DREAMWORK

[It's about damn time.] Ivan responded to the news with a huff, aware that the culprit of his annoyance wasn't able to hear him because she wasn't included in the call.

[Canis, you should have another transmitter in your Treasure Trove. As much as I'd love to go without hearing her voice right now, teamwork is key. Her large force will be essential in mitigating casualties.]

His voice was unhurried and calm, as cool as a cucumber, ironic enough considering he was sitting completely frozen in an orb he made for himself and the false god.

Though that just might be because he didn't have to talk at all. [Telepathy is an amazing skill~!] His eyebrows slowly raised in amusement as he locked eyes with the bastard himself.

Despite being frozen, Ehit's eyes all but indicated that he was completely conscious of what was going on around him.

His eyes darted left and right, twitching from time to time as Ivan assumed he was trying to break through the ice with sheer physical force. But no matter how much the false god broke the bloody ice, new layers would take its place.

It was essentially a new ending loop of being imprisoned in a ball of ice. And unfortunately it worked both ways.

If Ivan tried to leave the ball the gap he would leave behind would allow Ehit the movement to destroy the whole thing should he invade the open space quick enough so it doesn't fill.

In any case he was alright with this situation. While the apostles slammed on the thing from the outside with numerous disintegrating beams none of them were able to penetrate further than 5 inches.

Plus it was because of their destructive desperation that Yue was able to capitalize and remove them from the battlefield at a quick pace.

And to top it all off, the reason why Ivan wasn't bothered being trapped, is because his trusted comrades are on their way. If he and Yue were able to drive Ehit into a corner, he couldn't imagine the beating Ehit was going to get when Tio and Felis joined up.

Tio in particular seemed quite intent on showing off the transformation she inherited from her ancestor. She did after all refuse to tell him what exactly it was in favor of doing some sort of grand reveal.

While Ivan found the sentiment to be a bit childish and even dangerous, he couldn't help but think the Dragon Empress was a bit cute. Not that he didn't already think that before, but this was the rare childish act she did aside from her seriousness and usual perverted escapades.

Even if the act potentially endangered himself and the group by hiding a card they could instead work together to use it tactically.

'It better damn be the best spectacle I've ever seen…'

During this whole situation Ivan counted each second using one of his mental partitions, with how dark the blood made the outside of the encasing it was a bit difficult to tell how much time exactly had gone by.

'Three minutes…'

For 3 minutes he and the false god were stuck in place. And it was in the present time that Ehit realized flaring his strength to break out was futile. Instead he sat there silently, his eyes closed as Ivan couldn't help but feel that whatever he was scheming was going to work.

Even in the tinted red ice, the transformation the bastard god was going through was very much apparent to the frozen Ivan. His skin glowed red, his chest specifically looked to be a bright orange-red.

From Ivan's position he felt the structure shift, the ice was dispersing and assimilating at breakneck speeds.

And within two minutes of that, Ivan could have sworn he saw bubbles coming out of Ehit's mouth. He was burning his own body at an incredibly high temperature.

Ehit's boiling led to his skin bubbling as well, a very disgusting sight to Ivan who was already a bit perturbed by the fact that Ehit was possessing a body that was one to one with Yue, if not for the changes he made to it already.

'At least one more minute until he breaks free…' Without a moment of hesitation Ivan's palms glowed as the blood ice that wasn't turned into slush by Ehit became jagged and pointed, like spears they shot forward and stabbed into Ehit's body.

"...." But instead of grunting out of pain or anything, the false god only mouthed quietly to Ivan. His injuries healed as the bloody icicles melted almost instantly upon contact. But even as the blood water filled his mouth, Ehit kept mouthing.

They were threats. Instead of uttering the name of some spell or commanding his apostles outside to cooperate, Ehit uttered threats by moving only his lips. Ivan had half a mind to not just piss in the encasing and shut Ehit's mouth up with that.

'... The calvarie should almost be here…'

Tio was a quick flier, especially so after unlocking metamorphosis magic and creating a new form that would allow her sprout her wings in human form. Negating the weight a dragon usually has when flying and keeping the same strength in her wings.

Felis was only quick in her physical ability, her aptitude in magic was about average. Even more so in the ancient magic department. So she couldn't just teleport over to him.

With Ehit restricting everything around him with his presence, large-scale teleportation was disabled. Fleeing was impossible. For Ivan and Yue it was do or die. But anyone could just waltz in so it was fine in Ivan's opinion.

Felis and Tio would only have to dodge the few hundred or so apostles that littered both the ground and air. No problem.

And then the sphere collapsed—

Blood red water spewed everywhere as Ivan and Ehit stood up from their frozen positions.

"Azure Blaze."

Immediately after, out of nowhere Yue popped out from the sky and rained down the spell she had been preparing. A large sphere composed of blue-white flames fell from the sky like the sun itself.

"HAAHH!!"

Ehit embraced the spell with both hands, it growing in diameter as each second passed. Eventually the sphere became so large that he had to bend backwards just to lift it up.

And then— he swung his arm upwards. The sphere flew upwards like a balloon and exploded on the ceiling above.

"Hah– hah— hah— I must thank you, Irregular. Normally I wouldn't have resorted to transfiguring my vessel into something so inhumane, but I think I could get used to it."

Ehit held both his hands in front of him, admiring them as he turned and showcased them for everyone to see.

Ehit, being a prideful bastard, put his appearance above everything. That's why he coveted Yue so much, not just for her talent or special skill, but her appearance. He felt she had a beauty that was worthy of him taking as his own.

So naturally he had many inhibitions ruining the body he possessed with metamorphosis and turning it into something completely different. To him it was the same as throwing away his pride for the sake of strength.

His arms coursed with blue lighting, their skin ash black. His chest burned a fiery red, cracks coursing through it that seemed to seep something volcanic. His feet resembled tree roots, writhing and squirming into the earth beneath him. And finally, his head was gone, or more accurately it had been turned into complete air.

Ehit had transformed his body into 4 different elements. Added on with his infinite mana, he had successfully transformed the fake body he was in into a pure monster. And with it he gained the physical stamina to play with that mana a bit more freely.

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