Synchronizing

After everything was settled, I sent the girls' families back to their homes.

Now...

I'm standing hundreds of kilometers above the sky, smoking a cigarette as I look down.

On the left side of this continent, I can see a war taking place thousands of kilometers away.

When I look to the right, I see a city built by humans.

They seem to be having a peaceful evening.

Oh?

In the depths of the ocean, there are fish-men and mermaids.

Mermaids usually reside in higher realms, interesting.

For them to protect themselves on this planet, it either means they are completely unnoticed, which is difficult, or they are under the protection of a powerful being.

A dragon? Hmm. Did it enslave them? I can't see further.

I synchronized my powers according to the conceptual weight this planet can handle.

If I let go any more, the planet wouldn't be able to bear my weight... Conceptually, of course.

Five percent? Maybe six. The power I released is close to level five hundred.

For the planet, I would call it stage three.

Anyway, I don't care what the mermaids are up to, I've got plenty of dragon meat...

!!

I could see a fiery line rapidly approaching me.

It stopped about ten kilometers away.

An approximately fifty-meter-long fire dragon with red scales...

More like a lizard, I don't feel any clan pressure.

Level... five hundred? That's also within the planet's limits.

"Hey, I sense a strong presence here. But it's human..." it spoke in a deep voice.

As it spoke, I could feel the temperature rising. It had reached the fourth stage in fire manipulation.

Still not at the fifth level; it can't materialize like fire itself. It can only gather fire elements around it.

"Human, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you live. Tell me, have you seen anyone strong around here?" it said.

While synchronizing with the planet, for a second, even though I didn't use all of my powers, I released more.

I stared at the stupid lizard's face, took a drag from my cigarette—gifted by the World Tree—and said:

"Listen here, lizard. Didn't your mother teach you to speak politely?" I said while glancing at the mermaids.

Is this fate?

"Hahaha. Human, did you think just because you raised your level, you're something special?"

-_-

I sighed.

Lightning is nice.

Level four, level four.

I began interacting with the mana around me and forced the laws into motion.

While creating a dark curtain, I began compressing it into a spherical shape, wrapping it around the light I created with my left hand.

I pointed my finger at the dragon and threw the dark sphere with my cigarette. The sky was already dark, so there was no light.

But the real issue was not the darkness, but the light I put inside it.

Roar—

The dragon roared as it used its fire breath, shooting fire at me at an incredible speed.

As the spiral flame crossed kilometers toward me, I gathered lightning at my feet and quickly dashed forward with Shunpo.

BOOOM—!

As I dodged the fire breath, the elemental explosion created a shockwave that stained the sky with a red hue.

Covering half the distance and dodging the fireball, I threw the sphere I had created with the momentum of the explosion.

It moved one of its wings to create a diagonal fire line and hit the dark sphere I had thrown.

When it successfully dispersed the surrounding darkness, the light I put inside it emerged.

I threw my cigarette and sent the lightning wire I had squeezed inside the light sphere.

The two interacted, and all the surrounding darkness and redness vanished.

In the night's darkness, the entire sky turned white for a moment, blinding everyone.

At this moment, I quickly moved forward, creating lightning lines over my right shoulder and began gathering energy for hundreds of light wires.

As I reached its front, it swung its left wing blindly at me.

Dodging its wing completely, I created a chain of lightning with my right hand and attached it to its foot.

The temporary blindness from the light passed, and it swiped its huge claw at me.

As it swung its right claw at me, I tightened my muscles and tendons and threw a punch with my left hand.

Bang—!

A huge air current spread around us as lightning sparks and fire embers danced around us.

Both of us were sent flying backward, and I suddenly threw myself down. I grabbed the chain attached to its foot and pulled it downward.

Losing its balance, it fell dozens of kilometers below. I inserted my hand into the lightning wires I had gathered on my shoulder and made them wrap around it.

It must have understood my intention, because it began wrapping both wings around itself to protect itself.

Too late.

Kicking the air, I rapidly descended and threw a powerful punch charged with lightning.

BANG——!

With the momentum I gained from the air, the punch sent it plummeting to the ground at the speed of sound.

Hundreds of lightning wires passed through its body the moment I threw the punch, and before it hit the ground, I forcibly detonated the lightning.

BOOOM—! BOOOM—!

It was as if the apocalypse had arrived, with hundreds of lightning flashes exploding as beautiful colors danced harmoniously in the sky.

Later, the explosion caused by the lightning and the roaring sounds made the dragon's massive body crash into the ground at the speed of sound.

BANGGG———!!!

Wait a minute, the place it fell... Isn't that the human continent?

Shit...

POV*

I finished another peaceful day, and it was night.

After finishing the work with my friends, we started heading to the tavern to have some fun.

"Hey, John, are you going to flirt with that girl at the bar again today?" said one of my friends.

"Man, I'm telling you, that girl is fire. You should go for it," said another friend of mine.

"Hey, screw you guys, assholes! I just want to drink and have fun," I said angrily, but it would actually be good for relieving work stress.

With a smile on my face, I thought about how I would spend the night...

Bang!

There was an explosion sound from the sky.

I looked up and saw a red light far away from us.

"Hey, what's going on over there, can you see it?" I asked my friends. I could see that they were looking as well.

"Probably that red dragon is killing someone again," Thomas said.

"Ah, I feel sorry for that unlucky guy. May they rest in peace," Alex said.

I shrugged and started heading back to the tavern.

BOOM—!

This time, after the red light, the sky turned blue, and the sound of thunder came.

People on the street stopped and looked up at the sky.

Suddenly, a light flared up as if it were morning, then slowly began to fade.

"John, I think this time, they're resisting a bit more, huh?" Thomas said.

"I've heard the guy they call the hellfire dragon likes to play with his prey," Alex said.

Something doesn't feel right.

"Are they coming towards us?" I asked.

"Do you know how far that is?" Alex said to me condescendingly.

BANG——!

There was another huge explosion, and this time, the shockwave reached us.

"Shit, shit! They're coming toward us!" Thomas said in a panic.

"Guys, don't panic. I'm Stage Two, and I'm the vice commander of the kingdom. I'll protect you from the shockwaves," the white-armored knight said, stepping forward to reassure the people.

How cool... When I was a kid, I wanted to be a knight too.

"I'm Stage Two as well. If anyone gets hurt, I can heal you," said a nun. When the green glow in her hands appeared, the people calmed down.

BOOOOM——!!!

BOOM—! BOOM—!

This was it.

There are things I could have thought about... And there are things I couldn't think about because time wouldn't allow me to.

First, a huge blue light exploded.

Then, as far as I could see, that light exploded dozens of times, and I had to close my eyes.

But this time, the ground shook so violently that I thought the whole city was collapsing, and I opened my eyes.

I saw something huge crash to the ground, and then it was quickly dragged away as I fell to the ground.

Alex once told me, "When people die, everything slows down."

I joked, "Have you died to know that?"

Sorry, man. You were right.

And just as most of the people around me were falling, thinking everything was over...

This time, I heard a thunderclap I had never heard in my fifty years of life.

The sound was so terrifying that I could feel a slight warmth in my ear.

And then everything went silent. Honestly, how relieving... What a great blessing.

As my eyes closed and I started to faint, I saw that half of the city had been covered in dust.

Ah, knight... Weren't you supposed to be my white knight?

You couldn't protect me...

But just as I was about to faint, a silhouette appeared in front of me.

With one last effort, I opened my eyes and saw the man in front of me.

I like women, but... Isn't this guy really handsome?

When I looked at his face... Huh?

What's with that expression?

How can a person make such a foolish expression?

John fainted while thinking this.

POV ***

As I descended from the dark sky, continuing to scatter lightning sparks around me, I could see the large crater forming on the ground.

I sensed something within me.

I narrowed my eyes and focused on the ground.

The air began to ripple.

The dragon was still not dead.

"Healing ability?"

It was a rare choice among the dragon race. Proud dragons trusted their own blood and regeneration...

Dragons with this ability could revive, even after suffering fatal wounds, as long as their flames didn't go out.

"Tch..."

I ran my hand over my face and scratched my brow.

Actually, I wouldn't have cared, and I would have had more fun, but I accidentally threw it to the human continent.

Still, it would be a little sad if such a newborn baby died like this.

I'd need to use 15% of my power.

As I loosened my concepts a bit more, the air around me began to grow heavier.

The maximum limit this planet could withstand.

While operating at the maximum limit this planet could bear, I intensified the nature of the lightning.

Directing the electricity in the air, I created a massive symbol in the sky.

"Let's burn you completely."

I snapped my fingers.

SUDDENLY—

The sky turned white.

The massive symbol hanging in the air released the lightning towards the spot where the dragon had fallen.

BOOOM!

The pure energy, lighting up hundreds of kilometers, shook the ground when it struck the crater.

With waves of spreading energy, the dragon that had fallen to the ground roared.

But the sound was short-lived.

After the first explosion, the second wave came.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The lightning striking one after another completely burned the dragon.

In the end, the only thing left was a charred skeleton.

I put my hands in my pockets and checked where my cigarette was.

Ah, right.

I had thrown it earlier.

With a small sigh, I floated down toward the ground.

The people gathered around the crater were staring at me with great fear.

I smiled slightly.

"Are you all okay?"

But no one responded.

Everyone stared blankly at me in silence.

Ah, I guess I went a bit too far.

One of them—a man covered in blood—squinted at me.

Then he fainted.