The Frie Drake stared down at both Violet and Luna with obvious hunger and contempt. From its view 2 morsels of food had just delivered themselves to its claws. But that is a fact that Violet would heartily like to disagree on.
ROA~! BOOM.
As the Drake let out a roar of challenge Violet instantly responded with a void bolt that went right into its throat instantly silencing the beasts roar and causing it to stumble back in surprise. It didn't actually harm it all too much but that was never Violets intentions, no she wanted, no needed to keep this beast off guard. She could feel the leveled of mana radiating off this beast and she was sure that this would quite possibly be one of the hardest fights she had ever been apart of.
Luna too was preparing herself for a rough fight. She was already feeling slightly worse for wear with the oppressive heat and abundance of fire mana. But despite this she couldn't help but tighten the grip on her spear as a small grin split her lips, her heart pounding within her chest as the all too familiar excitement of an upcoming fight gripped her. Watching Violet shut up the beasts roar only made her smile widen and she found herself dashing forwards as soon as the bolt landed.
Dashing across the obsidian maiden ground the Arctic Leopard bestkin poured her mana into her arctic ice manipulation. The ice growing over both her body and her spear, curtest of body of the arctic warrior and ice strike respectively, grew in size and sharpness whilst the intensity of the cold radiating from them both managed to push back the oppressive heat for at least this moment.
Luna unleashed a barrage of strikes to the fire drakes side hoping to damage one of its legs right from the get go. The drake which had been taken completely off guard by the first attack was similarly unprepared for the second attack near moments later and failed to put up any meaningful resistance when 3 rapid blows impacted its right foreleg. The blows struggled to get past the thick scales that covered the drakes body, but with the rapid growth of ice over the wound from the first couple of blows this problem managed to resolve itself as the ice promptly shattered on the third blow that was landed.
CRASH, ROAR!
An explosion of ice and scales erupted from the impact site eliciting a cry of pain and anger to erupt from the drake. Now finally realising that this is not to be just a free meal the drake finally began to take these two opponents seriously. As such it opened up with its favourite attack.
As Luna unleashed her barrage of strikes Violet was not inactive, no she was building up a void Lance in preparation for the next move that the drake will make. So when she saw it take in a deep breath and saw its chest expand the dragon know something big was about to happen. "Luna back off for a moment somethings comming!" Trusting in her companion Luna dashed right back out of range just in time to avoid a stealthy tail whip launched her way. But it was the front of the drake that held both girls attention at this moment.
The drake reared back its head and opened its jaws wide as a orange glow lit up the inside of its mouth. Seeing this violet began to send the lance forward, as the lance crossed the halfway mark a burst of flame erupted from the drakes maw. The two forces met with a resounding boom! The physical presence that the fire breath must hold for it to halt the lance was a worrying situation to witness. After a eternal moment both attacks seemed to collapse in on themselves with a muted boom. Violet was stunned, her strongest attack was only equivalent to a breat attack! She grit her teeth determined to get stronger!
With that initial exchange over with Luna charged straight back in to exchange blows with her spear whilst Violet sent forth a series of bolts and spears as she circled around the beast. She was aiming right at the base of its tail wanting to remove or stipple that offending limb so that Luna would be just that little bit safer whilst up close and personal.
Sensing the danger of this combined attack the drake unleashed another of its skills, fire licked up from the obsidian floor and quickly began to coat the drake in a rolling wave of orange fire. This was coupled wirh a surge in temperature around the beast which caused any remaining ice to melt off its scaly hide.
With its new flaming armour in place the drake charged right at Violet hoping to shut down the pesky dragon that had been peppering it with blasts of magic from afar. It moved surprisingly quick for a beast of its size. Before Violet could even react a maw of fire and tooth was closing down towards her, she only had time to turn slightly to the side to avoid her head and neck being caught within, instead her right side and front leg was engulfed within the flaming maw.
Pain radiated down the bond from Violet towards Luna, the sharp pain flashing down towards her momentarily stunned the beastkin. But this quickly turned into a cold fury as she witnessed her closest friend and companion nearly eaten whole. The fire mana that had previously worked to banish her arctic ice was suddenly and forcefully pushed back in a surge of frigid power.
Spears of ice that radiated freezing gales formed around the woman as she dashed forward. The ever forming ice spears continuously shot forward rapidly impaling the fire encased drake the fire that had previously pushed away her ice was no longer able to penetrate the bone deep cold that radiated from the spikes of ice. As she rapidly closed the distance dozens of these ice spikes struck the drake causing it to release the now deeply wounded dragon in a spurt of fire and blood.
Quickly reaching the wounded drake her spear elingated as a lance of ice formed around it as she leapt into the air in a burst of strength before bringing her blade down towards the head of the drake.
ROAR. SHLUNK. THUD!
As the drake faced the defending warrior of ice it released a deafening roar that almost knocked Luna off course but her rage filed her and maintained her course. As she ended her charge she sank her elmgated lance of ice down to the hilt into the neck of the drake. Her hands getting burnt in the process ofnly for the fridgid chill to quickly destroy the reminants of the fire. With a quick flourish she chopped through the side of its neck causing its burning head to drop to the floor no longer attached to the rest of its body.
[Your group has defeated Flame Drake lvl 41 and participant no 203,397 of the Champion Beast Protocol exp rewarded]
[For assisting in defeating a Champion Beast you will be credited for its kill and you are now eligible for participation of the Champion Beast Protocol. Rewards will be distributed once number of participants is reduced to 100,000]
[You have leveled up]
[New skill acquired - Arctic Fury lvl 1]
[Status]
Name - Luna
Species - Arctic Leopard Beastkin
Speciality - Arctic Ice (+1 Agi, Str, Int)
Class - Wild Companion of the Arctic ice
Level - 28->30/40
HP - 430
Mana - 320
Agility - 47->49+5
Strength - 41->43+5
Constitution - 36->38+5
Intelligence - 28->32
Wisdom - 21+5
Skills:
Martial arts lvl 8->9
Evasive Footwork lvl 7
Dash lvl 8->9
Stealth lvl 5
Leopard Claws lvl 2
Multi Strike lvl 7->8
Body of the Arctic Warrior lvl 8->9
Ice Strike lvl 8->9
Companion Bond with Violet lvl 6->7
Arctic Ice Manipulation lvl 4->6
Spear Proficiency lvl 7->8
Healing Presence lvl 4->5
Ice Bolt lvl 3
Arctic Fury lvl 1
As her updated stats flashed before her eyes she also saw a red flashing notification.
[Mana 2/320]
'Well that would explain the dizziness, or did I get hit in the head?' Her thoughts were a jumbled mess as she staggered over to her wounded companion who had yet to make any movement after the vicious blow she had received from the flame Drake. Thankfully she knew that Violet was still alive thanks to their bond but she could feel how injured and weak she felt and that knowlage stabbed at lunas heart. Flashes of her slain clan raced through her jumbled mind as she had the thought that Violet was only this injured because of lunas own decision to hunt down the orcs. She betrayed herself for bringing such a young creature into her own vendetta against the orcs.
Before she could allow herself to skin deeper into her tumultuous thoughts though she first had to help her companion. Finally reaching violets bloody body and she fell to her knees besides her. Tears now falling from her eyes as she looked upon the mutilated body of her closest friend. Violet was in quite the sorry state, her entire right side was a mess of shattered scales and blood. Her front leg was shredded almost beyond repair and numerous deep puncture wounds littered her body.
She first stored the body of the Drake in her storage necklace before approaching Violet. She carefully tried to lift the wounded dragon but only managed to drag her body, she pulled forth the remaining dregs of her strength and dragged Violet away from the river of lava and the battlefield. After some time Luna found a small cave in the side of the cliff face and pulled Violet within before the last of her energy left her. Collapsing to the ground besides Violet Luna quickly found her eyes closing and was soon engulfed into the welcoming abyss of sleep.