Chapter 1744 Unexpected Battle!
1744 Unexpected Battle!
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After collecting all necessary treasures, I had thought we could have it easy and rest, just wait until the trial was over and then move on.
But I was wrong, as usual.
RUMBLE!
That shadowy man emerged from the ruins of the labyrinth I had destroyed behind ours, and then immediately flew towards us at lightning speed.
He looked furious.
I couldn"t really blame him, if he was truly a fragment of Oberon, then he was one of those with a quick temper, perhaps.
But there was something odd about him, that power he wielded, it was unlike any other elemental magic, skill, divine ability, or power I"ve seen.
It was definitely a Unique Skill, but not a normal one either.
So far, he had been barely using it, mostly showing us the most surface level of powers it could achieve.
But I was sure it could do more, within him, there was an almost boundless amount of divine power after all.
That man, I could clearly see it now.
It had around ten divine cores inside of its body.
And he showed us, all of us, what his ability could do.
"{Abyssal Arts}: {Outer Void Domain}"
I prepared for a clash, but everything suddenly turned dark, pitch black. freewebnoveℓ.com
TRUUUM!
Yes, everything turned into pure darkness, the sky turned black, the ground disappeared too, any surrounding area, forest, dirt, the ruins, everything disappeared and only us remained here.
Floating within this endless void of darkness, as countless small, golden, and white colored stars shone brightly very far away.
It felt as if we"ve been teleported to outer s.p.a.ce.
And there was no oxygen here, or any sort of atmospheric mana or divine power.
"Quickly! Cover your bodies with Divine Power and come to my side!"
Everyone"s eyes widened as they immediately did as I told them through telepathy. However, s.p.a.ce itself began to distort rapidly, black holes emerging, trying to suck away my friends and family away from me!
"Yes, you might have become a Venerable, but that doesn"t mean anything to me," he said. "Yes, you might have defeated some of my soul fragments, but that doesn"t mean anything to me. This power you see? Its invincible. I"ve had enough of you. I wanted to do this in peace, yet your constant annoyance has made me snap, as some of you mortals like to say."
It was as if he could read my mind, he knew exactly what I would ask, he knew exactly what I would say…
This was different than the other soul fragments, this was different even than the Greenwood I know.
Is this really a soul fragment or…
Am I facing the real Oberon right now?
["Drake!"]
Andromeda"s voice was all I needed to snap back to reality.
Facing him made me feel strangely… lowly.
It was as if I was facing a mountain while I was nothing but an ant.
"I really thought Pandemonium would be the first one to come after my life, but it seems you"re more impatient than I imagined, Oberon," I said, waving my hand and breaking through his Domain with immense force. "Unfortunately for you, I have yet to reveal all my trump cards too."
TRUUUMMM!!!
An immense shockwave of pure power shook the entire domain, the void itself trembled, beginning to distort. It wasn"t fragmenting, it was more like a piece of fabric rather than gla.s.s, it had to be stretched a lot to be torn apart.
"Trying to use the sheer force of your Ascendancy Law to destroy my Domain? As expected of you," he said. "I had already taken that into consideration as well. It"s not going to work."
He waved his hand, the void compressed and then rapidly expanded, liquefying into a sea of darkness that tried to wash over us.
I used my Telekinesis to rapidly drag everyone towards me, stronger than the mini black holes he conjured, and then created a barrier out of my pure Ascendancy Law around us.
SPLAAASH!
"That telekinetic pull was strong," he said. "I have to commend yourself for that, well done."
"Drake! What"s going on?!" Yuki screamed to me through telepathy as well.
"What else? Oberon is trying to kill us," I told her, and well, everyone. "He deceived us by making us think he was solely focused on the trial, he pretended to only want something out of it. But it seems he had been planning, restraining himself, and hiding his true power. If anything, his actual intentions were always to kill us all."
"W-What?!" even Benladann was left speechless. "That b.a.s.t.a.r.d! Let me help as well!"
"Yeah, it"s time we get to fight for real!" Miranda nodded. "Benladann, let"s fuse!"
"Okay, everyone to your fighting positions!" I said. "I will try to break the domain while we defend against his attacks." frёewebηovel.cѳm
"W-We"re fighting before breaking out?!" Emerald panicked the most, but Amehia and Tyrannus remained by his side.
"Lord Emerald, be brave!" Tyrannus roared.
"Let"s combine our magic together like before!" said Amehia.
"R-Right!" Emerald nodded, still nervous, but acknowledging his strength. "Okay!"
At the same time, I saw Benladann and Miranda fusing together into their gigantic half t.i.tan and half chaos dragon form, overflowing with tremendous power that even seemed to weaken the void around her.
"Benladra, Kate, Drakda, I"m counting on you three too!" I said. "Papa will protect you, so just attack with everything you"ve got. Use Domains too, as much as you can!"
"Sure!" Benladra nodded. "I"ll unleash my new powers!"
"Leave it to us papa," Kate said.
"Raaaahh!" Drakda roared.
All three of them quickly transformed into their dragon forms, overflowing with their powerful Divinities, their surroundings shook as they expanded their domains almost instantly.
Benladra"s Domain expanded first, unleashing a gigantic wave of heavenly light and starlight stars, shaking the void itself.
Kate released hers as silver colored thunder zapped and electrified everything, the illusion of giant amounts of silver-colored metallic towers surged, as giant mechanical tentacles flooded everywhere.
Drakda"s developing domain was also released, as he tried to copy his sisters, darkness, blood, and chaos were released immensely, resembling a sea of pure miasma and destruction.
RUMBLE!
With my children"s three domains, the void domain itself started to shake again, however it had yet to gain a crack at all.
"Another expected result."
Oberon"s crimson eyes squinted.
"{Outer Void Domain Arts}: {Nullification}"