Chapter 254: Charming Dragon Slayer
As the fog surrounding its body slowly began to fade away and turn into a black and blue fire, Asmodeus focused his gaze entirely on this dragon. The damage from the violent blow caused the scales near the top half of his snout to crack, with some falling off entirely.
However, in the spot where Velvet punched, it began to heal slowly. 'That is to be expected. After all, this isn't just any old monster. Yet the maw of the dragon looked horrible. The bones were crushed and shattered, along with many of its fangs being broken.
"Graaaaa!" The dragon's roar seemed to pierce the very heavens with its intensity. It seemed like this lizard didn't expect that a single person could cause this much damage in this place. Rather, a mere mortal that it toyed with the day before caused so much pain it felt an instinctive fear.
"My King! I will go again!" Velvet's beautifully seductive voice sounded as her body flickered with a fierce violet aura. The flames on her body quickly melted and ate away all the surrounding ice. "I can't wait. I want to punch this damn lizard over and over and over!"
Asmodeus chuckled; he couldn't help but adore the fact Velvet no longer held back and returned to the woman he first met in the training field at Alan's mansion. 'So beautiful and captivating.'
"Then let me make the fight more interesting." Asmodeus snapped his fingers, which created seven magic circles forming spears of all the elements: fire, ice, earth, wind, dark, light and finally, a blood lance.
At this point, the Dragon opened its jaws in rage and prepared a massive blast of ice.
But it came too slowly.
A moment after it began to inhale a breath, Velvet's aura suddenly grew with such an intensity that the flames of hell licked at the monster as though they were about to swallow it up whole.
The black, magenta, and violet flame expanded and exploded from her, creating the visage of an all-consuming nightmare that would destroy anything unfortunate enough to find itself caught in her wrath.
'Damn arrogant Lizard!' She bit down her teeth, the blast of ice creating hundreds of tiny blades that sliced her cheek, a small stream of blood dripping down her chin.
The monster had yet to finish its attack, and in a mere instant, she flew right in front of its snout with the speed and grace of an enchanting creature of the abyss.
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Asmodeus had his left hand held forward and pointed toward the monster's maw. His eyes focused with a deadly calm. He snapped his fingers once more, which made the magic circle flash, causing all seven lances to launch forward in a sudden burst of explosive energy.
The first to hit was the earth lance. As it hit, the Dragon's head was pushed backwards by sheer force, making the ice blast fly upward into the sky and miss Velvet entirely.
A few scales cracked and fell from the Dragon, revealing a large wound that looked as though it were rotting. But that didn't seem to bother the beast as its eyes glared at her with such a deadly look of intent. It was like staring into a black abyss.
'Your body, mind and power will become my own!' Velvet screamed in her head. Asmodeus would be proud of the bloodthirsty desire that radiated from her body.
*Boom*
Six spears of various elements penetrated the dragon's wings and shoulder blades as it began to try to escape to the sky.
'You're mine...' Her eyes turned into slits, her fangs visible and the look of a bloodthirsty woman seeking revenge.
"Let me show you the true meaning of pain." Velvet's hand was covered in a black and magenta fire as she jumped high into the air, her aura blazing fiercely and causing a sonic boom from her leap.
Her fist landed directly on the wound she inflicted on the beast's face. "This is for making me bleed!" The sound of its skull being crushed was music to her ears, but the damage didn't stop there.
Black flames erupted from her body and melted off the dragon's face and right eye as if it were nothing more than paper, revealing its skull, and even the bone started melting. The beast roared with pain, which made it fling its neck backwards and throw her into the sky.
'Ah... this dumb lizard...' Asmodeus could only let his lips curl into an enormous smile upon seeing Velvet's body in the air, her beautiful wings fluttering as her hands absorbed the magic aura back into her body before letting herself freefall towards the wounded dragon.
Her amethyst eyes locked on the monster before she flew back downwards with her right fist coated in a violent flame, with her left arm being used as a brace to strengthen her blow.
As she landed on the beast, she let loose a mighty punch that caused the creature's jaw to snap as the flames engulfed the monster, making it cry out in agony and writhe under her feet. The sheer impact of her fist caused the beast's insides to tremble as blood poured from its maw.
"Hah!" With the dragon stunned and her foot planted on the side of his face, her legs ignited with her magic, and she pulled her leg back and then launched a mighty kick at its throat.
"Gah!" The dragon let out another cry of agony as it tried to move away, but her kick was too powerful, causing it to collapse back to the ground with a loud thud.
The ground trembled, and snow blew all over the place, which caused the entire battlefield to shake, but the lances impaling it to the ground caused a brutal wound tearing the back of the dragon apart.
"Sorry, My Lovely King~ I feel much better now." Velvet's voice was sexy, and her cheeks flushed red as she stepped forward, the dragon's head avoiding her out of fear while she placed her right palm on its chest. "I'm going to kill it now, okay? Maybe you can reward me for slaying a dragon, fufu."
Asmodeus watched Velvet, feeling the immense changes in her released character. No longer did she hold back or hide words she wanted to say. It was pleasing for him to see her greedy gaze directed towards him. "Are you worthy of my gift?"
"Hah!"
Velvet's sharp laugh echoed before a swirl of magenta formed around her hand, the magic condensing into her palm, before she turned back once more, ignoring the dragon that started to recover. "If you don't give it to me, then I will just take what I want from you."
The next moment, a loud explosion sounded as the sky turned magenta, the aura crackling around Velvet's hand as she shot a beam of pure energy through the chest and heart of the dragon, its brilliant radiance filling the sky with light and making the snow turn to ash as its scales fell from the monster.
Her blast continued for a few seconds as Velvet stood in the middle of the massive dragon's body, holding her wrist to contain the destructive force of using all her mana to kill the monster.
The air filled with steam—the snow melting off of it, and the beast's head lolled limply to the side, with an enormous, sizzling hole in its chest. The hole was so big you could see right through to the other side and watch the trees burning in the background.
Asmodeus clapped his hands as the beast fell to the ground. "You killed a Dragon on your own and with little trouble."
Velvet turned around, looking back at her King, before kneeling on the corpse, her wings spreading in the air and her head lowering. "I did. Please, I want your reward now, my king."
"Well, what did you have in mind, witch?"
He couldn't help but feel her new atmosphere was too sensual and alluring
Asmodeus stepped towards Velvet, the dragon's body vanishing from existence as he took it into his storage to avoid further damage to the scales and useful meat. His boots created crunching sounds on the snowy ground as he approached the woman, who seemed to look like a mighty Valkyrie from old legends.
"Well~ I could ask for a lot of things, but for now... let's see..."
Her amethyst eyes gazed at him with a sly grin on her face, her black horn shining beautifully with her mana. He looked at the woman in front of him. She was his equal and, above all else, the woman he wanted to stand by him forever. "—how about a kiss?"
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Meanwhile, in an unknown cave, a group of humans in black robes with the symbol of death, two serpents, and a skull embedded in them were chanting in a strange chamber with an altar in the middle.
Atop the altar was a strange blue crystal, its luminescent light gradually fading as they began to vomit blood and die one by one.
A single woman was at the very top of the steps, her hands in a prayer-like formation, and she began to scream as she was surrounded by blood, the liquid floating around her body.
It appeared she was draining the crystal on the pedestal as she turned into a ghastly pale colour. "No?! How could this be? What happened to the dragon!" she shouted in confusion.
However, her body couldn't handle the backlash of losing the mana that coursed through her veins, and she let out a bloodcurdling scream.
As the light from the crystal faded, it shattered into many tiny shards that faded away. A man stood before her with his sword impaled in her gut.
His eyes filled with emptiness, and he remained quiet.
"Guha... why?! I served our master well..."
The male just kicked her body to the side, shaking his head. "Failing him is punishable by death. Now die." The man said with no remorse or pity.
He looked at the corpses surrounding them. 'It appears I have to make a suitable excuse for the Apostle to forgive this setback.'
The woman, however, didn't give up on life so quickly.
Desperate to live, she tried dragging herself from the cave, the stench of copper and blood permeating her nose. "Please..."
Her eyes turned red with fear as she attempted to save her own life. "I will serve better... next... time..." But her body suddenly went limp, and she couldn't help but feel as if a great weight was pressing down on her.
It was like her limbs had turned to stone. She could no longer move. Her body was frozen. She was helpless. She let out one final gasp before she died.
The man, however, shook his head at the wretched scene before him.
"These fools have no idea what they are doing. Did they truly think that the divine being Mephisto would actually accept them after they finished? Foolish..."
He turned around and began to make his way back to the entrance.
As he exited the cave, he stopped and turned around.
A sudden flash of light and a pillar of flame shot from the cave's ceiling and pierced the night sky. The black flame was the symbol of Mephisto's highest believers.
The Paladins of Death.