Act 4: Chapter 42: Precise Strike
Ramiel raised both her hands upward and deployed a magic circle.
She wanted to fire her 《Agneyastra》 again.
It seems she tried to decide the outcome of our fight by the clash of our strongest magic.
「I broke the taboo. But, I gained power in exchange for that and gained the recognition of the higher existence. Even the watchmen of the village, the dragons had no choice but to respect me. By now, the title of king of dragonfolk is nothing more than an empty title! As for me, I've gained a great mission in exchange for gaining power! I'm a necessary existence!」
I deployed two magic circles at the same time with 《Twin Mind Model》.
「Time-Space Magic, 10th Rank; 《Dimension Slash(Room Slash)》」
I pointed with my index finger and unleashed a slash.
The slash hit Ramiel's body, sending her body flying backward.
「Tch! T-The heck, so you're resorting to using a paltry trick now. Meaning that you realized that you can't win in a battle of attrition against me even if you're stronger.」
The next moment, I invoked the other magic that I had prepared beforehand.「Time-Space Magic, 19th Rank《Gravibomb》」
Blacklight spread around Ramiel's body.
「Simultanous invocation of… Super high-rank magic!? I-Impossible! As if a mere human who lives for less than a hundred years can master that! Who… No, what teach you that magic…!」
The black light then compressed into a single point while dragging the space around it.
At the same time, Ramiel's wings and body were also squeezed into small balls.
「Guh, GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!」
Her barrier of magical power was still at work.
Even the majority of the aberration inside the mirror couldn't withstand this spell.
It snatched Ramiel's freedom and the power of her barrier at the same time.
I might not be able to get a direct hit, but this magic seems to be the most effective magic against Ramiel.
But, the previous method seems to work better in draining her magical power than sealing her movement.
In the end, unless it was necessary, letting Ramiel fire her magic and counter it with 《Apocalypse》 was a much better choice.
After Ramiel managed to get through the binding of gravity, she spread her crushed wings again.
「Dammit, this is… Impossible!」
Ramiel glared angrily at me while cursing on her own.
I expected her to unleash a counterattack once she was freed from her binding alas, She remained in the air, and glared silently at me.
「You think you can do anything just because you got stronger, but aren't you just throwing some random tantrums?」
I pointed 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 at Ramiel.
Ramiel's fangs and claws increased in size.
Though her body was trembling in fury, Ramiel suddenly heaved a deep sigh and struck at her forehead with her own claws.
「Huff… Huff… I lost my cool. Kihihi… Too bad, your provocation doesn't work on me anymore.」
Ramiel pointed her hands at me again and deployed a magic circle.
「Flame Magic, 9th Rank《Sarunga》」
Why did she… Used the 9th-rank magic now?
The moment I thought so, I saw Ramiel's lips formed a cunning smile, and pointing her finger at Pomera and co.
「Kihihihi… There's no reason to have direct confrontation against you! I just need to kill the weak dragon king first to gain total control over the dragon hole! Power is justice!」
The ten fireballs around her then fired at Pomera and co.
「Spirit Magic, 7th Rank《Undine Wall》!」
Water gushed out around Pomera and co which then transformed into the wall around them.
Seeing that, Philia's contour suddenly blurred and the next moment, she already became Pomera.
「Spirit Magic, 7th Rank《Undine Wall》!」
The wall of water increased by another one.
The ten fireballs got extinguished by the double-layered wall.
「Tch, it seems prioritizing fast cast is the wrong move…!」
「Don't underestimate Pomera and Co, they're not pushovers either.」
Without the power of the dragon hole, Philia could easily wipe the floor with Ramiel.
「Take this back!」
Philia-still in Pomera's figure- swung her arm.
Giant grew from the ceiling and punched Ramiel's body.
Ramiel managed to protect her body at the last minute with her wings alas, her stance crumbled as a result.
「Ugh! YOU SHI*TTY BRA—!」
That moment, I fired 《Apocalypse》 at Ramiel.
Ramiel finally looked at me again and deployed a magic circle in a hurry.
「《Apocalypse》!」
「Guh! 《Agneyastra》!」
A giant flame wheel appeared a moment after the red dragon.
The two magic collided for a moment before the flame wheel got crushed by the red dragon.
Alas, that collision was enough to delay the red dragon, Ramiel used that chance to spread her wings and flew out of the red dragon's trajectory.
「Like hell I'm going to let myself get hit by that stupidly huge lump of magical power!」
Alas, I've predicted such a situation.
I knew that her movement range was limited if she escaped as fast as she could to the sky.
「Wind Magic, 3rd Rank 《Flugel》!」
I launched my body as fast as I could into the air with wind magic and crushed Ramiel's escape route.
I deployed 《Gravibomb》 to be able to invoke whenever I want, and used 《Flugel》 to move in the air.
「A mere human trying to catch up with me, a superior dragon in the sky!」
Ramiel's long tail whipped like a whip.
Though I managed to repel the attack with my sword, her claws followed after that.
During the aerial battle with unstable footing, I had to be constantly aware of the magic circle, that's why my reaction to Ramiel's attack was delayed.
Her attack landed on my body.
「You got carried away!」
Ramiel whipped her tail again after my stance crumbled due to her claw attack.
I managed to cross my arms in the last minute to receive the attack and got thrown back to the ground.
Ramiel used the recoil of her tail attack to escape to the nearby ceiling.
As expected, Ramiel excelled in air combat.
I wouldn't be able to match her in aerial combat with unstable 《Flugel》.
Though she recovered again as she took some distance, the prolonged battle seemed to put a burden on the dragon hole.
I didn't have many chances to use 《Gravibomb》 from close range as soon as Ramiel used her magic.
Even if the odds are against me, I shouldn't escape from this place.
I invoked 《Flugel》 again and launched myself to Ramiel again.
「Kihihihi, I'm glad that you come rushing at me like an idiot. I won't let you to go back to the ground and torment you in the air.」
Ramiel raised her long tail to the sky and spun in the air.
She struck the ceiling with her tail, it seemed she wanted to regain her aerial dominance.
「Let me to tell you the true terror of the 《Ruler of The Sky》. Forbidden dragon art… 《Birdcage》.」
Ramiel glared at me while crossing her fingers.
Dragon art… Maybe it was a martial art that made the full use of dragonfolk's and dragon's superior physical strength.
Though she overwhelmed me in the first round of aerial combat, I had unique aerial combat art myself.
Different from her previous scorn and anger, Ramiel's eyes now cast cold, piercing killing intent.
She was up to something.
At that moment, the ceiling that got struck by Ramiel's tail exploded due to a mysterious shockwave.
Ramiel whose tail loses the footing of the ceiling, her body spinning out of control.
「WA!?」
I then looked at Riddler who touched the wall with his palm.
It was a skill that fired shockwaves along the material, 《Heavenly Justice Palm Wave》.
Now Ramiel had no scaffolding to be used by her tail.
The usual Ramiel might be able to cope with this situation with ease.
But, maybe because she used 《Birdcage》, her focus was completely on me.
Riddler didn't waste that opportunity to create an opening for me at the best time.
「That fu*cking Dragon King!」
Ramiel glared at Riddler with bloodshot eyes.
「《Gravibomb》!」[TL: I'll use Gravibomb instead of graviburn from this point.]
I closed in at once toward Ramiel and unleashed the prepared 《Gravibomb》.
Ramiel tried to get out of the range of my spell by shifting her stance and spreading her wings alas, she was too late.
「I… Whose power is equal to god… Got defeated!」
Ramiel tried to break the spell with brute force alas, the black light had already entered a compression state.
Since she tried desperately to resist while her body got compressed into a sphere, her wings warped.
「No-NO! I'VE BECOME MORE POWERFUL AND YET! I REFUSE… I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THIS!」
Ramiel screamed as she tried to resist the gravity that bound her.
I didn't miss that chance and slashed at her with 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》.
Cracks formed on the iridescent magical power barrier that covered Ramiel.
The supply of magical power from Dragon Hole for Ramiel had finally been cut off.
「N-No way…?」
Ramiel then looked at herself with dumbfounded face.
Ramiel's magical power was running out for now.
Though her magical power would be refilled immediately by the dragon hole… Her control over the dragon hole had also weakened when she was put into a weakened state.
「Y-YOU DID IT KANATA! I TOOK BACK THE CONTROL OF DRAGON HOLE FROM HER! SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO USE HER BARRIER ANYMORE!」
Riddler shouted at me while raising his hand with the 《Dragon Hole's Ring》 on it.
The iridescent barrier of magical power that constantly protected Ramiel's body had finally sealed up.
Ramiel tried to escape immediately alas, I closed in the distance with her again and attacked with 《Hero Sword; Gilgamesh》 again.
That attack sent Ramiel back to the ground.
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