Casual Heroing

Chapter 176: Fallout

Chapter 176: Fallout

Im looking at Adriana speeding up toward my shields when a thought strikes me.

[Single-Minded Focus]

In Human legends, Dragons are sometimes honorable and mystical. But the very origins of their story are different. Dragons are creatures that exemplify tyranny and evil, the representation of Humanitys greatest fears and sins. They are the ultimate punishers, the primordial ones.

When I look at Adrianas elongated and sharp features, I can finally see that. Her humanoid form is not protruding forward, but its going down like a serpents triangular head. Her eyes move fast with whip-like movements, not slowly and wisely. Her entire body is not imperious, just sinuous and clammy.Updated from

[Advanced Mana Sense]

As soon as the world changes to pure energy, I can see patterns of snaking bolts around her body. They criss-cross her chest and legs, going back and forth to her arms. They are primarily red and blueish, but they also have some green.

Body enhancements, I smile.

And with but a thought, I wipe them out. They are complex spells that require fine control to attune to your body's natural state without wreaking havoc on it.

She stumbles and almost falls forward before regaining her balance its not easy to regain control after losing the strength and agility she had summoned. Her stare could probably melt rocks, but she has no idea who shes going against. And this is definitely not hybris. Im just conscious of where my power stands in the hierarchies of this world, especially when fighting a great evil.

I [Flash] once in her peripheral vision before launching an [Overcharged Advanced Light Lance]. She crouches to avoid being blinded, proving that her decision to come into the arena was made on the spur of the moment. Otherwise, she would have gotten some enchantment to protect herself against my blinding [Flashes]. But when my attack collides with her chest she just shrugs it off.

And then

ROAR

Its deafening, and I almost fall on my back. But I move Lucindas body forward, using her as an anchor to stand straight. I feel ancient fear at the edge of my perception its hard to describe how terrifying but also blurred it is.

Im a Dragon! I wont let a lowly Human insult Master Marcus!

I can feel the massive drain on my body, and I fear Ill black out after this attack. Ive yet to experiment with the final product in the field.

The [Advanced Hexagonal Three-Folded Shields] start disintegrating, and I can feel the insane heat around me. Im sure that theres also a toxic element in her fire. My breath accelerates, and my lungs start to sting. Its weird being this close to dying, Ill say.

The calm before the storm.

Moments before my shields totally collapse, Adriana relents, out of breath. Literally.

I shall give you the opportunity to

Oh, here we go.

I push all my Mana to break the looping [Lights] and

Adriana stumbles forward with a confused expression on her face. She looks around with a frown while I dispel all the [Lights], [Weighed Lights], and so on. My eyes are blacking out, but I cant fall. Even though I can barely see now, missing the exact moment Adriana falls to the ground after I punched two small fissures into her brain, I still stand tall.

There are twenty-three perfectly round holes in the translucent shield that completely covered her body. Now, the shield is slowly fading away, and one can see where the gamma rays disrupted the natural flow of Mana or better, obliterated it. Radiations generated from Mana are a natural [Mage]-killer.

In the slight reprieve from my blackened sight, I can see Adrianas fall.

Lord Juler, a little help.

Lord Juler levitates one Mana potion after another to my mouth, and I drink three before my body begins to feel normal again. The arena is whispering. Everyone is looking at Adriana, uncomprehending. See, radiation is invisible. Also, I need to figure out how to avoid dosing myself and nearby people. Actually, Im not sure about the dispersion since this is magically generated further experiments are required.

But as I hear a deafening roar from above, I can also hear something in my head.

[Conditions for Unique Skill Met!]

[Creating Unique Skill: Gamma-Knife!]