Demon Lord's Reincarnation

Valdel and the others who were able to escape from their pursuers were now a few miles away from the town of Grenton. Knowing that they were near the town, they started running faster, but then they saw something fly above them. 

A huge figure came down from above blocking their path. It was a skeleton of a creature that was feared as the strongest being that could match even the Gods themselves. It's huge form that was twenty meters high coupled with its massive wings, even as an undead skeleton you could still feel its strength, its majesty, this was the apex creature, a Dragon. 

Valdel clicked his tongue as he no longer had any mana to fight such a strong opponent. While Lara who was being carried by Iselv doesn't seem like she would wake up anytime soon. The only ones who were battle-ready at the moment were the holy maidens and Hilda. Aside from the two holy maidens, Valdel's impression of Hilda wasn't that good, so he wasn't expecting much from her. 

The dragon roared at them, that simple roar was filled with mana making the already weakened Valdel and the others tremble. This was a dragon's roar that can subdue weaker opponents with ease. 

The two holy maidens stood in front of the group. Hilda stood to the side waiting to give support if possible. She knew her limitations and was aware that she won't be much help against something like an undead dragon. 

"How wonderful an opponent that could satisfy my God's thirst for battle. I Rachel Hvanttar the holy maiden of the temple of the War God Hieus, shall show my might in battle!" Rachel summoned her halberd and gladly welcomed the strong opponent. 

"Pitiful creature, that has lost the pride of dragons, and has been made a tool by the heinous elder lich, I Natasha Ivanov the holy maiden of Tiditte the Goddess of Justice, shall grant thee the justice you deserve," Natasha spoke in a neutral tone as she summoned her weapon that was the blade of a guillotine that was attached to chains. 

As if it simply waited for them to introduce themselves the dragon attacked after. It swiped at the two maidens using its claws. Rachel instead of evading pounced forward aiming the tip of her halberd at the skull of the undead dragon. She tried to pierce its skull but to no avail, as her attack simply bounced off. 

Natasha, on the other hand, jumped to the side and threw the guillotine blade at the body of the undead dragon. She then guided the blade using the chains attached to it, wrapping the wings of the undead dragon. She then released an attack similar to thunder from her within her body, that flowed through the chains and attacked the undead dragon. 

This momentarily stunned the dragon, Rachel who saw that opening gathered mana to her holy weapon and it started to burn crimson flames. With all the power she had, she threw her weapon like a javelin aiming at the undead dragon's skull. The halberd that was covered in holy crimson flames was flying at breakneck speeds towards its target. The Crimson flame grew larger and larger until it finally hit the undead dragon, piercing a bit of its skull. 

Upon getting pierced by the halberd with holy crimson flame, the flame started to envelop the undead dragon. The undead dragon roared and then flew upwards, as it flapped its wings the flames that were enveloping it gradually weakened. Natasha who was holding onto one of the wings had no choice but to let go since if she didn't she might be pulled upward. 

On the other hand, Hilda was protecting the weakened group members from some of the debris that kept on flying there way from the intense battle. 

The undead dragon flew higher and started gathering mana onto its mouth. Upon seeing this the two holy maidens had the same thought. It was coming one of the Dragons' strongest attacks, Dragon's breath. 

Rachel who had her halberd pierced the undead dragon's skull, resummoned it onto her hands. She then stood side by side with Natasha, the two holy maidens looked at each other and saw the grim expression the other had. They then nodded at each other and lifted their arms upwards forming a shield that was made from mana and holy powers. 

Valdel who was watching at the side gritted his teeth, in his current state there was no way for him to fight. Still, he couldn't just give up. 

'Zwei, Nika please grant me all the mana you have left.'

'As you wish my master,' Zwei answered as per usual.

'If that is your wish, master,' Even the silent Nika answered. 

Valdel stood beside the two holy maidens and using the remaining mana he had plus the mana Zwei and Nika were providing him, he helped strengthened the mana shield.  

Kithra also did the same thing as she too raised her hand upward and used all her mana and poured it into the mana shield. 

Hilda who was still in full fighting shape was able to pour every bit of her mana into the shield. 

The undead dragon was finally done charging up for its attack as it finally unleashed its very own dragon's breath. The Dragon's breath of the undead dragon was not burning flames, but instead was freezing ice. The massive breath of ice hit the mana shield making it crack a little. 

The breath didn't stop and instead started to get even more powerful, as the surrounding area which was an open field was turning into an icy graveyard. The four of them supplying mana into the shield felt their bodies were freezing over. 

Iselv who had no mana to speak of, simply hugged Lara's body trying to protect her from the cold aura of the dragon's breath. 

After a few more seconds the dragon stopped releasing its dragon's breath. The moment it stopped the mana shield that was protecting the group broke, and all of them except for Iselv were panting heavily. 

They then saw the undead dragon charging up for a follow-up attack. When they saw this, despair and unwillingness were seen in their expressions. As the second dragon's breath was about to be unleashed on them, they heard a familiar voice. It was a voice that sounded both irritated and lazy. 

"Really, you guys just keep on giving me trouble." As the dragon's breath was about to reach them, a large magic circle formed underneath their feet, and then boom. The dragon's breath hit the ground harming no one. 

The group was teleported a couple of hundred meters away. Beside them was the one who teleported them. The person who had messy green hair was stretching his body and yawned. He looked lazily at the bewildered group and spoke, "You guys head back to town and recuperate. I'll handle the oversized lizard."

This man that had no motivation as he casually said he would deal with an undead dragon, was the one and only Guild Master of Grenton's adventurers' guild, Nezzard Netter.