding with the Dragon Queen in a cataclysmic explosion. The blast was immense, powerful enough to obliterate the Nexus Rainbow Dragon's left head and tear through the left side of its neck.
"Darn it!" Arthur cursed, his voice trembling as he staggered under the shockwave. But even amidst the chaos, his Archonlight shield held firm, protecting him from harm.
Despite its grievous wounds, the Nexus Rainbow Dragon, driven by sheer willpower, refused to fall. Summoning the last of its strength, it began to charge another attack, this time forming a massive blue star within its draconic arms, the energy swirling with destructive power.
But Charlotte was ready. She surged forward, her determination blazing as she summoned an astral projection of a metallic turtle shell, the size of her formidable Panzer Dragon Form.
"A king who does nothing but scheme is no king at all!" Charlotte's voice thundered across the battlefield, her words a fierce rebuke.
"Dracaryx! Activate Panzer Railstrike!" I cried, directing my Vesryn Pulse towards Charlotte.
In a blur of motion, Charlotte accelerated to supersonic speeds, her form a streak of light as she rammed into the charging blue sun within the Nexus Rainbow Dragon's arms. The impact triggered a supernova-like explosion, creating a dazzling display of space fireworks that illuminated the dark void. The sheer force of the blast drained the last remnants of the Nexus Rainbow Dragon's endurance, causing it to revert to its normal Nexus Dragon form, weakened and defeated.
"Goddammit!" Arthur shouted, his frustration boiling over as he brandished a device—a technological marvel born of humanity's peak ingenuity. The radio-like contraption, with its long, menacing antenna, crackled with malevolent energy. "If you're this strong, then you shall obey my command! This is the Psychic Dominator, the ultimate weapon to brainwash you all!"
"We refuse to obey a leader who cowers in fear and forces his twisted future upon everyone!" Meike shouted, her voice crackling with defiance as orange lightning surged around her, illuminating the dark void.
"Dracaryx! Activate Tachyon Flash Bullet!" I called out, channeling all my Vesryn Pulse into Meike.
In an instant, Meike's entire body was engulfed in a sphere of blazing orange lightning. Moving at a speed so fast it seemed like teleportation, she dashed forward, her form a blur of electrified energy. In a heartbeat, she was upon Arthur, snatching the Psychic Dominator from his grasp. With a single, powerful squeeze, she crushed the device into fragments, the sparks of its destruction fizzing out in the empty space around us.
Arthur's face contorted with rage, but he wasn't done yet. From the folds of his cloak, he revealed another device—an artificial heart, pulsing with ominous energy. It was the key to his control over the artificial Vesryn Pulse, the same dark power he used to dominate the Nexus Dragon.
"I still have one last card to play! Activate Self-Destruct Heart!" Arthur shouted, his voice a mix of desperation and malevolence.
In a flash, the artificial heart detonated, and the Nexus Dragon's core began to glow with an intense, unstable energy. The dragon's heart throbbed, ready to erupt in a catastrophic explosion. Arthur, realizing the gravity of his own twisted plan, was being pulled downward by the planet's gravity, his form plummeting toward Earth as he attempted to flee the devastation he had unleashed.
"You truly are the king of wickedness, Arthur!" My Trailblazer Dragon roared telepathically, its voice seething with anger.
I glanced at the Nexus Dragon, its impending explosion growing more imminent with each passing second. There was no time to waste. Lysander couldn't afford to be caught in the blast—he had to finish Arthur, once and for all. If Arthur managed to escape and use his Regression Magic, everything we had fought for would be undone, and our sacrifices would be in vain.
"Lysander, follow him and finish what we started." I smiled, my heart heavy but resolute.
"W-What?" My Trailblazer Dragon stammered in disbelief. "But the Nexus Dragon is going to explode! Are you—?"
"There is no time," I cut him off, my voice steady with resolve. I channeled my Vesryn Pulse, directing it straight into Lysander's heart. As the energy surged through me, the Trailblazer Dragon began to dissolve, merging seamlessly with my pistol until it transformed into an oversized white bow, crackling with pure, concentrated energy. "Dracaryx," I whispered, feeling the weight of the moment. "Activate Daybreak Eternity."
"Hiraya..." Lysander's voice echoed in my mind, a whisper filled with hesitation and pain. "We made a promise to each other. I promised to save you... and you promised to save the world. This isn't how it was supposed to be, Hiraya..."
"Lysander..." I smiled softly, my heart aching with the words I was about to say. "You are my world."
With that, I released the arrow, a radiant beam of light that was the essence of the Trailblazer Dragon. It shot forward at lightspeed, a streak of brilliance that pierced through the dark void, racing toward the planet below. The arrow's path was true, perfectly aligned to intersect with the falling King of Humanity, Arthur. As Lysander hurtled toward Earth, his trajectory locked onto Arthur's descent, ensuring that their final confrontation would end in a cataclysmic collision.
And with that, my part in this battle was complete. The arrow had been loosed, and the outcome was now in the hands of fate.