(Thank you to 'Ye Ming Xiuluo', 'on', 'Three Mountains Two Waters', 'Panda Ah!', 'Canglan Feixue', and 'Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo' for the rewards!)
"Boom!!!"
A dazzling blade flash slowly blossomed as though it had cleaved the entire sky in two. Space itself seemed to have been severed by a single stroke, while brilliant light, carrying an aurora-like halo, spread across the heavens and earth before gradually reverberating, stirring up a gale that swept in every direction.
"W-What was that...?"
"No way..."
Rebecca and Sylvia, who had witnessed the scene with their own eyes, watched the expressions on their faces continuously change before finally turning utterly blank. Stormy waves surged through their hearts, only to be quickly suppressed by the oncoming gale. They raised their hands in front of themselves and shut their eyes against the dazzling blade light blooming in the sky.
Only about a minute later did the raging winds begin to weaken and the intense light gradually dim. The two beautiful girls immediately opened their eyes and looked upward, just as a massive body fell from the sky and crashed heavily onto the ground.
"Thud..."
A dull impact sounded, kicking up a weaker gust than before along with clouds of dust. The fallen figure was instantly obscured, and only after the dust settled did Rebecca and Sylvia finally see what it was.
It was Cu Chulainn, who had been soaring freely through the sky with divine majesty just moments ago!
However, Cu Chulainn had lost all of its former imposing grandeur. Like a heavily wounded beast, it lay sprawled on the ground, pain visible in its dragon eyes.
A savage wound ran from its shoulder to beneath its ribs along its back. Blood seeped from it in thin streams, while its scales and fur had already been shredded beyond