Second World

Chapter 1637 1637. Giving Up the Fire Essences

Uddroth was still chasing Broidrireg relentlessly. Broidrireg avoided clashing with Uddroth and cast spells that mostly restricted Uddroth's movements. If Uddroth continued suffering damage, he would perish.

Broidrireg knew that the Uddroth he was fighting was no longer alive. Killing Uddroth would be the right thing to do, allowing this once great dragon a proper rest. Even so, he couldn't bring himself to do it. This holding back was another reason he had been having a problem ending this battle.

Uddroth suddenly stopped on his own accord. He just stayed still in the air.

When Broidrireg was wondering what was happening, he sensed mana fluctuation from Suzaki not far away. At the same time, Uddroth's mana started growing.

"What are you doing?" Broidrireg asked.

"I'm sorry, old one," Suzaki replied. "I'm sorry it has to come to this."

Uddroth's already flaming body suddenly brightened into a blinding flash. Broidrireg had to shut his eyes due to the flash. He also moved back from the sudden surge of heat. His mana sense had trouble detecting anything. It was as if Uddroth's presence had expanded and covered everything.

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was an enormous giant fireball. Suzaki was floating above this fireball.

"What… What did you do…?" Broidrireg asked again. "Where is Uddroth?"

"… This fireball is Uddroth," Suzaki answered.

Broidrireg didn't respond. He had known the fireball was Uddroth. He could sense Uddroth's mana signature from the fireball. He just didn't want to believe it.

What Suzaki used was her special ability, Fire Domination. It was the same ability that defeated Uddroth in the past. At that time, she collected the fire elements from Uddroth's attacks and the environment. The fire elements here were not as rich as in Mount Sedgebare in Palgrost, so she couldn't collect enough fire elements to defeat Broidrireg.

However, there was another rich fountain of fire elements, Uddroth himself. In the past, Suzaki only collected a small amount of fire elements from Uddroth. That was even when Uddroth was holding back from using his fire skills. This time, with Master giving Suzaki full control over zombie Uddroth, Uddroth willingly gave all his fire essences to Suzaki.

The resulting fireball was not as big as the one Suzaki used to defeat Uddroth, but it was at least half that previous fireball's size. Even so, Broidrireg understood this fireball was dangerous enough to threaten him.

The living soldiers who were fighting a distance away were stunned by the appearance of that huge fireball. When Paytowin saw it, his first thought was whether someone had cast the Herald of Greed's spell, the Second Sun. Only those who had fought in Palgrost understood what that huge fireball was. They had been shown the recording of Uddroth's demise. They knew this was the same skill. The question in their mind was whether the blue dragon, who was fighting on their side, could escape Uddroth's fate.

Broidrireg understood it was futile to run. He started casting. Four spell formations formed around him.

"So long, old friend," Suzaki said. The fireballs exploded into a million stars before converging into Broidrireg.

Broidrireg's spells were completed before then. A water bubble surrounded him, followed by several air shields revolving around his body. A large Ice cube was formed with him at the center, the cube had thick ice walls with almost mirror-like quality. The last spell conjured a large wind sphere outside of the ice cube. The surface of this sphere had raging winds constantly moving at high speed. Anything that tried to pass through would get scraped until nothing was left.

The converged fireball placed Broidrireg at its center. The intense flames now worked their way to the center. The wind sphere resisted the flames for some time. Any incoming flames were smothered, but it didn't last long. The act was as if trying to douse a forest fire using a tiny fan. The sphere was soon engulfed.

The ice cube lasted a bit longer. Its mirror-like wall had a damage-reflecting property, but this fireball caused damage by itself. Suzaki only directed it, so she wasn't affected. After enduring for almost a minute, the ice walls started to melt.

It didn't take long after that. Flames burst through the holes in the melted ice. The living air shields around Broidrireg took action. They stopped these flames. But as the cube's walls continued to become thinner, more flames burst through.

When the ice cube was completely gone, the air shields stacked aside one another forming a round sphere atop the water bubble. The gushing flames washed over from all sides. Broidrireg who was in the center could only see fire all around him.

He grunted and multiple runic symbols appeared around him. This was the ultimate defense technique formed only by pure mana manipulation. Normally, only eternal beings of the highest levels possessed this technique. Some talented beings of lower grades had been known to exhibit the same ability by instinct, but it was very rare, and they mostly could only form a defensive shield that blocked an attack from one side.

These runic symbols shaped in a sphere strengthened the water bubble and air shields around him, allowing them to resist the raging flames.

"Grrghhh…," Broidrireg groaned. The strength of mana defense was affected by the power of mana manipulation. As the oldest dragon, Broidrireg possessed the highest mastery in mana manipulation compared to most other beings. Even then, he sensed his defense weakened with each passing second.

He knew he couldn't sustain this for long.

*

Several minutes ago, before Suzaki sacrificed Uddroth to draw his fire essences, Jack and Therras were still fighting ferociously against the horde of zombies. Spark had died when Uddroth used divine flame wrath on the defenders earlier. Therras' HP was also below half, but it was in no danger if it only had to fight these zombies.

Jack continued casting spells and never stopped slashing. The zombie soldiers were not his opponents, but he was only one man. He couldn't stop the tide. Some approached the palace from different sides. The remaining army inside the capital was also unable to halt the zombies' advance.

When he was at a loss about what to do, he heard a system notification.

"Finally!! It's about time you end your beauty sleep!" Jack exclaimed. He took out his companion token.