The city's relief was fleeting. The silver-black flas spread over the shields, making them spasm in a bluish color.
The shield continuously endured the intensifying waves of fla. Each ti the flas touched the shields, it glowed with a bluish light.
When that happened, people began panicking again. Their eyes filled with terror and sadness. Many of them began to pray for the only god they knew… Their leader…
They all knew she wasn't so omnipotent being, but it wasn't the ti for rational thinking. It was the ti for hope, since they could do nothing else.
Their end arrived, and they could only watch. The Angelic Order's churches filled to the brim. Even people who never gave a crap about the religion attended the prayer led by the Sisters and Brothers.
So sought shelter; many returned ho to their family. They tried to ignore the cataclysm outside, and just spend possibly the last minutes of their lives with their loved ones.
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While Ro slowly lost hope on the outskirts of the Aegis System, Sera and her group tried to find a solution.
It was impossible to see through the sea of flas, but judging by the noises, the fighting had only gotten more serious. At one point, they actually saw Otto hit the shield, suddenly bringing shadows to the constant bright light.
The difficulty lies not in the occasional clashes, but in the continuous mixing of the flas. The destructive mixture degraded the shields way too fast.
Neither Otto nor Scarred Sera could do it alone. Leslie brought this up, and with this revelation, the solution ca too.
To stop the firestorm, they needed to remove either side of the equation. They either had to make Scarred Sera or Otto stop shooting their flas in whatever way possible.
They had no way of contacting Otto, and didn't know how to stop or at least move them away from Ro. After spending a minute or two brainstorming, they only had one idea left.
Vicky climbed onto Kastral's back, and the giant hippogryph took her away. They flew fast and reached the sphere's top in no ti. They stopped only a ter away from where the sea of flas spread.
Upon reaching their destination, Vicky took a few deep breaths, then turned into her Spatial Form. Gravity bent around her, but Kastral held his ground, keeping Vicky afloat.
Her power even affected the flas on the other side of the shield. A small do grew, which let Vicky see through the flas.
It took her no ti to find Otto's position, and with it, the second part of her job began.
Vicky reached out her hands and concentrated with all her power. What she was attempting was unlike anything she had ever tried. Opening a Realm Gate was arguably harder, but that was only because she needed to learn how to concentrate perfectly.
For her next trick, she needed nothing else, only pure unyielding power. Her Spatial Form gathered all the informations necessary, and after a minute, she determined where Otto will be.
At that mont, she focused her gathered power and burned away most of her essence. Right in the gigantic dragon's path, an even larger portal appeared.
Otto had no ti to change course. He entered the portal, which sent him above Ro, behind the Aegis System. The only issue was, Vicky couldn't hold the gate longer than a second or two.
When the portal disappeared, a large portion of Otto's tail was still on the other side. With a clean cut, the tail severed and fell into the sea of flas.
The dragon's giant roar shook everyone to their core. From his stump, dark blood rained down on the city. People shouted and scread, while trying to find shelter.
Although the blood possessed no toxic properties, their fear blinded the people to this fact. They ran and hid, only taking glances outside through the windows.
The screams and roars of Otto echoed in the vast city, making everyone fall to their knees in pain.
The dragon flew in pain, moving his bloody stump from side to side. The rain of blood continued over Ro until Otto managed to land.
He growled in anger and pain while Sera and the others approached. His changed size surprised them.
Before, he was huge even compared to Ro, but now he was barely the size of a two-story house.
Bea tried to approach and heal him, but when she stepped too close, black flas scorched the earth before her. Sarah ca rushing from behind, and upon seeing her, Otto cald down.
"You dumbass! What the fuck were you thinking? Your little fighting match nearly destroyed the whole fucking city, including !"
Everyone seed surprised by Sarah's outburst. She was always very emotionless, and seeing her running towards her brother with red-rimd eyes wasn't sothing any of them had seen.
Even more shocking was the dragon's reaction to his sister's words. He actually looked ashad as he looked down at the ground.
The flas above still raged, but they got weaker with each passing mont. The change began from the top, as it revealed the dark night sky once more.
When Sarah arrived next to the dragon, she was unsure of what to do next. Otto moved his long-necked head down to eye level, and without thinking, she wrapped her arms around him.
The sight was strange and adorable at the sa ti. They spent a few minutes in the sa position, but eventually, Sarah pulled away. She looked at her brother's bleeding stump with concern, then turned towards Bea.
"Could you heal him?" she asked, and without question Bea approached.
Otto growled and barred his teeth at Bea, but Sarah got in between them. He stopped acting like a cornered animal, and at last Bea placed a hand on his tail.
Green energy alit her hand and flowed into the stomp. The tail gradually grew back, but it was much harder than she thought.
She used her powers on Damien to grow back his eye after the fight with the Stellar goblin, but that was much easier. She guessed the difficulty increase was because of their Rank difference.
Otto was obviously of Stellar rank, and even in this form, his tail was gigantic. Bea used nearly all her essence, but she could only grow back half the tail.
With a pale expression, Bea fell over, but a pair of firm hands caught her before she hit the ground. A pair of gray eyes stared out of a handso, dirty face.
The prince reverted to his human form, faster than anyone could've expected. For a split second he stood knelt there naked, holding Bea, but in a blink, a scaled black armor weaved itself around his body.
While Otto and Bea stared at each other for a bit too long, Sera's attention went elsewhere. The flas died down even further, only scorching the bottom part of the Aegis System.
Without saying a word, Sera flew into the sky and headed to the edge of the shields. On the other side, her twin waited with a wicked grin.
She scraped one gauntleted silver hand over the shield, sending ripples down on it. Out of nowhere, she punched it with all her might, but it was ineffective.
"Well, well, well… This battle was certainly unexpected. Castleburg's leader seems to finally choose a side in this war… I hoped our fight would destroy this pathetic city of yours, but I should've known… You never seem to run out of tricks!"
After speaking, Scarred Sera began hysterically laughing, while Sera just kept her hollow expression. While staring at her broken twin, she felt nothing but a tiny sense of pity deep in her heart.
"No matter. One day you will run out of tricks, and when that cos, prepare yourself... We will die soon, at least one of us will… I wonder, who will co out victorious, and what will happen after reuniting…"
Sera's mouth twisted into a smirk, which seed to annoy her other half quite a bit.
"What is it? Your omniscient scientist friend doesn't know the answer?… Did that idiot gambled everything on a whim, on a chance?"
"Don't eve talk about him like that!" shouted Scarred Sera, and hit the shield again, but it was much too strong.
The smile on Sera's face grew into a grin. "I wonder what will happen to you, when you fail… Will Harold throw you away, like all his other toys? Maybe he will turn you into a monster, a new beast to his guard his lab!"
The mad lady growled in hatred and fuming rage, but she controlled herself, and let her boiling blood turn into a cold vengeance.
"This isn't over yet… You may have won another battle, but the war is far from over…" said her other half, as she began moving away… "Rember my words, little angel… Ones of us will die!"
The woman began flying faster, and just as the last of the flas extinguished, she disappeared towards the purple horizon.
Sera stayed in the sky and continued to listen. Even though the mad lady had disappeared, her words still echoed in Sera's ears…
"One of us will die!"
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