Dxd: Master Of Shadows - Volume 2 Chapter 18 18
The dragon-lion king started the bout with a heavy fire breath to my previous location but thanks to [EX Instinct] I dodged fairly easy. The entire building raised in temperature and molten lava came out from the breathed locations so I had to coat myself with mana while [EX Mana Burst] was active, compared to the other fights where I had to ground myself, this battle had me fighting in a wide area with large opponent.
He sent one of his gargantuan claws at me, I forgot to mention but he was a European type dragon, and he packed quite an ugly punch(?). I ramped up [EX Instinct] and the best course of action was to climb up the claws and launch an attack at his shoulders for a total of 6 seconds, for 3 seconds, I used ventus promouit 4x as I climb up, and then within 3 seconds, stab the shoulder in the right spot to cause joint damage and then drop down and continue running.
“Is that all you got, dragon-lion king?”
The dragon snorted at me and picked up a nearby boulder to flick it at me, the damage was very scary and I don’t think I’ll sleep with it as a dream. Yes, it accidentally hit me, see, speed beats instinct and the boulder was very fast.
“That’s a few of what I’ve got, boy”
He continued flicking boulders at me, this time I made sure either deflect them or slice them, blocking was a waste of time since it stalled me. After most boulders were thrown, dragon-lion decided to come up close and personal by using his wings to create wind pressure dragging me closer to him…in this case wouldn’t it be me coming up close and personal?
“It’d be a waste to have you running in a 1v1, coward boy, now I see where you get that nickname…”
“I’m the king of retreats!”
Yes, I indeed was, so I used [Burst Boost] and used quasi-caliburn beam attack to propel myself off the ground and reach about chest level with the dragon-lion king.
‘Ventus Promouit x5’
I used the infamous over glorified dash to reach closer to his chest, add the force of suction from his wings, my speed was pretty fast and just by holding out the blade in front of me, I managed to lodge it deep inside him…heh, anyways. It seems like it managed to deal a little bit of damage to him so I ran away.
“Pesky little boy, smart, truly smart, but are you smart enough for this?”
“You sound like a really bad c.o.c.ky villain or something similar”
“I have to act the part, not like I like it you know?”
The temperature went cold and my speed dropped a little, did I mention that having a coat of mana and using [EX Mana Burst] was pretty impossible if you took into account the 2 being technically the same but with different outputs and uses, so yes, I felt the cold breath the dragon-lion used and it managed to slow me down for a bit, enough to hit me with a claw and crash into the wall.
“T-that hurts, a lot”
[EX Battle Continuation] wise, I was still fine and I ignored the pain while running towards him, he let his guard down the instant I crashed so this attack was pretty fatal.
“My dad says jokes like ‘I got your nose’, I say I got your eyes!”
Don’t worry guys, I said that AFTER I attacked him, so no, I wasn’t talking while launching an attack and it worked, because his right eye just felt the pain of being slashed.
“Y-You! What is wrong with you?! Say something before you attack!”
“Why should I? An opening is an opening!”
I moved away quickly, also, I just realize that my right pinky was bent a little wrong, yeah, it hurts. I went to my [Mind Library] and looked for dislocation, fix, pinky, I got Bone Dislocation Guide For Dummies, not the best thing in there but good enough.
I went back to real time and boy, was I so dumb to not activate [EX Instinct] instantaneously, yep, a cool fire breath to my face. It hurts, I feel threatened and angry, a little.
“Hah! Serves you right, boy!”
“Ngungungu!”
My armor was basically molting hot and I had to remove it or else it might just become a permanent part of my skin soon, using all the knowledge of magic I had, I created the coolest, most amazing item to help me in this battle.
Yep.
A dragon slaying sword, nameless one to get it for cheap. Cheap as in less mana than creating something like Balmung or something similar. Anyways, the dragon slaying sword was enough for me to win this battle, why?
Because I was slightly angry.
I used my full power this time, my muscles bulged and orange sparks came from me as I dashed towards him faster than I was previously I raised the blade into the air and used a fully charge [EX Mana Burst] to my body and the sword along with an unrestrained [EX Knight of Owner] this was the blow similar to a quasi-caliburn but in truth, the voice didn’t know that I was still holding back a lot by then, mainly because of me not allowing [EX Knight of Owner] to fully transform a stick. Red crack like lines stared appearing from the sword along with a black aura that got taken over by a purple jet-like stream, the dragon-lion king look terrified, and the only action he could do was try to block it but…
“Lionheart Sword Arts: Horizon Splitting Claws”
Despite my many complaints about the Lionheart Arts, it’s mostly just because of me hating the attack names and giving people ideas about the attack itself. But in all honesty, most of the time, I’d use it as a finisher, especially when the element of sudden power up surprise is in your side.
The nameless dragon slaying sword in my hand seemed like a gigantic sword due to aura it had and along with the slash on it’s own, the blocking dragon lost both its wings and arms and lost the bottom portion of its jaws, barely saving the top but by swaying just in time, the destruction caused by my attack literally made a big slash shaped hole that reached until there was light from outside, the gash on the ground was deep enough that the dragon-lion king’s body was half in and the most amazing part of this was how the dragon slaying sword got turned into dust after the attack.
“W-What the f.u.c.k are you?!”
I landed down and stretched my neck a little, the dragon-lion king was technically unable to fight now and I just needed to finish it, now I see why the dino-lion was the strongest of the bunch, they really are weak ass.
I created another nameless dragon slaying spear, this time, I was going to a big boom!
“W-Wait! Stop! You win! It hurts!”
I kept silent, I need you dead civil dragon-lion-kun.
I took a familiar position as my muscles bulged once more, the orange sparks and the my low crouching position, the ground caved in a little but this time I used an unrestrained [EX Knight of Owner] with the red cracks and [EX Mana Burst] and the additional damage of the skill [Gigantic Beast Hunt]
“Lionheart…”
He started running away, no matter though, not like he could escape this one…after all this WAS my strongest art.
“Spear Arts:…”
See ya! dragon-lion king!
“Sky Splitting Bite”
WOOOOOOOSH!
A shockwave that made the whole cave in front of me disappear hit the dragon turning the poor thing into dust, along with it was the dragon shaped key completing itself as I grabbed it and ran for dear life, destroying the cave wasn’t a good idea.
As soon as the whole place itself fell to the ground, I was already on my way outside, and escaped unharmed…unless you count the previous injury from the fight. I managed to relax myself afterwards, I killed the dragon-lion king in a not so disgraceful manner so I hope 2 trillion wyvern-lions won’t try to eat me alive.
Repeating my journey to the south, this time to the north back home, I managed to figure out something, a clue that might lead me to the treasure on top of the throne of lions.
“I just found out that the key is actually based off the kings, huh?”
(…You are one smart Sherlock, friend)
Jokes aside, the keys were actually reacting to my left arm, or no, they were reacting to the voice? But of course I won’t tell him that, he might just decide to confiscate the keys. I trust the voice but not enough to potentially throw away my chance for something I want, my goal…
I looked up towards the sky and even from here you could see it, ‘that’ whatever it was, I held out a hand and grabbed the air, soon…
“Soon, I’ll finally get my hands on you”