Chapter 336: Fargryneill vs. Ghorush.

Chapter 336: Fargryneill vs. Ghorush.

And a mad rush! Ghorush dashes forth on four legs, holding his massive axe in his maw! The lion strikes forth, aiming for the horned lizard! the announcer described the battle as he always did as descriptive and hype-inducing as possible. But the black-purple-haired girl isnt flinching! Shes standing her ground to OH! IMPACT

Protected by her scales in a gauntlet form, Neill readied herself into a stance before a right hook at Ghorush as he used his momentum to land a powerful downward slash with his axe! Despite the weapons blade being literally larger than her entire arm, she blocked the attack with her fist alone, stopping it from crushing her with Ghorushs weight!

But, that was when I noticed blue lines spreading on the leonids crescent axe. They were her dragon paths! She was aiming to break the weapon using her mana!

Grroh! Whether he noticed that part or not, the beastmen swung his weapon around, throwing his two-handed weapons long handle at my sister, only for her to use it as a stepping stone. In the air, I saw mana focusing around the scales on her scaled-sabatons before she kicked that energy forward, sending those scales forth to hit Ghorush right in his jaw!

Grrrk! The impact caused him to slide along the rocky ground. He almost hit the canyons wall the arenas theme for this match was a mountainous path but stopped himself in time by digging his weapon into the ground.

W-Woah, I apologize everybody, but that was too fast for me to actually see! Ghorush tried to cleave the girl into two, only for his attack to be stopped by his thin arms! He tried to reply by hitting her with his shaft, only for her to, uuh, use a wind ability to knock him away!

Mana-covered scales. Not wind ability or anything. Then again, you could call it a mana blast in a way. Its far less powerful than the pure mana blasts she used when she was in [Battle Frenzy] mode.

Hiehie, dont look like that, dear, Mother caressed my shoulders out of nowhere, giggling as if she saw something funny. You might not have noticed it during your previous match, but the announcer has been trying to keep up with everything going there, too. You cant fault him for having trouble keeping up with the action.

Chahayat swam like crazy and shot out a ton of spells without pausing. Here, those two only greeted each other. I looked at her, unimpressed. Hmm, I guess noticing the mana around her legs would be hard. It was quite subtle.

Mhmm, of cou But before Mother could say anything, the leonid suddenly bellowed out a laugh.

Ghuhahahahahahahah! Thats it! Power and challenge! Taking you down will be a delight! Showing no signs of being hurt, the berserker bumped his chest like a gorilla, smiling so radiantly, I was surprised his teeth would be so clean for someone like well, for, yeah, him.

Yikes, stigmatizing berserkers for being unhygienic. Bad, Hestia, bad!

Ha! Ive seen worthier prey in my lifetime! If that hit was supposed to impress me, then you better do better, cat! Haaa! Neill stomped the ground, sending out dragon paths through the ground which Ghorush noticed immediately. Although he probably didnt know what it actually did, he was cautious and tried to evade it.

Sadly for him, dragon paths were also appearing around Neills legs, spraying small purple lightning before she [Gale Steps] right in front of the lion, sending a powerful kick. However, that was when Ghorush smirked and used his weapon to tank the attack. The lightning attack struck true and sent the 2m tall (6.5 feet) humanoid lion flying up.

But, surprisingly, with the deftness of a jaguar, the hulking lion rammed his axe right into the canyons walls and began spinning on it like a gymnast. He then dug his claws into the rocky wall and used his axe to throw a chunk of it at Neill. Sis clapped her hands together and used them to tear the boulder into two clear-cut parts.

The time has come, blood enjoyers! That leonids epitaph Mountain Lion isnt for show! Despite how steep the canyon is, he is moving around it like an expert climber, slinging large rocks at her without rest! the announcer described the next few moments, causing the crowd to be astonished by how well Ghorush was moving. Like a mountain goat, he was scaling the cliff, no sweat.

I could tell Neill was getting annoyed at it as she was showing off her power after destroying the sixth boulder. Instead, she used her levitating scales to simply move them out of her way. This gave her the time to spread her dragon paths on the wall, literally blowing up sections of it to potentially trap or even throw the leonid off.

However, Ghorush once again surprised all of us. Rocks were the only projectiles he had, he also had his roar.

War Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar! Similar to a [Draconic Roar], Ghorush let out an ear-rupturing roar blast. It crashed right in front of Neill, creating a massive dust cloud to impair her vision.

Even more surprisingly, when Ghorush jumped off the wall, he didnt let out a war cry or anything, hiding his angle of attack from Neill, even with her [Detection Sensor]. Holding his axe in two arms and over his head, he momentarily defied physics as he levitated in the air as mana concentrated around his blade's head. Once it turned black and grew larger, he slashed downwards like an executioner.

Due to the height from where he jumped from, Neill had enough time to blow the air away by punching the ground, creating wind pressure. Grimacing when she saw Ghorushs attack, she kicked the ground, and literally sent a perfectly cut-out rectangular slab twirling into the air. It was her ability to make weapons by using her dragon paths!

Nevertheless, that flying object couldnt stop the leonid. Like butter, it was cleaved apart and smashed right into the ground. Neill barely managed to dodge it by sacrificing some of her scales to protect her. Then again, to us dragons, we had scales aplenty.

Thrown onto the ground, Sis recovered just in time to duck under Ghorushs following swipe. After dodging another hit, Neill released more scales and finally took back some initiative as her scales helped her like a third arm.

[That is no brute. He fights well,] Shay suddenly praised the leonid.

[Mhm, calling him a berserker or barbarian sounds like we ridiculed him, brother. Her Highness is having more trouble than we thought,] Beth agreed with the analysis, looking pensive.

They were right. Unlike Cernust, Neill was less an arcane brawler who combined spells with her martial arts, but relied heavily on her scales and dragon paths. I knew she could use [Inferno Magic], but she had preferences for certain abilities. Similar to how I neglect using certain spells over other attacks.

But, even then, this Ghorush was keeping up with Neills movement. Neill immediately got out of being on the defensive, but instead of turning the tide, it almost seemed like they were in a draw. The destruction of their clash was so fast that the announcer was having trouble keeping up.

Lady Hestia, you also like destroying cliffs. I mean, you even caused a cave-in, causing a whole cliffside to be demolished when we first met, Tasianna reminded me of my first few months in the Belzac forest.

That was Saoris idea! Besides, look! I pointed back at the fight, drawing her attention to how Ghorush somehow was scaling this disorientating situation.

Noticing this, Neill literally began running along the wall with her dragon paths, showing off how versatile it was. And with [Gale Steps] once again, she immediately closed the distance between her and Ghorush. With her hand aflame, she landed another searing punch on the leonid, but this time, he managed to block it.

And this was where the mountainous terrain of this simulated arena came into play. No longer were they fighting only in the canyon, but they even used the treacherous paths and platforms of this place to their advantage. Ghorush masterful climbing and Neills dragon paths made this whole place seem so much smaller than it should be.

The darting dungeon camera to keep up with the fight was fidgeting around, desperately trying to track how the two were fighting. The audience, although confused at times, was fully engrossed as whenever they stopped moving around, they would fight each other like in an MMA fight.

Dashing around like lightning, the lass is giving Ghorush no time to breathe! Zigzagging around while using her scales like footsteps, she is outmaneuvering the larger leonid! Ghorush has finally been pushed to the defensive, unable to do anything but react! the announcer exclaimed. All those black flames and the constant explosions from those blue lines arent allowing Ghorush a chance to counter! What is this leonid to do to get out of this preca WHAT?!

This match surely could be called a cliffhanger, but not in the general sense. More like, both Sis and Ghorush had such a love for cliffs, they were hanging off them any time they had to. Literally cliffhangers!

And it all started when Sis punched right through Ghorushs axe, continuing my tradition of destroying my opponents equipment. However, her arm was stuck in the large weapon, and Ghorush didnt take so kindly to it as he literally took this chance to slam her to the ground with it. Although she freed himself, the leonid smirked before he dug his destroyed weapon into the ground

causing the whole cliff to break apart.

Wraaaaaaaaah?! Sis shrieked as she lost solid ground under her, falling headfast from the landslide.

Ghuhahahahahaha! Let us die together in a blaze of fire! Ghraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Ancestors, watch me fight! Elemental Kings, watch me DIE! Finally, when the tension reached its peak, Ghorush showed his berserker tendency. With a loud proclamation of his faith towards the elemental kings the old gods, or primarchs, as Mother called them he charged his mana into his axe, preparing himself for the match-ending attack.

Due to all the rocks falling down with her, Neill fell onto one of them and immediately recovered. Seeing Ghorush planning something, Neill kept jumping deep towards the ground, trying to evade the rubble and Ghorush.

The leonid, on the other hand, kept his axe raised as he fell onto one of the falling rocks. The black blade grew further in size as its master kept following Sis, trying to reach her before the landslide fell onto the ground. It would only take seconds for that to happen, but from how fast those two were moving, it felt like even time stopped for them.

Ghuhahahahahahaha! Ghorush laughed maniacally as the blade reached the size of a boulder. He tensed his legs and jumped forth, holding his weapon to cleave her apart!

Neill! I shot up, realizing the trajectory and speed of his descent were enough for him to reach Neill with his enlarged weapon. She had dodged, now! Dodge!

Ghuhahahahah! Let us dine in Marsvens oblivion! Braverys Doom!

A chill ran down my spine as I watched Neill turn her head around to the sky

with a smirk formed on her blue face.

Freikugel!

The blue disappeared from her face, showing off how they were just dragon paths, accumulating all that energy into her kirin horn, causing it to shoot out purple lightning. And in the next moment, that horn of hers shot out a laser from pure mana, piercing right through Ghorushs arms, leaving large holes in both of them.

Huh? The leonids eyes widened as he glanced at his arms, letting go of his weapon due to a loss of important muscles.

Good match! Neill shouted as she began gathering mana around her hands, forming it into a ball. Pulse Arcana!

Throwing the ball out like a baseball, Ghorush could only laugh as the attack consumed him whole, unable to dodge without [Air Walk]. In the next moment, a brilliant light shot out, retreating from the arena.

AND WE HAVE A WINNER! IN THE MOST CATACLYSMIC WAY POSSIBLE!

Remember my freaking name, HUMANS! FARGRYNEILL!

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NEILL!

And I couldnt help but be the first to cheer for her victory.