Chapter 47 : The Storm of Wrath: Awakening the Dragon’s Fury

I looked down at the one looking up at me from below the earth.

A long and huge body, countless thorns, three mouths. It was a being that could be called a ‘monster.’

Its body was many times longer and larger than mine, and around it, the ravaged mountain range was turning into red ore.

This was the cause of all the events.

At the same time, it was a being who knew about the ‘Sunstone’ I had discovered in the past.

[Solia!! Do not look down arrogantly from there!!]

It told me to come down.

Solia. That was the name spoken by the one wearing platinum armor, pierced by the dark spear in the pure white space.

Who is Solia? Who is she, that her glory is not over, and she possesses arrogance?

‘······Information that is irrelevant now.’

Something else was important.

My emotions.

Hatred. Countless angers enveloped me. I felt an overwhelming sense of rage toward that thing.

The reason was simple and clear. At the same time, it was important.

‘That thing’ invaded my territory. The Craystist Barony is my territory. That thing was disturbing my land and threatening humans.

In other words, I had driven Jonan and the Count’s party into a dangerous situation. I didn’t even think it would turn out like this.

In the end, I was angry with myself, and I was enraged at ‘that thing’ that made it so.

The power of the Blue Dragon reacted to ‘that thing’s’ movements and words. There is no option to give mercy to that thing.

Only death.

Therefore, I calmly notified it.

To die and beg for forgiveness from this land, and furthermore, from me.

That’s why I drew out all the power I had.

The storm began to carry hostility toward it.

It was early dawn, when the sun had just risen. Originally, Rachel would have been lost in dreamland.

But today was different.

“Ugh······.”

Rachel opened her eyes, led by an unknown emotion that enveloped her.

Without realizing it, her heart was beating fast and her face was contorted.

Grr.

Rachel exhaled roughly and looked around. She needed a target to relieve this unknown anger.

But Rachel, who couldn’t find a suitable object to vent her anger on, eventually hit Aria’s blanket with her fist instead.

Then she tried to fall asleep again, but the commotion outside woke up her sleeping mind.

Screams, running, the sound of things collapsing, etc., were heard in the hallway.

“······?”

Rachel tried to go out to see what was going on. But then, Aria, who was sleeping next to her, groaned in pain.

“Ugh······.”

“Uh, uh? Sister?”

Rachel, more flustered than when she met a knight, saw a girl, younger than the knights she had met before, writhing on a soft bed. She had black, twin-tailed hair and a small body, but she was still a little taller than Rachel.

She squeezed her eyes shut, not knowing what was wrong.

“Sister Aria···! Are you okay···?”

“······.”

Rachel carefully shook Aria’s shoulder and asked, but there was no answer.

So Rachel carefully lifted the blanket and was startled.

“Wh, what is this! Sister!”

Black stones were protruding from parts of Rachel’s winged shoulders. Moreover, it wasn’t just protruding; it was stretching out long, like wings made of ore.

Not only that. Dark red fragments were blooming here and there on Aria’s body.

It was many times more than when Rachel first saw it.

Rachel, who saw it, was momentarily frightened but hurriedly grabbed Aria’s hand.

Aria’s scary stone wings were frightening, but losing Aria was even scarier.

When the two girls’ hands touched, golden starlight poured out of Rachel’s hand, as before.

That starlight was absorbed into Aria’s body, passing through her hand.

Rachel thought that she would wake up like this. Because Aria woke up when she held her hand.

But this time was different.

Screech!

“Eek!”

It was true that her body condition improved. But the rocks on Aria’s body were not.

As if to antagonize the starlight that Rachel emitted, they began to pour out dark red energy.

“Wh, what do I do······.”

Rachel panicked. She, unfortunately, knew what the adults around her expected of her.

Aria’s treatment. Rachel thought that it was what she had to do. Besides, Aria was a good sister, so it was good for her too.

But now she couldn’t heal Aria. That fact weighed heavily on the five-year-old child.

Tears welled up in Rachel’s eyes. But they didn’t flow down. Crying loudly was her last pride that was not allowed.

“Sister······.”

So she desperately held hands and sent starlight, knowing that she couldn’t do anything.

Then, her body gradually became tired. Rachel’s eyes began to close gradually. Rachel muttered without realizing it.

A really cool person. The one who played with her. The best person.

‘Dragon······.’

Then, the flow of starlight changed. The starlight that the child was sending out without a plan was organized into a specific form and shot into Aria’s body.

And that form began to heal Aria’s body most efficiently.

It wasn’t Rachel who did it herself. Suddenly, the Dragon came to her mind.

But strangely, the Dragon’s appearance was quite different. No, the appearance was the same, but the atmosphere was very different.

He was more solemn, benevolent, and seemed to see through everything in the world······.

It felt like a being that was the same as the Dragon she knew, but different. The blue dragon that appeared in her mind spoke quietly to her.

[Child who carries the Yeouiju of the new clan. Move your heart as I intend. And remember that sense.]

When that dragon said that, Rachel’s heart began to move. The starlight moved smoothly and quickly, like an animal running on a blue field.

“Ra, chel?”

“Sister!!”

So when Aria began to regain consciousness, the different Dragon in her mind had disappeared. For some reason, Rachel couldn’t remember that Dragon.

It was constantly spewing out dark red energy around it. It felt like several sewers with sewage coming out.

The problem was that those energies turned into huge and sharp rocks when they met earth and rock.

Scattered magic stones here and there in the forest. They were newly born in the form of pillars dozens of meters long.

[Rarakallushad, Lunasha, and Her power flow to me···.]

It, Rakallushad, opened its three mouths and expressed joy.

I could no longer watch that appearance.

Crackle!

One of the winds that came out of the storm was compressed into a single point and made a strange sound.

A powerful force, enough to destroy everything it passed through, was condensed.

Paang!

And the compressed air bullet was shot at Rakallushad.

It was a fast speed that even the dragon’s gaze could not keep up with, but it only scratched the monster’s carapace and could not inflict an effective blow.

‘I can’t do it normally.’

Having confirmed Rakallushad’s defense, I quickly grasped the battlefield.

What I, who have the body of a blue dragon, can gain an advantage over that thing is aerial maneuverability.

The guy had a huge body, but he didn’t seem to be rising or escaping anymore.

It was like a mole in a mole game, burying a certain part of its body. Perhaps that could be the guy’s weakness.

Boom.

Then, a huge magic stone pillar began to shake and was shot toward me in the air.

Compared to the air bullet, the magic stone pillar came at a much slower speed.

I twisted my body slightly to avoid it, and then wrapped the magic stone that had been pulled out by the storm around me.

In an instant, the speed of the magic stone slowed down and stopped in the air. Then it began to fall again at a rapid pace to where it had been pulled out.

Rakallushad did not avoid the approaching magic stone pillar, unlike me. Rather, he opened his mouth and chewed and swallowed that magic stone pillar.

[Solia, even the Sun King cannot win against time.]

Rakallushad sneered. Still, that guy knew me as a being called Solia.

I don’t know how he mistook me, when Solia’s appearance must be very different from mine, but while I couldn’t understand it, I noticed the guy’s eyes.

There was nothing in the place where the eyes should be.

In other words, he was judging me only by my energy because his eyes had degenerated. I finally understood.

[Disappear, Solia. Like the fragments of the Queen, give me strength and die.]

With those words, the guy stretched out a part of his body. At the same time, the speed at which the magic stone pillars were created began to gradually increase.

‘······At this rate, it’s just a meaningless exchange.’

The relationship between the guy and me was close to a bunker and a fighter jet. Moreover, that guy was a moving bunker with extreme defense and the ability to throw huge missiles.

On the other hand, I was a fighter jet with more freedom of movement and unlimited missiles.

The only problem is that it’s a time attack to stop those magic stones before they cover the Count’s territory. Time was not on my side.

‘How do I pierce that bunker?’

Two things came to mind.