Rise of the White Devil

Chapter 70 Calamity of Dread [4]

Blood.

Blood and blood was everywhere.

Disgusting green blood flowed down the streets like a river as a horde of spiders was being slaughtered by the examinees.

Those at the frontlines could be seen fighting even more grotesque spiders.

The queen was all the way at the back, surrounded by harrowing abominations that should not be allowed to be called spiders, as they protected her.

Amidst the chaos, though, she wasn't looking at the slaughter of her children for even a second.

Her gaze was solely focused on the far distant fallen skyscraper.

'Dammit, just how did it manage to sneak up like that!'

Klaus was screaming inside his mind while swinging his sword, fighting against a C-ranked king predator.

Though as he did, he would occasionally lose focus and gaze at the same place where the queen of spiders was looking.

Like everyone else did.

Just a while ago, they were shocked at suddenly seeing a colossal dark serpent with its onyx-like scales wrapped around the skyscraper, making the structure groan and debris fall down.

It was screeching loudly in immense anger as the building started to fall apart.

The shriek managed to resound throughout the entire city as it suddenly disappeared with the building, making everyone even more grim as they saw that.

They didn't know what had happened to Lucas and Seraphina.

Until they heard the sound of their battle, making many react with complicated expressions.

Klaus blocked one of the spider's legs as it tried to impale him with his sword, making sparks fly everywhere.

'I don't want him to lose...'

Even if Klaus wasn't a fan of Lucas, he still didn't want something bad to happen.

He believed that even if they had different views in this world, they shouldn't have a reason to hate each other.

He was worried.

Not just him, but everyone else as well.

Sylviette was like a monster, killing every spider with her ice spells, impaling or slashing them.

Amaya could be seen using her wind magic as blades of wind shot out of her hands, slicing the spiders apart.

Leonne was close to him, fighting another C-ranked king predator.

The sound of buildings getting destroyed.

The loud shrieks of the serpent.

The sound of devastating spells being used, roaring throughout the streets.

It all echoed to their battle, making everyone nervous and extremely curious about just what the hell was going on there.

As Klaus was surrounded by a golden aura and his sword as well, he dodged to the left and leaped into the air faster, then shot out a beam of light, making the spider dodge to the right.

Finally giving Klaus the opportunity to finish it.

Throwing his sword at the surprised spider at a speed it could barely follow.

His sword shot through its head, making green blood flow out heavily as the sword struck the ground again.

With a light thud, the C-ranked king predator fell to the ground with green blood flowing out of its head.

Casting a light barrier around him as he caught his breath, he glanced at the place where he could hear the sound of buildings collapsing, creating clouds of smoke rising in the air.

Klaus was looking bitterly at the place where Lucas and Seraphina were fighting.

He could tell they got the most troublesome calamity as he wanted to just leave and help them fight.

But...

He knew that wasn't his job.

He had to carry through and kill the calamity fast to help Lucas and Seraphina out.

'I need to trust him...'

He thought as he picked up his sword and took a deep breath.

Removing the barrier around him, he saw he was surrounded by countless red eyes looking at him.

"Heh."

A smirk appeared on his face as he looked at the spiders.

"I can't let him have all the attention."

'I am the second hero of humanity, after all...'

He said the last part in his head as the golden aura surrounded him again.

And then...

A sea of green blood was created.

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Lucas clicked his tongue for the hundredth time as he dodged another shadow beam from the serpent.

The serpent wasn't holding back anymore; it was hell-bent on killing Lucas and Seraphina.

It kept shooting beams from its mouth, shadow beams that devoured everything they touched.

"Annoying..."

Lucas gritted his teeth as he mumbled, teleporting to the rooftop of another building where Seraphina was.

"Something is wrong, Lucas,"

Seraphina suddenly said as the serpent slowly slithered its way toward them, looking at them with mockery.

Lucas narrowed his eyes at it.

"Yeah... I've noticed as well."

"It is getting more and more confident by the second... I feel like it is getting stronger and its scales harder,"

she said as spikes of shadows shot out of the ground, trying to impale the serpent.

But it simply destroyed them without any resistance this time.

"See... it has become stronger. Even though I am not using a lot of mana on those spikes, it should have been enough to slow it down or scratch it," she observed.

"It didn't even take any effect from the bolt of lightning I shot at it either," Lucas said, supporting her suspicions.

"What do you think it is?"

she asked Lucas, feeling nervous as she saw it stop and prepare to shoot another beam of shadows.

Lucas sighed as the beam approached, and they both teleported to one of the few remaining buildings nearby, dodging the dark beam.

'This can't go on much longer or our mana will run out from all the teleportation we've done.'

Standing back next to each other, Lucas decided to tell her his thoughts.

"...Adaptability."

She shot her head towards Lucas as she heard what he said.

"I think it is starting to adapt to the spells we've fired at it and the cuts we've made, making its scales harder."

"I see... that does make sense, but isn't that a little bit too ridiculous?"

What she said was right; it was honestly ridiculous that it could adapt so fast, but nothing could be done now.

"It might be dangerous, but we should try to minimize using spells on it since the scales aren't that hard yet, meaning we might still be able to defeat it more easily with our blades," Lucas advised, making her nod in agreement.

Pursing his lips, he thought as he looked at the serpent, which was watching them warily with its single red eye, unable to continuously shoot out beams of shadows anymore.

'Now is our chance while it is still charging and exhausted. I doubt using my skills would work on it since it is much smarter and has already deduced that I am not human and something even above it.

It wouldn't be as surprised or fear my [Monarch of Chaos] that much. [Dragon's Aura] is currently suppressed; if I use it, I doubt Seraphina will be able to fight, and the bastard would probably adapt as well.'

He knew using [Mirage] would be useless in this fight as Seraphina did almost the same thing, ensuring that the serpent wouldn't fall for it again, but also that it was always watching Lucas the most.

He couldn't really see another way except for using his half-dragon powers or chaos element.

That was out of the question.

At least for now, it was.

He needed to keep those two a secret for when the time was right.

He couldn't have them revealed yet, as they would be his trump card for the situation he was already predicting might happen.

"Let's go,"

Lucas said as they both teleported again. Lucas appeared behind the serpent, while Seraphina was on the ground right in front of it.

Before the serpent could retaliate, chains made of shadows appeared from the ground beneath it, managing to bind the serpent in place as it shrieked in anger.

Stabbing his sword, Lucas managed to strike it straight into its back before he teleported some distance away as the chains broke, unable to hold such a colossal beast.

Its shriek resounded throughout the entire city, not because of Lucas, but because of Seraphina.

The moment it got distracted by the cut on its back, Seraphina leaped and stabbed both of her daggers into the underbelly of the serpent, the only part where the scales weren't that hard yet.

She slid down all the way, cutting the underbelly of the serpent, and then teleported back just in time before the serpent was about to crush her.

Blood was spurting everywhere as it shrieked in agony, thrashing around on the ground, creating huge clouds of dust.

"I don't have more mana left to teleport again, Lucas... and I am getting tired,"

she said, sweating heavily while trying to keep her aura, which was starting to waver.

"It's fine... you can sit back now. This fight will be finished any moment."

'I still have enough mana, but... maintaining my aura is getting a little troublesome.'

Lucas realized that it was much harder trying to wield aura and mana at the same time while fighting such a high-ranking beast.

It was straining on his mind and body a lot, but he held on, being a half-dragon helped him a lot.

She nodded and took some safe distance from them while her aura disappeared.

Lucas planted his feet firmly on the ground and raised his Blade of Chaos above him vertically while grinning.

The serpent raised its upper body a little, glaring with intense madness at Lucas, while blood still kept leaking out.

It swayed around a little, weakened from the blood loss.

"What? You can't adapt from a few little scratches?"

Lucas taunted, making the serpent narrow its single eye at him.

Seeing him in a fighting stance and not knowing what he was about to pull, it opened its maw wide, finally recharging for another beam, and shot another shadow beam at Lucas.

But...

That grin on his face didn't disappear, nor did Lucas, making it feel unsettled.

Alarm bells were ringing inside Lucas's mind, but he kept ignoring them, gritting his teeth and pushing even more aura into his blade.

As the beam of shadows approached him, mere inches from his face, he swung his blade down.

The beam of shadows was suddenly split in two around Lucas, continuing to destroy the ground and beyond.

Not being done, a vertical arc of red and black shot out of his Blade of Chaos, heading straight towards the calamity of dread.

The serpent watched with shocked eyes, trying to dodge the fast-approaching arc.

Suddenly, as it moved to the right, Lucas was there, surrounded by red lightning, grinning at the serpent.

Unable to dodge in time because of Lucas, the arc hit its tail, making a deep cut but not enough to sever it.

Leaving a trail of red lightning behind, Lucas was suddenly next to the beast's head, mid-air, and plunged his sword, covered in red and black aura, straight into the remaining eye of the serpent.

An agonizing screech was unleashed from the serpent, thrashing around everywhere, making the ground tremble and the winds howl.

Lucas gripped his sword tight, twisting it in place where the eye was.

Not finished, Lucas's Blade of Chaos was suddenly surrounded by red lightning, something that shouldn't have been possible, as it mixed with his aura.

But who was Lucas?

A half-dragon who was a dual wielder.

He could handle the strain of mixing his mana with his aura.

Fused with his aura, the lightning coursed throughout the entire inside of the serpent, frying its brain.

With a final screech that everyone in the city could hear, the serpent fell with a thud on the ground, creating clouds of smoke.

Removing the Blade of Chaos from its head, blood splattered all over Lucas, but he did nothing about it and calmly turned around, jumping away from its head.

Landing lightly on the ground, he took a final look at the calamity of dread before turning away and walking towards Seraphina, who was watching with a small smile while sitting on some debris.

The calamity of dread was finally dead.