Child of Destiny

Bang!

Swoosh!

Sigurd had waited enough, so he initiated the opening move once again. He disappeared from his spot and reappeared right before Arthur and swung his great sword down.

Arthur, who was already expecting this, quickly raised his shield to block the descending sword. As he did that, a layer of magic circle appeared over the shield, acting as a magic barrier. Runes with ice-elemental mana filled its surface, further reinforcing its defensive capabilities.

Boom!

The ground sank once again as the sword and the barrier clashed. The impact even caused countless rock fragments to fly in the air before turning into dust.

The two sides stayed like this for a couple of moments as they maintained their respective positions.

Bang!

Not long after, the greatsword in Sigurd’s hands finally bounced off from the repulsion force while the barrier was shattered into pieces.

Amid the falling shattered fragments of his barrier, Arthur appeared, holding his spear with both of his hands while the shield on his left arm slowly turned translucent before completely disappearing.

Crackle! Crackle!

Lightning currents danced around his spear as he suddenly thrust it forward.

Swoosh!

Sensing the danger coming from that strike, Sigurd, who was still in the air, skillfully adjusted his body and swiftly twisted to dodge.

Boom!

The thrust missed its target, but a powerful beam of lightning was released from it and flew past Sigurd, who could feel the paralyzing sensing caused by the lightning current filling the air.

Ta-ta!

Right after landing on the ground, Sigurd spun around while using the momentum to swing his greatsword down.

Swoosh!

The greatsword was covered by a violent mana flame formed by his Dragon-Slayer Powers. The space seemed to have burned by it as the sword drew a beautiful arc in the air.

Arthur quickly retracted his spear with one hand while raising the other in front of him. He was taking a defensive stance as the round icy shield materialized on that arm once again.

Swoosh!

At the same time, the magic barrier appeared once again but with a much stronger mana fluctuation, signifying the large amount of mana infused with it.

Since it was enhanced with the Dragonic Ice of a Glacial Dragon, the defensive properties of this magic barrier reached a whole other level.

Bang!

The two sides clashed once again, resulting in another explosion.

Swoosh!

Bang!

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This time, Sigurd was sent flying toward the opposite direction while Arthur was slammed on the edge of this dimension behind him once again as the magic barrier shattered into pieces.

“Cough! Cough!” vomiting some blood, Arthur wiped the corner of his mouth as he cast a healing spell on himself to recover health.

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As a Glacial Dragon, who belonged to the rulers of the cold elements, Eira further enhanced the Dragon Spell that Arthur had gotten from his Ocean Dragon, Oceana.

At the same time, he used a dragon spell from Eira’s arsenal. Since he was currently under the Elemental Dragon Fusion, he had access to some of her spells and did not hesitate to take advantage of them.

Swoosh!

In the distance, as Sigurd was stabilizing himself, a huge shadow was suddenly cast on him from above, making him raise his head.

That was when he saw a giant ice boulder suspended in the air right above him. It did not even wait for him to respond as it suddenly came crashing down like a meteor.

Whoosh!

“Hmph!” firmly planting his feet on the ground, Sigurd held his sword with his hands before throwing an upward slash in the air.

Swoosh!

A blazing flash of sword flew toward the descending iceberg and cut it in half.

Bang!

But that was not the end as multiple sword flashes followed it and sliced through the two huge segments of the iceberg that he just cut, further dicing them into smaller segments.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

But as the small fragments of ice fell, they suddenly transformed into sharp and pointed icicles that were directed at him.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Not long after, they turned into an unstoppable hail that was raining from the air.

Raising his brows, Sigurd could sense some threat coming from his hail of icicles. Not daring to underestimate this spell, he suddenly waved his greatsword left and right and summoned a blazing barrier made from the blue mana flame surrounding him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The icicles exploded when they collided with the barrier before evaporating.

In the meantime, Arthur had already recovered at this point, taking a stance with both of his hands holding his spear.

“Hu~!”

After taking a deep breath, Arthur used the lightning-elemental mana of his Storm Elemental Dragon to further amplify his already mighty Dragon Powers before infusing it into his spear.

Crackle! Crackle!

Lightning currents danced around him as he suddenly started throwing a series of stabs in the air, which left multiple spear shadows that filled the space.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Not long after, these spear shadows turned into a swarm of lightning dragons that opened their mouths wide while heading straight to Sigurd.

‘True Nine Dragon Arts: Imperial Tactics – Dragonic Oblivion’

Seeing the incoming dragons, Sigurd slightly raised his brows as he could feel an impressive might coming from each other, signifying that he could not afford to underestimate them.

“Hoo~!”

Regulating his breathing, he suddenly held his greatsword with both of his hands while placing them before his chest.

Whoosh!

The surrounding blue mana flame blazed more violently, forming a towering pillar of fire, which then turned into a blazing warrior with a sword made of mana flame.

He waited a little until the swarm of lightning dragons reached the ideal range before swinging his greatsword multiple times, which the blazing warrior copied.

‘Dragonborn Swordsmanship: Dragon Slaying – Sword Flame Destruction’

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

A huge crescent wave sliced through the air and burned even the space due to the mana flame that surrounded it.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Not long after, the entire swarm of the dragons was obliterated.

Sigurd did not even wait for Arthur’s next move as he immediately stomped into the ground and propelled himself toward the latter, transforming into a streak of light that cut through the cloud of smoke created by the previous explosion.

Whoosh!

Midair, Sigurd held his greatsword and dragged it behind while the apparition of the blazing warrior was yet to disappear.

On the other side, Arthur extended his left hand forward, manifesting the icy shield before behind.

Infusing his mana into it, a thick and towering wall of ice was suddenly erected and blocked Sigurd’s advance.

Bang!

“Cheap tricks!” Seeing the ice wall, Sigurd smirked before swinging his greatsword horizontally, which the blazing warrior behind him did as well.

Swoosh!

A flash of light sliced through the wall of ice before disappearing within an instant. Then the entire ice wall was cut in halves with the upper portion melting due to the blue mana flame and evaporating immediately after.

Arthur, who was also preparing for his next move, was revealed.

The entire body of the spear in his eyes was currently enveloped with electric currents, almost turning it into lightning itself.

Sigurd was preparing to defend the incoming attack from Arthur, expecting it to come in front of him.

Crackle! Crackle!

But when he was doing that, he sensed a series of electric currents filling the air around him, giving him an ominous feeling.

Trusting his instincts, he decided to take a stronger defensive stance alongside the blazing warrior behind him.

Bang!

Right at that moment, a clap of thunder suddenly resounded within the entire dimension while a flash of lightning suddenly descended from the sky, striking straight at Sigurd.

This lightning strike also turned into a dragon that opened its mouth wide, planning to devour its target.

Roar!

In response, Sigurd and the manifestation of the blazing warrior behind him raised their swords above them as the lightning dragon bit into the blazing sword that the warrior was holding.

Bang!

While Sigurd was enduring the barrage of lightning strikes from the sky along with the lightning dragon suppressing the blazing warrior, Arthur finally made his move.

He twirled his spear’s head a little before flicking with it multiple times, which transformed into nine dragons heading straight to Sigurd, who was currently being suppressed.

‘True Nine Dragon Arts: Imperial Tactics – Nine Dragon Obliteration’

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Sigurd slightly frowned when he realized that he had fallen into a trap, but did not show any signs of panic. He calmly held his ground before twirling his wrists to control the greatsword in his hands, moving it in a circular manner.

The blazing mimicked his actions, making it drag the lightning dragon that was biting its flame sword.

The two seemed to have manipulated the space while burning it. The lightning dragon biting the flame sword seemed to have been dragged into the void along with the lightning strikes falling from the sky.

‘Dragonborn Swordsmanship: Dragon Slaying – Draconic Rending’

The movements of his sword did not stop there as he suddenly swung the greatsword multiple times, slashing the nine dragons that were trying to attack him from different angles.

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Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Blazing flashes filled the air, cutting through the nine dragons that Arthur had sent and obliterating them.

‘Dragonborn Swordsmanship: Dragon Slaying – Sword Flame Obliteration’

Arthur and Sigurd did not immediately attack each other as they stared at each other with provoking expressions on their faces.

They knew that both sides were currently close in terms of power, which indicated that the victor of this battle would be decided on who had the better skill and techniques.

It seemed like they were trying to agitate the opposing side and telling them if that was all they were capable of with those looks.

A moment later, they simultaneously charged at each other, engaging in an intense battle against each other.

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