The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 24
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 11
The Class S magician immediately looks panicked as the corrupt mana rapidly begins to flood the cave. Making it more and more dangerous for the Class S magician to be here.
Of course, the corrupt mana floods my body as well, but my immortality just shrugs it off as all the corruption is immediately reversed.
I watch as the dragon continues its berserk rampage. Firing off those orbs of corrupt mana in every direction before the cave actually begins to crumble. Leading to chunks of ice falling from the ceiling and walls.
And when the ice falls onto the dragon, damaging it further, the dragon grows even more enraged.
At which point I finally realize the dragon is completely blinded. Because those solidified eyes it should have are gone, with small black fragments still in its eye sockets.
Wait, did the Class S magician’s sound attack burst its eyes?
That… actually makes sense.
Eyes are usually a common weak point. And the sound attack hit everything on the beast’s body equally.
It also explains why it’s firing at random. Because even if it’s extremely disoriented, it still would’ve been able to see.
The dragon begins to fire the corrupt mana spheres faster and faster as the Class S magician tries to fly right past me without paying me an ounce of attention. Clearly attempting to flee the cave and abandon the battle.
Only for ice to fall around the entrance, making a cave-in and sealing the cave entirely.
I watch as the Class S magician, whose personal barrier is getting closer and closer to shattering, tries in a panic to blast the ice at the entrance.
But their attempts eventually end in failure. Because while they do blast the ice to clear a path, more ice falls behind where they cleared, once again blocking the tunnel.
Then more ice falls.
And more.
And again, more.
All around us. With lots of the ice crashing into the Class S magician.
Eventually all three of us – me, the Class S sound magician, and the dragon – are buried under the ice. But I just casually begin to dig my way through the ice in the direction of the entrance.
While sensing the sound magician’s barrier vanishing through my mana senses. Following which I hear the sounds of him being corrupted.
Well that guy’s dead.
I don’t pay him any more mind as I continue digging through the ice in search of the surface. Which isn’t particularly pleasant, but whatever.
After ten seconds though, I find my efforts to have been pointless. Specifically when the dragon lets out a loud roar and somehow blasts all of the ice far away. Sending shards of ice flying all around the plateau the cave was inside of.
Destroying the plateau in the process. And killing a lot of nearby beasts who are struck by the flying chunks of ice.
Of course, I’m sent flying as well. But I just end up slamming into another nearby plateau before the damage is reverted again.
After recovering – and finding my armor to be in rather poor shape at this point – I climb on top of the plateau to get a good view of the area. Where I find the dragon covered in injuries. And with one of its arms barely hanging on.
It’s wings are fine though, and the injuries aren’t as severe as they look at first glance. After all, the dragon is enormous. It’s just that, since it’s partially transparent – what with it being made of ice and all – so the cracked ice on the surface looks more severe than it actually is.
Oh, and the Class S sound magician is…
My gaze turns toward the humanoid shaped beast partially crushed under ice as it tries to free itself.
Yeah… he’s a beast now. Fully corrupted.
I’m sure he probably would’ve lasted at least a little while in the corruption before becoming corrupted, even without a barrier, but not after the dragon’s corrupt mana spheres. The breath attacks filled the area will far more corrupt mana than it had before.
I glance at the camera that was following us, only to find said camera destroyed with its remains lying on the ground nearby.
Hmm. Well, goodbye broadcast, I guess.
Until they send a replacement, that is.
I purse my lips at that thought for a few seconds before going ahead and focusing on the dragon as another Class S magician shows himself. Clearly here to take the weakened dragon for herself.
This particular Class S magician is that curse affinity one. So they immediately begin throwing different curses at the dragon to disorient and weaken it more and more.
Meanwhile the dragon starts to rage even more, sending large blasts of corrupted mana outwards in massive pulses. Not even bothering with using those breath attacks anymore.
That’s probably what it used to send that icy rubble flying, destroying the plateau in the process.
Surprisingly enough though, the Class S magician seems to use her curse magic on the very air around her along with the attacks heading her way. Slowing all of the attacks down and weakening them in the process.
Enough that the attacks barely dent her mana barrier.
Then she counters with numerous spell circles appearing in the air that then blast a deep purplish red energy directly at the dragon. Giving the dragon a purplish red aura that weakens it.
I narrow my eyes when the next beams hit the dragon, making the aura grow stronger and stronger with each attack. With their damage increasing as well.
Stackable curses? And it seems to increase the damage she does with each one stacked onto the dragon.
This battle will make for some rather nice research on curses.
I watch for a few seconds before sitting down and making myself comfortable on this plateau.
Well, time for round two of watching someone battle the dragon.
Here’s hoping this one is more interesting than the first.
Either way though, it’ll make for some good notes on curses.
