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Whatever was dwelling underground, it might be dangerous. I could leave this to our parents, I think they could handle it anyways, but the sooner we deal with this, the better. I swiftly flapped my wings rapidly, flying at an almost super-sonic speed into the direction where the swarm was originating from, swinging Scarlet countless times as fast as possible.
"[Draconic Blade Arts]: [Infernal Dragon Claws]!"
Each time I swung Scarlet, a gigantic draconic claw made out of my aura and flames emerged out of the sword, slashing, and tearing apart anything on our path mercilessly.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAAAASH!
"Sylphy! Where are you going?!" My father cried, rushing to my side by slashing countless insectoid demons. "Stay behind us!"
"Dad, I can sense somebody underground, the swarm is coming from a Dungeon Break down there! If we stay here, this'll never end!" I said. "Trust these eyes! They were gifted by Theia herself after all!"
"Heh, fine." My father smiled. "You've already grown so strong I can completely rely on you at this point! However… Aquarina, you're coming with her."
"On it, sir!" Aquarina had already followed me and arrived right behind me.
"Oi, who gave you the benefit of ordering my daughter around?!" Shade roared angrily, spreading shadow tentacles everywhere and crushing everything on his path.
"Come on! Just let the girls have the spotlight." Giggled Arafunn, waving around winds. "Don't worry about the rest, we've got this!"
"Alright then, let's go, Aquarina!" I stepped forward, rushing at super-speed and immediately arriving at the hole while slashing countless insectoid monsters on the way.
"Uwaah! I'm leveling up like crazy!" Aquarina said in surprise. "I might reach "max level" soon!"
"Nice!" I nodded. "I guess this little invasion came just in time. Can you feel the change?" I asked, while firing dozens of Draconic Meteors.
"Yeah… the Stats are really strengthening my body a lot!" Aquarina said in surprise. "This is amazing!"
"Trust me, it'll be even more amazing once you reach max level." I smiled, as the two of us crushed the ground below us and massacred anything in our path, landing in the underground passage with a bang.
BAAAAAAAMMMM!!!
A shockwave of flames and freezing winds devastated any other bugger that tried to get on our way, as we finally saw the origin of all, within this underground cavern, there was a large black-colored portal opened through the power of a black crystal.
And the protecting the crystal was a giant Insectoid Demon resembling a mosquito, his furious and big red eyes glared at us in shock, his wings beginning to flap rapidly in nervousness.
"Y-You're here already?! H-How?! This Swarm's supposed to overwhelm you enough until the stronger demons arrive!" He cried in shock.
"Maybe you're just too weak." Aquarina said cockily.
"Don't get too cocky, Aquarina." I said, pointing my blade at him. "You're not like these demons; you can speak and seem to have a mind of your own. If you surrender now, we won't kill you and you will be treated fairly."
"E-Eh?! Treated fairly?!" He asked, laughing. "Surrender, me?! I won't surrender against you bastards! I would rather die fighting than surrender against you Elves!!! [True Demonification]!!!"
FLUOOOOSH!
Suddenly, a red jewel incrusted on his chest shone brightly, unleashing a powerful shockwave of corrosive demonic energy, which I shielded using my Yggdragon's Aura combined with Alice's Holy Light Magic together.
"[Holy Yggdragon's Scale Barrier]!"
FLAAAAASSSSSHHH!!!
The Demonic Energy was incapable of piercing through his power, and improved barrier, but that wasn't really the attack at all, but a mere after-effect of utilizing this new power these demons possess…
"Hehehe… HAHAHAHAH! I've been reborn anew!"
The power of several Lesser True Demons rushed into the Mosquito Demon's body, his thin arms and body became muscular, his height reaching as tall as five meters, his sharp proboscis became like a spear, with multiple spikes at each side.
Ding!
[The fierce otherworldly aura of a new-born True Demon is spreading around, decreasing all his foes' stats by -25% and increasing his stats by +30%]
"If you want to crush this crystal you'll have to walk over my goddamn corpse!" He roared furiously, pointing his six muscular arms at us. "Now come-"
"[Poseidon's Divine Trident]!" Aquarina roared, summoning a gigantic trident made out of her own spiritual and divine auras together, and firing it against the Demon.
FLAAAASH!
CRAAAAAASSSSHHHH!!!
"GRAAAAGGGH…!"
The trident pierced right through his chest, as purple and green blood came gushing out of his wounds instantly. Wow, that was mighty! Of course, this bug wasn't as strong as Raghidonte, he's small fry compared to that guy.
"T-This is…! No, stop! RAAAAGGGHHH!"
The Mosquito Demon suddenly lost his patience as he roared, unleashing a barrage of Demon Flames against us, firing them all furiously.
BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!
However, I rushed forward despite the demonic flames exploding and spreading everywhere, enchanting my body with my aura, and fusing my scales with the power of Alice, my body slightly turned golden, these were Holy Scales, capable of resisting Demon Energy.
"I commend your efforts, but you've missed the opportunity to keep living." I said, pointing Scarlet at his neck and then swinging her furiously. "[Dragon Fangs]!!!"
The illusion of one gigantic dragon's jaws emerged out of my flames, as I swung the sword and pierced through the demon's neck, the jaws crushed through his entire body, devastating him with a single blow.
CRAAAAAAASSSHHH!!!
"GRYYYAAAEEEEGGHHHHH…!"
Crack… crack… CRAAASH!
The shockwave alone reached the crystal and the cave pillars, shattering them all apart into pieces. I swiftly grabbed Aquarina with all my might and as I saw the Dungeon Break portal close, I jumped off the caves before they were to crumble down.
RUMBLE!
BAAAAAAAMMMM…!
"Well, that was much easier than I expected!" Aquarina sighed in relief.
"I guess you're right." I sighed. "And looks like everyone's done down there… We're safe, for now."
As I landed on the floor and reunited with everybody… Suddenly, my Compass of Heroes within my own Eyes alerted me of something.
Both the Saint of Spirits and the Hero of Wild Beasts separated.
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