My Dragon King System-Chapter 378: Day Two: The Half Demon

The battles went on steadily across the dimension. Champions clashed in the forest, at the mountain ridge, near the river, and across the open plains. Magic tore through the air, weapons rang out, roars echoed.

But thankfully, due to the efforts of the dragon riders, most champions of Valaross were not taken down.

Katherine and Qasag had swooped in twice already to pull champions out of dangerous situations. Aeris had eliminated three enemies in rapid succession. Innis had burned down about three more to ash with her combination attack. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

And across the Mind Link, they coordinated with Talen and Ursula to ensure that no Valaross champion was left stranded.

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The scene shifted to another part of the battlefield, near the edge of the dense forest where the trees gave way to rocky terrain.

Two Jogunmount warriors were fighting against a single Uweron mage. And though it was a 2v1, they were losing hard.

The magic of Jogunmount mages was the magic of gigantification. Some had the capability to turn into elemental giants. Others just grew several feet taller and battled with their weapons.

These two had both transformed.

One was a giant with a stone body. His skin had hardened into dark gray rock, and each step he took left cracks in the earth.

He was nearly 10 feet tall, and his fists the size of boulders.

The other was a giant engulfed in flames. He was just as tall, and when he swung his massive arms, trails of flame followed in the air.

But their opponent was faster and frankly, stronger. He was a mage from Uweron, and he had lightning magic just like Kayden did.

The lightning mage weaved past the stone giant's punch with ease. Then he thrust his hand forward and released a crackling bolt of blue lightning that struck the stone giant square in the chest.

The impact sent fractures racing across the giant's stone body as chunks of rock fell away and crumbling to the ground.

The flame giant roared and charged forward, swinging both fists down in a hammer blow.

The lightning mage sidestepped and released another bolt, this time aimed at the flame giant's torso.

The lightning collided with the fire, and the resulting clash caused a violent implosion. A section of the flame giant's chest erupted outward, with flames scattering into the air before reforming weakly.

The lightning mage grinned as this was just mere fun to him.

He dashed to the side, released another bolt at the stone giant's leg, and watched as more cracks spread across the limb. Then he turned and fired at the flame giant's shoulder, causing another small explosion of fire and lightning.

Both giants were breathing hard now, struggling to keep up. The stone giant's body was covered in cracks, and pieces of him were missing. The flame giant's fire was flickering weakly in several places, barely holding together.

The lightning mage laughed. "Is this all the champions of valaross has to offer?"

Then a shadow passed overhead.

A dragon descended from the sky with a roar that shook the air.

It was Silverwing, Rin's dragon, and it landed on the ground with a heavy impact. The dragon opened its jaws and released a torrent of silver flames toward the lightning mage.

The mage's eyes widened, and he leaped backward, narrowly avoiding the blast that scorched the ground where he had been standing a few moments ago.

Rin climbed down from Silverwing's back and landed on the ground, then looked at the stone giant in recognition.

He was on one knee now, trying to recuperate.

It was the same broad-shouldered warrior with the scar running down his face. The one who had talked back to Ursula that morning as they left the fortress.

Rin gave him a mocking smile, and He glared at her but said nothing.

The lightning mage reformed in the air above them, hovering with crackling blue energy around his body. His expression looked amused.

"So I'm finally met by a dragon rider," he said with a grin. "I've been wanting to fight one since this war began."

His name was Niji, and he looked thrilled at the prospect.

Rin looked up at him with no particular expression on her face.

Then, using her steel magic, the power she possessed as being part human, she manipulated the sword strapped to her side. The blade, Modetha, unsheathed itself from its scabbard without her touching it, and floated into the air beside her, rotating slowly.

This was different from the telekinetic recall that the others used to call their blades back. Rin was manipulating the weapon's movement directly with her steel magic.

Then she took her demon form.

Her body shifted. Horns sprouted from her head, curving backward like black spikes. Her eyes glowed red with slit pupils.

Her skin darkened to a gray tone, and sharp fangs extended from her mouth as ark red and purple energy radiated from her body in waves.

She dropped down onto all fours in a crouch, and her mythic sword floated beside her.

Then she roared at Niji in straight challenge at him.

The only reason Rin was taking this fight was because regardless the odds still seemed to be in their favor, there was only one of this mage and three of them from Valaross.

Niji's grin widened. "Now this is more like it."​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Rin moved her sword telekinetically through the air, sending it slicing toward Niji in a silver arc.

He tilted his head to the side, and the blade passed by. Then, grinned at her mockingly.

She redirected the sword mid-flight, angling it back toward him from a different direction.

He hovered aside with ease, letting it pass through again. She sent the blade at him again. And again. Each time from a different angle, forcing him to react.

But he weaved through every strike in fluid and controlled movements as though he was reading the sword's trajectory before it even changed course.

Rin's eyes narrowed as thought of a best course of action. Then she raised her hand, and a magic circle opened in the air directly above Niji. It glowed with a metallic silver light.

"Rain of Steel Lances."

From the circle, dozens of steel lances materialized and dropped toward him in a deadly rain.

Niji's eyes flicked upward. He vanished in a flash of blue light and reappeared several meters away, still midair and completely untouched. The lances struck the ground and embedded themselves deep into the dirt.