–Back to Otto's perspective–
Crash
What the! What was that loud crash!?
I ran out of the classroom, sprinting towards the loud noise
Was it a school shooting!?
No.. There aren't guns in this world..
As I was passing through the crowd of students I bumped into everyone, taking mana from each of them
I'd soon find out as I turned the corner and saw Kilgue, surrounded by rubble from the ceiling that had just collapsed.
Few students were caught under the falling debris.
"Otto." Kilgue said, not even facing me
Of course I had to run to the scene!
I patted my waist and back to realize I'm unarmed
"Kilgue! It's been so long! I missed you so much!" I tried to force crocodile tears
I hope he doesn't see through my lie…
"You all left me.. Stranded.. In the dark continent. You must be punished."
He didn't buy it! Time to split!
I turned around to run however, before I could turn I was crashing through walls and flying through the air. Kilgue had grabbed me by my mouth and threw me through the ceiling .
We landed at the dorms, about the 6th floor where I lived.
I gasped for air and cleared the blood out of my mouth.
Kilgue was standing over me
"I won't fight an unarmed enemy.."
He looked at my dorm
"That is your room over there, no?"
"I'll give you the opportunity to get a weapon."
I slowly looked over at my room
"What if I don't want to!"
I slowly grinned, blood slipping through my teeth
"Killing you will be all the same."
He had a look of malice.
I knew he wasn't bluffing
I decided to comply and I crawled into my room
Using some of Maelin's healing magic I healed my organs and any major injuries I have
"That's the last of that.." I propped myself up on the wall before taking my black custom made daggers that I had made from chimera scales off of the couch.
I carried myself outside, holding my daggers in front of me as I faced Kilgue
The daggers black metallic blades glistened in the sunlight, the gold handguard and pommel, both fashioned like a bear was heat up by the sun
"I take it, you're ready?" He said, assuming a fighting position
"You bet your ass I am."
I did the same
There was a long silence that followed, nothing but the wind blowing and the chaos that ensued from the damage Kilgue caused
"I'll warn you, I'm stronger than the last time we fought."
I grinned
"Likewise."
"I'll display my new strength! Brace yourself!"
Kilgue grunted
"Here I go!"
I ran towards him, but before I reached him I took a hard right and leaped off of the banister.
Next thing I knew I was free falling.
I propelled myself with a burst of flame from my feet, sending me flying forward.
My shoes burned off as I did so
I can't beat that guy! I need to find someone who can! An adventurer, Maelin, Someone!
"Too slow." I heard from behind me
My heart dropped as Kilgue palmed the back of my head and sent me hurling towards the ground
I landed in an alleyway somewhere in the city
I gasped for air on all fours, trying to regain my composure and to deal with the injuries on my body
Kilgue dropped in front of me
My heart sped up, and when faced with the threat before me my healing factor multiplied, by hundreds and I was back to my fullest
I stood there gasping, confused at what happened
"I see you're evolving.. Have you awakened?"
He walked towards me
I replied with frantic breathing
"Let me rephrase."
He crouched down in front of me and grabbed my hair
"Does the threat of death scare you that much?"
Holy hell what do I do! Healing that much in such a short amount of time took too much energy!
"Pick up your weapon. Fight me." He tossed my head back and stepped away from me
I took a short pause, regaining my stamina and then I stood up. Taking both of my daggers off of my hips
"Just like in the academy. I'll let you get the first strike." He held his arms out to the sides
"You don't even know how strong I've gotten! You're pretty-"
He cut me off
"Prideful? I know."
"I was going to say cocky but that too!"
I ran towards Kilgue and jabbed my dagger into his abdomen, however it didn't go through. It was as though I stabbed a butter knife into a brick wall!
"Do better." He kicked me away
I regained my balance and rushed back at him
He threw punches at me that I dodged and weaved through, all whilst hacking and slashing at his tough skin, barely making a dent.
He grabbed both of my hands and faced them upwards, in an attempt to disarm me
I responded by shooting a large fireball into the sky that exploded like a firework
"What was that!?" He said before punching me in my face with his full force
I felt as his fist sunk into my face before I slammed into the wall behind me
My vision was blurry and my legs were numb, I think I was concussed
"I thought you'd put up more of a fight."
He slowly walked towards me
the pounding of his feet could be felt through the ground
"I'm going to kill you now. It's a shame to see such potential go to waste."
I sat in the crater that was left in the wall from my body doing the only thing that I could: Breathe
C'mon! I need to heal!
I refuse to give up here
The tall dark, muscular figure approached closer and closer until I noticed a rope, or a wire tie around his neck
He was yanked back before he tore the wire
Standing at the entrance to the alleyway was a familiar face, Aieron.
His prosthetic arm glistened with the residue from my fireworks falling down to the earth
"Am I too late?" He said, retracting his wire
"No.. You're just in time!" I weakly said, my body going limp
"Aieron Volkov. The metal mage." Kilgue turned to him
"Kilgue Spaith, The Ogre." Aieron replied
"I've always wanted to battle you, glad I got that opportunity."
Kilgue took a longsword off of his back
"Can't say the same."
Aieron made a sword from his metal bearings
It seemed like everything else went silent, the only thing that could be heard were the quick steps on the pavement as they ran towards each other, and the metal colliding from their blades.
Kilgue feinted a swing of his blade and made a stalagmite of earth emerge from the ground and shoot towards Aieron
I used earth magic to shoot a small rock at the stalagmite at high speeds, breaking it
Kilgue shot me a nasty look
"I can't go all out here, the area is too small."
Kilgue said and grabbed Aieron, tossing him in the sky and leaping after him
"Aieron!" I shouted
I pulled myself out of the crater, feeling a sharp stinging sensation in my lower back
"Did he break something..?" I thought to myself before limping off
As I turned the corner, I saw Leon outside, confused
"What's all the commotion!?"
"Kilgue came back and he's really strong, he's trying to destroy the city!"
I frantically said
"Where is he now?"
I looked up and saw two dots in the sky fly down toward where the main park is. That would be the ideal place to fight since it's a wide open area. And its smack-dab in the middle of the city
"The national park!"
I turned away from Leon before turning back
Leon had a scared look on his face
"Dude.."
He said, with a slight quiver in his voice
"Hm..?" I replied, trying to turn to see what's on my back, like a dog chasing its tail
"You have a pipe.. In your back."
He pointed
"Huh! Really!? Get it out!"
I went the other way and noticed the large pipe lodged in my lower back
"Oh-Okay! This is gonna hurt!" He said as he yanked it out
"AGH!!" I shouted in pain
"You could've warned me!"
I stomped the ground
"Sorry! I can heal it!"
"No time! We need to get to the National Park!"
"Here! I can speed things up!"
Leon said as he took some dust out of a bag strung across his body
He threw the dust and it turned into a bright blue bear, it looked like it was made of mana
"Get on!" He shouted from atop the bear
I climbed onto the bear, sitting in front of him
"I'm going to heal you on the way there!"
He said, lifting my shirt up to see the wound
He healed my wound and eventually we arrived
We rode onto the battlefield, and there was Aieron, and a couple other adventurers battling Kilgue, there were a few adventurers unconscious or dead on the ground around him
"Kilgue!" I stood up, shouting
"Otto! You've arrived!"
Kilgue seemed excited to see me
Agh! Why am I shouting this Oafs name, letting him know I'm here..
"I was waiting for you to get here to do it, so now that you're here why waste time!" He put his hands on the ground
"What's he talking about.." I heard mutters from the adventurers and
"I am the Catalyst and the inhibitor."
He began to chant
I instantly realized what he was doing
"It's an Incantation! Stop him!" I sprinted towards him
The other adventurers followed suit when I said that
Kilgue erected layers of stone walls around him to slow us down
"Gaia's will is mine to carry out." He continued the incantation
Everyone pounded on the stone walls with magic, weapons, and our hands, trying to break through
"Obstruction, Stalagmite."
"With this, I cast: Upheaval."
Crashes could be heard from the outskirts of the city and screams followed
I looked around to see pillars and spikes made of earth being erected, and slamming back down into the earth, destroying buildings, houses, lives
The screams continued, there were so many.
"What are you doing!" I whipped my head towards kilgue
The sick freak was laughing
"This is so fun!"
He held his hands over his stomach and toppled over laughing
"Just you wait until the stronger adventurers come!" Aieron said, bearing his fangs
Kilgue plopped down on the ground
"I'll wait here for them." He said, with residue of a smile on his face
"Leon. Do you have an animal that can fly, like a dragon or something?"
"I can make a dragon, but it can only be out for 15 minutes at most. It's really draining to conjure such a complex creature."
He said as he dug into his bag of mysteries
"Great, go gather as many survivors as you can, I'll handle this bastard."
"Got it!"
Leon flew off on the dragon he'd conjured
I turned to Kilgue
"What happened? What changed? What happened to the righteous Orc that saved his anger for criminals and those who are in the wrong..?"
I walked towards Kilgue
"What happened..?"
He paused before looking back up, a grin crawling across his face
"Power. Power is what happened!"
Ge slowly arose
"Why should I use my power to help people if people won't even help me?"
"Because we are adventurers, Heroes. We don't turn our backs on people all because they don't like us! If they don't like us, who cares!"
"I'm so cool." I thought to myself
His grin grew even wider
"Why am I making excuses, I enjoy this!"
He stood up
"The adventurers are here!"
A large group of adventurers showed up, some were on stand-by atop the sky-island, some were teachers for the Academy, there were few students there as well.
Maelin was in the crowd
"Maelin! Run!" I ran towards her, scolding her
"It's too dangerous!"
"You're weaker than I am, and yet you're here! Why would I listen to you!"
Kilgue quickly threw the rest of the adventurers into nearby buildings and appeared behind Maelin
"I really thought those guys would be stronger.. Well they are only SS Class."
I scoffed
"You say that like you're higher than that!"
I pulled Maelin behind me
"You're right. I am."
He crouched down to my level
"About W class."
My heart dropped
How am I expected to stand up to this!
"Bull shit!" Maelin shouted from behind me
"Hm?" He looked over
"I guess I could have a little more fun before this island goes down."
He grabbed my head and tossed me high into the sky, It looked as though I were going to fall off of the island
He then grabbed maelin and ran through buildings, using her as a shield as he was tearing down buildings
I landed on the edge of the island and Kilgue followed not long after
Maelin was beaten badly, she was bleeding, near death
Kilgue tossed Maelin towards me
"I think she's broken."
"You don't say.." I caught maelin and gently laid her on the ground
"Can you heal yourself?" I asked
Maelin nodded
I stood up, facing Kilgue
"This'll be our final sparring match. We're graduating soon." I jokingly said, taking my knives off of my hips
"Correct." He took his sword off of his back
The wind whistled past us, brushing the grass as it went
I broke the silence by rushing towards Kilgue
He fought back
The sound of metal resounded through the air from metal clashing together.
Clink
Clang
Bang
I attempted to keep up with Kilgue's strength and speed
My movements were sloppy at best, however they were enough to get by.
Kilgue repeatedly arced slashes in a downwards motion
I blocked and dodged them. My footwork was sloppy from trying to stay on my feet
No magic, No fancy powers, Just man to man
Kilgue executed a horizontal slash however I ducked under it and slashed at his stomach.
It cut him.
For the first time, I've seen Kilgue's blood. It was a shade of purple
The thin line that extended horizontally across his stomach began to steam as it healed up fast
As I was distracted, he kneed me in my chin and I stumbled backwards.
There was a short pause as I caught my breath before we started fighting again
We were at it for a while, the commotion in the city had died down and a giant translucent dragon that looked like it was barely hanging on approached. It was Leon
I stepped away from Kilgue to shout towards Leon.
"Leon! Heal Maelin!"
"On it!"
He jumped off of the dragon and rushed towards the injured Maelin
"Don't get distracted!" He kicked me to the ground
I bounced off of the ground like a rock being skipped across water.
I landed beside Leon and Maelin
"Festus is getting impatient. I'm going to have to start the incantation." He placed his hands on the ground again, however this time the words were different..
"I will bring about the apocalypse." He began to say
"Maybe I'll see you amongst the rubble, Otto."
"No!" I ran towards Kilgue and kneed him in his jaw
He did not budge, he only continued the Incantation
"Gaia's fury, a tantrum."
"Otto! Come!" Leon said as he took out a purple potion from his bag
"We have time! I know what he's doing!"
"Out with it!" I stopped myself in front of him
"He's trying to cast a Z class spell, called cataclysm. It'll destroy the entire sky island! We have about 2 minutes before it's finished!"
"Well what can we do!?"
I said, eyeing the potion
"Let me finish.. But I have this here. It's only a theory as of now but it's a lethal poison with magical compounds, it should be able to temporarily force an awakening."
He shook the potion
"Great!" I grabbed the potion and popped the cap
"But wait! There's a higher chance that you'll die than forcing an awakening.."
His fox ears twitched
"I can die..?"
"Yes!"
"Oh well.."
I swallowed the lump in my throat and gulped down the potion
Suddenly my heart jumped and began beating fast
I clutched my chest and keeled over
"It hurts!"
It felt as though every part of my body was on fire, and my organs were being squeezed by my own burning body
Kilgue's looked up at me, interested, however continued the incantation
I blacked out
When I came to, I was inside of that dark area, with the beast.
"What you're trying to do is futile, your body isn't ready for that power."
It spoke, the ground trembled as it's deep voice spoke
"The fuck do you mean!? The entire sky island is going to crumble! And if i'm not mistaken about how gravity works, it's going to crush the Dark continent! But oh! I'm not ready though.
The creature let out a low grunt
"Stubborn brat.."
It said in a low tone
"I'll allow you to use a small portion of your awakened power, and only for 15 minutes. Make use of the time I'm giving you."
"I'll make you proud!"
–Back to Otto's perspective–
Crash
What the! What was that loud crash!?
I ran out of the classroom, sprinting towards the loud noise
Was it a school shooting!?
No.. There aren't guns in this world..
As I was passing through the crowd of students I bumped into everyone, taking mana from each of them
I'd soon find out as I turned the corner and saw Kilgue, surrounded by rubble from the ceiling that had just collapsed.
Few students were caught under the falling debris.
"Otto." Kilgue said, not even facing me
Of course I had to run to the scene!
I patted my waist and back to realize I'm unarmed
"Kilgue! It's been so long! I missed you so much!" I tried to force crocodile tears
I hope he doesn't see through my lie…
"You all left me.. Stranded.. In the dark continent. You must be punished."
He didn't buy it! Time to split!
I turned around to run however, before I could turn I was crashing through walls and flying through the air. Kilgue had grabbed me by my mouth and threw me through the ceiling .
We landed at the dorms, about the 6th floor where I lived.
I gasped for air and cleared the blood out of my mouth.
Kilgue was standing over me
"I won't fight an unarmed enemy.."
He looked at my dorm
"That is your room over there, no?"
"I'll give you the opportunity to get a weapon."
I slowly looked over at my room
"What if I don't want to!"
I slowly grinned, blood slipping through my teeth
"Killing you will be all the same."
He had a look of malice.
I knew he wasn't bluffing
I decided to comply and I crawled into my room
Using some of Maelin's healing magic I healed my organs and any major injuries I have
"That's the last of that.." I propped myself up on the wall before taking my black custom made daggers that I had made from chimera scales off of the couch.
I carried myself outside, holding my daggers in front of me as I faced Kilgue
The daggers black metallic blades glistened in the sunlight, the gold handguard and pommel, both fashioned like a bear was heat up by the sun
"I take it, you're ready?" He said, assuming a fighting position
"You bet your ass I am."
I did the same
There was a long silence that followed, nothing but the wind blowing and the chaos that ensued from the damage Kilgue caused
"I'll warn you, I'm stronger than the last time we fought."
I grinned
"Likewise."
"I'll display my new strength! Brace yourself!"
Kilgue grunted
"Here I go!"
I ran towards him, but before I reached him I took a hard right and leaped off of the banister.
Next thing I knew I was free falling.
I propelled myself with a burst of flame from my feet, sending me flying forward.
My shoes burned off as I did so
I can't beat that guy! I need to find someone who can! An adventurer, Maelin, Someone!
"Too slow." I heard from behind me
My heart dropped as Kilgue palmed the back of my head and sent me hurling towards the ground
I landed in an alleyway somewhere in the city
I gasped for air on all fours, trying to regain my composure and to deal with the injuries on my body
Kilgue dropped in front of me
My heart sped up, and when faced with the threat before me my healing factor multiplied, by hundreds and I was back to my fullest
I stood there gasping, confused at what happened
"I see you're evolving.. Have you awakened?"
He walked towards me
I replied with frantic breathing
"Let me rephrase."
He crouched down in front of me and grabbed my hair
"Does the threat of death scare you that much?"
Holy hell what do I do! Healing that much in such a short amount of time took too much energy!
"Pick up your weapon. Fight me." He tossed my head back and stepped away from me
I took a short pause, regaining my stamina and then I stood up. Taking both of my daggers off of my hips
"Just like in the academy. I'll let you get the first strike." He held his arms out to the sides
"You don't even know how strong I've gotten! You're pretty-"
He cut me off
"Prideful? I know."
"I was going to say cocky but that too!"
I ran towards Kilgue and jabbed my dagger into his abdomen, however it didn't go through. It was as though I stabbed a butter knife into a brick wall!
"Do better." He kicked me away
I regained my balance and rushed back at him
He threw punches at me that I dodged and weaved through, all whilst hacking and slashing at his tough skin, barely making a dent.
He grabbed both of my hands and faced them upwards, in an attempt to disarm me
I responded by shooting a large fireball into the sky that exploded like a firework
"What was that!?" He said before punching me in my face with his full force
I felt as his fist sunk into my face before I slammed into the wall behind me
My vision was blurry and my legs were numb, I think I was concussed
"I thought you'd put up more of a fight."
He slowly walked towards me
the pounding of his feet could be felt through the ground
"I'm going to kill you now. It's a shame to see such potential go to waste."
I sat in the crater that was left in the wall from my body doing the only thing that I could: Breathe
C'mon! I need to heal!
I refuse to give up here
The tall dark, muscular figure approached closer and closer until I noticed a rope, or a wire tie around his neck
He was yanked back before he tore the wire
Standing at the entrance to the alleyway was a familiar face, Aieron.
His prosthetic arm glistened with the residue from my fireworks falling down to the earth
"Am I too late?" He said, retracting his wire
"No.. You're just in time!" I weakly said, my body going limp
"Aieron Volkov. The metal mage." Kilgue turned to him
"Kilgue Spaith, The Ogre." Aieron replied
"I've always wanted to battle you, glad I got that opportunity."
Kilgue took a longsword off of his back
"Can't say the same."
Aieron made a sword from his metal bearings
It seemed like everything else went silent, the only thing that could be heard were the quick steps on the pavement as they ran towards each other, and the metal colliding from their blades.
Kilgue feinted a swing of his blade and made a stalagmite of earth emerge from the ground and shoot towards Aieron
I used earth magic to shoot a small rock at the stalagmite at high speeds, breaking it
Kilgue shot me a nasty look
"I can't go all out here, the area is too small."
Kilgue said and grabbed Aieron, tossing him in the sky and leaping after him
"Aieron!" I shouted
I pulled myself out of the crater, feeling a sharp stinging sensation in my lower back
"Did he break something..?" I thought to myself before limping off
As I turned the corner, I saw Leon outside, confused
"What's all the commotion!?"
"Kilgue came back and he's really strong, he's trying to destroy the city!"
I frantically said
"Where is he now?"
I looked up and saw two dots in the sky fly down toward where the main park is. That would be the ideal place to fight since it's a wide open area. And its smack-dab in the middle of the city
"The national park!"
I turned away from Leon before turning back
Leon had a scared look on his face
"Dude.."
He said, with a slight quiver in his voice
"Hm..?" I replied, trying to turn to see what's on my back, like a dog chasing its tail
"You have a pipe.. In your back."
He pointed
"Huh! Really!? Get it out!"
I went the other way and noticed the large pipe lodged in my lower back
"Oh-Okay! This is gonna hurt!" He said as he yanked it out
"AGH!!" I shouted in pain
"You could've warned me!"
I stomped the ground
"Sorry! I can heal it!"
"No time! We need to get to the National Park!"
"Here! I can speed things up!"
Leon said as he took some dust out of a bag strung across his body
He threw the dust and it turned into a bright blue bear, it looked like it was made of mana
"Get on!" He shouted from atop the bear
I climbed onto the bear, sitting in front of him
"I'm going to heal you on the way there!"
He said, lifting my shirt up to see the wound
He healed my wound and eventually we arrived
We rode onto the battlefield, and there was Aieron, and a couple other adventurers battling Kilgue, there were a few adventurers unconscious or dead on the ground around him
"Kilgue!" I stood up, shouting
"Otto! You've arrived!"
Kilgue seemed excited to see me
Agh! Why am I shouting this Oafs name, letting him know I'm here..
"I was waiting for you to get here to do it, so now that you're here why waste time!" He put his hands on the ground
"What's he talking about.." I heard mutters from the adventurers and
"I am the Catalyst and the inhibitor."
He began to chant
I instantly realized what he was doing
"It's an Incantation! Stop him!" I sprinted towards him
The other adventurers followed suit when I said that
Kilgue erected layers of stone walls around him to slow us down
"Gaia's will is mine to carry out." He continued the incantation
Everyone pounded on the stone walls with magic, weapons, and our hands, trying to break through
"Obstruction, Stalagmite."
"With this, I cast: Upheaval."
Crashes could be heard from the outskirts of the city and screams followed
I looked around to see pillars and spikes made of earth being erected, and slamming back down into the earth, destroying buildings, houses, lives
The screams continued, there were so many.
"What are you doing!" I whipped my head towards kilgue
The sick freak was laughing
"This is so fun!"
He held his hands over his stomach and toppled over laughing
"Just you wait until the stronger adventurers come!" Aieron said, bearing his fangs
Kilgue plopped down on the ground
"I'll wait here for them." He said, with residue of a smile on his face
"Leon. Do you have an animal that can fly, like a dragon or something?"
"I can make a dragon, but it can only be out for 15 minutes at most. It's really draining to conjure such a complex creature."
He said as he dug into his bag of mysteries
"Great, go gather as many survivors as you can, I'll handle this bastard."
"Got it!"
Leon flew off on the dragon he'd conjured
I turned to Kilgue
"What happened? What changed? What happened to the righteous Orc that saved his anger for criminals and those who are in the wrong..?"
I walked towards Kilgue
"What happened..?"
He paused before looking back up, a grin crawling across his face
"Power. Power is what happened!"
Ge slowly arose
"Why should I use my power to help people if people won't even help me?"
"Because we are adventurers, Heroes. We don't turn our backs on people all because they don't like us! If they don't like us, who cares!"
"I'm so cool." I thought to myself
His grin grew even wider
"Why am I making excuses, I enjoy this!"
He stood up
"The adventurers are here!"
A large group of adventurers showed up, some were on stand-by atop the sky-island, some were teachers for the Academy, there were few students there as well.
Maelin was in the crowd
"Maelin! Run!" I ran towards her, scolding her
"It's too dangerous!"
"You're weaker than I am, and yet you're here! Why would I listen to you!"
Kilgue quickly threw the rest of the adventurers into nearby buildings and appeared behind Maelin
"I really thought those guys would be stronger.. Well they are only SS Class."
I scoffed
"You say that like you're higher than that!"
I pulled Maelin behind me
"You're right. I am."
He crouched down to my level
"About W class."
My heart dropped
How am I expected to stand up to this!
"Bull shit!" Maelin shouted from behind me
"Hm?" He looked over
"I guess I could have a little more fun before this island goes down."
He grabbed my head and tossed me high into the sky, It looked as though I were going to fall off of the island
He then grabbed maelin and ran through buildings, using her as a shield as he was tearing down buildings
I landed on the edge of the island and Kilgue followed not long after
Maelin was beaten badly, she was bleeding, near death
Kilgue tossed Maelin towards me
"I think she's broken."
"You don't say.." I caught maelin and gently laid her on the ground
"Can you heal yourself?" I asked
Maelin nodded
I stood up, facing Kilgue
"This'll be our final sparring match. We're graduating soon." I jokingly said, taking my knives off of my hips
"Correct." He took his sword off of his back
The wind whistled past us, brushing the grass as it went
I broke the silence by rushing towards Kilgue
He fought back
The sound of metal resounded through the air from metal clashing together.
Clink
Clang
Bang
I attempted to keep up with Kilgue's strength and speed
My movements were sloppy at best, however they were enough to get by.
Kilgue repeatedly arced slashes in a downwards motion
I blocked and dodged them. My footwork was sloppy from trying to stay on my feet
No magic, No fancy powers, Just man to man
Kilgue executed a horizontal slash however I ducked under it and slashed at his stomach.
It cut him.
For the first time, I've seen Kilgue's blood. It was a shade of purple
The thin line that extended horizontally across his stomach began to steam as it healed up fast
As I was distracted, he kneed me in my chin and I stumbled backwards.
There was a short pause as I caught my breath before we started fighting again
We were at it for a while, the commotion in the city had died down and a giant translucent dragon that looked like it was barely hanging on approached. It was Leon
I stepped away from Kilgue to shout towards Leon.
"Leon! Heal Maelin!"
"On it!"
He jumped off of the dragon and rushed towards the injured Maelin
"Don't get distracted!" He kicked me to the ground
I bounced off of the ground like a rock being skipped across water.
I landed beside Leon and Maelin
"Festus is getting impatient. I'm going to have to start the incantation." He placed his hands on the ground again, however this time the words were different..
"I will bring about the apocalypse." He began to say
"Maybe I'll see you amongst the rubble, Otto."
"No!" I ran towards Kilgue and kneed him in his jaw
He did not budge, he only continued the Incantation
"Gaia's fury, a tantrum."
"Otto! Come!" Leon said as he took out a purple potion from his bag
"We have time! I know what he's doing!"
"Out with it!" I stopped myself in front of him
"He's trying to cast a Z class spell, called cataclysm. It'll destroy the entire sky island! We have about 2 minutes before it's finished!"
"Well what can we do!?"
I said, eyeing the potion
"Let me finish.. But I have this here. It's only a theory as of now but it's a lethal poison with magical compounds, it should be able to temporarily force an awakening."
He shook the potion
"Great!" I grabbed the potion and popped the cap
"But wait! There's a higher chance that you'll die than forcing an awakening.."
His fox ears twitched
"I can die..?"
"Yes!"
"Oh well.."
I swallowed the lump in my throat and gulped down the potion
Suddenly my heart jumped and began beating fast
I clutched my chest and keeled over
"It hurts!"
It felt as though every part of my body was on fire, and my organs were being squeezed by my own burning body
Kilgue's looked up at me, interested, however continued the incantation
I blacked out
When I came to, I was inside of that dark area, with the beast.
"What you're trying to do is futile, your body isn't ready for that power."
It spoke, the ground trembled as it's deep voice spoke
"The fuck do you mean!? The entire sky island is going to crumble! And if i'm not mistaken about how gravity works, it's going to crush the Dark continent! But oh! I'm not ready though.
The creature let out a low grunt
"Stubborn brat.."
It said in a low tone
"I'll allow you to use a small portion of your awakened power, and only for 15 minutes. Make use of the time I'm giving you."
"I'll make you proud!"