Chapter CLXIII - Death Scythe (part 1)

The dragon is unleashing its full pressure at us, and everyone here can barely breathe.

While Cane and Fran had the strength to at least breathe from the pressure, Emily was the second after them to be able to stand the pressure. Aside from them, Brod and Rath don't look too good.

The two looked really pale and possibly incapable of breathing. I walked to them first and placed my hands on their shoulders. I gave them a tiny bit of my magic energy, and my energy entered their magic vessels rather softly.

They were able to breathe immediately.

"Fuah!! Rize!?"

"How did you do that!?"

The two now can talk normally. I did the same thing with everyone else, and they all can breathe normally now.

They looked at me confusingly, and so I explained to them.

"It's magic energy transfer. I simply gave you guys some of my energy."

"Wha-How did you do it?? How many do you have that you can give this much to us??"

Cane asked because he probably felt recharged now, after all I did give quite a lot. To answer him, I simply shook my shoulder while grinning.

"It's a teaching from the academy. And… probably limitless."

I ignored their amazed gazes and turned to face the dragon. The dragon focused its full pressure at me, but I stood still while facing it calmly.

… 

Yooooooo… it's a big one.

Finally… a proper Elder Dragon. It is indeed so much more powerful than the 'Fake' mutant elder dragon I fought a while ago at Xyphon. That one was just a cosplay, this is the real deal.

It also has a pitch black skin with many blue streaks on its scales. It's so gothic, I like this guy's looks.

Can I keep dragons as a pet…?

Jokes aside, this guy is genuinely a Black ranked monster. It can definitely destroy Mazino completely within minutes.

Even when there's a slight chance of it destroying Mazino…

I won't let it live.

I began walking forward to it calmly. The pressure the dragon is emitting towards us is merely 10% of what I can release. It's just so pathetic.

Hmm… right, now that my friends have some of my energy, it should be fine to release mine.

So… I began to release my pressure.

VWOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!

ZRRRRRGGGG!!!!!!!

I released a ton of pressure and focused it all towards the dragon. 

The air suddenly got reversed, and the wind pressure was turned towards the other way. Not even the wind knows where to escape from my pressure, that the entire surrounding just ended up becoming a havoc.

The ground is slowly cracking and even the giant rocks are being lifted into the air. The rubbles of trees and dirt that the dragon previously wrecked havoc upon, began to float into the already super thin air.

My friends were quite affected by the pressure, but they aren't that annoyed by it. On the other hand, the dragon seemed to be having a good time.

Included in the havoc was the confused black dragon that simply does not like losing. The dragon tried to stay tough, but it ended up still taking a step back from being crushed by the full scale of my pressure.

After another step backwards, the dragon finally noticed that this is not normal.

"W-What… are you… human!?"

The voice coming from the dragon does sound like it is heavier. This guy has evolved after all, it wouldn't be cool if it doesn't have a heavy voice.

"Well, like you said, I'm a human."

I formed a grin while lifting my scythe. The scythe was coated with shadow magic completely, and I swung it real hard.

VWUUUNGG!!!!

The shadow magic was unleashed from my scythe, releasing a gigantic black red whip that goes straight for the dragon.

Not being able to dodge, the dragon can only cover from the whip using its wings and gets knocked away really hard. It got thrown back far, but it was still able to steadily fly in the air.

BRESSSSHHHH!!!!!!!

"Ghahakk!!!!"

Even dragons can spit blood, huh?

"Wow, you can survive that. I'm impressed."

I said from the place I am standing while placing my scythe above my shoulder.

The dragon has heightened senses, it can hear up to a kilometer away or maybe more, since this guy is an elder dragon. So I spoke to it calmly like talking to a person right in front of me.

That slash wasn't my most powerful attack, but it was more than enough to kill three or more lesser dragons at once. For the dragon to be able to withstand that and still be able to fly away with just spitting blood, simply proved that it wasn't a Black ranked for nothing.

The dragon held its hands, where a wound can be seen. The whip destroyed the scales on the hand, completely showing the skin underneath. 

It was an Elder dragon scales, and this human destroyed it in one attack…? So easily too, at that.

The dragon thought about what to do, and it decided that the only right call to make here… is to go all out. 

Against an abnormal being like that red human, not even an elder dragon like him can survive for long.

The elder dragon is definitely a smart one. That evolution totally gives some brain cells to it, that it immediately realizes that it cannot win this fight easily.

So, the only way for it to win is to go all out.

BAAMM!!!!

The dragon moved closer and landed seventy meters from me. Surrounding us is a very open area with no trees in sight, thanks to the dragon's landing from earlier. 

It is actually very close, considering this guys' size. It can just rush forward for two seconds, and he can already munch me with his big mouth.

The elder dragon turned its angered gaze at me, and from the raise in its pressure. I can tell the dragon is doing something interesting.

"I have recognized your strength, human… You are worthy of my greatest attack! Feast your eyes on my Elder dragon form, Death Fire Blaze!!"

That's a long ass ugly name…

The elder dragon opened its mouth wide. 

No, too wide. 

CRACKK!!

Hey, stop…

CRAACCKK!!!!!

The mouth was opened all the way until the cheeks got cracked open. It was opened around ninety degrees, and just looking at it made my jaw hurt.

I reflexively moved my hand and rubbed my jaw to see that it is still normal.

The dragon didn't stop there. I can feel the pressure in the air become so much heavier as the ground shakes really hard. The leaves blowing in the air turned stiff and stopped mid-air, while the entire light around us was pulled towards the giant fireball that the dragon was charging.

VWOOOMM!!!!

The diameter of the gigantic ball the dragon is forming in front of its mouth is at least ten meters. The color is black, but I can tell once it explodes, all the light inside will burst out and blinding everything.

The pressure around us becomes even heavier as we are in the direct line of the intense firepower the dragon is emitting. Everyone turned panicking, but they can still breathe thanks to the magic energy I gave them.

As for surviving this attack… well,

They can only rely on me.

"Heeeh…? Is this your strongest attack?"

I chuckled after seeing how powerful the dragon was charging, then I turned my gaze to my scythe. I realized that I haven't used this thing to its fullest, and I have decided to simply try it out.

"Going all out, huh…? Maybe I'll give this thing a shot."

I formed a stance... a stance to do a heavy slash with the scythe. 

Don't fail me… strongest scythe.

I placed my right leg in the front with my left leg behind. I held the scythe with my right hand while my left hand touched the scythe slightly, charging it with magic energy. 

I moved the scythe to my left with the blade pointing downwards, and my target of slashing is up, with the idea of creating a vertical slash.

ZRRRGGGG!!!!!!!!

I charged and charged… and a fifth of my total magic energy was inserted until the scythe couldn't handle anymore.

So this is its limit, huh…?

VWOOOMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The pressure around my legs became heavy as the ground got destroyed just from me standing. Rocks are floating up while my scythe is shining bright white, emitting from the tons of energy I poured in.

My entire body also started to clad in black electricity and the air around me started to look warped.

Not even my most powerful firebombs are this powerful… This might be my most powerful attack to date.