Chapter 999: You're Not Even A Good Warmup
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After his mother and little brother were sent to the safety of Blake's shadows, Elfriedden spread his frost everywhere. His body slightly transforming and taking into a draconic shape, as he used the Buff Cards from Blake, this time being those of the Mithril Drakes and Wyverns, giving him both powerful scaled defensive armor and wings to fly.
Activating the rest of his powerful Skills, he resembled a knight clad on a draconic armor made of frost crystals, his crystalline, icy wings shining brightly as they reflected the light of the sun, coming from the fissure above the ceiling.
His Spirits had already been summoned, all of them undergoing changes as he fused with none of them preferring to transform them all into equipment through Spirit Weaponization. Stronger armor made out of his threads, a powerful sharp rapier made out of his needle, two heavy shields made out of his gloves, and even more armor made out of his boots.
Yes, Elfriedden still considered himself unlucky that no matter how hard he tried, he always only got Tool or Equipment-type Spirits instead of proper, beast-like forms like he desired so badly. However, he could clearly see the advantages in this moment.
FLASH!
Like a blur of azure color, Elfriedden moved at lightning speed, leaving behind small ice crystals that glistened with blue color.
"Isn't that the weakest prince we've heard about?"
"Yes, he's that bastard, Elfriedden!"
"Kill him!"
"He's fast, but he'll die after we surround him!"
Elfriedden was baffled the Demons knew about him so well now! It almost felt like there was someone within his family telling them all this information. It only made his suspicions grow larger as he found himself surrounded by over twenty giant Draconic Beasts and their Demon General riders.
"Now, melt his ice with Cursed Flames!"
The Demon Generals commanded, twelve Draconic Beasts opened their eyes, bombarding Elfriedden with countless explosions created from their deadly blazing breaths!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Keep firing, don't let him even catch a break, hahaha!" laughed one of the Demon Generals, resembling a muscular, blue-skinned Oni with many arms and sharp golden horns.
"Amazing, it's working really well," a voice spoke behind him.
"That's right, we definitely caught that fucker off-guard, he's definitely dead now- Huh?"
CLASH!
Before the Blue Oni could even react, a sharp frost rapier pierced his chest, from the wound, ice quickly spread through his body, freezing him into an ice statue before he could even make sense of what was happening.
"W-What…?"
Crack, crack…
CRASH!
Elfriedden swung his rapier, cutting the frozen Demon General into countless pieces.
"I struggled against you bastards before, and it made me so frustrated…" he sighed. "But, although I hate to admit it, thanks to the help of all the people I met, I've become stronger, much stronger than I could have ever hoped for! And I'll use this power to finally liberate my country of you pests!"
"H-He's alive?!"
"When did he escape the bombardment?!"
"He's fast, watch out!"
FLASH!
Elfriedden moved incredibly fast, only leaving behind a trail of frost as he reached the head of another Demon General. The gryphon-like demon attempted to intercept his attack with a storm of demonic winds, only for Elfriedden's rapier to easily pierce through his attack anyways.
"{Divine Ice Dragon Needle Arts}: {Freezing Fang}!"
CLAAASH!
The rapier pierced through the winds, which quickly exploded and dissipated. The Aura of Elfriedden rushed like a giant draconic fang made of ice, piercing the Demon General's body and freezing it before shattering it and his ride into pieces.
BOOOM!
"Come, who's next?!"
Elfriedden clashed against all the demons and draconic beasts alone. His deadly techniques, strong shields, and incredible speed overwhelming them all! His attacks pierced their bodies, froze them, and then shattered them into pieces over and over again.
It was a total one-sided massacre!
"I am no longer fighting for myself because I felt inferior…" Elfriedden roared. "I am now fighting for my country, for my people… For mother and for my brother! I will shape a new future for them, one where you bastards no longer exist!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Countless explosions of ice spread across the tunnel, freezing all the surroundings completely. Elfriedden was utterly massacring everything!
At the same time, Eric, Chris, and Alberta, who were all confronting the larger flock of Draconic Beasts near the fissure, unleashing deadly blazing attacks, windstorm arrows, and magical explosion, noticed Elfriedden's rampage.
"He's furious!" Chris gasped, swinging his weaponized Salamander in the shape of a giant axe, hacking through the thick scaled neck of a Draconic Beast and beheading it on the spot.
CLAAASH!
"It's easy to tell why!" Eric said, firing a dozen windstorm arrows that exploded, creating vacuums that consumed his foes and torn them to shreds. "He had to escape after his country was being destroyed, and once he finally returned, everything was even worse! He must be incredibly furious and resentful…"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"I can't blame him; I would feel the exact same if I came back to my country to find everything in ruins like this… I am thankful the Dwarven Continent hasn't gone through such a thing yet! We have to work hard to help Elfriedden!" Alberta roared.
The dwarf girl was fused with her Golem Spirit, which now resembled a powerful mechanical armor wrapped around her small yet muscular body, her blazing red eyes shone as her auras combined together, her huge metallic fists crushed skulls, her cannons blew things up, and her hammer crushed even more skulls.
BAAM! BAAM! BAAM!
"You're not wrong, Alberta…!" Chris nodded.
"Now that we're here, we'll help as much as we can!" Eric agreed.
The trio rampaged through dozens of Draconic Beasts at a time, their bodies constantly falling, torn to pieces, beheaded, or burning to a crisp.
The leader of this entire operation certainly did not expect things to go this awry though.
He had been specifically told that the Summoner and his friends weren't as strong, and that they relied solely on his overpowered summons to win!
Yet…
Reality was much different than rumors.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
Blake exchanged blows with the leader of this horde, his spear rapidly stabbing through his defenses, his armor shattering into pieces.
"Y-You! How strong are you for a mere fifteen-year-old?!" The draconic man roared furiously.
"Stronger than you, it seems," Blake had no time to waste, his spear charged with Blood and Darkness energy pierced through the draconic man's barrier and then, his heart!
CLAAASH!
"GUH?!"
The black-scaled Draconic man screamed groaned in agony, feeling his Dragon Heart being destroyed as Blake's spear absorbed his blood and energy.
"I-Impossible…! I am supposed to be… ARGH! As strong as an S Rank Monster!"
The Draconic man's body started to swell up, as Blake noticed he began munching on a red crystal.
"Archdemon Fragment again? That trick is no longer effective."
"SHUT UP, YOU FILTHY HUMAN!!!"
The draconic man screamed furiously, his body growing ten times over, with big muscles and enormous wings, he flew towards Blake after taking away the spear from his chest.
His enormous claws, now blazing with demonic abyssal flames, rushed down, aiming to slash Blake into pieces!
CLAAASH!
Yet an invisible force stopped his attack entirely.
"W-What?! I can't move any further?!"
"It seems you've never fought against someone with Divinity yet…"
Blake waved his hand, as an invisible Dragon Claw made of divine power crushed the draconic man's head flat, his brains splattering out of his crushed skull.
BOOOM!
"Not even worth a warmup…"
He had no time to waste against weaklings!
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