Chapter 86
(Oh! So you had the courage and intention to fight a being like me?)
Nima wondered as he watched the insignificant mortal in front of him. For him, he could easily crush a being like this as if it was breathing however, an unfamiliar sensation could be felt from Zephyr.
Nima was exhilarated facing an unknown. As a being who lives for more than millions of years and a species who specialize on analyzing any forms of knowledge, there were no such things he didn't know yet, he had no idea what kind of deadly aura that radiated from the set of equipments and from Zephyr.
It was as if, a kind of items that is especially made for the mighty dragons. He could also feel an uncomfortable aura from Zephyr that as if, an aura that could threaten him, a mighty absolute dragon.
For him who had never felt something like this before, couldn't help but ask.
(Human, I have something to ask...I'm quite curious of what kind of aura is this? Never in my life I had felt something like this.)
Without much caring, Zephyr simply replies.
"Dragon slayer or something."
(Dragon slayer you say?)
Nima fell into silent after hearing that. He responded after thinking for a while.
(Not possible. There has been no one capable of slaying a dragon except us dragons. We mighty dragons aren't as feeble like those small fries demons at all.)
Nima replied with confidence but Zephyr simply replied.
"That should have been the case but I guess...Life could also be full of surprises."
Nima's terrifying eyes stared at him for a second.
(There's no falsehood in your statement at all.)
With his [Draconic Eyes] that is the strongest eye related ability that surpasses both Sun Wukong's [Fiery Golden Eyes] and Zephyr's [Emperor Eye], detecting a lie is very simple when nothing could hide to a dragon's eyes at all.
Even he had many questions about this dragon slayer matter, he didn't think much about it as he didn't really care about such trivial thing as he was confident that no one throughout Tensura has the capability to slay a dragon which is actually true.
Even Zephyr who was hailed as the first dragon slayer in Tensura's history, he didn't become a dragon slayer because he purposely killed a dragon and wanted to but became one accidentally and only from pure coincidence.
Nima then released a predatory growl as he spoke with keen interest. However, as the dragon's identity was an evil dragon, aside from it being very prideful, befriending an evil dragon is out of the options.
(Now human...Show me what a so called dragon slayer could do.)
Nima then released a loud roar that is very defeaning to both Ericson and Zephyr. Notifications then appeared in front of them.
[The Evil Dragon Nima has released the seal. All stats will be reduced.]
[Resistance will be reduced.]
[Resistance failed.]
Zephyr didn't bother to look at the system prompts as he was thinking rapidly in his mind.
'The opponent is a dragon that is way stronger than Eliazar. An absolute creature that doesn't put any other creatures in their eyes even the gods. Fighting half-heartedly will only result on beeing doomed.'
His already active [Emperor Eye] changed form and transformed into the [Draconic Eye] as dragon scales, wings and tails appeared in his body. He was also surrounded by golden lights as Zephyr manifested the power of the Monkey King as he used all of his trump cards.
Using all buffs at the same including from Testuya and the item skills, Zephyr's raging aura could be seen however he didn't felt the increase in strength as it did not due to being suppressed by the domain of Nima.
Considering that he would be facing an existence that it feared throughout Tensura due to its absolute might, Zephyr immediately went all out as he simultaneously activated all of his buff skills without reservations including the [Dragon Force].
He then ordered in his mind to a specific skill that is connected to his ingame consciousness.
'[Wise One], I command you to find the optimum and best path of fighting a dragon that has the highest possibility of success.'
Without hesitation, the AI of the Soulstone replied.
{Affirmative...Processing.}
Suddenly, within the blue [Draconic Eyes] of Zephyr began to turn red as the [Wise One] was synchronizing itself to Zephyr to relay the messages to him in an instant and to avoid delaying things in a crucial matter during a fight that would happen later on.
Nima on the other hand was intrigued looking at the human who suddenly transformed into a dragon like existence. Even a dragon himself, this was the first time he was witnessing this kind of thing.
However he found the color of the dragon scales on him familiar that resembles the strongest dragon and the one that even the mighty dragons feared.
But due to him not taking Zephyr seriously and treating him as if like an insignificant bug, he didn't connect Zephyr to be connected with Hyrkan as in his mind, such a ridiculous thing is impossible.
[Domain Declaration]
[Territory of the Dragon has been announced, you can apply your power within the specified territory.]
[Within a limited time, all stats increase.]
[Within a limited time, all defenses increase.]
However even after announcing his domain, Zephyr wasn't stupid to think this is enough. He knew in his mind that his domain will immediately break into nothingness if he will let it be.
Without wasting even 0.001 seconds, for the first time, Zephyr used the skill of his strongest items that could neutralize the debuffs he was suffering at this moment. Feeling the contraints of the domain, Zephyr then used the skill of the Aetherius Set effect that he had never used after it being upgraded to a mythic rated set.
[Dragon Slayer's Domain]
[A new property has being added to the designated territory.]
[Territory of the dragon slayer has been established.]
The feeling of being suppressed instantly disappeared and the sudden increase of his explosive strength slightly startled Zephyr but he didn't dwell for it for long.
[Dragon Slayer's Domain]
[As an equipment that managed to contribute of killing an absolute existence, a dragon, it grants the user the ability to announce a domain that resisted all negative abnormal status from the dragon race.
* While active, immune to any form of curses, debuffs and any form of abnormal statuses from the dragons.
* Movement speed and attack damage will increase by 50% when fighting a dragon.
* All stats will increase by 30% when fighting a dragon.
* There is a low probability to reduce all stats of the enemy dragon by 30%.
Type: Active
Duration: 2 Hours
Skill Resources Consumed: 20,000 Mana
Cooldown Time: 3 Days.]
Ignoring the rapid rise of power that he could clearly feel through his veins and cells, Zephyr held his swords tightly. He immediately channeled the [Sword Aura] to its maximum output.
(To think you would transform to a dragonoid. Wonderful! This is the first time I'm seeing someone capable of freely using a dragons power.)
Looking at Zephyr who radiated many kinds of aura such as demonic, nature energy and many more that is mixed to the draconic aura, interest could be seen in his eyes.
However in the eyes of a dragon, only a slight interest could be seen but not a shock was felt by him unlike what happened on Eliazar on his spar against Zephyr.
If the dragon is being prideful in this moment, Zephyr was also the same as the Soulstone of Pride is also being activated at this moment. With the overwhelming pride that he is having at this moment that couldn't allow to have an existence to be above him, his stats is rapidly rising.
Many of his titles were also reacting at this moment as he will be fighting a mythic rated existence which also increase his stats and attack power. With the bursting bloody scarlet sword aura in his swords, he immediately disappeared from where he is standing and appearing behind of Nima.
Zephyr didn't used [Blink] or any movement skill but pure agility. With how high his current agility is, Ericson who was by his side was not able to see any sign of movement at all except for the silhouette of suddenly disappearing.
Activating the [Sword Burst Aura Technique] at the same which was a skill that is a unique sword aura skill that transcended the normal sword aura of the Tier 2 Swordsmen and only exclusive to the Sword Saint that sharpen the blade to the extreme that produces the ultimate cutting power.
A strong explosive aura was surrounding both Aetherius Dragon Slaying Sword and Avarice Butterfly at the same. Zephyr then swung the swords at the extreme speed and targeted the the tail of the evil dragon that is rushing towards him which is surrounded by scales that could not be penetrated easily.
Looking at the human or the dragonoid that is attacking him, Nima didn't bother to dodge it as he was confident of not being hurt at all as it was known that dragons possessed the [Absolute Defense].
Even Zephyr who rose his power to an explosive amount, it was substantial to a dragon who possessed an overwhelming strength. He just casually waved his tail towards him as it was like sweeping a fly. In his eyes, Zephyr was still very slow and weak. A weak being not worthy of being taken seriously.
However, as Zephyr's swords and the attack landed, Nima's expression immediately distorted. With the [Dual Blades] that helps Zephyr to use a sword without hindering each other, both swords strikes at the same time.
[Critical!]
[You have dealt 15,728,972 damage to the target.]
[Aetherius Dragon Slaying Sword's option effect, causing the skill '5 Joints Attack' to be generated.]
[You have dealt 78,994,860 damage to the target.]
[Your health is still at maximum. Additional 125% damage will be dealt.]
[You have dealt 118,492,290 damage to the target.]
[The option effect of the Avarice Butterfly has dealt 30% additional fire damage to the target.]
[You have dealt 35,547,687 damage to the target.]
Even facing an absolute existence, Zephyr was still able to deal millions of damage. If this could be seen by others, it is guaranteed that they will begin to doubt what is the concept of reality.
It is common for the dragon's to negate damages they received due to their innate [Absolute Defense] of their scales but for Zephyr, he was able to easily cut through that defense like butter and deal a great amount of damage to an Ancient Dragon King that even several transcendents could only dream of.
Their were many reasons for this, aside from him being a Sword Saint that could cut anything, he could also deal more damage to the dragon because of his titles, skills and item effects that allow him to deal additional damage.
With the effect that deal additional damage because of the reverse damage that should have been a life steal, the damage had also exploded to very heaven defying rate. His attacks were also guaranteed to be critical due to the effect of his items and the passive effect of the [Paragon of Luck] that made his critical rate increase in proportion to his good luck stats.
But more importantly, the greatest reason for this was no other than his newly acquired divinity. The [Ultimate Miracle]'s passive effects that gives a strong destruction effect and ignores any form of defense in all attacks of Zephyr.
As Zephyr's attack has ignored the tier difference due to the Aetherius Dragon Slaying Sword neutralizing the tier suppression and Avarice Butterfly disregarding the level difference, and attacks that ignores the target's defense, Zephyr's attack has become the most lethal damage that the dragon has ever received aside from his co dragon.
The tail that was about to brutally slam Zephyr suddenly fell to the ground as it was being disconnected with Nima. Blood gushed out from it and formed a shower of blood as Zephyr dealt a lethal wound to the evil dragon.
[The title, 'One Who Cut a Dragon' has been acquired.]
[You have made an achievement that is not easily accomplished. Additional karma will be provided.]
[You have acquired 5,000 karma.]
[You have acquired 7,500 additional karma.]
Zephyr's stats immediately rose again by achieving another great feat again. What's more shocking is, this is just a basic attack with the maximum output of sword aura with it.
By the leap of fate and luck that manages to trigger the option effects of the Aetherius Dragon Slaying Sword and Avarice Butterfly, it became a deadly attack to the dragon.
A dragon roar that is louder than before resounded throughout the lair was heard after taking the slash of the Sword Saint.