Chapter 237: The Fourth Terror

As the primary draconic creature closed inside twenty meters, Priam sidestepped and positioned Promesse in its path. The beast’s velocity was practically supersonic, too quick to change its course and keep away from the weapon. [Kinetic Control] froze the spear in place in the intervening time of impression, sending shivers by means of Priam’s meridians.

A smile unfold throughout Priam’s face as he felt his pathways face up to the shock effortlessly.

Promesse absorbed the beast’s momentum and bit cruelly into its scales, tearing by means of its neck muscular tissues. With its trachea broken, the winged crocodile-like creature collapsed, convulsing on the bottom.

Earlier than Priam might end it off, the remaining monsters have been upon him. He merged along with his mist to evade their fees, reappearing just a few meters away, eyebrows furrowed. How had the creature not been decapitated?

[Identification]

[Gaunt Amphiptere – Tier 1] – A draconic creature, distant descendant of a Primordial and a Dragon. With a serpentine physique six meters lengthy, two wings, and a strong tail, it’s a formidable bodily adversary. Solely the waning vitality of a dying world prevents it from absolutely deploying its wings.

With its feathers, it seems to be like a Quetzalcoatl…Thê supply of this conte/nt n/o/v/(el)bi((n))

The amphiptere was already rising, its draconic eyes locked on Priam. The younger warrior felt his draconic coronary heart race and his bloodline roar in his ears. Retreat would imply dropping the Dragons’ favor.

“I didn’t plan to,” he murmured, analyzing the fast regeneration of the winged serpent. Its vitality was absurdly sturdy, and its structure was insane. “Present me what else you’ve received…”

Cries drew his consideration. The opposite three amphipteres have been already banking sharply, coming again for an additional assault. Priam conjured tons of of small ice spears imbued along with his flames to greet them. The bullet-spears shattered in opposition to the monsters’ our bodies, making a sequence of small explosions.

When the cloud of smoke and flames dispersed, Priam raised an eyebrow. His assaults hadn’t prompted any injury however had revealed a layer of semi-transparent scales overlaying the pure ones. They reminded him of his personal scales, a draconic expertise he had woke up by means of a Advantage.

Bringing Promesse in entrance of him, Priam braced himself and executed an ideal thrust on the main amphiptere. Micro and Spear Mastery fused with [Unrelenting Thurst] to create an unstoppable assault. The spear’s level struck just under the creature’s maw, which was opening to disclose carnivorous tooth. Its momentum met Priam’s talent, leading to a horrible shock.

Promesse was repelled, and the draconic spawn collided with Priam. Activating [Kinetic Control], the warrior tried to petrify himself to disregard the impression, however to his shock, his talent was bypassed by the scales. A number of tons of disguise, claws, and tooth swept Priam away.

The world spun a number of instances as his physique ricocheted off the water. An enormous wave engulfed him.

[Tenacious Spirit] kicked in as Priam’s mind hemorrhaged. The warrior opened his eyes, Micro capturing the knowledge transmitted by his optic nerve and relaying it on to his thoughts. Regaining sight, Priam realized he was underwater and commenced swimming towards the floor. Torn muscular tissues and a dozen fractures slowed him earlier than the Hydra’s energy regenerated him.

Just a few seconds later, he surfaced. A cry above warned him of a brand new assault, and Priam rode his mist again to the sandbank.

His physique completed restoring at the price of some lifespan, and a smile unfold throughout his lips.

“I received a bit conceited, I suppose,” he murmured to himself. His progress over the previous weeks was terrifying, however underestimating draconic creatures of a better Tier was the top of stupidity. He made a psychological be aware to reexamine his scales. He had thought the expertise weaker than his draconic lung, however maybe he was improper…

The swarm of amphipteres, now full once more—the beast he had injured had regenerated and rejoined its companions—shrieked upon detecting him. Stowing Promesse, Priam summoned a large number of hybrid spears. Participating in shut fight with monsters possessing bodily prowess far superior to his and outfitted with draconic scales that might soak up and nullify his abilities was not a good suggestion.

Priam fired his projectiles because the monsters charged once more. The shell-spears exploded in a stunning pyrotechnic show, lighting up the sky and boiling the ocean’s floor. He changed every destroyed spear with two new ones, bombarding the winged serpents with fervor.

His intuition roared, and Priam vanished, dodging a cost that shook the sandbank. He emerged from the mist fifty meters from the impression level, grimacing as he noticed the creature take off after making a crater beneath it.

A lance struck its wings with out inflicting injury, and Priam needed to face the reality. The size layer protecting their serpentine our bodies allowed them to disregard all assaults under a sure threshold. The safety absorbed kinetic vitality, and the pores and skin beneath appeared fireproof. Not shocking for a draconic species, however nonetheless annoying.

Priam dodged one other cost by merging along with his mist and gathered his energy earlier than putting the closest monster’s neck with an ice spear. The disguise and scales resisted the blade, and the vertebrae withstood the blunt drive; the summoned weapon shattered regardless of the safety of [Kinetic Control]. Propelled ahead, the monster shot him a nasty look because it regained altitude.

“Micro, Spear Mastery, and Conquest Aura couldn’t penetrate the disguise bolstered by their scales,” Priam grimaced. It was the primary time he encountered an opponent so immune to his kinetic-fire construct. The amphipteres might tank his bodily assaults, and their scales interfered along with his aether and Ideas.

Watching the monsters circle above him, Priam thought of utilizing a Breath to attempt overloading the scales’ safety. Even then, I’d wrestle to hit all 4 concurrently. Pyro may be capable to eat their scales, however it might price me my aether, and the possibilities that I’ve extra vitality than these 4 mixed are slim.

A cry interrupted his ideas because the creatures opened their mouths.

Priam’s eyes widened, and he rode his mist. The subsequent second, the sandbank was engulfed by 4 Breaths. 100 meters away, Priam cursed as he noticed the destruction attributable to the amphipteres. “Fuck.”

The sand had vanished. When the assaults ceased, the water crammed the opening, however not earlier than Priam noticed a mass of vitrified quartz fifteen meters under sea degree. Their Breaths have been much less highly effective than his however nonetheless able to vaporizing him. Worse, the draconic hearth didn’t react to his Fireplace Idea or Pyro. If Priam received hit, he would die.

“If these creatures discover the rift…” The results can be catastrophic. Priam’s eyes hardened, and he determined to make use of drastic measures. He had progressed an excessive amount of for the reason that Reunion to be humiliated by flying lizards.

Flexing his aether reserves, Priam used [Moon Mist] to create a titanic wave of mist. Inside seconds, a cloud shaped, obscuring the ocean. The amphipteres shrieked in shock, rising to flee the fog, and Priam smiled, happy with step one of his plan.

Absorbing thermal vitality inside his Area, Priam took flight. Three heartbeats later, he broke the sound barrier and overtook the amphiptere swarm. The creatures adopted, their cries inaudible. Surpassing Mach 1 allowed him to disregard their screeches.

Priam shortly reached the primary pure clouds and continued to climb. As he approached Mach 2, he was shocked to seek out the creatures protecting tempo. Their scales gleamed, and Priam activated his personal to check their impact. Immediately, air friction principally disappeared, and the younger man groaned at his personal stupidity.

Lvl Up: [Friction Resistance] lvl 17, 18

AGI +2

Moments later, his unimaginable velocity made him overlook his errors, and he burst into laughter. Dragons weren’t the lords of the skies for nothing.

Solely when the atmospheric temperature turned frigid did Priam decelerate. His bloodline warned him that the amphipteres have been lagging. The strain was so low their wings struggled to seek out the air wanted to ascend. If the aspiring Dragon continued to rise, he would lose his opponents, and that might be thought of fleeing.

Regardless of, that is sufficient.

At practically fifty kilometers excessive, Priam summoned his mist and commenced creating icicles. Assisted by the frigid temperature, he expanded them, reworking them into blocks of ice after which into lengthy spears. Priam was quickly surrounded by ten projectiles practically thirty meters tall. Every had a quantity of about two cubic meters and a mass of just about two tons.

Seeing the 4 draconic creatures struggling to catch up, Priam grinned. “Let’s get again to fundamentals.”

The subsequent instantaneous, he dove, mentally guiding his ice spears. In a heartbeat, he handed by means of the amphiptere swarm, delivering an ineffective kick to at least one that enraged the beast.

Laughing, Priam plunged towards the infinite ocean beneath him. Valaryth could be a fragmented world, however it was enormous.

A number of kilometers under, Jasmine and others seemed up on the weird spectacle. A younger Homo Elysian hurtled towards the bottom, adopted by 4 winged serpents and ten gigantic spears.

As they dove, the group reached Mach 2, then Mach 3. Air friction finally slowed the lances, which reached their terminal velocity, and Priam decelerated as nicely. This allowed the amphipteres to catch up, and an aerial battle ensued.

The warrior targeted on dodging. Any contact with a creature practically impervious to his assaults and plenty of instances stronger than him was a nasty concept. At any time when a chance arose, he tried to blind the monsters, however their agility and dexterity far surpassed his.

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Compelled to merge along with his mist a number of instances per second, Priam grimaced as his aether reserves shortly dwindled. He endured till they reached the cloud whose peak was 100 meters above the floor. Then, all the pieces occurred in a short time.

At his velocity—practically a thousand meters per second—he would hit the water in a tenth of a second. Utilizing his formidable draconic vivacity, Priam multitasked. A part of his consideration barely adjusted the trajectory of his spears to focus on the amphipteres and one other half dissipated the mist in a small radius round him.

Seeing Myuri’s eyes widen, Priam smiled. “I see you perceive the place I am going. Myuri, might I be frank with you?”

The younger girl hesitated, shocked he requested for her opinion, then nodded.

“You have been mocked, belittled, abused, terrorized, and overwhelmed. I don’t know you nicely however I would like you to know that when Esmée entrusted you to me, I took you below my safety. I will not let anybody harm you anymore,” Priam vowed.

Myuri listened in silence, however the sound of her beating coronary heart was deafening.

Priam prolonged the tablet to the younger Empyrean.

“You are the one one who can heal your traumas, however I may give you a chance. From what Rose and Jasmine have advised me, you are sturdy sufficient to grab it. Right this moment, if you need, you may take a primary step to rebuild your physique, your ego, and your future.”

The younger girl trembled as she met his gaze. In her eyes, hope mingled with concern—the hope of a recent begin and the concern that this was one other lure set by a person.

Priam activated his charisma to assist the previous slave overlook he was a male. It won’t have been needed as a result of Myuri bit her lip earlier than stepping ahead to take the tablet. She was wounded, however the Empire had by no means managed to extinguish the fireplace that burned inside her.

“There shall be no downside with the outpost,” she promised in a agency voice.

“I’m certain,” Priam smiled.

Standing:

PHYSICAL:

Power 707

Structure 1 105

Agility 617 (+3)

Vitality 1 040

Notion 760

MENTAL:

Vivacity (D) 570

Dexterity 652

Reminiscence 832 (+2)

Willpower 1 159 (+25)

Charisma 677 (+16)

META:

Meta-affinity 784

Meta-focus 403

Meta-endurance 608

Meta-perception 339

Meta-chance 274

Meta-authority 210

Potential: 13 527 (+7)

Tier 0

Solar factors: 1 464 878 (+76)

[He Who Eludes Death] cost: PRIMED

[Tribulation]: 5 Tribulations pending.

Future Tribulations delayed till:

Time: 156 days 15 hours 22 minutes 14 seconds.

Subsequent thresholds: 12 attributes > 600 / 6 attributes > 900 / 1 attribute > 1 200