Magic Shop System

Kadyn squinted as the bright rays of the sun fell into his eyes as he tried to look at the figure, almost blinding him. Though he cared little about it at the moment, his gaze was fixed on a shadow that flapped its vast wings, rushing towards the Avibria City. 

"All the archers, be ready to shoot!" a shout came from up ahead. Kadyn looked and realised that it was Barret, commanding. At the very front were the soldiers with the crossbows; behind them were ordinary archers and at their backs stood people with javelins in their hands, ready to throw them at any moment, looking at the approaching calamity with terror-stricken eyes. But they still held their weapons as tight as they could with their trembling hands.

After all, their families, children, wife, parents, friends were all in the city, giving up at this moment would be equal to giving up on their loved ones and none of them agreed to such a condition. They decided to fight until the end for the people that waited for them in the city. For the happiness of their loved ones. 

The soldiers crouched behind the parapet while Barret commanded the troops with grave faces. Behind him stood Elder Jyn and Potioneer Yel. Their faces were pale. One could even see Potioner Yel trembling. If it wasn't for Elder Jyn beside him, he might have already run away from terror.

At this moment, at Barret's command, all the archers pointed their bows and crossbows and javelins towards the colossal figure on the horizon as it dashed towards them like an unstoppable gust of wind that wanted to swallow them all in a single gulp. As the dragon reached around 200 meters away from the city walls Barret shouted. "Shoot!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Roar!

A furious roar reverberated in the entire Avibria City. The arrows and javelins hit the dragon and fell like the useless cotton balls, not even crossbows made any difference. Not a single wound or a brush appeared on the thick skin of Zephyr. Though it indeed did a thing, made her even more furious. She looked at the people on the city wall and said with a disdainful voice. "You lowly humans dare to resist in front of me. Die!"

The blue fire discharged from her wide open mouth. As the despair had clouded everyone on the wall, and in the city, a silver sword appeared out of nowhere and sliced through the breath of fire into two similar parts. 

Kadyn, who was standing below the wall, looked at the figure with wide eyes and a shock appeared on his face. Elder Jyn. He peered at Zephyr and said. "Though you are powerful. It doesn't mean you can run rampant. You are just a beast, so it is understandable for you to do things that beasts are most proficient at—chaos."

Zephyr stared at Elder Jyn with her blue eyes as she flapped her snow-white wings in the sky. The scene was indeed beautiful and enticing, but at this moment, no one felt any intention to admire the scene. "Rank 2 Magus and you dare to block my path. I don't know if you are brave or stupid. No matter which is true, your death is unavoidable today. No one can block my path!"

Whoosh!

As soon as her word ended, she breathed blue fire again and this time it was even more horrifying. Elder Jyn saw this and his face changed as a fearful expression appeared on his face. "Everyone avoid it, I can't block it!" he shouted and a weird rune emerged at the centre of his eyebrows and two huge wings appeared on his back as he stood in the air without any support, flapping wings that had sprouted from his back just now.

Bang!

Though, at this moment, Elder Jyn felt no sense of accomplishment and turned his grave gaze below on the wall. Tens of frozen statues stood on the wall as if someone had placed them for an exhibition. Only a few people were lucky enough to avoid the attack, even though they were out of breath, gasping, panting, wounded and terrified. 

Elder Jyn saw this and his eyes turned red. "How dare you, beast!" his furious shout rumbled on the sky of Avibria City that everyone heard. They lifted their gazes and peered in that direction. They knew that he was the only one who could help them in this situation, if he was defeated they all would die a pathetic death. No one would be able to save them.

Kadyn hated to admit it but he was completely terrified at this moment. Horror was plastered on his face. He thought if worse comes to worst he would just give up on the egg, but only now did he realise that he might not even get the chance to negotiate before turning into an ice statue. Just a thought terrified him. He had the urge to run away at this moment, however, he fought that feeling and forced himself to stay. 

"Wind Sword, Sword of Judgement!'' At this moment Elder Jyn once more shouted and a gust of wind merged and formed a colossal sword. He looked at Zephyr and shouted. "Die!"

"Hmph! Just keep dreaming about killing me." Zephyr sneered and lifted her claw and swung it towards the sword. The two forces collided and a huge rumble echoed in the city as the light-filled the sky, obscuring the beast and Elder Jyn from the sight of the citizens and soldiers and Kadyn.

However, when the curtains faded, horror and despair once more engulfed the entire city. Zephyr was still fine, not even a scratch could be seen on her snow-white body. She peered at Elder Jyn and scoffed. "That tickles me. Can you use that once more; my back is itching for some time, I can use your attack to relieve myself." 

"Don't be too arrogant, beast!" Elder Jyn was incensed when he heard Zephyr's mocking tone. He flapped his white wings behind his back and once more cast the same spell. "Sword of Judgement!"

"Hmph, looks like it's your most powerful spell. What a disappointment." She said and turned into a blurry shadow.

"Watch out!" Barret and Potioneer Yel shouted in unison. However, their warning did little to help the situation. Before Elder Jyn could complete the spell, Zephyr's claw had already reached in front of him. Elder Jyn was completely terrified by this insane speed. Even with the help of his wings, he could not avoid the attack.

Boom!

The claw landed over his chest and sent flying hundreds of meters away. He landed on the wall, with his caved chest, coughing blood continuously. The horror was evident in his eyes. Only now did he realise the terror of Zephyr. The strength of the dragon.

"We are doomed!" Barret despaired. 

Potioneer Yel buckled at the corner with the help of the wall, cuddling his legs with fear. However, no one mocked him for being such a scaredy-cat. Everyone's heart had been drowned in despair and terror. All in all, everyone was affected by the situation and hopelessness engulfed their hearts.

Barret's glanced at the dragon with a pale face and clenched his fist as he shouted towards his soldiers. "Brothers, as you can see that we are going to die." His gaze roamed on the faces those were filled with terror. Then he continued. "However, do you want to die a pathetic death as this arrogant beast wants us to, or like heroes that the world would remember with respect? Choose what kind of death you want! 

"Tell me, will you be able to face your loved ones in the next world if you abandon them here. You are their hope and you need to fight to the very end. To protect them, to show them your love and dedication. To show this arrogant beast that no one could trample our dignity! We need to show our wives that her husband is no coward and to show our lovers that her choice was not wrong and to show our children that her father is a real hero. We need to fight to protect them all!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

As soon as his speech ended, the entire city rumbled with shouts, fear started to fade from everyone's face and an unwavering determination appeared on their faces. Even people in the city were affected by this sudden burst of shouts. Their blood boiled with heroic spirit, they felt as if they could tear the sky at this moment if they wanted. Even Kadyn was affected by this. 

However, he knew that this was the last struggle before the wisp died. But at this moment the impression that Barret left on his heart was too deep. He always thought that this guy was too cunning and manipulative as he had even placed Hicka in his shop as a spy. But today his thinking changed. He started to respect this man in front of him who was trembling with fear and terror, but could still inspire thousands of people with his voice. He clenched his fist and made a decision.

Zephyr looked at Barret and laughed mockingly. "Nice speech, but it won't help you in any way. The outcome has already been fixed on the stone that no one could change. You'll die and your loved ones will die along with you and every citizen will follow afterwards."

"Oh, really?" Just as Kadyn was about to move and reveal himself in front of Zephyr, an unfamiliar voice resounded that he had never heard before. He looked towards the source and his eyes widened.