The Crack of Thunder

Lucian looked up in the air to see the massive Wyvern circle around, coming into full view. 

"A Royal Wyvern? Like Lucy?" Lucian said

Lunaris sighed, "Yes." she said, "I didn't think one would be all the way over here. That must be what you have been sensing." 

Lucian looked at it; it was massive, it's wingspan possibly measuring around 40 feet or longer. It's entire length was probably longer, but this beast was imposing, it was hard to believe it snuck up on them. Its golden scales emitting powerful electricity as it flapped its wings, slowly gliding towards the camp. Lucian noticed its two massive horns that jutted forward from its head glowing brightly as lightning charged around them. To Lucian, it looked like a cannon was charging lightning from the Wyvern's head. 

"It's going for an attack..." Lucian muttered 

"My Lady!" One of the Sorcerers said, "We must keep the barrier safe, otherwise our progress will be reset." 

Lunaris nodded, "Okay." she said, "I'll handle it." 

She suddenly flapped her wings, launching herself into the air as the Wyvern neared, going straight for it. 

The wyvern let out a roar, releasing a concentrated blast of golden lightning right at Lunaris with blinding speed. 

The blast hit Lunaris and engulfed her, releasing lightning everywhere as a massive explosion detonated, shaking the air. 

"Lunaris!" Lucian exclaimed as he took a step forward but some of the lightning struck around him, causing him to stumble

"Cursed One!" One of the other sorcerers said, "Don't let the attacks hit the barrier!" 

Lucian nodded, "I know!" 

He looked up to see Lunaris emerge from the cloud of smoke, unharmed, and fly straight at the Wyvern. This tactic seemed almost too reckless for Lucian to even believe it, charging straight at a massive wyvern that was able to discharge lightning. 

She swung her hand at it in a chop motion, releasing a thin yet bright purple wave of light at it. But as she released the attack, the Wyvern swiftly maneuvered itself to its left, avoiding the light. As it swooped past her, it kicked at Lunaris with its massive talons, nearly hitting her. 

Lunaris flew back a bit, "Ho?" She said with a bit of surprise, "You're a tough one, huh? I wonder what you're doing all the way out here.....and why are you attacking us...." 

The Wyvern flew over the camp, the force of it's wings hitting the tents with gusts of wind, nearly taking them off the ground. The Sorcerers scattered, erecting barriers all around, fortifying the defenses of the camp. 

Brodin exited from a tent, looking up to see the beast flying, "A Royal Wyvern?" He said with surprise, "That's a surprise....." 

He then looked over to see Lunaris flying in the air, engaging the Wyvern in combat. 

Lucian looked back to see the barrier on the bridge, protecting the Crystal, then looked back at the Wyvern as it circled around to go back to Lunaris. 

He clenched his fists and tilted his head, "What is this feeling?" He said as he began to feel something crawling on his skin, "Why am I.....? Oh. I get it." 

He then took off running and in a swift motion, he launched himself up into the air with impressive agility. To everyone watching's surprise, Lucian propelled himself towards the Wyvern by spewing silver flames from under his feet, keeping him mobile as he flew right at the beast. 

Lunaris saw this with surprise, "L-Lucian?!" She exclaimed as the Wyvern flew straight at her

The Wyvern noticed Lucian rocket towards it, letting out a roar as it discharged lightning all around it, hitting Lucian hard. 

"Yea, won't work!" Lucian said as he powered through it and reared his fist back, "Let's get you away from here." 

He fired off silver flames from his fist as he swung it at the Wyvern's head, connecting hard against its tough scales. The flames detonated an explosion which flung the Wyvern away several dozen meters, to everyone's shock. 

The Wyvern let out a surprised shriek, composing itself in midair as electricity crackled around it, looking at Lucian as he detonated small explosions that flung him forward the beast, in midair. 

Lunaris was surprised at this, not expecting this from Lucian. 

"He's using his flames to keep himself in the air by using them as boosters?" She thought to herself as she flapped her wings, keeping herself afloat, "Such ingenuity, where did he learn that???" 

The Wyvern let out a roar, discharging lightning at Lucian who once again powered through it, despite being damaged by it. 

"Fuck off!!" Lucian said as he swung his fist yet again, hitting it in the face with another massive explosion of silver flames

The blow flung towards the ground, a hundred meters away, crashing into the road hard as it caused a shockwave and a large cloud of dust emerged. 

Lucian then propelled himself towards the ground in front of where the beast crashed, landing hard which caused him to stumble. 

"Fuck..." He said as he patted his coat

He felt the pain of the lightning hitting him hard, knowing full well that it was indeed damaging him, but very little. 

Lunaris stayed in the air, looking down at him, amused, "Should I let him handle this?" She asked herself, "He pushed it away from the bridge, I shouldn't be too worried. I guess I'll stay here and make sure no stray attacks hit the barriers." 

Lucian patted his arms, feeling the sting of the lightning attacks. 

He then heard a deep and loud growl as a massive shadow was seen through the dust cloud, two glowing gold eyes glaring at him. 

"Oh boy, I knew it wasn't enough to finish it...." He thought to himself, "It's tough, alright...but how tough? Is it tougher than Lucy? Well, yes, obviously, Lucy was a baby....." 

The Wyvern emerged from the dust, letting out a deafening roar as it reared its head back, lightning discharging outwards viciously in trails. One of the trails nearly hit Lucian as he dodged to his left only for the Wyvern to swing its wing at him, hitting him hard with the blade-like edge of it. 

The blow sent Lucian crashing hard against the ground, "Gahh!" He grunted with surprise, "The hell??" 

He immediately got up and readied a stance, looking at the wyvern, getting a closer look at it. While it had golden scales, the shape of the scales looked almost metallic and sharp. He narrowed his eyes to see that its wings had a serious edge to them, almost like they were blades with webbing on them. 

The beast was a majestic sight, however, completely golden except for some parts underneath its neck, which had pearl-white coloring on some of its scales. Lucian saw its tail swinging around behind it, it was long and thick, with three curved blade-like protrusions on the end of it which emitted electricity. It had a somewhat wide and short snout, covered in its gold scales and as it snarled at Lucian, its pure white fangs were visible. 

The most noticeable part of its appearance was its two massive golden horns that jutted straight out of its head, pointing forward as they glowed brightly and crackled electricity. That worried Lucian, for some reason, as he felt like it was its main weapon, channeling the lightning on the horns and firing it off like a cannon. 

"Okay...." Lucian let out an exhale, "Okay then, let's see what you got...." 

The Wyvern took a step forward, emitting more electricity in the air as it looked at Lucian. 

Lucian then noticed something off about it; he noticed that in its underbelly, barely visible, there was a large gash on it which was charred black and dripped with a strange black ooze. 

He frowned, "What the...." He said, "What is tha-" 

The Wyvern roared loudly as it stood on its hind legs and extended its wings, discharging lightning all around once again in trails. 

"Okay!" Lucian said as he dodged some of the lightning and began to run forward, "Here we go!" 

The Wyvern then immediately swung its left wing at Lucian, attempting to hit him with the same move, but Lucian had already jumped up into the air, charging flames in his hand. 

He swung a firebolt at its face, watching as it detonated in a small explosion that seemingly did nothing to it. As he landed on the ground, the wyvern let out a growl, pulling its wing back as Lucian was getting closer to it. 

As Lucian neared it, his entire body began to shake slightly and the skin on his neck began to crawl. 

"Use Me..." a distorted voice spoke to him in his mind, "A Wyvern is but a Dragon....it will stand no chance against you. Use Me and this mere beast will be nothing to you." 

Lucian winced, understanding that this was the Calamity speaking to him. He hadn't heard this voice since he had activated it and created Lucian out of his own Black Ether. 

"Hmph." Lucian said as he slid to a stop and clapped his hands, releasing flames all around him, "A Dragon, huh?" 

"I'll beat it down then."