Published at 5th of December 2020 03:36:04 PM
Chapter 282
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Fragments of airship poured from the sky, a sick twist of wooden and metallic raindrops pelting into the shattered planet . More than ten ships had been shattered in a single spell, several more severely damaged, and the fleet’s formation had been completely torn asunder .
Desir quickly broke through their encirclement . Fragments of boat slammed into the side of his airship, but he paid it no mind . Instead, his focus was on his own airship’s primary engine . He had been flying well beyond its limits, and was about to give out . The moment it blared its final warning, Desir’s eyes shifted towards the remains of Brigant, left completely defenseless . With Priscilla onboard, he had no reason to hesitate .
Using all the knowledge at his disposal, a vast number of spell arrays appeared around Desir, seemingly without any pattern or reason .
A battleship, the Brigant, which sat just beyond the collapsed formation .
With Priscilla on board, it was now defenselessly exposed .
There was no reason to hesitate . Desir prepared another spell .
Using all of the magic he had at his disposal, a vast number of magical spell arrays appeared around him chaotically .
[Gravity Control]
The highest tier gravity magic .
*Rumble*
A massive torrent of mana surged around Desir, and a resulting wave of gravity crashed into everything around the Brigant . It may have been the Artemis Church’s flagship, equipped with the strongest defensive magic known to mankind, but it meant nothing in front of Desir’s wrath .
The massive ship literally crumpled like a sheet of paper . The wings were bent awry, the hull was squeezed and flattened, and the entire ship was left structurally unsound . It was only a matter of time before the defensive spell broke down and the ship was completely destroyed .
But Priscilla, who was standing onboard its deck, was calm . A flash of light burst forth from her hand, as brilliant as several concentrated suns, and an absurd sight followed .
Brigant began to quickly cover as the light draped over it . Broken wings, crushed hull, smashed engine . All of them retook their original form, as though time itself was turning back . Even the other half of the ship, which had been melted by Desir’s [Fire Storm], was being restored .
*Crash*
*Crack*
Desir’s spell continued . The mighty force of gravity continued to weigh into Brigant, continuing to tear into its foundation . Each time it came close to fully breaking the defensive spell, the ship was quickly restored, and the magic remained functional . With each cycle, Desir got further and further away from breaking the spell . The conclusion was obvious .
Priscilla’s resilience overwhelmed Desir’s offense .
That could not be . Never in his previous life, nor in his present life, had he ever seen her manifest her ability on this scale and in this way .
‘It was… all a lie?’
She had to have been lying to them .
The former Priscilla must have concealed the true strength of her Blessing of Light right until the end, even when faced with the Dragon of Destruction .
*Crack*
Brigant’s collapse had stopped . At that moment, the Brigant was quickly restored to its original form .
“Hah… Hah… ”
Desir breathed heavily . The aftermath of casting a spell equivalent to the Seventh-Circle was huge . He felt his legs threaten to collapse underneath him .
Nevertheless, it was because of his obsessive desire to enact revenge that he could still stand . Many questions had been raised, but the unparalleled rage was what occupied his mind .
He clenched his teeth and supported himself against the railing . He raised his head and stared forward . Fully recovered, the Brigant took off and began to widen the distance between itself and Desir’s near-engineless airship .
The eyes of Priscilla and Desir, standing on their respective decks, met .
She was smiling and talking at him .
[-I’m sorry . ]
Sorry for what? The lies? Zod’s death?
Or her betrayal?
Blood flowed as fingernails penetrated the palm of the hand that grasped the cane so tightly .
[-You’ll understand one day . ]
No . Never .
Brigant was speeding away from Desir, and he still needed to break through the reformed blockade before he had a chance at catching up to her .
However, it was obvious that he would miss Priscilla if he were to deal with every ship in this fleet first . His opponents were not difficult, but they would cost vital time that would give Priscilla time to recuperate her losses .
The situation was the worst . But there was still a way .
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Desir began to channel his cane, Mana Hole, to quickly gather mana from the atmosphere . Desir’s mana circles quickly began to refill themselves, having been drained empty by the strange sound flowing from Desir’s mouth .
Draconic language was something exclusive to the ancient race of dragons .
This was the strongest and simultaneously the worst magic that Desir could develop .
To use it now would be akin to suicide . His body was as battle weary as the airship he stood upon . He had not prepared any artificial magic circles to share the burden, either .
However, he did not care .
It was just unacceptable . The very existence that took away Zod Exarion’s life was allowed to take another breath, and that transgression fueled Desir’s blistering determination .
As the mysterious voice flowed from Desir’s mouth, a super massive spell array formation arranged in front of his eyes . The way the intricate violet designs interweaved to develop the array was the epitome of beauty .
Mana surged from Desir’s body into the spell array, his flesh a conduit for the Mana Hole’s near-endless supply . The human body was not a particularly resilient medium, and he felt all the muscles and fibers that held him together begin to burst under the pressure .
The outflow of mana was intense enough to strain the Holy Paladins closest to his airship .
But there was a problem . The spell was being arranged into a massive array, which would take an obscene amount of mana and a comparatively long cast time . Even still, it was not for lack of a good reason . The power in this spell would be beyond anything that a single person could cast using the modern magic system .
The Holy Paladins, aware of the strain that Desir’s draconic magic put on him, did not miss the opportunity to end his life . The fleet began to converge towards Desir, and within an instant a dozen ships blocked the path between his spell and Priscilla, with more hovering nearby .
They bombarded Desir with attacks, encircling his airship on all sides, all to prevent the completion of his magic .
*Boom*
There was a violent sound .
Desir’s body shook incessantly . The upgraded Aurora System mounted on the airship held out, but it would not last much longer .
But it was also impossible to counter their attacks . No matter how strong he may be, it was impossible to complete his spell while also dealing with their fleet .
“This is our chance!”
“Attack now, he can’t respond!”
And the Church of Artemis had clearly grasped this point .
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*Boom*
The airship shook again . The Aurora System’s effectiveness had noticeably diminished . They launched attacks at him nonstop, and Desir certainly felt the pressure .
There was nothing more annoying than an enemy that knew your weakness .
Nevertheless, Desir did not stop casting his spell .
Instead .
*Piying*
Desir flexed his left index finger . He activated a spell stored by Memorize .
*Crack*
An electric spell fired from Desir’s free hand . It was only one stem at first, but it soon divided into several branches, increasing whenever it collided with the flood of attacks . By the time it bridged the distance, there were several hundred branches, each ship under attack by nearly twenty offshoots .
Desir had stored a modified spell in Memorize . It was an upgraded version of [Chain Lighting], a Fourth-Circle spell he had modified to use against Skull Mask .
In an instant, five ships were utterly destroyed and crashed to the ground helplessly . But the remaining ones did not stop pressuring Desir .
“Memorize has a five-use limit! Don’t stop!”
“Four charges left! Have six of our ships charge!”
Some ships had closed in on Desir, breaching the minimum distance required to maintain gunfire on Desir . They were using their vessels as a weapon to take down his airship .
It was a seemingly reckless charge, but an attack that Desir could not afford to ignore .
Desir had no choice but to use the magic stored in Memorize to defend once again . The ships that remained back continued to fire between the gaps, trying their best to wear down the already exhausted Aurora System .
There was no way to stop their strategy, built around their readiness for self-sacrifice . It was an extremely effective tactic to force the enemy to consume their limited resources . They had decided to wage a bizarrely fast-paced war of attrition .
Would the Artemis Church’s ships be annihilated first, or would Desir run out of spells stored in his Memorize?
Desir had no other choice but to follow their tempo . He aimed at the approaching ship and deployed another spell from Memorize .
*Fire*
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Thousands of fire bolts were created this time . The sky turned red as they were ejected in unison .
*Boom*
Fourth-Circle magic, [Burst Fire] .
It was reinforced by remodeling the formula, and each fire bolt had power on the level of a Fourth-Circle spell .
*Collapse*
The ships that were approaching were all burned to ashes and scattered in mere moments .
Still, they did not revise their strategy . Like moths running towards an open flame, they constantly swarmed towards Desir .
As a result, Desir’s airship had slowly accumulated damage, and it would ultimately result in a definite blow . In this moment, he keenly felt the shortcomings of draconic spells .
Not only was the casting time enormous, but as the spell array was completed, his body was reaching its limit .
The Mana Hole, which had been supplying the mana so far, stopped operating . The burden on his body increased several times more .
His mana circles began to collapse . Bones and organs twisted, and streams of blood gushed out of his body as his blood vessels began to burst . His body could not withstand the invocation any longer . Gradually, his vision began to blur, and even following Priscilla with his eye was difficult .
Even if he could not, the end was in sight . Desir’s spell was almost complete . As he launched the fourth spell stored in Memorize, the original fleet was left with just twenty percent of their ships .
*Crack*
That remaining twenty percent was all they needed . Desir’s Aurora System was smashed, and the force field shattered with the echo of broken glass . Ten shots slammed into his airship, and two of his four auxiliary engines exploded .
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