Grandfather did not give enough ti to regain my bearings after his heavenly beam of fire. I hastily retreated a few steps as pain racked my bones. 'Can I do it? Can I survive another blow?'
These thoughts constantly swirled within my mind. A part of did not want to acknowledge it, but I was scared, I was deathly afraid of his next attack that I did not want to linger here for any longer.
Yet, to retreat was not an option. 'Think! There must be a way to get out of this!' I racked my brain trying to desperately think of a plan, any plan that could help survive.
'His first attack was a physical one with his tail, the second one was a magical attack, then what will the third one be?' I wondered, where was it going to co from?
Just then, grandfather suddenly made his move. An abnormal amount of mana rushed towards him almost forming a whirlpool of sorts. Flas suddenly erupted from his large body, he was literally on fire!
For a second, I simply stood there srized by the beauty of it all. He truly looked majestic, his red and orange flas caused the surrounding space to break. I did not doubt that if even one of those flas so much as grazed my body, that would be the end of .
At that mont, faced with overwhelming might and power, my heart was surprisingly calm. The fear that had gripped my heart monts ago vanished, and the only thing I could feel was respect.
Respect one had for soone truly strong, respect for overwhelming strength. I was not disheartened, no quite the opposite, I was excited! My grandfather was without a doubt an ancient dragon, It would only make sense for him to be this strong!
'This only ans that even I could reach...no! I will reach that height! And for that, like hell I'll fall here!' With determination, I let out a roar full of defiance.
'He said I had to survive one last attack, but that doesn't an I can't launch one of my own!'
I lunged forward and sent a large water ball soaring towards his face. Faced with my attack, grandfather's gaze was full of disdain and disappointnt.
As soon as the large water ball closed in on him it suddenly exploded creating a faint foggy veil, and that was exactly what I was aiming for. A small but thick ice sickle broke through the fog and lunged towards grandfather's eye.
I knew I had no chance of doing any damage to him, and I did not hold any hopes in breaking through his scales' defenses with my attacks, hence I opted to go for what seed to be the only weak point I could think of, his eyes...
The Ice sickle attack was flawless, I summoned the large water ball to divert his attention and then quickly sent the ice attack right behind it, this way he would have no way to defend against it.
Or so it should have been...What I didn't take into consideration was the ridiculous heat the flas surrounding his body emitted. I was hoping that with the speed of the attack, it would manage to land.
But I was wrong. As soon as the ice sickle broke through the fog and closed in on grandfather, the heat emitting from his flas suddenly erupted causing the ice to lt, completely nullifying my attack.
'Well, I'll be damned,' I bitterly chuckled. I failed, I was exhausted, my body was protesting in pain, and I honestly had no energy for any additional attack.
But it was all worth it, It was nothing but a re second, a fraction of a second even, but his unchanged face flickered as a hint of shock flashed through his gaze. It wasn't much, but It was enough for to be satisfied.
'If only I had enough ti,' I mumbled as I raised my head high waiting for grandfather's last strike.
His flas quickly rose to the sky, seemingly reaching out to burn the heavens itself. The sea of flas then rushed towards bloating the sky and dyeing my vision red before I descended into darkness.
'Is this the end?'
Just then my eyes shot open in puzzlent, I was no longer standing on top of our mountain, no I was in an entirely different world, a world of flas. The sky was crimson, the land was barren and grey with countless volcanoes all around.
'Is this hell?' That was the first thought that crossed my mind, and as if to clear my doubts an ancient voice replied.
"You are inside my soul space little one."
'G-Grandfather?' I asked hesitantly.
"Hmm, I suppose you could call that." Answered the voice with a small hint of contentnt.
I was looking all around the place, trying to figure out where the voice was coming from when grandfather's figure suddenly materialized out of thin air in front of .
This ti, he did not appear in his true size but was more or less the sa size as I was. 'So you could do stuff like that inside a soul space.' I inwardly mumbled to which he nodded.
"Indeed, a soul space is a dragon's most formidable strength but also his greatest weakness," He said.
I did not quite understand, yet I still nodded. "You will have the right to apply for the rite of passage only when you are able to master your control over your soul space little one," He explained in a serious tone, his eyes seed different from earlier.
'Rite of passage?' I mumbled, this was the second ti I heard about it, the first being with Amanita.
I raised my head to glance back at my grandfather, still confused, and asked. 'You said I had to survive three of your attacks but I only managed to withstand one' Before I could finish, grandfather, interrupted .
"You already passed little one," He said.
'Passed? But how?'
"My first strike was to test you against a physical attack, to which you barely passed, the second was to test you against a magical attack, to which you also barely passed, while the third was a soul attack, and for this, you have no one to rely on but yourself," He said, yet I was still confused. What soul attack?
"The fact that your soul could retain its shape and rationality while in my soul space is enough for you to have passed."
'What?"
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