ALL NOVEL Chapter 21
EP.21
Rehilis is a dragon.
Although her nature is gentle and delicate, the essence she carries does not vanish. Her parents are the Red Dragons. When enraged, no other dragon can stand against the wrath of a Red Dragon.
And now.
Rehilis was genuinely angry.
[…….]
The peaceful forest no longer existed.
Flames erupted everywhere, devouring the woods, and countless animals were screaming in terror as they fled for their lives.
She moved a squirrel at her feet to a safer place and glared coldly at her opponent.
Her hair, as red as blood.
Her eyes, filled with heated excitement, glistened with repulsion.
Humans have always been this way.
For their own greed, they disregard the well-being of other creatures.
She knows not all humans are like this.
However, everyone she has encountered has been selfish and filled with desire, causing suffering to others.
And Rehilis was not weak enough to let those who harmed her go unpunished.
[Die.]
In the blink of an eye, flames gathered from her mouth and surged through the forest. She hesitated not at all in using fire, as the area had already been completely ravaged, leaving only heaps of dirt.
“Ha ha.”
Deltian smiled and twisted his body to evade the flames.
Simultaneously, he leaped off a nearby tree, charging towards the dragon. Rehilis’s bright red eyes focused on him, like the eyes of a predator with vertical slits.
Deltian felt the blood surging within him as he swung his sword.
KWAAM!
The blood-red energy-infused sword struck the dragon’s tail.
But that was within his expectations.
Immediately, he retrieved his great sword, grasped her tail, and climbed atop it.
Quickly finding his balance, he dashed along her tail like an acrobat, aiming his sword at her nape.
[Barrier.]
“Ugh?”
At that moment, a blue protective shield appeared.
It forcefully pushed Deltian away.
He crashed into a tree, scattering the forest into fragments.
However, he got back up without a hint of hesitation, wiping the blood from his mouth, feeling the thirst for blood rising even more.
As he lifted his head to look at Rehilis, she was already soaring high in the sky, gathering her breath.
Thick red flames swirled and gathered in her mouth. It was an overwhelming sight at first glance.
But.
“Are you really announcing your attack so openly?”
There was no fool who would wait for such a glaringly obvious assault.
Deltian immediately kicked the ground and jumped towards the dragon.
Like a spring coiling and launching.
His body propelled unnaturally, quickly reaching Rehilis’s eye level in mid-air.
Just as he was about to ascend above the point where her breath could not reach him.
[You foolish creature.]
KUUUUNG——!
An immense gravity pulled Deltian’s body down.
He plummeted towards the ground.
He tried to get up quickly, but it was too late.
In that instant, when his movements were interrupted, her breath was already aimed at him.
It was too late to evade.
Deltian raised the blood-red energy even further, thrusting his great sword towards the breath.
KWAAM!!
A colossal burst of energy exploded, engulfing the surrounding area.
Rehilis floated proudly in the sky, quietly gazing down at the swirling dust.
It was a formidable destructive power.
With enough strength to obliterate an entire village.
Given that it had hit directly, I thought he wouldn’t be unscathed.
And to prove that, a red slash burst forth from the swirling dust in an instant.
Rehilis, elegantly evading it like an acrobat, immediately cast her next magic.
A complex red magic circle began to form in the air, filling with intricate formulas, and the moment all the lines connected.
[Hellfire.]
KWAAM!
Once again, a massive spell shot toward him. The dark crimson pillar of fire swiftly engulfed the ground. He was still not visible, yet Rehilis did not let her guard down.
In that moment, expanding her magical sense to locate him.
“Looking for me?”
[……!!]
A voice came from behind her.
She swung her tail in that direction.
“You can’t do that.”
Deltian stomped down on her tail as it flew toward him.
The immense force threatened to twist his ankle, but he concentrated all his aura on it to withstand it, twisting his body.
His body spun gracefully in the air, unleashing countless slashes.
The slashes flew indiscriminately.
Rehilis recognized the intent behind those strikes.
They were purely aimed at destroying the forest.
Instead of attacking him, Rehilis focused on gathering her mana to protect the forest.
A tremendous amount of barriers formed, blocking all the red slashes meant to ravage the woods.
“Heh.”
Deltian revealed his fangs.
He grinned and leaped into the air, surging forward.
Like a red meteor, he shot forth.
In a brief instant, he sliced through Rehilis like lightning, creating distance between them.
Swoosh!
It wasn’t a significant wound.
The scales surrounding her were too tough, and he had barely scratched her.
“Looks like I won.”
Rehilis elongated her smile, grinning oddly.
His sword was a cursed sword.
A special kind that ravenously devoured blood.
And the blood consumed by that cursed sword continued to devour its target’s blood even until the moment it disintegrated.
[……. ]
Rehilis looked at her injury.
It was certainly a small wound.
Small enough to drip just a single drop of blood.
However, the moment it touched his sword, she sensed something unusual occurring.
Her blood surged violently.
The blood that should have congealed long ago kept flowing.
The wound began to widen.
It was a tiny injury now, but if time continued to pass, the wound would undoubtedly widen further.
As if to prove this, the amount of blood flowing out increased gradually.
However.
[Did you really think a mere dragon would fall to a cursed sword?]
The scales enveloping her body twisted. In an instant, the rearranged scales forcefully sealed her wound. The scales, stronger than steel, pressed against her injury, stitching it up, halting the relentless flow of blood.
But this was merely a temporary solution.
The cursed sword’s influence still caused her blood to surge.
‘About an hour…’
I have to finish him within that time.
Rehilis’s eyes sparkled as she gathered her mana.
The most powerful magic she knew manifested in her grasp.
Meteor was released.
“You won’t get the chance to finish it.”
Deltian charged at the magic circle he saw.
Once again, he shot toward Rehilis, but he wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice.
“Urk?”
Once more, an intensifying gravity pulled Deltian’s body down. A massive force compressed him, making it feel as if his very existence was being crushed.
However, he was familiar with this sort of pressure.
There was no way something as simple as gravity manipulation could stop him.
With a forceful thrust, he plunged the cursed sword into his leg.
The red-glowing cursed sword craved its master’s blood.
And it transformed that blood at its core.
It became a bit more corrupted, a bit more wicked.
This forced him into a form closer to that of the demon race than that of a human.
One of the attributes of the demon race.
They are less affected by magic.
Using this advantage, Deltian broke free from the influence of gravity and swung his sword.
This all occurred within one second.
A series of events unfolded in a fleeting moment.
There was no way she could complete such a complex spell within that short timeframe.
Deltian was certain of this, yet he remained unaware.
He did not recognize the might of the dragon, the master of magic and the regulator of the world.
[Meteor.]
The sky darkened.
Meteors infused with bright red flames fell toward the earth.
The moment he witnessed it, Deltian smiled.
That dragon wouldn’t really drop a meteor.
She was so determined to protect the forest.
Yet, would she drop a meteor smack in the middle of it?
There was no doubt that the surrounding terrain would be utterly destroyed.
But.
‘There’s no way she’d use it without a reason.’
As soon as he saw the meteor, Deltian was already running toward the forest.
He sprinted through the dense woods, heading toward a place where injured animals lay.
If he got there.
That foolish dragon wouldn’t be able to unleash the meteor.
At the instant he thought this.
[Gravity, Applied.]
A low murmured voice.
At that moment.
“…Huh?”
Deltian thought the world had tilted.
It would be impossible otherwise.
His body was being pulled back to the place he originally occupied against gravity.
He attempted to resist with his demonic blood, but it was futile.
It was an overwhelming difference.
Overwhelming gravity enveloped Deltian, sending chills down his spine.
Could she manipulate magic like that?
Magic was supposed to be manifested by channeling mana through a set regulation. Even if one could find a way, changing the formula would mean that the magic wouldn’t activate. Attempts to apply magic through new methods had persisted through countless generations, yet no one had ever succeeded.
But that dragon.
Accomplished it as if it were nothing.
Deltian blankly gazed up at the sky.
A gigantic meteor, now all too close, was falling toward him, obscuring the sun.
Looking around, he let out a hollow laugh.
“You madman.”
The entire vast forest was being protected by a massive barrier.
A barrier so solid that even with all his might he couldn’t break through.
The moment he raised his sword.
KWAAM!!
An overwhelming mass struck the ground.