It was Demian!
His form had changed slightly from before. Dark veins, like streams of blackened blood, spread across his skin, giving him a corrupted appearance. A pair of newly-formed wings unfurled from his back, carrying him upward as he closed the distance toward them with the group.
"Damn it, this bastard is really pushing my limits!" Jovina snapped.
"I’ll take him on," Frostedge said firmly.
"No, Frostedge, let me handle this!" Elincia shouted back, her body crackling with blue energy as she separated from the group.
But before she could move, the wyvern that had been circling around suddenly dove with incredible speed toward Demian.
"Damn you, sucker! Now you’re dealing with me!" Booba roared, slashing his sword as his wyvern charged at Demian.
Elincia followed quickly, unleashing a barrage of magic missiles that streaked toward him in rapid succession. The air around them erupted with rattling thunder, arcs of lightning crashing toward Demian with deafening force.
But Demian moved with infuriating grace, his wings beating powerfully as he dodged each attack effortlessly. The magic missiles and lightning slammed into the area around him, but he emerged unscathed.
Tora and the other nearby players took their shots at Demian, firing attacks in quick succession. But their efforts barely seemed to faze him.
With a single motion, Demian thrust his hand forward, unleashing a barrage of fast-moving magic missiles. One of them struck Tora directly, shattering his wings. "Tora!" someone screamed as he plummeted toward the ground below.
Demian pressed onward, effortlessly fending off the combined assaults of Booba and Elincia. When Booba’s wyvern failed to land a hit, Demian retaliated mercilessly. A powerful magic missile struck the wyvern squarely, forcing it to dissipate back into its spirit form.
"Damn it, I’ll be back, you fucker!"
Booba fell through the air, his scream echoing as he plunged downward.
"Booba! Damn it, where’s all that arrogance you had earlier, huh?!"
Elincia continued her relentless assault, but without someone to tank for her, she became dangerously exposed.
Demian wasted no time, closing the distance between them with alarming speed.
Suddenly, a massive ice sword shot through the air, colliding with Demian mid-flight and forcing him back with an explosive impact. The force hurled Demian away from Elincia, buying her a critical moment to recover.
The ice sword was Frostedge’s, but the maneuver cost him his balance. With no platform to stabilize himself, Frostedge tumbled toward the ground below, his figure disappearing from view.
The situation was rapidly deteriorating.
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Just when it seemed the chaos couldn’t escalate further, a thunderous flapping sound echoed from the distance. The air vibrated with the sheer force of the sound, followed by a deep, bone-chilling roar that reverberated across the battlefield.
From the shadows emerged a massive dragon—its skeletal frame glowing with a green aura.
Every eye turned toward the rider atop the skeletal dragon.
"It’s… Galactron!" someone shouted in disbelief.
The skeletal dragon’s jaws opened wide, and a colossal beam of energy, cannon-like in its intensity, blasted toward the struggling Demian.
Galactron unleashed dozens of magic circles high above the battlefield, each one glowing with a green light. From the circles, skeletal warriors rained down, each one charging toward Demian. They struck him with quick, single attacks before disintegrating into ash and vanishing.
Meanwhile, Galactron’s massive skeletal dragon relentlessly pursued Demian, firing devastating beams of green energy in quick succession, each blast tearing through the air with terrifying force.
"What is that short idiot thinking?!" Jovina shouted in frustration.
Elincia, now back with the group, answered quickly, "It seems the rumors of betrayal within their ranks were true. This must have led to them turning on Demian."
"Looks like we have a common enemy," Goldrich added. "A temporary collaboration might not be such a bad idea."
Despite the unexpected backup, their situation continued to worsen. More of their allies had fallen to the ground, unable to withstand the unrelenting damage. Frostedge, too, was no longer with them after his fall, leaving their defenses even more strained.
"This is going to get even harder without Frostedge," Jovina muttered.
Elincia, however, shook her head slightly. "He’s fallen from great heights before. I don’t think he’s easy to diel. Just like that necromancer over there." She motioned toward Galactron, who was orchestrating his skeletal army against Demian.
A deafening crack echoed through the air, followed by a massive roar as torrents of fire surged toward them from above.
"Damn it, I’m running out of resources," Goldrich muttered.
For someone like Goldrich, who was known for hoarding high-tier items and rare consumables, to say such a thing spoke volumes. This fight was bleeding them dry—both in strength and in wealth.
From the direction of Demian and Galactron, a sudden shift caught their attention. Demian’s flight became erratic, his movements unsteady as he visibly took more and more damage. Then, without warning, he veered sharply and retreated into the darkness, vanishing from sight.
"Damn it, that bastard ran off!" Jovina shouted.
"I’m sure we’ll still have to deal with him later," Goldrich said. "It looks like his transformation isn’t finished yet."
"This should’ve been the perfect moment to kill him," Jovina snapped in response.
Their attention shifted again as the skeletal dragon flew toward them, circling slowly. Around them, countless magic circles began to appear. From each circle, skeletons emerged one after another, only to crumble into ash and flames moments later.
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Still, this strange method of summoning provided crucial support, absorbing chunks of the meteor’s relentless damage and easing the burden on Broken, even if only slightly.
Suddenly, another roar erupted. A massive crack, accompanied by an ear-splitting noise, spread across the meteor’s surface. The blazing fire intensified, growing wilder and more uncontrollable as molten energy spilled outward.
Broken’s eyes darted to his health bar, which was draining at an alarming rate. The speed of its decline far outpaced his healing capabilities, no matter how many buffs or skills he had active.
This can’t hold much longer, he thought, his grip tightening.
Elincia’s electric aura faded as her energy gave out, and she collapsed, falling from the sky. Jovina followed shortly after, her summons disappearing, leaving her to plummet helplessly toward the ground.
Before things could worsen, Frostedge suddenly reappeared. Without hesitation, he cast a massive ice barrier around the group.
But the reprieve didn’t last.
A colossal explosion rocked the battlefield, the deafening sound shaking everything around them. The ice barrier shattered under the force, sending shards flying in all directions.
The fiery blaze from the meteor grew even more intense, making the air almost impossible to breathe.
Broken staggered but forced himself to stay upright, gripping tightly to his resolve. Despite Frostedge’s timely help, the danger had only escalated further.
The meteor finally reached its breaking point. A colossal explosion tore through the sky, shattering the air with a force so intense it seemed to freeze time for a heartbeat.
A deafening roar echoed across the battlefield as blinding light erupted from the meteor’s surface, consuming everything in its vicinity with a fiery brilliance. The shockwave that followed rippled outward, tearing apart the clouds and shaking the very ground far below.
Flames exploded in chaotic waves, cascading like a volcanic eruption. Massive chunks of molten rock splintered away, hurling fiery debris in all directions. The blazing inferno painted the sky in hues of red and gold, as if the heavens themselves were on fire.
Above it all, the sound of the explosion was unrelenting—a constant, bone-shaking rumble that seemed to claw at their very cores. It wasn’t just a sound—it was a force, one that vibrated through the air, the ground, and their bodies.
[The main threat has been destroyed.]
At that moment, the shattered meteor erupted in a cataclysmic explosion. Massive fragments of molten rock were sent hurtling in all directions, streaking across the sky like blazing comets.
Fiery shards slammed into the massive dome barrier surrounding the battlefield, each collision sending shockwaves rippling through its glowing structure. The dome trembled under the force.
Despite the destruction around them, a single thought united everyone: They had stopped the meteor, but the battle was far from over.
At the same time, the golden dome shattered, its protective glow breaking apart into countless fragments of light. The shield that had covered them was gone, leaving them exposed once more.
Above, large chunks of the meteor still remained, now falling rapidly toward the ground.
Broken reached out instinctively, grabbing Alora’s hand with one and Ivana’s with the other as the three of them began to plummet together.