Nuclear

Velios was sent flying with no time to react. His damaged body could barely keep up, and the healing was slowing down considerably. He didn't know how it was possible in the first place, but he still knew perfectly well what had happened. His head could have easily been ripped off together with the rest of his body, but it was just a little bit too weak. Velios couldn't help but smile as he slowly stood up again after crashing into a wall on the side of the arena. His smile was the opposite of forced, and he could feel the adrenaline in his body begin to rush throughout. It only took a few seconds to realize that the female voice that had spoken earlier wasn't just some random voice from a dragon; it was instead the same kind of female voice that Velios would hear quite often, the female voice that announced every important event and the like. Velios now understood that what the female had said actually had meaning, and it didn't take long until he began to realize what had happened.

Velios turned his head to face Bhautik, but his whole appearance was now different. He was covered from head to toe in what looked like thick and heavy armor, completely black in color. It didn't even look like it was capable of reflecting light. On the back, he had a massive sword that Velios predicted would be able to cut through him whole, even if he were to use magic to defend. Whatever his opponent had done to fight back, let alone survive, was clearly not in his favor. Velios couldn't help but smile further as he watched the menacing dragon slowly begin to walk towards him.

They immediately began to fight even faster than before the fight had started. Velios was just barely able to dodge his attacks, knowing that even a single hit on him would further drag him down. He had already used his passive healing to its limits, and both it and his body were now working overtime. Velios's attacks appeared to do no damage; even with his skill that was able to penetrate through his whole body, it wasn't even capable of scratching the armor that wholly covered Bhautik. Velios virtually had no more chance to win, as even his strongest purely physical attacks weren't working. Despite all of this, he was still smiling, fearing for his life with every attack is what made him truly delighted.

Despite the size of Bhautik's blade, he was still able to cut faster than his actual punches. He had already landed hundreds of hits that would kill any normal person instantly, but the rate of growth that Velios was experiencing as a result of this fight was something unprecedented, something even he did not believe in. Velios continued to go faster and faster, pushing the limits of his with every punch, kick, knee, and elbow. Velios had nothing against even sacrificing a leg or an arm if it meant that he could properly land a punch. With each punch Velios landed, Bhautik could feel the immense force behind them, and even though he tried his best not to show it, his armor was slowly buckling.

The female voice, which Velios had heard earlier, was talking about a skill, the reason he was alive. The female voice had said: "Skill: Berserker, activated. Skill: Berserker allows the user to survive near-death experiences while buffing the user's physical capabilities accordingly to its opponent/opponents. This skill deploys a suit of highly-endurable armor and a weapon of choice. The skill further..." What Velios actually cared about was the fact that it was capable of basically reviving the user while buffing their physical capabilities depending on the situation. If Velios were to guess, Bhautik had got at least twice as fast and twice as strong after the activation of the skill. Velios was now struggling to keep up once again with the fast pace and tempo of the fight, getting continuously punched and slashed to pieces only to force himself to be regenerated. He didn't know why, but he could suddenly not land his attacks. Even if they landed, Bhautik would easily be able to just eat them up before continuing the now one-sided brawl.

Velios had a suspicion, but it wouldn't matter to him even if it was the case. Bhautik's fighting had become much more violent and a lot less technical. There was barely any technique left, just pure violence. His armor was stained by Velios' blood, and his sword had at some point during the battle turned red because of all the attacks. If Velios didn't do something, he would actually lose; he would actually stand at death's door once again, but this time, he would actually die. There was no denying that he felt overwhelmed by the sheer pressure that Bhautik radiated. It felt suffocating, and he didn't even get a chance to breathe. Velios started remembering stuff in the middle of the battle, completely unrelated to what was going on. His mind was at a completely different place compared to his body as it kept on fighting on autopilot, and his mind slowly started straying further away.

Memories that he didn't have, a sight in which he had never seen, and horrific scenes horrible enough for even Velios to want to puke. Anger was slowly building inside of him because of it. He could see it from different peoples' perspectives, and he initially didn't know what was happening. It all became more clear the longer time had passed in his mind. Memories of destruction and death that he had never experienced continued to pile up in his head, and he eventually understood the reason why. He was slowly forgetting a fact that he always held to himself, something he always stood upon. That it didn't matter what kind of monster it was, even if it was old, young, man, woman, defenseless, killing, or even humanoid. As long as it was a monster, Velios would continue to abide by a single phrase. "Monsters should go ahead and die already."

The pictures in his head didn't stop. He realized what every single one of them truly was about. All of the destruction, all of the dead humans, and all of the grief and sadness left behind as a result, it was all the monsters' fault. Every single accomplished dragon had a faint smell of human blood that became further apparent as Velios's senses grew. They were responsible for the death of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of people and for what reason? Is a human a human because of its emotions, or is it a human based on what they were born as? And, if humans are humans because of their emotions, wouldn't that mean that every intelligent monster is capable of being human when they possess a natural instinct to kill humans? To Velios, it didn't matter if a monster was capable of such feelings because at the end of the day, "All monsters have to die."

Velios suddenly punched Bhautik in the gut before he even could react. The punch was so powerful that the shockwaves were capable of destroying the barrier whole. The armor which was supposedly many times greater in endurance than his own body crumbled from a single one of Velios's punches infused with mana. Bhautik was on the verge of losing unconsciousness, and as his armor crumbled, his sword fell to the ground, with only a slight sound to it. As the armor had broken and as Bhautik fell to the ground once again, he struggled to catch his breath as his previous wounds began opening up. He couldn't even bear the strain of lifting his neck to look up at his opponent. He had suspicions during the fight as well, but due to his own lack of mana, it wasn't as sharp an observation. But, Bhautik knew that there was no possible way that Velios was a fellow dragon.

Bhautik was inevitably left defeated in the battle, and he had no further way of fighting Velios. All he could do was pray for his mercy and hope for the best outcome. The crowd was left even more shocked this time at what they were seeing. The dragon knight had somehow revived himself and fought with Soilev but lost once again. The king was left even more devastated this time as he sensed that something was incredibly wrong. He knew that something was to happen, and he could only pray to the gods and goddesses that everything would turn out good. Everyone that had previously cheered for Velios was now completely quiet, and they were all thinking the same thing. "I'm going to die." They had no idea of what was about to happen, and all the regular superior dragons that were watching were completely terrified. The pressure which Velios emitted was unlike anything they had ever felt before, and just from watching the king's expression, they knew that it was serious.

A massive amount of mana began to expand from Velios. It soon covered the whole arena but didn't stop. They were all left dumbfounded as few of them realized that Velios had covered the whole cavern in his mana, and even fewer of them realized that he didn't stop. The weight from the mana felt like gravity itself had been shifted, and all who were standing were brought to their knees. There was only a handful of people who had seen the technique which Velios was preparing to use, but even fewer knew instinctively what it was. There was only a single person present, except for Velios, who knew what was going to happen, and that person was no other than Vadh. Vadh shrunk back in fear, incapable of moving because of the fear that dwelled within him at the sight of death. He knew better than everyone of exactly what was going to happen. Velios mumbled out a single sentence, only hearable to himself. "Mana dome: Boundless Uncertainty."

Freya and Shiva didn't see a stop in the growth of his mana output. It was as if he had an unlimited amount of dispensable mana. Neither of them could move either. The two of them were both scared completely senseless by the tiny amount of mana he had let out when he was angry just an hour ago, and compared to what they were experiencing now, the previous one felt like child's play. One of Velios's greatest achievements, one of the greatest discoveries he would ever achieve or obtain had been accomplished during his trip to the city of dragons. He had unlocked the ability to control atoms in itself, or more precisely in this case, he was now capable of splitting the atoms themselves, the foundation of all matter itself. Capable of wielding such a powerful weapon, he had now obtained what would be considered the pinnacle of powers in the old world. He could now create an artificial nuclear explosion through the use of his mana and with his mana dome; he could do so an infinite amount of times. Velios spoke a solitary word, signaling the onset of a world-shattering calamity.

"Die."