Amidst the fiend serpent horde, Ridi felt a surge of tension as the thunderhawk flew overhead.
A beast like the thunderhawk was a natural predator to fiend serpents, and its presence alone was enough to make Ridi uneasy.
However, when the thunderhawk passed without detecting him, Ridi felt a wave of relief and pride in his concealnt skills.
But just as this thought crossed his mind, the thunderhawk suddenly turned back.
"This… Could it be that I've been discovered?"
"Impossible!"
In this world, nothing is truly impossible.
A bolt of lightning struck the fiend serpent that Ridi had transford into, and with a flash of electricity, Ridi's true form was revealed.
From the sky, Orion stared at Ridi's exposed figure, his expression grim.
Was Ridi here on Lord Gareth's orders, or was this his own initiative?
This was the question in Orion's mind.
But regardless of the reason, Ridi's presence on the battlefield made him an enemy, without a doubt.
"Kill him!"
Boom!
Lightning rained down from the sky as the thunderhawk and Orion began their pursuit of Ridi.
Knowing he was no match for them, Ridi had no intention of fighting back. Instead, he fled in desperation, weaving through the beast tide in an attempt to escape.
Ridi constantly changed his path, using serpentine movents to evade most of the attacks.
Sizzle!
The thunderhawk's attacks, however, were precise and predictive. A bolt of lightning struck Ridi squarely, leaving him stunned.
Splat!
Orion's trident followed imdiately, piercing through Ridi's chest and pinning him to the ground.
"You can't kill ! I'm Lord Gareth's trusted aide!"
Ridi, gravely injured and barely able to fight back, shouted in desperation.
In the sky, Orion retrieved another trident, his expression cold and emotionless.
Splat!
The trident descended from above, piercing through Ridi's skull and killing him instantly.
Orion, still mounted on the thunderhawk, didn't leave. Instead, he hovered in the air, waiting for sothing.
Sure enough, five breaths later, Ridi's body suddenly shot up into the air and began to transform.
A dragon's head, a serpent's body, dragon claws, and a pair of fleshy wings unfolded—this was Gareth's form.
It was clear that Ridi's body was now being controlled by Lord Gareth's will projection.
Gareth's will projection raised her head, her cold eyes locking onto Orion, filled with murderous intent.
Without saying a word, Gareth's will projection spread her wings and charged directly at Orion.
Orion didn't back down. He raised his trident, Fla of Will, and unleashed his skill: Eightfold Spear Barrage.
In an instant, a formation of spears surrounded Gareth's will projection, trapping her within.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Energy clashed against energy, spears against dragon claws. For the first ti, Orion witnessed soone withstand the full force of the Eightfold Spear Barrage and break through the formation.
Boom!
The thunderhawk, seeing Gareth's will projection erge from the formation, unleashed a massive bolt of lightning.
But Gareth's will projection wrapped her wings around her body, runes glowing across them, and blocked the thunderhawk's lightning with brute force.
"Master, run! She's coming!"
To be honest, the thunderhawk was terrified. While it had seen Orion fight will projections of Legendary-level beings before, facing one directly was a completely different experience.
"Don't be afraid. I'll handle her!"
Orion remained calm, his expression indifferent.
Lord Gareth's will projection had attacked without a word, clearly intent on killing him.
Roar!
Before Gareth's will projection reached him, her dragon roar struck first.
The roar froze both the thunderhawk and Orion in mid-air, rendering them unable to move.
The roar continued, its soundwaves relentless, as Gareth's will projection closed in.
Her dragon claws extended, aiming directly for Orion's throat with no intention of holding back.
At this mont of crisis, Thunderhawk Rayden was paralyzed with fear, its pupils bloodshot as if it had already accepted its impending death.
In contrast, Orion's eyes burned with a cold, murderous light, like a titan filled with rage and killing intent.
Splat! Splat!
Suddenly, Gareth's will projection froze mid-air, her movents coming to an abrupt halt.
The eerie dragon roar ceased, vanishing without a trace.
Behind Gareth's will projection, two figures identical to Orion appeared, each wielding a trident. One pierced her heart, while the other drove a trident through her skull.
Splat!
Orion could almost see the shock in Gareth's expression, but he didn't stop his assault.
He knew this was a rare opportunity.
In the next mont, Orion raised his trident and drove it into Gareth's will projection's chest.
Boom!
Ridi's body ignited, and Gareth's will projection writhed in the flas.
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The agonized cries of the dragon were the most satisfying lody Orion had heard in a long ti.
The flas of the will projection were particularly effective, burning with an intensity that consud Gareth's will projection entirely.
In truth, Orion felt a lingering sense of fear.
Had it not been for his new skill, Triple Mirror Image, he might have perished under the strange dragon roar.
The Triple Mirror Image skill allowed Orion to create two identical copies of himself, each with similar strength, stored within his body and ready to be summoned at any ti.
The downside was that once a mirror image was destroyed, it couldn't be recreated.
The upside, however, was that the mirror images could wield weapons, making them incredibly effective in combat.
Since learning this skill, Orion had kept it as his trump card, and its power had exceeded his expectations.
To Gareth's credit, she remained defiant to the end.
Even as her will projection burned away, she didn't reveal her identity or attempt to use her status to intimidate Orion.
Not a single word was spoken before her will projection was completely consud by the flas.
Orion collected the treasure chest that Ridi had dropped and nudged the stunned thunderhawk with his foot.
"Rayden, let's head back."
Thunderhawk Rayden, still in a daze, didn't respond imdiately.
"Wait… we won?"
After a mont, the thunderhawk flapped its wings excitedly and flew toward Blackstone City with renewed vigor.
Thunderhawk Rayden was imnsely relieved to have survived the encounter, though it still didn't fully understand how Orion had managed to defeat such a powerful enemy.
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