”ROAAAARRRRR!!!” The terrifying roar of the Firedrake silenced the gang members. The origin beast was enormous, reaching six meters long, with black scales unlike normal earth-colored one. This is a mutated firedrake.
“Get ready!” Katherina yelled; however, she realized that none of the others was moving. Even Aileen had been frozen in fear.
The powerful presence of the mutated firedrake had cast a shadow of defeat in their minds. Currently, none of them were able to think of resisting it.
It was the skill Intimidation. Only high-level beast has this skill. It was a skill capable of instilling fear into the target; the stronger the beast is,
the stronger the skill effect is.
Katherina instantly realized what had happened, but before she could think of a way to save the situation, the monster moved.
“ROOOOOOAAAARRRRR!!!” With a cry of rage, the firedrake extended its claws and dived toward the group.
“Dammit!” Katherina cursed silently and readied herself to stop the beast. If the others could not move, she would stop the monster by herself.
“Hah!” Dark-red origin surged from her body, filling her veins and strengthening her muscles. The origin was then infused into her sword, giving it an ominous glow.
In the next second, she jumped towards the firedrake and roared.
“Die!!!”
She poured all her strength into her slash.
The sword flashed sharply and appeared in front of the beast instantly. The slash was so powerful that it appeared as though it could cut the world into two.
A flash of comprehension appeared on Katherina’s mind. She had attained enlightenment in a desperate situation. She was sure that this was the strongest attack she had made on her life. She decided to name this attack Void Cutter; it was a grandiose name for a half-completed skill, but she was sure that one it would be able to cut the void; but for now, all this attack needed to do was to kill or at least gravely injure the beast.
But when the sword was about to cut the firedrake, a translucent barrier appeared in front of it.
Then, the barrier shook.
… And the sword was stopped.
Disbelief appeared on Katherina’s face. Such a strong attack, and it was stopped so easily.
Time seemed to have stopped, and the Firedrake raised its lizard-like face and looked at the former boss of the Black Snake and seemed to smirk. It then raised its right claw and swung it down.
“!!!” Katherina hurriedly crossed her arms and used the sword as a shield. Then, she received the firedrake’s attack.
Bang!
The next second, she was shot out towards the ground like a meteor. She was violently slammed to the ground.
“Gah!” Katherina grunted in pain. Her arms were twisted in odd directions, and two of her ribs broke. Her mouth fell open, and blood sprayed out.
“Sister!” Aileen reacted after seeing her sister getting violently slammed into the ground. By sheer will, she shook off the intimidation skill and ran toward her sister. But at that moment, she saw the Firedrake raising its claw for another attack. Aileen fell into despair; she hoped for a miracle to occur; if not, they would die at this rate.
Amber watching from the sidelines, couldn’t help but nudge her master to intervene because, as she saw things, if nothing were done, the sisters would undoubtedly perish. Stella, who was struggling, could not make it in time.
”Master, please help them at least this once.” Amber pleaded with teary eyes; she had grown fond of the sisters, maybe because she saw herself in them. How she would do anything to protect her siblings at the orphanage back when she was still them. So she didn’t want the siblings to die.
”Okay, I will help them.”
Unexpectedly, Orpheus accepted right away, almost as if he had been waiting for someone to say this.
Amber, who was too busy celebrating because her master had accepted her suggestion, did not see through this scheme; only Lilith understood Orpheus’s goal.
‘As expected of master. With this move, he will completely subdue that demihuman.’ Lilith was amazed by her master plan. Right after giving his approval to help them, Orpheus threw two ominous-looking daggers at Stella, who caught them and nodded in his direction; she felt grateful towards him and vowed to become his weapon; most of the demi-humans valued strength, so from the moment Orpheus showed how powerful he was, he had half subdued her and with today action, intentional or not he had completely subdued Stella.
Back to the battlefield. The Firedrake tried to finish the siblings.
But when it was about to finish the two sisters, a shadow appeared behind its head like the grim reaper.
The Firedrake shuddered. A feeling of fear-filled it. Crying in rage, it created a forcefield around its body to resist the cat’s demi-human attacks.
*Clank!* Stella’s daggers hit the barrier, creating multiple sparks. But a simple barrier was not enough to stop her.
She narrowed her eyes and called upon the daggers’ power, eroding the origin barrier and tearing a hole into it.
*Spurt!* The dagger pierced the dragon.
“ROOOOAAAARRRR!!!” The Firedrake roared in pain and fear. It felt the daggers absorbing its life force crazily. Instantly, It turned around and swung its tail to hit Stella away.
“Ugh!” Stella crashed against the barrier of chaotic origin and threw out a mouthful of blood.
But when her attack dealt damage, and she got almost sent flying, Katharina had recovered.
Crack!
”Ugh!”
With a tug, she returned her arms to their original position and used origin to hold the broken bones together.
“Ugh!” A groan of pain escaped from Katharina’s mouth, but she bit her lips and endured the intense pain that threatened to make her fall unconscious.
Then, she grabbed her sword with her good hand and pounced forward.
Behind her, Aileen readied her rapier. Now that her two sisters were fighting against the Firedrake, she could not remain terrified without doing anything.
The two sisters jumped towards the beast. Using the brief distraction Stella and their sister caused, they aimed their weapons at the beast’s neck, where the monster was the most sensitive.
The Firedrake realized their intentions, but it was too late to evade. Helpless, it could only create a mana barrier around its weak spot to stop the attacks.
But even a Tier 3 monster could not stop the all-out attacks of the two girls with a last-second barrier. In less than one second, the two weapons broke through the barrier and cut the beast’s powerful skin.
“ROAAAARRRRR!!!” The Firedrake roared in pain and tried to attack the two girls, but they moved away quickly and evaded its attack. The monster breathed yellow flame, melting the ground.
The Firedrake narrowed its eyes; seeing the siblings dodging its attack; the beast attacked next with its powerful tail.
Swoosh!
The tail cut through the air like a knife cutting through butter. Katharina and Aileen blocked the attack with their teeth gritted.
A petite shadow appeared suddenly behind it, the firedrake like a ghost, and she gripped the daggers she received from Orpheus in a downwards grip and pierced its rear.
Then, she tore a hole in its rear completely.
“ROoAAAooAAAARRR!!!” A painful scream escaped from the firedrake’s jaw. It fell to the ground helplessly, raising a cloud of dust. The pain was too much, and the beast could only diminish the pain by rolling on the ground.
Stella then appeared beside her sisters. She looked at the cloud of dust with a wary look. Although they managed to deal a heavy blow to the beast, they were far from winning.
But in the next second, a terrifying feeling of danger assaulted the three.
All the origin in the surroundings rushed towards the cloud of dust. In one second, the cloud the dust compressed itself until it was absorbed by a vortex of energy in the firedrake’s mouth. The beast had decided to use its strongest breath attack.
The firedrake opened its enormous jaw and fired a crimson fireball from its jaw.
The girls turned pale. They instantly tried to move away, but in the next second, they realized a terrible truth.
Behind them, the remaining gang members were frozen in fear.
Instantly, the three of them froze on their steps. If
A brief expression of hesitation appeared on Katherina’s face, but the next instant, her hesitation turned into determination. She used all the origin she had left to create a powerful barrier that could protect her subordinates.
One second later, her two sisters joined her.
Katherina looked at them and smiled. Yes, they were her sisters, always supporting her.
The next instant, the dragon’s breath was shot.
The entire forest around them shone. A crimson beam of energy flew towards the girls.
“Eh! Ahhhhhh!!!” The girls raised their voices and put all their origin into stopping the attack. Dark-red, green, and black origin surged from them and created a powerful barrier that clashed against the attack.
But then, the barrier started to crumble.
The girls took a step back, and then another, and another, and the barrier continued crumbling.
Despair filled their faces. They could feel the death nearing them slowly.
At that moment, a sword made of crimson light threatened to destroy everything formed above the girls. None of them could see it, but the sword was ready to slash down and kill the firedrake in a single move.
Then he flicked his fingers, and the Firedrake was reduced to nothingness, swallowed by the crimson light.
At last, Orpheus had acted.
