I resheathed Tengu-kaze and held Inazuma in my right hand. The second spell should suit Inazuma more as it has more affinity with Lightning. I raised up my left hand high up. Another bolt of lightning slammed onto the gauntlets. I doubt I will ever get used to having a lightning bolt slamming onto my hand. I gripped my left hand on the blade of Inazuma and ran it all the way to the tip. Lightning was sparkling across Inazuma now. Blade fortification done, I shall call this spell as ‘Lightning Charge’. This might be same spell as the Elemental guild where they fortify their weapons with lightning but I doubt any of them are able to use a direct lightning bolt to coat their weapon.
Rose was looking at me with her mouth open. She must be surprised that I had such hidden secrets that she did not know of. I should be prepared for the inevitable interrogation by all of them when this is done.
“Let’s go,” I told Rose.
The both of us ran towards the Underwater Dragon King. I can see that all the other guild members were hopeless against the ridiculously strong scales of the Underwater Dragon King. Nothing was making a dent or injuring him. No weapons or lightning spell was hurting him. The Underwater Dragon King was having fun by pushing humans around. Did he forget his purpose? So glad that he is not killing humans for fun now. Hang on, then why did he used his breath on me earlier? What if I wasn’t able to dodge it? I would had been split in half!
Feeling a little pissed, I reached towards my hip pocket and took out my +1 potion. It is not significant but every stats counts. Rose will be supporting me with her spells as well. We headed towards a cliff where I will be able to leap off and strike the Underwater Dragon King from above. Rose hang back and began chanting. I removed the potion’s cork with my teeth and quickly drank it. I almost forgot that I was underwater and some of the potion’s liquid flew out. I should have drank enough of it for my stats to be boosted.
Almost at the end of the cliff now. I hope Rose timed her spells right. I jumped off the cliff and heard Rose shouted “Light Blessing”. My stats should be at least plus six to all now. Time to see what Lightning Charge and Shadow Strike combo can do.
Wait! The Underwater Dragon King was expecting me! His had his jaws opened from where I leaped! Shit, I need to dodge it!
I spun my body as quickly as I could to avoid getting bitten by the Underwater Dragon King. Damn it, seems like he is only serious against me. Then I’ll be serious as well. I swung Inazuma as hard as I can two-handed. I felt some of the scales shatter. Blood enveloped my vision.
I reached the seabed and looked at where I struck the Underwater Dragon King. I certainly wounded him. It would seems that my combo works. Loud cheers can be heard all around. Finally we are able to wound him. If it bleeds, I can kill it.
The Underwater Dragon King was shocked that I managed to wound him. He even made a disbelieve remark with a “W.. what?! My beautiful scales!” That is what you get for being cocky earlier.
I should continue my attack while all the buffs are still active. I got ready to attack again but the Underwater Dragon King was extremely wary now. He started charging up his breath attack again as I ran towards him. He released his breath and I heard Rose casted her spell “Accelerate” which buffed my speed. Nice timing, Rose.
With my speed doubled, I reached the Underwater Dragon King in no time while dodging his breath attacks along the way. I swung Inazuma again but before it made contact, the Underwater Dragon King roared loudly and I was pushed away.
He used his spell to summon on what looks like a giant water cyclone above him. Water tornados started forming around him as though it is protecting him. From my point of view, it looks like it is the end of the world. But no time to dilly dally, my Lightning Charge buff won’t last forever.
John, Lily and Rose regrouped with me. Is that.. a crab on John’s shoulder? The other guild members came along as well. Are they trying to support me so I can damage the Underwater Dragon King? John placed his hand on my shoulder and said “Go, we will cover you! Sock that bastard for me,”.
All of us ran together while spreading out towards the Underwater Dragon King. I can see that he is getting serious now. Hey, what are those coming towards us? Are those fishes? Predatory fishes too! We should take cover!
“GO! We’ll cover you!” said Lily. All the elemental members followed after her. Their lightning spells are extremely effective against those fishes for sure. We continued running towards the Underwater Dragon King while dodging the attacks from the predatory fishes. There was thousands of them which was making it difficult for me proceed.
John roared which triggered the fishes to start attacking him. Was that a Taunt spell? I thought only Demons were capable of using that? We thought of helping him but his guild and the Elemental members were helping him. He made himself as the tank while the other members attacked the fishes. Some of the other Viking guilds members followed John’s example and started using Taunt. Most of the fishes have stopped following us by now and focused on them instead.
Rose pulled my arm telling me to charge ahead at the Underwater Dragon King. I shouldn’t be wasting my time turning those fishes into sashimi. I obliged and followed Rose. It was just the two of us now. We were close to the Underwater Dragon King now and I am sure that he have some trick up his sleeves. As we ran closer, Rose asked me for my cloak. I found it odd that she was requesting for it all of a sudden but I gave it no thought and passed it to her.
I swapped Inazuma to my left hand. I am going to use Lightning Strike on the Underwater Dragon King before I reached him. That would ensure that he won’t be able to dodge my attack for a while after getting struck. Hang on, why is his body shining? Is he about to use a spell?
Light rays spewed out of the Underwater Dragon King’s body. I was caught off-guard. I was expecting fishes to come attack me instead of this. Both Rose and I were completely caught unaware. It was not something that I can dodge without anticipating such an attack. Shit, am I going to get fried by the rays?!
Rose rushed in-front of me and the beam struck her instead. Shit, Rose! But I saw that she was covering herself with my cloak while being struck by the beam. Will she be fine? As I wanted to check on Rose, she pushed me away and told me to keep going. She told me that she is fine and the cloak mitigated most of the damage. Did she anticipated something like this to happen? Her battle instincts is even better than mine now.
I left Rose and continued towards the Underwater Dragon King. This fight has gone too long now. I can saw another cliff nearby and proceeded to rush up. I charged my gauntlets and got ready to use Lightning Strike for the second time. As I leaped off the cliff, things went into slow motion. The lightning bolt struck my right hand with a heavy force after I leaped which charged the gauntlets. I got ready to swing my right hand towards Underwater Dragon King but I noticed there was a huge number of fishes protecting him. Not that it matters, your little meat shield would not stop my lightning. My lightning strike arcs from target to target until it hits the intended main target.
I swung my right hand and Lightning Strike was released. All the fishes that was protecting the Underwater Dragon King was burnt to a crisp. Mmm, crispy critters.
Too bad the Underwater Dragon King was hit by it too. While he was convulsing, I made sure to avoid getting hit by the water tornadoes that was swirling around him and swung Inazuma towards his body once again. I kept swinging with all my might towards his body and stabbed Inazuma on his tail when I reached the seabed ground. I was actually surprised that I was able to stab through such strong scales. Seems like Lightning Charge not just fortify Inazuma with lightning but enhances its attack power significantly as well.
The Underwater Dragon King was bleeding throughout his body right now. I quickly pulled Inazuma out and got ready for his counter attack.
“Alright, enough,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
Huh? What does he mean by enough? Is he planning to use something to eliminate all of us? I should prepare another round of Lightning Strike before he decides to kill us all.
The Underwater Dragon King swam to the sacred ceremonial site and waited there.
“Come, all of you,” said the Underwater Dragon King. Is this some trickery of his?
We walked closer to the sacred ceremonial site while being wary of him. This seemed to annoyed the Underwater Dragon King. He started saying “No more fighting, just.. come,”. He sounds like a father who lost to his children.
I unsheathed Inazuma as the Lightning Charge buff ended. Glad I did not need to use another round of it. I certainly need to find a way to recover the charges for my gauntlets.
We gathered at the site. The Underwater Dragon King closed his eyes and.. huh? He’s… shrinking? What’s going on? He’s turning.. into a human? Woah, a pretty and handsome male human too. White robe with long black hair. And it seems like his wounds are already healed now.
“How long has it been since someone was able to wound me. Never before have I seen a combination of lightning and darkness being used together in harmony. Not to mention your weapon being so compatible with lightning infusion in the first place. Let me see..” the Underwater Dragon King inspected Inazuma with his eyes.
“Ah, it is you, Kirin. How long has it been? And I see you have Byakko with you. Very interesting indeed. What is your name, young one?” asked the Underwater Dragon King.
“Zen, is my name,” I said to him while keeping my last name a secret. Too many ears here for me to spill that bean.
“I see. And you are friends with the Viking Lord, am I right? You have a lot of potential in you, young one. Not many beings are able to wound me in my own domain. I commend you for that,” the Underwater Dragon King bowed a little.
I was deeply surprised by his modest gesture that I forgot to return the bow. What is with the sudden 180 change in his demeanour? What is going on?
“And you, John Gladiolus. I can see much potential in you. You displayed some amount of leadership during the course of this battle but I did not expect you to be able to achieve in using Higher State of Mind. That is commendable on it’s own. Very few are able to achieve such state throughout their lives,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
Woah, what? John was able to use the Higher State of Mind? Which one? I’m certain he should be using the aggression path which would mean using Bloodlust. Damn it John, you beat me to it.
But John seems to be unaware of it. His confused face shows it all. Perhaps he will need time to learn how to use it properly. I also used it unknowingly when I was young and I did not know how to use it again after that incident.
“I hereby declare John Gladiolus as the next Viking Lord. I hope to see more of your potential in five years time. I hope you would change the Viking guild’s prospect towards a more.. productive and hardworking one,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
No one cheered. Probably we were are still in disbelieve. The Underwater Dragon King suddenly shape-shifted into a human form and changed his demeanour completely. Only a few of his guild members patted John on the back or shoulder.
“Hm, I was expecting you humans to react a little bit more. But no matter, you may go. Take heed of my warning. There will be a war coming for all of you, so better be prepared. Crab, come back here and stop sitting on his shoulder,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
John stood forward and kneeled before the Underwater Dragon King. All the other members followed suit along with the Elemental guild members. Only Rose and I continued to stand as we did not know what to do. The crab was grumbling while swimming back towards the Underwater Dragon King. Please don’t tell me this whole fiasco was due to this crab.
All of the members proceeded to walk back but I remembered something. The time limit for the potion is about to run out. I shouted to all everyone that they should start wearing back their bubble helmet as I do not have enough remaining potion of mermaid’s breath for everyone.
As I was looking for my helmet, the Underwater Dragon King came up to me. He told me that the elves will be very interested in knowing about the potion’s existence. I can profit from it easily should I wish to turn it into a business. He also told me to not assumed that I have defeated him easily. In his dragon form, while his spell casting is stronger, he was more vulnerable to attacks. Should he decide to fight in his human form, I would not stand a chance as he is much stronger and faster in everything else.
I bowed to him and thank him for not taking the fight seriously. But in my head I was thinking about how arrogant he is to take me so lightly. But he told me something that gained my attention. He warned me that I will need to prepare myself for what is about to come. He did not give any hints on what it is but just a warning. I took it with a grain of salt.
I joined the group in returning back to the City of Underwater Marrydia. I am certain the Elemental and Viking guild will be celebrating as there were no casualties this time. Finally I can enjoy myself in this city.
I resheathed Tengu-kaze and held Inazuma in my right hand. The second spell should suit Inazuma more as it has more affinity with Lightning. I raised up my left hand high up. Another bolt of lightning slammed onto the gauntlets. I doubt I will ever get used to having a lightning bolt slamming onto my hand. I gripped my left hand on the blade of Inazuma and ran it all the way to the tip. Lightning was sparkling across Inazuma now. Blade fortification done, I shall call this spell as ‘Lightning Charge’. This might be same spell as the Elemental guild where they fortify their weapons with lightning but I doubt any of them are able to use a direct lightning bolt to coat their weapon.
Rose was looking at me with her mouth open. She must be surprised that I had such hidden secrets that she did not know of. I should be prepared for the inevitable interrogation by all of them when this is done.
“Let’s go,” I told Rose.
The both of us ran towards the Underwater Dragon King. I can see that all the other guild members were hopeless against the ridiculously strong scales of the Underwater Dragon King. Nothing was making a dent or injuring him. No weapons or lightning spell was hurting him. The Underwater Dragon King was having fun by pushing humans around. Did he forget his purpose? So glad that he is not killing humans for fun now. Hang on, then why did he used his breath on me earlier? What if I wasn’t able to dodge it? I would had been split in half!
Feeling a little pissed, I reached towards my hip pocket and took out my +1 potion. It is not significant but every stats counts. Rose will be supporting me with her spells as well. We headed towards a cliff where I will be able to leap off and strike the Underwater Dragon King from above. Rose hang back and began chanting. I removed the potion’s cork with my teeth and quickly drank it. I almost forgot that I was underwater and some of the potion’s liquid flew out. I should have drank enough of it for my stats to be boosted.
Almost at the end of the cliff now. I hope Rose timed her spells right. I jumped off the cliff and heard Rose shouted “Light Blessing”. My stats should be at least plus six to all now. Time to see what Lightning Charge and Shadow Strike combo can do.
Wait! The Underwater Dragon King was expecting me! His had his jaws opened from where I leaped! Shit, I need to dodge it!
I spun my body as quickly as I could to avoid getting bitten by the Underwater Dragon King. Damn it, seems like he is only serious against me. Then I’ll be serious as well. I swung Inazuma as hard as I can two-handed. I felt some of the scales shatter. Blood enveloped my vision.
I reached the seabed and looked at where I struck the Underwater Dragon King. I certainly wounded him. It would seems that my combo works. Loud cheers can be heard all around. Finally we are able to wound him. If it bleeds, I can kill it.
The Underwater Dragon King was shocked that I managed to wound him. He even made a disbelieve remark with a “W.. what?! My beautiful scales!” That is what you get for being cocky earlier.
I should continue my attack while all the buffs are still active. I got ready to attack again but the Underwater Dragon King was extremely wary now. He started charging up his breath attack again as I ran towards him. He released his breath and I heard Rose casted her spell “Accelerate” which buffed my speed. Nice timing, Rose.
With my speed doubled, I reached the Underwater Dragon King in no time while dodging his breath attacks along the way. I swung Inazuma again but before it made contact, the Underwater Dragon King roared loudly and I was pushed away.
He used his spell to summon on what looks like a giant water cyclone above him. Water tornados started forming around him as though it is protecting him. From my point of view, it looks like it is the end of the world. But no time to dilly dally, my Lightning Charge buff won’t last forever.
John, Lily and Rose regrouped with me. Is that.. a crab on John’s shoulder? The other guild members came along as well. Are they trying to support me so I can damage the Underwater Dragon King? John placed his hand on my shoulder and said “Go, we will cover you! Sock that bastard for me,”.
All of us ran together while spreading out towards the Underwater Dragon King. I can see that he is getting serious now. Hey, what are those coming towards us? Are those fishes? Predatory fishes too! We should take cover!
“GO! We’ll cover you!” said Lily. All the elemental members followed after her. Their lightning spells are extremely effective against those fishes for sure. We continued running towards the Underwater Dragon King while dodging the attacks from the predatory fishes. There was thousands of them which was making it difficult for me proceed.
John roared which triggered the fishes to start attacking him. Was that a Taunt spell? I thought only Demons were capable of using that? We thought of helping him but his guild and the Elemental members were helping him. He made himself as the tank while the other members attacked the fishes. Some of the other Viking guilds members followed John’s example and started using Taunt. Most of the fishes have stopped following us by now and focused on them instead.
Rose pulled my arm telling me to charge ahead at the Underwater Dragon King. I shouldn’t be wasting my time turning those fishes into sashimi. I obliged and followed Rose. It was just the two of us now. We were close to the Underwater Dragon King now and I am sure that he have some trick up his sleeves. As we ran closer, Rose asked me for my cloak. I found it odd that she was requesting for it all of a sudden but I gave it no thought and passed it to her.
I swapped Inazuma to my left hand. I am going to use Lightning Strike on the Underwater Dragon King before I reached him. That would ensure that he won’t be able to dodge my attack for a while after getting struck. Hang on, why is his body shining? Is he about to use a spell?
Light rays spewed out of the Underwater Dragon King’s body. I was caught off-guard. I was expecting fishes to come attack me instead of this. Both Rose and I were completely caught unaware. It was not something that I can dodge without anticipating such an attack. Shit, am I going to get fried by the rays?!
Rose rushed in-front of me and the beam struck her instead. Shit, Rose! But I saw that she was covering herself with my cloak while being struck by the beam. Will she be fine? As I wanted to check on Rose, she pushed me away and told me to keep going. She told me that she is fine and the cloak mitigated most of the damage. Did she anticipated something like this to happen? Her battle instincts is even better than mine now.
I left Rose and continued towards the Underwater Dragon King. This fight has gone too long now. I can saw another cliff nearby and proceeded to rush up. I charged my gauntlets and got ready to use Lightning Strike for the second time. As I leaped off the cliff, things went into slow motion. The lightning bolt struck my right hand with a heavy force after I leaped which charged the gauntlets. I got ready to swing my right hand towards Underwater Dragon King but I noticed there was a huge number of fishes protecting him. Not that it matters, your little meat shield would not stop my lightning. My lightning strike arcs from target to target until it hits the intended main target.
I swung my right hand and Lightning Strike was released. All the fishes that was protecting the Underwater Dragon King was burnt to a crisp. Mmm, crispy critters.
Too bad the Underwater Dragon King was hit by it too. While he was convulsing, I made sure to avoid getting hit by the water tornadoes that was swirling around him and swung Inazuma towards his body once again. I kept swinging with all my might towards his body and stabbed Inazuma on his tail when I reached the seabed ground. I was actually surprised that I was able to stab through such strong scales. Seems like Lightning Charge not just fortify Inazuma with lightning but enhances its attack power significantly as well.
The Underwater Dragon King was bleeding throughout his body right now. I quickly pulled Inazuma out and got ready for his counter attack.
“Alright, enough,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
Huh? What does he mean by enough? Is he planning to use something to eliminate all of us? I should prepare another round of Lightning Strike before he decides to kill us all.
The Underwater Dragon King swam to the sacred ceremonial site and waited there.
“Come, all of you,” said the Underwater Dragon King. Is this some trickery of his?
We walked closer to the sacred ceremonial site while being wary of him. This seemed to annoyed the Underwater Dragon King. He started saying “No more fighting, just.. come,”. He sounds like a father who lost to his children.
I unsheathed Inazuma as the Lightning Charge buff ended. Glad I did not need to use another round of it. I certainly need to find a way to recover the charges for my gauntlets.
We gathered at the site. The Underwater Dragon King closed his eyes and.. huh? He’s… shrinking? What’s going on? He’s turning.. into a human? Woah, a pretty and handsome male human too. White robe with long black hair. And it seems like his wounds are already healed now.
“How long has it been since someone was able to wound me. Never before have I seen a combination of lightning and darkness being used together in harmony. Not to mention your weapon being so compatible with lightning infusion in the first place. Let me see..” the Underwater Dragon King inspected Inazuma with his eyes.
“Ah, it is you, Kirin. How long has it been? And I see you have Byakko with you. Very interesting indeed. What is your name, young one?” asked the Underwater Dragon King.
“Zen, is my name,” I said to him while keeping my last name a secret. Too many ears here for me to spill that bean.
“I see. And you are friends with the Viking Lord, am I right? You have a lot of potential in you, young one. Not many beings are able to wound me in my own domain. I commend you for that,” the Underwater Dragon King bowed a little.
I was deeply surprised by his modest gesture that I forgot to return the bow. What is with the sudden 180 change in his demeanour? What is going on?
“And you, John Gladiolus. I can see much potential in you. You displayed some amount of leadership during the course of this battle but I did not expect you to be able to achieve in using Higher State of Mind. That is commendable on it’s own. Very few are able to achieve such state throughout their lives,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
Woah, what? John was able to use the Higher State of Mind? Which one? I’m certain he should be using the aggression path which would mean using Bloodlust. Damn it John, you beat me to it.
But John seems to be unaware of it. His confused face shows it all. Perhaps he will need time to learn how to use it properly. I also used it unknowingly when I was young and I did not know how to use it again after that incident.
“I hereby declare John Gladiolus as the next Viking Lord. I hope to see more of your potential in five years time. I hope you would change the Viking guild’s prospect towards a more.. productive and hardworking one,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
No one cheered. Probably we were are still in disbelieve. The Underwater Dragon King suddenly shape-shifted into a human form and changed his demeanour completely. Only a few of his guild members patted John on the back or shoulder.
“Hm, I was expecting you humans to react a little bit more. But no matter, you may go. Take heed of my warning. There will be a war coming for all of you, so better be prepared. Crab, come back here and stop sitting on his shoulder,” said the Underwater Dragon King.
John stood forward and kneeled before the Underwater Dragon King. All the other members followed suit along with the Elemental guild members. Only Rose and I continued to stand as we did not know what to do. The crab was grumbling while swimming back towards the Underwater Dragon King. Please don’t tell me this whole fiasco was due to this crab.
All of the members proceeded to walk back but I remembered something. The time limit for the potion is about to run out. I shouted to all everyone that they should start wearing back their bubble helmet as I do not have enough remaining potion of mermaid’s breath for everyone.
As I was looking for my helmet, the Underwater Dragon King came up to me. He told me that the elves will be very interested in knowing about the potion’s existence. I can profit from it easily should I wish to turn it into a business. He also told me to not assumed that I have defeated him easily. In his dragon form, while his spell casting is stronger, he was more vulnerable to attacks. Should he decide to fight in his human form, I would not stand a chance as he is much stronger and faster in everything else.
I bowed to him and thank him for not taking the fight seriously. But in my head I was thinking about how arrogant he is to take me so lightly. But he told me something that gained my attention. He warned me that I will need to prepare myself for what is about to come. He did not give any hints on what it is but just a warning. I took it with a grain of salt.
I joined the group in returning back to the City of Underwater Marrydia. I am certain the Elemental and Viking guild will be celebrating as there were no casualties this time. Finally I can enjoy myself in this city.
