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1184. Portal in the Sky
🕑 Added 2024-09-29 16:33:24 +0000 UTC---Delta, early morning---
The clouds above Delta suddenly started churning, as if a giant hurricane started forming right above the district. Players and golems looked up as the fabric of space itself split apart and a giant gate opened in the sky.
“Spatia started their attack! Inform the team leaders!” the Garroun commanded, as the Oathguard and golems quickly started spreading the news. Meanwhile, the first wave descended from the gate above.
A swarm of undead flying creatures, half-rotten monster birds, giant bats, and other bizarre beasts burning with the soul flame of undeath descended unto the city, accompanied by a screech of doom. Thirsting for blood, they dove toward the city.
The gently drifting peaks surrounding the whole district suddenly came to a halt as the Iego System jumped into action. With a thunderous roar, the peaks were connected by a giant net of energy and lightning. All the beasts that tried to pass by them were charred by the lightning, only arriving on the streets as blackened dust.
Adventurers and natives who decided to stay and help in the defense of Delta cheered, seeing the terrifying swarm decimated by the city's defense system. As the majority of the monsters stopped their descent, circling in the sky around the portal, Garroun guessed that the enemy was just testing their defenses.
The cheers of Delta quickly choked when a massive claw appeared from the portal and grabbed its rim. Another giant bony claw, covered in shreds of mummified skin and scales appeared and grabbed the opposite edge of the rim.
<Ding! You have witnessed the Ancient Skeleton Dragon Kalzemir. An ominous fear has paralyzed you. All your Stats are decreased by 30%>
The notification of a legend. After a light jab, Spatia directly went for the haymaker.
Emerging from the portal, pulling half its massive body through the opening, was the ancient skeleton Dragon of Spatia. Many people heard the notification as they were struck by the skeleton dragon's pure aura and froze where they stood, unable to do anything.
They were forced to watch in horror as the maws of the giant skull emerging from the whirling event horizon of the portal opened wide, and a downpour of dragon fire was unleashed upon Delta. The terrifying flood of flames crashed into the city shield of the Iego System's defenses, turning into a dome of dragon fire blotting out Delta's sky.
It felt like the attack went on for an eternity, but the flames could not break through the protection. However, by the time the breath finally stopped, the floating peaks were all glowing in a bright orange, leaving everyone afraid of being hit by drops of molten stone, dripping down on the city.
Garroun doubted the Iego System could block such and attack again. The work of the sorceress was mighty, but if its foundation melted away, Iego would ultimately fall. He was about to shout orders when someone intervened.
“Haha! How interesting! To use such a massive portal for a sneak attack!” laughter could be heard echoing in the city below.
<Ding! You have witnessed the Dragon Slayer Sorceress Al'Zalsar. Fear has left your body. Your body temperature is rising. You feel slightly aroused. All stats of allies +25% >
A woman had appeared in the sky, skimpy clothes barely covering her sinful body. Her aura easily rivaled that of the skeleton dragon, despite being just the size of a rice corn in comparison. For most, it was the first time to witness legends in person!
Even Garroun couldn't help the shock, when he finally saw Al'zalsar in person. Usually, humanoid legends could hardly compare to massive beasts. The differences that already existed beforehand often carried over to when they became a legend. Still...he felt confident that the dragon slayer had the upper hand here.
“I will play with you, Dragonboy,” she announced, creating a ball of blue energy in her palm and throwing it toward the skeleton in the portal. As it flew, it kept growing, becoming a massive blue spear made of pure energy, that was shooting straight at the dragon.
Undead creatures threw themselves in their way in an attempt to stop the attack, but they were simply disintegrated without accomplishing anything. Stuck in the portal, the dragon had few options to avoid, but when the massive spear was about to pierce the skeleton's forehead, it was deflected by a fine, curved edge.
<Ding! You have witnessed the Fiendish Blade, Sosuke. Fear has entered your body. You are starting to feel dumb. Intelligence -25, Willpower -15, Remaining Attributes -10>
...
“Who are you to interfere in this battle?” Sosuke asked, his voice grim. This was outside of their estimations. They had agents all across Minas Mar, observing the district and its powers. Reports from their priests assured them that the divine presence under Little Gamma had not moved in the past two weeks.
There should have only been the tree left in Delta. At least that was their hypothesis after analyzing Minas Mar for several months. All the trees protecting cities across the district seemed like off-shoots, yet all of them were comparable to strong boss monsters that were close to becoming legends.
The only conclusion was that there had to be a legendary progenitor tree and it should have been the only legend left on their side. Had a wandering legend actually joined Minas Mar or had they hired them? A dragon slayer was the worst pairing for Kalzemir, Natina's main weapon.
He clicked his tongue. he would have to act as a babysitter sooner than expected.
“You dare question MY participation in this conflict? I'm Al'Zalsa, one of the founding members of Minas Mar!” she said righteously.
“Don't lie to me, there is no Lord called Al'Zalsar among the founding members of Minas Mar!” he countered, technically correct.
“The limits of your knowledge are not fit to judge the truth of my words!” the spicy sorceress countered, calling him stupid. Al'zalsar never officially appeared as a Lord of Minas Mar, as she lacked a permanent body at the time of the founding.
However, it was true, that the spiciest sorceress was one of the founding members of Minas Mar. Without her help, Seth would have never been able to steal control of the tower from the rightful heirs.
“As you wish! I don't care who you are or where you came from. If you dare interfere, you feel the power of Spatia. Don't blame me for taking your head!” Sosuke exclaimed and attacked.
“You ugly mule, I would never give you head!” the sorceress shouted and with a wave of her hand, she shot a wave of magic to blast the swordsman out of the sky. Choking from the sudden diss, Sosuke barely managed to counter the magic attack with his blade energy.
“You perverted beast!” he cried out incensed. Stepping in the air, he started a quick succession of attacks, that covered Al'Zalzar in a storm of blade energy. She could have easily avoided the attack, but then it would have landed on the shield of Iego.
Blocking the attacks with her personal shield, she glared menacingly at the dragon skeleton, before casting several different spells.
After the blade storm passed, Sosuke looked at Al'zalsar, who had blocked his attacks with ease, conflicted. this fight was going to be harder than he thought. he had just finished the thought when the skimpily clad woman charged at him. Why did she suddenly charge into a melee fight with him?
He swung his blade, but she actually caught it with her bare hand, only a tiny trickle of blood ran down her palm.
“We should go somewhere more private. Oh, but don't think I would not be interested in a face like yours~ This is purely to make killing you less of a hassle. ”
“What?” he exclaimed when a portal appeared behind him. With a push against his blade, they were both sucked in and vanished from the vicinity of Delta.
Although this was a simple back-and-forth of attacks and dialogue for the two, the battle happened so quickly, that the people watching from below had barely any idea about what was going on. The peaks of Project Iego had not even time to cool down a little when the two actors that had suddenly appeared disappeared just as suddenly.
...
---In the skies above Sigma---
Sosuke looked around, shocked at what just happened. he thought the city had instantly aged before he realized that it was not the same place. This was a different, abandoned district. Then he looked at the woman, seething.
“Ugh, even if you kidnapped me from the battlefield, what would they do without you? Natina is more than enough to get rid of some legendary Tree,” he exclaimed viciously, angry at the sudden displacement.
He was burning with embarrassment, to have allowed himself, to fall for such a move.
“Oh, it's almost cute that you worry about them for me, but there is no need to. Even I'm often surprised at the things happening in this world. They can protect themselves just fine.”
