Liora stopped, turning her gaze toward Dreadmaw, who had finally halted its chase.
The massive beast snorted but it made no effort to step beyond its claid land.
Liora grinned. "So, you really won't leave your territory, huh?"
She cracked her knuckles. "Now that you can't co any closer… let's counterattack."
She turned toward Leon. "Alright, Leon. Send it so missiles."
Leon suddenly paused, his silver flas flickering slightly in confusion.
Liora blinked.
"Wait… You don't know?"
Leon tilted his head, clearly unsure of what she ant.
Liora frowned, realization hitting her.
"Damn…"
She crossed her arms, deep in thought.
"Master hacked you into a war beast, but he never actually explained what war weapons were, huh?"
Leon growled lowly, clearly having no reference for what "missiles" were.
Liora let out a deep sigh, shaking her head.
"Tch. I guess I have to be the one to fight."
She took a deep breath for a mont.
Then she grinned. "Leon. Fuse with ."
Leon's flas surged, recognizing the command imdiately.
Liora stretched her arms, rolling her shoulders.
"If you don't understand your new abilities yet, then I'll just use them myself."
She smirked.
"I should be able to use everything you've got."
Leon roared, his silver flas expanding as they engulfed Liora, their energies rging seamlessly.
The fusion was instantaneous, their essences rging, and in the blink of an eye—Liora's body transford.
Her skin flickered between solid and fla, her hair now a flowing mane of silver fire.
Her entire body pulsed with energy, her form more fluid, more adaptable—more warlike.
She clenched her flaming fists, flexing her fingers, feeling the surge of new power course through her.
"So this is what it feels like to fuse with the new you, huh?"
Her eyes glowed fiercely, her smirk widening.
"Damn… I feel even stronger than before."
Her body felt lighter, faster, but at the sa ti, denser—reinforced with pure energy.
She slowly raised her hands, watching as flas shifted between elental forms, morphing at her will.
"Now… it's ti for the real counterattack."
She turned her attention to Dreadmaw, the colossal beast still watching cautiously, sensing the new shift in power.
Liora grinned, and with just her imagination, her shoulders shifted, molten tal forming into two massive missile launchers.
"This… is what I was talking about."
She aid.
Dreadmaw's eyes narrowed, its body tensing.
Then—
Boom! Boom!
Two massive missiles launched from her shoulders, spiraling through the air, leaving behind trails of silver fla.
Dreadmaw frowned, its instincts screaming.
It knew these weapons.
It had fought humans before—small, insignificant creatures that relied on strange long-range weapons.
It had always countered them the sa way.
Dreadmaw roared, sending out a shockwave of intense heat, forcing projectiles to explode prematurely.
But this ti—
Nothing happened.
The missiles tore through the heatwave, completely unaffected.
Dreadmaw's eyes widened.
It let out another roar, but it was useless.
The missiles continued their course—straight toward it.
"Boom!"
The first missile collided, detonating upon impact, sending shockwaves through Dreadmaw's colossal body.
"Boom!"
The second hit directly into its side, an explosion of silver flas engulfing the monster's obsidian scales.
Dreadmaw roared in pain, staggering backward, feeling true damage for the first ti.
Liora smirked, smoke rising from her launchers.
"Oh? You didn't like that?"
She rolled her shoulders, letting out a low chuckle.
"Heh. That was just a test shot."
Her launchers started reloading automatically, silver flas crackling as another set of missiles ford.
She lifted her hand, aiming once more.
"Now let's keep going… until you give up."
She fired again.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A relentless barrage of missiles launched at blinding speed toward Dreadmaw.
Their silver flas illuminating the battlefield as they spiraled toward Dreadmaw.
Dreadmaw roared, stomping down hard, triggering Seismic Devastation once again.
The earth cracked, molten fissures ripping through the wasteland, attempting to swallow Liora whole.
But Liora laughed, her elental form flickering, dodging the collapsing terrain effortlessly.
"Co on, big guy! You think I'll fall for that twice?"
Dreadmaw snapped its head up, then unleashed Cataclysmic Roar, sending a wave of raw heat and force toward Liora.
But Leon's Silver Sun Core nullified the effects entirely.
Liora charged forward, her speed increasing, her launchers continuing their relentless fire.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Each missile struck true, sending Dreadmaw skidding backward, its massive fra struggling to keep balance.
Its Titanic Resilience was holding up, but the damage was adding up fast.
Liora gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing.
"Still standing? Fine. Let's see how much more you can take!"
She raised her hands, her launchers shifting, transforming into a shoulder-mounted energy cannon.
Silver flas condensed at the center, spiraling into a dense, concentrated mass.
"Eat this!"
She fired.
A blinding beam of condensed solar energy tore through the air, colliding directly with Dreadmaw's chest.
The massive beast roared in agony, its magma-infused scales lting under the pure force of the attack.
Dreadmaw stumbled, falling to one knee, its body shuddering violently.
Then—its energy shifted.
Liora's eyes narrowed.
"It's finally happening."
Her scanner activated, imdiately detecting a change in Dreadmaw's condition.
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[Status Update: Dreadmaw]
[Health: 50% – Entering Recovery Period]
[Weakness Activated: Long Recovery Period – Dreadmaw will now temporarily enter a self-repair state, reducing its ability to attack.]
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Liora smirked. "Finally… you're slowing down."
Dreadmaw let out a pained snarl, its body shuddering, its magma veins dimming slightly.
Its massive body quivered, no longer lunging forward, no longer charging.
It was just breathing heavily as it began its automatic healing phase.
Liora didn't waste ti.
She walked forward, her cannon glowing with stored energy as she aid directly at Dreadmaw's face.
"Now that you're healing… you can't fight back, can you?"
She took another step closer, her presence looming over the weakened beast.
"So, let give you one chance."
Her flaming cannon surged, crackling with energy, its power ready to obliterate if necessary.
"Submit and beco mine… or else."
Dreadmaw's eyes narrowed, its massive head lowering slightly, its body still desperately trying to recover.
It wasn't stupid.
The enemy before it was too strong.
Too fast. Too unrelenting.
Dreadmaw growled low.
A signal of understanding. A sign of submission.
Liora grinned, lowering her cannon.
"That's what I thought."
She placed her hand on its snout, feeling its massive fra shudder under her touch.
"Good job, big guy. You made the right choice."
She turned toward the sky, commanding her system.
"System—put it inside the vault."
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[Beast Capture]
[Target: Dreadmaw]
[Process: Storing within the Eternal Vault]
[Status: Executing...]
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A bright silver glow surrounded Dreadmaw as its entire colossal fra began breaking down into pure energy.
It was then sucked into one of the Eternal Vault's beast storage slots.
Within seconds, the Abyssal Tyrant Beast was gone.
Liora exhaled, stretching her arms.
"Damn, that was a good fight."
Leon, who had remained fused with her, let out a low, rumbling growl, his flas shifting slightly.
Liora smirked, patting her armored chest.
"See, Leon? That's how you make sothing submit."
She then turned toward the horizon, looking at the endless wasteland.
"Now then… Let's go back to them to show off our second hunt."
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