Chapter 140: Fighting the Dragon VI
Takeshi below when seeing the dragon launching straight down wanting to escape the group's encirclement. His head is like electrified as he thinks and looks around, but how can the dragon flying fast let him think? He knows that and immediately controls the stone block Kazuka is standing on.
Kazuka is bracing a lot of energy into his sword, two hands gripping the sword hilt, veins bulging all over hands and face. He knows well those previous ordinary slashes of his could always be very strong strikes, but against a dragon with a scale layer harder than iron and stone, they were not.
Elyssia from above seeing the dragon fly vertically down, she is not in a hurry to act. Knowing that only about 12.5 tharn (25 meters) from the ground it certainly needs to change direction and run. At this time she just like that flies straight down following, two hands still gripping the sword hilt in front, the slash still ready.
Kazuka immediately launches an energy slash with a length of only about 2.5 tharn (5 meters), but he tried to make this strike cause the greatest damage by compressing the energy and making it thinner, just like a blunt blade is usually larger than a sharp blade; this will be effective in piercing into that dragon's thick scale layer. Kazuka's standing position is aimed toward the dragon's flank as Takeshi intentionally moved there.
Immediately when flying close to the ground the dragon changes direction and flies right above the forest. Kazuka's slash launches straight down into the forest and creates a large trench.
Elyssia catches the opportunity and swings a slash with intent aimed at the dragon's neck. But if Elyssia is smart and thought of something good, how would the dragon not? Immediately while flying it stops abruptly making everyone open eyes wide in surprise. The energy slash that Elyssia calculated aimed at the dragon's neck if it kept the fast flight speed is immediately invalidated. The white energy slash with extreme range and sharpness crashes down into the ground and creates a long explosion making rocks and dirt fly up.
Ayaka had recovered from before; she had braced her arrow on the white Angel bow gifted by Elyssia. The long and immensely energetic arrow is immediately released.
Whoosh!!!
The arrow's fast speed tears the wind as it launches. On the way flying close to the forest makes trees and earth immediately blown away to clear the path for the arrow. The dragon just like that flaps wings flying high a distance and evades then flies toward the distance.
"Damn it, that archer is so annoying. If I fly to destroy her I fear I'll be schemed against by those guys first. Otherwise how could her position be exposed like that?"
Elyssia flaps wings hard and launches in pursuit right behind.
Below Takeshi feels clearly with this fighting style the struggle will be a long time before finishing. He braces all his strength, energy being non-stop used, two sets of teeth gritted tight to the point of misery because of having to control hundreds of large stone blocks.
This is now the true aerial battle.
The dragon turns back and opens its large mouth; immediately fire is spit out. But fire as weak as that is a bit hard to trouble Elyssia; she brings her hand forward and launches her large energy opposing the fire.
The dragon while spitting fire clearly senses things are not right; it knows for sure it will lose, but this situation truly puts it at a dead end having to fight desperately. Surrounding the dragon currently are hundreds of large and small stone blocks with different shapes. In its heart it only hates that if it could kill Takeshi it would do so immediately; it knows this is all Takeshi's intent.
Airi and Kazuka approach from two sides. Both spring-jump powerfully across the boulders hovering in the air making the boulders either crack or fall.
The dragon cuts off the fire, turns to the left and swings its large, sharp black claws toward Kazuka. Simultaneously with the claws, the dragon lashes its large tail like a giant python toward the jumping Airi.
Boom!!
The claws break the boulder where Kazuka was standing but he had jumped to a hovering boulder beside some distance, face clearly showing tension. He knows if he leaves an opening those claws can kill him for sure, hands gripping tight the sword in hand. On the other side Airi also avoids the dragon's extremely strong tail lash which crushed many boulders.
But it's not just two people attacking; this is a one-versus-six match. The dragon after launching two strikes and both not hitting two [people], it knows it's not good. Immediately retracts wings and covers the body, right after opens wings with extreme force creating a terrifyingly large wind power making Airi and Kazuka not dare to stand but forced to sit down hands clinging tight to the boulder. The boulders despite being heavy also endure the large wind power and are pushed far away. Takeshi below is sweating, two arms held forward as if tired to exhaustion.
Elyssia is not afraid of large wind; her speed is very fast so she flaps wings continuously and launches straight to the dragon's spot, eyes sharp and cold determined to take it down, platinum hair tossing and swaying in the wind.
The dragon quickly reacts; if it is chased it certainly can fall into an inferior position. So better just confront head-on; even if there are others supporting Elyssia, the dragon is determined and hopes it can put Elyssia into a weak state if an opening is found.
"Come here."
White energy flashes dazzlingly. Elyssia's sword swings and collides with the dragon's massive claws. Naturally this dragon is hard-pressed to confront Elyssia normally; it is using a lot of energy in the body pushing to the front legs to directly block the slash carrying great threat for it. Elyssia's two hands grip the sword bracing strength; two sides struggle extremely tensely.
The dragon uses its left leg to swing toward Elyssia, together with that the tail also lashes in. Elyssia uses more energy; she still stays calm and knows this attack posture is not very threatening for her. The dragon while swinging its left leg and tail also senses Elyssia using more energy and the right leg is at a disadvantage.
But it seems to have forgotten Aoto; only now does it sense him but Aoto is already on top launching straight down like a piercing spear. His right hand is covered by dense energy and turned into a sharp point. He knows by himself why bother bracing a single strike for a long time while able to use another way? That is covering the hand like a weapon with large energy to pierce that thick skin layer.
"I remember Takeshi often keeps his hand shape like this to stab."
Both sides know and react, but Elyssia is faster, releases one hand from the sword that is blocking the dragon's claws. She launches a palm strike straight into the sole of the dragon's front foot making its leg immediately knocked back. The dragon was opening its mouth wanting to blow fire upward when its leg was knocked away by Elyssia so it was interrupted.
Immediately Elyssia launches an energy slash toward the dragon's chest; her slash has not yet arrived when immediately Aoto like an arrow launches straight down onto the dragon's back; it tries to evade by flapping wings and tilting its body but partly Aoto is too fast while falling and there's Elyssia too.
Boom!!!
Aoto's arm stabs straight into the dragon's back; although a bit off from the target Aoto aimed because the dragon wanted to evade, but a hit is good. The arm like a spearpoint stabs deep into its back, so deep that his arm is as if swallowed by the dragon's large body; the scale layer despite being sturdy is also a young dragon, not to mention that speed of Aoto's was too great so piercing is a certainty. The dragon roars once in painful helplessness, head tilted to the sky, red eyes full of helplessness. An uncomfortable feeling at that moment surges straight into the dragon's person, exactly because there is Aoto's chaotic energy striking into its body and going deep inside.
But the pain from Aoto's stab was not yet over when immediately right after Elyssia's slash launches to this dragon's chest. It was hit by Aoto's strike so how could it evade Elyssia's slash?
Stab!!!
The wide and deep slash makes the dragon's red eyes as if want to extinguish their light. Its red meat is exposed outside as the wound mouth is very large; the only thing it can do is stop the bleeding for itself.
The dragon's body as if wants to fall, but a battle where only one or two strikes are hit and it's already over is not a battle. These two strikes by both Aoto and Elyssia are very strong, very important, and make the dragon suffer. But a dragon's recovery capability is very good; these strikes are only to weaken; now will take advantage of the time it is injured to attack. But the dragon also knows; it opens its mouth wide, throat full of fire and tilts its head to the sky. The dragon's mouth currently is like a volcano launching fireballs in an arc and falling down like rain.
Kazuka and Airi rush in from two sides, simultaneously launching two sweeping strikes into the dragon's flanks and successfully creating large wounds. But the dragon still tries to endure and continues.
Takeshi doesn't control normally; he controls several stone blocks as if he hates everyone, but actually it is the most effective way of support. Quickly uses two stone blocks hovering beside Airi and Kazuka to strike toward them. The two people as if knowing beforehand overflow energy; both are immediately knocked away by the two stone blocks without resisting, escaping from the dragon's fire-spitting range.
The dragon's mouth like a volcano still maintains tilting to the sky and spitting fire into the sky for a distance and letting them fall to protect itself densely. Aoto and Elyssia are forced to stand outside.
Elyssia's eyes are contemplative, trying to think:
"Now it's hard to clear a path to approach it. Although it will recover for a long time, it's effective. But its energy will take a long time to run out."
How can one person thinking be equal to many people thinking? Takeshi swings his hand; two stone blocks quickly fly to the place where Kazuka and Airi will land; both spin and successfully stand on the stone blocks, immediately eyes directed straight up where the dragon is no different from a volcano. Takeshi's head immediately thinks of a plan and acts.
However, the stone blocks hovering immediately fall like rain down; luckily Takeshi doesn't stand in the range of the falling fireballs while below the forest is only fire and holes, the sound of burning "Pop pop".