Chapter 680: Slain the Skeleton Dragon
"Oceanid, we better drop this dragon to the ground. That would be much more profitable for us." Elena proposed her opinion based on Elysia"s suggestion.
"Hum, this dragon can escape from here and inflict greater damage while in the air. Alright, I"ll take this dragon down." Oceanid also thought so because he knew the risk if his opponent decided to run away with all its might.
"The hit fell towards the golden magic circle that Ely made. The dragon will immediately fall because of the gravity pull." Elena flew away and gave the rest to Oceanid.
"Good." Oceanid plunged his trident into the skeleton dragon, but it only pierced its skeleton a little. At the same time, he applied pressure overload gradually. After that, he punched the dragon hard into Elysia"s gravity pull zone.
"Screech!" The skeleton dragon screeched and shot to the ground very fast somehow.
"Oh d.a.m.n, what kind of gravitational pull is that. I would almost be dragged down too if I didn"t jump off that skeleton dragon in time." Oceanid muttered under his breath.
"It"s my Ely~" Elena flew down. Oceanid immediately right after.
*Boom!*
A ma.s.sive ma.s.s fell several tens of meters in front of Elysia. A giant crater was created, and a small earthquake occurred. Evelyn widened her eyes in surprise and covered her mouth. Her best friend was serious about slaying this dragon.
The fall of the gigantic skeleton dragon made the mages at the rear and the knights at the vanguard tense up. After all, the monster was the greatest threat to all of them.
"Roar!"
The skeleton dragon roared in rage. It tried to rise, but the gravity underneath made it challenging to move.
Thus, the dragon gathered its fire breath and burned a golden magic circle beneath it with its reddish-black fire.
"Hey, you love burning things, don"t you?" Sylvia jumped high and plunged down with her spear aimed at the dragon"s head.
She took advantage of Elysia"s gravity magic to make her attack extra heavy.
*Bam!*
The dragon"s jaw was forced tightly shut due to the impact from above. The superheated flames were forced to stop, but Sylvia lay flat on the skeleton dragon"s head.
"Ely, please help me out! Your gravity magic is truly amazing. I can"t move." Sylvia asked for help with an awkward smile.
"..." Elysia put her hand to her forehead with a wry smile in response. She eased the gravitational force around Sylvia and pulled her devil friend out of the high gravity zone.
However, Sylvia was still holding her spear that was deeply stuck in the skeleton dragon"s head.
Elysia tried to pull Sylvia out several times, but it failed. She didn"t want to hurt her friend if she gave more force. "Sylvi, your spear is stuck deep into the dragon"s head. Release your grip first, and you can retrieve it later."
Sylvia just obeyed Elysia"s words. After releasing her spear from her grasp, she was successfully pulled out of the high gravity zone.
"Phew, thank you, Ely. I feel satisfied after giving a heavy blow to this giant dragon." Sylvia wiped her sweat and breathed a sigh of relief.
"What about the giant monster by your side, Sylvi?" Elysia looked left and right to check the current battle situation.
"I"ve already exterminated two. As for the other one, I let that holy knight and that mage take care of that." Sylvia pointed in a direction. A Saint-level giant undead was dealing with a barrage of attacks from two people.
"Good job, Sylvi. You seem eager to partic.i.p.ate in the slay the dragon mission, hmm?" Elena landed near Elysia with an amused smile on her face.
"En, I slaughtered those two Saint-level giant ugly monsters as fast as I could to join in to attack this gigantic dragon. This is the first dragon I will fight, hehe..." Sylvia replied with a silly laugh. She couldn"t hide her intentions to Elysia, much less to the G.o.ddess of Light.
"The one we"re fighting is an EMperor-level accursed monster with the unknown curse and incredible abilities. Ely was once half-dead against such a creature due to her ignorance. Make sure all of you are careful. This skeleton dragon has a high-speed regeneration even though it has been bombarded with hundreds of deadly attacks from Sea G.o.d, while the anti-curse mechanism is still in effect." Elena heaved a subtle sigh as she looked back at the skeleton dragon.
"Yeah, that"s really weird, I must say. I"m guessing this calamity beast has a defense and regeneration core somewhere in its body. We need to destroy it first, or we can"t slay this skeleton dragon." Oceanid folded his arms and re-examined the dragon. He still couldn"t find his objective, even though he had destroyed the dragon"s red core in the heart with his divine spear.
"Body, core? But, this dragon is just a dragon skeleton." Sylvia put her hand to her chin while thinking.
"Hmm, are you referring to the two pitch-black cores in that dragon"s eye sockets? They were glowing blue, red, and now black... I feel this skeleton dragon will launch something as unexpected as its Emperor-level friend." Elysia looked at Oceanid and pointed her palm at the dragon"s head.
"You seem right. I"ll destroy that first." Oceanid issued a unique spear for deep penetration.
He put his stance and threw it into the dragon"s eye socket with all his might.
*Swoosh!*
The spear shot out with impressive power, leaving several wind ripples in its path. However, it weakened significantly as it entered Elysia"s high gravity zone and fell to the ground before hitting the dragon.
*Thud*
"..." Oceanid and everyone else had nothing to say. They didn"t want to say anything, and Oceanid somehow felt a little embarra.s.sed.
"RawR." Vanessa landed behind her master and glared at the gigantic skeleton dragon. She was around two meters high and five meters long in her most superb form, but that dragon was six times her size.
"How is the battle on your side, Vann?" Elysia gave her big white tiger a head pat and a few strokes.
"The stronger ones have been eradicated. Only the weaker ones are left, and those of the human forces can definitely finish off the remaining monsters." Vanessa lowered her head slightly so her master could reach her head quickly.
"You"ve done a great job. There are no other fatalities on our side now. Thank goodness." Elysia smiled gently.
"Elysia, can you revoke your gravity magic now? I can"t make any significant impact because of that." Oceanid made a request.
"Sure." Elysia just waved her hand, and her golden magic circle disappeared gradually. "Prepare to engage in battle."
"Roar!" The swarm of dragons roared in rage. The air temperature suddenly rose drastically, and reddish black flames spread in various directions.
"Are you going to activate your curse fire domain? Don"t expect us to wait for you to finish casting it, moron!" Oceanid shot up and punched the skeleton dragon in the jaw.
He took out two long swords and stuck them into the dragon"s eye sockets. Feeling it was not deep enough, he kicked the sword handle and flipped back to take some distance.
"Roar!" The skeleton dragon roared in pain.
*Crack* *Crack*
Along with a cracking sound, Oceanid launched a follow-up attack to test the skeleton dragon"s defense and regeneration.
"Good, it doesn"t regenerate as fast as before, and its defense drops drastically." Oceanid smirked behind his armor as he watched the cracks he inflicted on the dragon heal slowly, very-very slowly.
After that, Elena, Elysia, Oceanid, and the others charged at the skeleton dragon with a barrage of powerful attacks.
The battle lasted for half an hour until the skeleton dragon was slain. Surprisingly, the dead skeleton just fell to the ground, and the enormous black mist popped out of it.
"A potent curse energy. It obviously could pollute a divine being with a deadly curse." Oceanid observed how the last anti-curse mechanism struggled to absorb the remaining curse energy.
The four anti-curse mechanisms have been destroyed because of this Emperor-level accursed monster. One was destroyed in vain, while the other three worked until it was destroyed to neutralize the enormous curse energy.
"Hm, looks like the battle over there is also over. The accursed monsters sealed in this area are quite numerous. It"s probably more than ten thousand while this defensive force only numbered less than two thousand." Elena muttered under her breath while checking the surroundings.
The sky had turned bright blue, but the ground had become purplish black scorch with a gloomy and grim atmosphere. This place had become a cursed zone that needed to be purified immediately.
*Crack*
The last anti-curse mechanism staff near them cracked and shattered after barely completing its task.
Elena snapped her finger. A ring was created around her feet and immediately spread out in all directions.
She did it several times to purify the remaining curse energy in the land. The purplish-black color of the ground gradually returned to brownish due to her magic.
A holy knight and a female mage then came over.
"Thank you for your help, o the G.o.ddess of Light, Sea G.o.d, and everyone. We can minimize the casualties and win this grim battle thanks to you. I don"t know what will happen to us if you don"t show up on time." Freya put her hand on her chest to express her grat.i.tude and grat.i.tude.
"Worry not. We are all fighting against those monsters. Our objective is to eradicate the threat of cursed creatures from our world." Oceanid nodded slightly.
"A few fallen knights are still left on the battlefield. Please take them away and give them an honorary burial. This sealed zone has been completely cleared, and you can return to the capital city to recuperate." Oceanid sighed as he looked at the dead, whether intact or not.
Freya and Patrick then left to take care of other things. They ordered the defense force for a triumph return to the capital city.
"What are we going to do with this skeleton?" Elysia asked in wonder.
"It doesn"t dissipate into a cursed mist, but it doesn"t reduce the likelihood and risk. However, the bones are excellent and strong, a hard quality material. I can forge several cursed weapons with that material." Oceanid walked over to the dead skeleton dragon and pulled out his divine trident from it.
"My spear!" Sylvia rushed to retrieve her divine spear. She stroked it and wiped it clean with great care.
Elysia stroked the snow fox in her arms. Yuuki surprisingly didn"t wake up despite the chaos that happened just now. She then turned to Evelyn with a subtle smile. "Eve, let"s go back to the capital city. There"s a lot to catch up on a few things."