After landing on the stone platform, Adam looked at the lava flowing around it before glancing at the temperature readout on his hood.
[External Temperature: 1369 °C]
“Damn, that’s toasty,” Adam remarked in surprise.
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): Holy fuck, that’s hot enough to instantly incinerate organic matter.]
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): The area around flowing lava on Earth never reaches that level.]
[Beinglittleisnotadisadvantage (Strathorp 7): Perhaps because they are on another planet which is naturally hotter than yours.]
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): Hmm, that makes sense.]
“We’re fighting here?” Kalre asked with a frown.
“What’s wrong, scared of a little lava?” Deirlo teased.
“Shut up, bitch,” Kalre retorted angrily.
“Don’t call my sister a bitch, Kalre,” Denog said with a frown.
“Whatever,” Kalre retorted in annoyance.
“Are you guys going to keep bickering, or can we start?” Adam asked in annoyance.
“Go, Kalre and finish this quickly,” Narven ordered sternly.
“Yeah, yeah, damn, this is such a waste of time,” Kalre complained before his body was covered in a blue light and it began to expand and grow larger.
Soon, an enormous dragon, even larger than Tephe, appeared before them all and flashed Tephe a mocking grin with its maw.
“Who do you think you're grinning at, bastard?” Tephe asked in her guttural voice.
“A bitch who doesn’t know when she’s beat,” Kalre replied in a more guttural version of his own voice, making Tephe growl angrily.
Revi, who had by now reluctantly left Adam’s embrace, turned to Deirlo before asking, “Is bitch the only insult this idiot knows?”
“Pretty much,” Deirlo replied while shrugging.
[HackerSu (Trillion): His range of insults does seem extremely limited.]
“How did he even manage to get admitted to Planaticia Acadimia?” Revi asked in disbelief.
“How do idiots normally get admitted when they're clearly not smart enough?” Deirlo replied.
“Ah, connections,” Revi said in understanding.
“Exactly,” Deirlo confirmed.
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): What's this Planaticia Acadimia they keep talking about?]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): It also goes by another name that you may understand better, Planet Academy.]
[Whostolemyduck (Earth): Wait, you mean an entire planet that’s actually an academy?]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): That’s correct. It was started by several of the oldest races in the galaxy. It’s the largest academy in the known universe and teaches almost every known subject in the known universe.]
[StealthAssassin9 (Earth): How does a university… sorry, academy that large even function?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): The same way a normal planet functions. While its primary purpose is that of an academy for teaching the young, it also operates as a sovereign entity.
A council made up of members of the founding races act as Planaticia Acadimia’s leaders and decision makers, while the current headmaster is also the council leader.]
[RealOtaku (Earth): Oh, that’s sick. Are we going to get an academy arc?]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): Academy arc?]
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[Animefangirl (Earth): It’s where the main character goes to either study or teach at the Academy for a period of time before moving on. I have to admit that an academy arc would be so Anime.]
[OracleRomy (Elysium): Oh, I understand. Unfortunately, because the streamer is not from the known universe and isn’t an official citizen, I doubt we will ever see an academy arc.]
[Animefangirl (Earth): Lame.]
“Let’s get this started already, I can’t wait to knock that smug look off this dickheads face,” Tephe growled.
“Fine by me,” Kalre replied while snearing.
“Then remember that there is to be no killing,” Revi said sternly before turning to Adam with a smile while saying, “I leave it up to you then, honey.”
Adam nodded to Revi before turning to Tephe and Kalre while saying, “If I determine that either or both of you are incapable of continuing the fight or lose consciousness, I will immediately stop the fight.
The same applies if either of you concedes or if either of your lives is put in jeopardy.”
Adam waited a few moments to see if anyone would complain, but since no one did, he nodded before saying, “You may begin when ready.”
“Pft, as if a small fry like you could interfere in a fight between dragons,” Kalre scoffed after giving his wings a mighty flap and soaring up into the air.
“I notice he only made that comment after he had flown off,” Revi said with a smirk.
“Maya, you stay here with Adam,” Tephe instructed, to which Maya made a funny noise before flying over to Adam’s head and settling on it.
“You know I’ve been wondering,” Deirlo whispered to her brother before adding, “What do you think the deal is with that mini Levithen that’s been perched on her head this entire time?”
Denog glanced at Maya before saying, “No clue, but they're definitely close.”
“Make sure to watch me, Adam, Kay?” Tephe asked before flapping her own wings and following Kalre into the air.
Kalre flew high up into the air before turning and looking down at Tephe, before saying, “I’m going to finish this quickly.”
After he finished speaking, Kalre opened his maw just before everyone saw blue light begin to gather there.
“That fucking idiot, why’s he using his breath attack when he knows we are down here?” Deirlo cursed before flying away.
“SCATTER!” Denog shouted as everyone followed Deirlo’s example and flew away from where they had been standing.
[Celebrityhunter69 (Earth): WOW! Look at Empress Revi’s wings, they're so beautiful.]
[Superherofangirl (Earth): It’s almost like they're made out of flames.]
“Two can play at that game,” Tephe said excitedly before opening her own maw as white energy began to gather within it.
[MercheadAnderson (Palaxia): Damn, they're really going all out from the start.]
[Gunlovergirl (Earth): Oh, this is going to be so epic.]
[AlamoMatador4thewin (Earth): What happens when two breath attacks collide? Do they cancel each other out, or is there a power struggle?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): It depends on the power difference between the two dragons. In this case, Kare’s breath attack should overpower Tephe’s since he is several years older. However, I have a feeling that wont be the case.]
[LadyErkath (Alastor): Because of her confidence?]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): There’s that and also that strange power we saw back when she helped the streamer kill that Krumzaxl guy.]
[NonpareilRaphilia (Aaru): You mean how her scales seemed to turn iridescent? That doesn’t seem to be happening here, though.]
As Kalre’s energy reached its peak, he released his blue-coloured breath attack, which shot down towards Tephe, who released her own a moment later.
Tephe’s white-coloured breath attack shot up towards Kalre and as the two attacks impacted each other, a blindingly bright bluish-white light filled up the sky and caused everyone to cover their eyes.
The light was so bright, in fact, that even Adam was forced to cover his artificial left eye.
[Noobkiller9000 (Earth): Oh shit, that’s bright.]
[Puntanghunter69Ver2 (International Space Station): I’m blind, I’m blind.]
[Superherofangirl (Earth): Good, maybe we wont have to put up with your perverted shit anymore.]
[1000yearsofdeath (Earth): You would think an astronaut would know better than to look directly into bright light. Kekeke.]
As the sudden flash of bright light faded enough for them all to see again, they found that the two breath attacks were struggling against one another as each dragon tried to overpower the other's attack.
[LadyErkath (Alastor): Looks like you were right.]
[DeverinianLordMalacoss (Deverinian 9): Indeed. While that strange iridescent light hasn’t appeared, Tephe is definitely stronger than she should be at her age.]
“She’s actually holding her own against Kalre’s attack?” Narven asked in surprise.
“Is it possible he’s holding back?” Denog asked suspiciously as he flew next to Narven.
“When have you ever known that idiot to hold back?” Deirlo asked as she joined them while she continued to watch the battle with interest.
“Fair point,” Denog replied.
“I suppose it’s possible he underestimated her,” Narven stated after thinking for a moment.
Kalre’s dragon eyes widened in surprise as he saw that his breath attack hadn’t easily overpowered Tephes before he noticed the surprised looks on his friends' faces.
Embarrassed by the fact that he hadn’t easily overpowered a dragon, which was almost three hundred years his junior, Kalre’s eyes narrowed in anger before he pushed himself to release even more of his power.
“Looks like he really was holding back,” Deirlo said in surprise as they all noticed how Kalre’s attack seemed to increase in power.
“She’s getting overpowered,” Revi remarked as she flew over next to Adam.
“Looks like it, but this was expected, wasn’t it?” Adam asked as he continued to observe the fight.
“Unfortunately,” Revi said with a sigh before adding, “The age difference is just too great. The fact that she held on this long in a direct confrontation is already impressive.”
“So you're saying that she’s stronger than she should be at her age?” Adam asked as he saw that Tephe also increased her attack to try and compete.
“Yes, that iridescent power or whatever it is seems to have given her a major power bump somehow. Though as we can see, it’s not enough to cover the age gap,” Revi explained as they saw that even after increasing the power of her own attack, Tephe was still getting overpowered by Kalre.
