Chapter 3 - Lucky? Or a Burden? (2)

Both drakes stared at Jade amid their fight.

However, they both showed different emotions in their eyes.

'Sword Aura will probably only make a scratch, if that's the case..'

Although Jade was carrying a sword, he did not pull it out.

He knew that at his current level he couldn't hurt the Black Drake. It was different if he could use Aura Blade, but his main job was a Summoner.

If he fought as a Summoner, he was confident enough to even fight against the Black Drake.

"Shall we go give our greetings?"

-Let's do it!

-I will just follow you, master.

Salim answered just after Celestine.

Hearing the loyal Salim speak, Jade smiled and continued to compress Salim's energy.

He showed a special control over his powers.

"I'm curious as to what my limit is right now."

Sssuuuuuaaannngggg!!

A laser beam compressed with Salim's power poured out from Jade's palm and rushed towards the Black Drake.

It directly hit the Black Drake in the face and a fountain of blood sprayed out into the air.

-Nice!

"So, it does work."

Jade laughed as he stared at the wound that was created by the laser beam.

It seemed like an attack from a high-cla.s.s spirit was effective.

However, the damage must not have been deep as the Black Drake roared out and swung its tail.

-It's useless!

It was a very fast attack coming from a huge body, but Jade had Scylla.

He wasn't the Gold Drake that needed to protect a lair, so he took full advantage of the sky.

Puh puh puh pung!

As he did, he constantly showered the Black Drake with compressed fireb.a.l.l.s, focusing on the wound that the Gold Drake gave.

Roaarrrr!!!

It was already getting annoyed with how Jade was dodging his attacks, but it made it even more angry that he was only attacking its wound.

And, at that moment, the Black Drake opened its mouth.

'This one is going to be dangerous.'

A warning resonated within Jade's head.

Even if he was wearing Salim as Spirit Armor, it was going to be dangerous to take the breath head on.

That's why Jade unsummoned Scylla and immediately summoned the high-cla.s.s spirit Silayron.

There was no guarantee that Scylla would have been able to dodge the breath attack with his speed.

Kwaa ooooooo!!!!

Silayron had the appearance of a phoenix, and as soon as it was summoned, the Black Drake shot its breath towards Jade.

Shwikkk!!!

Silayron quickly flew to the side with full force. However, the Black Drake wasn't to be looked down on.

It changed the direction of its breath by turning its head and continued to aim at Jade.

If Scylla was still summoned, it would not have been able to dodge the attack just now.

-You made a very good decision!

"Thankfully it doesn't seem like the Gold Drake wants to be a part of this."

-Because, it needs to catch its breath first.

Jade muttered as he dodged the Black Drake's attack.

Meanwhile, the breath attack lost its momentum. The Black Drake had stopped its attack because it knew that it wouldn't hit its target.

Puh pung! Puh puh pung!

Utilizing that gap, Jade continued his onslaught of fireb.a.l.l.s, but it didn't do much damage to the Black Drake. If anything, it just made it angrier.

"The attack seems to be effective, but is it just not fatal enough?"

Jade smacked his lips as he saw that although the Black Drake was bleeding, it seemed to be moving just fine.

It was getting damaged, but the damage just wasn't fatal enough.

That's why Jade changed his method.

-Are you going to fight it on the ground?

"Yeah, I think there's a limit to what long distance attacks will do."

-Won't you be at a disadvantage? I think it'll be a good idea to drag this on for a long fight.

"I'm going to get tired first and run out of mana. It might work though if it lost its reason and excessively shot its breath attack."

Koong koong koong koong!

As Jade unsummoned Silayron and landed on the ground, the Black Drake rushed towards him.

It was as if it wanted to trample on him at once.

However, Jade did not land onto the ground without any plans.

"Noes."

Ssoo oo oook!

As the high-cla.s.s Noes was summoned, it quickly displayed its terrifying abilities.

Putting aside the fact that Jade had a very high affinity with spirits, Noes was able to read Jade's thoughts and knew what to do.

Grrr?

As the Black Drake's feet suddenly sank into the ground, it began to wobble as it lost its balance.

And, at that moment, dozens of earth spikes shot towards the Black Drake.

"Geez, the mana consumption is insane."

As big as the Black Drake was, the amount of mana that was being consumed was also huge. However, Jade still had a bit to spare.

-Let's just half bury this thing altogether!

"That's what I'm planning to do."

The Black Drake seemed to be fine, even with dozens of earth spikes.

It had tolerated the attack with its st.u.r.dy scales, and seeing this, Jade changed his method again.

Instead of attacking it, he was planning to trap and stop the Black Drake's movements.

Boom ba boom!

The earth around the Black Drake moved like the sea and swallowed the Black Drake.

To stop it from moving, Jade buried everything except the Black Drake's head.

Of course, the Black Drake did not calmly sit by and do nothing.

It did whatever it could to escape the ground.

Deu deu deu deu!

The surrounding earth looked as if an earthquake had just occurred and showed that Jade's training was not in vain. He traversed the ground and stopped in front of the Black Drake with a huge sword made of fire.

It was a sword of fire made with Salim's power.

Jjuuhh uh ukk!!!

As the flame sword filled with Jade's mana it rushed down towards the Blake Drake's neck.

It was the only part of the drake that was currently visible, and the most effective. Jade knew the Black Drake would die if its neck was cut so he only aimed at one part of the neck and swung.

-Be careful!

At that moment, Celestine warned Jade because she had noticed the Black Drake's syrinx move.

Chee eee eeek!!

The drake's acid breath sprayed forth and melted the ground. That was how horrible the Black Drake's breath was.

However, Jade dodged the breath at the right time and exquisitely moved towards the back of the drake's neck.

'If this continues, we're going to end up going into a long battle.'

He was currently fighting with two high-cla.s.s spirits, so it was obvious that he would be at a disadvantage if the fight grew longer.

That's why Jade thought hard.

The time had come for him to decide.

Bannggg!!!

At that moment, the Black Drake escaped out of the pit.

It had escaped from Noes's grasp and no matter what Noes did, it was unable to catch the quick drake.

'It's too much for Noes.'

A high-cla.s.s earth spirit was definitely strong, but its opponent was a bad match.

Drakes were at the highest level even among monsters, so it was unfortunately too much for Noes to handle.

-Is it finally my turn to s.h.i.+ne!

Celestine yelled out in an imposing manner.

Even she had realized that this was the time to be resolute, and that Jade wouldn't have enough mana to summon her if this fight dragged on any longer.

"Was it really too much?"

-You did your best and even fought well! Only, your opponent was a bad match for you!

"Still, a loss is a loss."

-Hey! You haven't lost yet. You still have one last move.

"I have quite a few moves left. The problem is it'll also damage me."

Making his decision, Jade unsummoned Salim, took a deep breath and stared at Celestine.

-I'm ready whenever you are!

"Then let's go."

-Alright!

Woos.h.!.+

A fearsome wind began to circle around Jade.

It was wind that had formed as the highest-cla.s.s wind spirit's main body was summoned.

At the same time, Jade's appearance also changed.

He was wearing a blue wind armor and holding a spear.

Kwaa ooooooo!

The Black Drake's breath simultaneously sprayed forth.

While Celestine was being summoned, Noes was also unsummoned, so there wasn't anyone to interfere with the Black Drake and its acid breath.

-Meh! It's useless!

It was a sudden attack by the Black Drake, but Jade did not panic.

He believed that no matter how much he was sprayed with the drake's breath, he would be able to tolerate it with Celestine's armor.

And, as if to answer his expectations, Celestine summoned a vortex in front of Jade and reflected the Black Drake's breath attack.

"We should take advantage of the breath."

-Just believe in me!

"Alright."

Having faith in the confident Celestine, Jade kicked the ground and through the Drake's breath.

Chiiiiiikk!

Celestine's wind quickly took care of the breath attack, however, the closer he got to the core of the breath, the higher his mana consumption grew.

Even still, Jade did not stop his advance.

-We're almost at its mouth!

At the same time as Celestine's yell, Jade could feel that the acid breath was weakening.

It had finally run out of air.

At this moment, Jade jabbed his spear forward with all his strength.,

Stab!!

As soon as the breath attack was over, Jade was right in front of the Black Drake and he used his wind spear to stab straight into the roof of the drake's mouth.

Roarr!!!

That wasn't all, Jade used the spear that was now stuck on the roof of the drake's mouth and pushed it into its head.

He had used a wind blade to split the drake's head in two.

Boom!

No matter how strong its scales and hide were, there was nothing it could do if its head was split apart.

The Black Drake lifelessly collapsed onto the ground as blood gushed out.

"Sigh."

Staring at the Black Drake that had instantly died with the use of the wind vibrations, Jade canceled his Spirit Armor.

He did not have any more mana left.

And, because he had split through the breath attack, there was quite a burden on his physical body.

Shake shake.

Jade turned his body as he grabbed ahold of his shaking right arm with his left hand.

The Black Drake was taken care of, but the Gold Drake remained.

Although it was filled with wounds, a drake was a drake. Jade's face was filled with nervousness.

-That Gold Drake is in bad condition.

Celestine spoke as she stared at the Gold Drake's body that was littered with wounds.

Anyone could tell that it was barely able to stand.

Completed - Chapter 3 (2)