The End of the Battle
"Look, what's that?"
"Holy crap!"
The members of the [Royal Authority] guild, who were on their way, all looked up and saw red stars twinkling in the dark night sky.
The Polar Night Demon Tower, which was their destination, trembled violently, and its top suddenly opened up, transforming into a wide platform.
The Red Dragon they were familiar with flapped its wings and rose into the sky, confronting the enormous, twisted monster that occupied most of the tower's top.
"Roar----"
A tremendous roar came from the top of the tower, echoing through the sky.
It caused the mountains to tremble and the earth to shake. The birds and beasts that were fast asleep were all awakened and fled in panic. It also left the players who were standing on the ground looking up at it at a loss.
"Is this the start of a cutscene?"
"Is this an official invitation for us to watch a boss battle?"
"Wow, what a huge scene!"
"So, after preparing for so long, are we still not going to enter the dungeon?"
"Everyone, let's stop here and watch. We're probably too late. This is definitely not a battle we can participate in with our strength."
The guild leader of [Royal Authority], "Overlord," looked up at the Red Dragon roaring to the sky and the enormous monster on the ground waving its countless limbs, and muttered to himself.
Keosius hovered high in the sky, wings outstretched, the Storm King's Eye on his chest radiating a blinding light.
Eighth Circle Spell -
[Control Weather]
As he slowly flapped his wings, rolling dark clouds surged in like a tide, gradually obscuring the night sky and barely blocking the Kingslaying Star Phantom in the sky.
But a faint red light still peeked through the dark clouds.
Keosius knew his spell wouldn't last long. Once the phantom solidified, even the darkest clouds couldn't block the light emanating from the higher essence of the Kingslaying Star Phantom.
He had to kill Wagnerd immediately! Fortunately, the being before him had lost its mind and become a monster completely driven by instinct.
"Boom!"
Endless lightning was brewing within, and several bolts of lightning as thick as bowls descended from the dark clouds, like dazzling spears piercing the night, striking the twisted monster hard, charring its body black, and even severing several of its outstretched claws.
The monster let out a painful howl, stretched its neck and frantically bit at the air, constantly spewing out Frost Breath.
But the Red Dragon easily dodged all of these attacks.
He was like a red phantom, weaving through the dark clouds, flying amidst endless lightning.
Keosius concentrated intently, channeling all his energy into his lungs through his Base Blood Vessels, attempting to unleash a deadly breath. Scales even peeked out from his chest, faintly shimmering with the light of flames.
However, just as he focused his attention on his breath, a sudden attack came.
"Aww—"
The White Dragon's head suddenly emerged from the dark clouds, biting at Keosius, its vertical pupils filled with madness—it was Tinia!
This White Dragon had clearly fallen into "dragon frenzy" out of control, and was in a berserk state where it could not distinguish friend from foe, with only the purest desire for destruction remaining in its mind.
"Damn it!"
Keosius, who was in the process of charging up his energy, was unable to dodge and had no choice but to take the hit head-on.
Keosius had not anticipated Tinia's ferocity; what was originally just a normal bite was something he could easily withstand.
But once injured, even he himself cannot guarantee that he will not lose his mind and turn into a berserk monster.
He had no choice but to instinctively use the [Gilded Scales], instantly making all the scales on his body as solid as refined gold.
"Master, I'm here to help you!"
It turns out that Lang Pu, who had been maintaining Invisibility since the beginning, was less affected by the Kingslaying Star because he was not a full-fledged dragon.
At this moment, he raised his staff and aimed it at the Red Dragon.
The White Dragon's bite first struck the hard, Gilded Scales, but before it could exert all its strength, it was repelled by an invisible shield.
"Aww!"
Several sharp teeth broke off, flying through the air along with blood.
Keosius then fully charged up his energy reserves, and flames surged from his chest.
At this critical moment, he disregarded the safety of his newly acquired retinue and summoned several bolts of lightning to strike the delirious White Dragon, knocking it down from mid-air.
"Boom!"
"Aww—"
The White Dragon, lying on its back, trembled as it landed on the ground. Its entire Limbs was charred black, resembling a "Black Dragon," but it still had a breath left, though it was temporarily unable to move.
The monster, with its hundreds of grotesque limbs, lunged towards the Red Dragon, its five heads roaring wildly in unison.
The Red Dragon directly utilizes the Sorcerer's Metamagic abilities to instantly cast Sixth-Circle Spell.
He concentrated all his Life Force and selected a specific scale on his chest as his "reverse scale," which immediately emitted a faint light.
[Undying Reverse Scale]
He intended to use this ability to ensure his own safety and to launch the final blow against the monster.
Keosius spread his wings and, like an arrow released from a bow, suddenly swooped down from the sky.
Under the effect of [Weak Dragon Swimming], the dragon's body once again turned into a red afterimage.
The twisted monster's claws and breath attacked again and again, accompanied by a thick red mist.
But under the effect of [Aerial Maneuvering], the Red Dragon rolled, turned, and stopped abruptly amidst the storm of attacks, weaving left and right like a nimble ghost, dodging and weaving.
Finally, Keosius slightly opened his jaws, a blinding light brewing deep in his throat.
"Boom--"
In an instant, the blazing white pillar of fire pierced through several of the monster's limbs.
He then arrived at the monster's chest—the location of Wagnerd's true form.
Seemingly sensing the arrival of the Red Dragon, a smile appeared in Wagnerd's frenzied eyes, and a strange red light shot out from his right eye.
That was the last resort he left for himself before falling into Dragon Madness: an eighth-ring level trigger spell.
[Calamity Ray]
This ray, containing a trace of Kingslaying Star's energy, is capable of completely destroying a dragon's brain.
However, Keosius foresaw the attack using the Future Sight of the Calamity Dragon Eye and met the "reverse scale" head-on without hesitation.
The scales shattered the instant the red light touched them, and a thin membrane shimmering with Life Force force enveloped the Red Dragon, temporarily making it nearly invincible.
"Boom--"
Keosius swooped down toward the beam of light, opening his jaw as wide as he could and unleashing his breath with all his might.
This breath released all of Keosius's energy, including several tons of elemental ore he had consumed beforehand from the Embers of the Burned Kingdom's treasury. It was almost the most terrifying breath he had ever released in his life.
Due to the extreme high temperature, the flames had turned almost pure white.
The blazing white pillar of fire instantly engulfed Wagnerd's human head, then pierced through the monster's massive body.
Finally, the breath created a huge, charred hole in its chest, running from front to back.
"Aww—"
The monster struggled violently, but it was all in vain.
After the core lost its life, the sewn-on head, limbs, and wings all drooped limply, and the huge, twisted body collapsed with a thud, causing a terrifying tremor comparable to an earthquake.
With a cracking sound as metal broke, the Polar Night Demon Tower slowly collapsed, eventually becoming ruins.
Keosius looked down at everything from the sky, and finally landed on the monster's body, stepping on the hideous dragon's head and roaring to the sky.
"Roar--"
The dark clouds dispersed, revealing the night sky once more.
The phantom of the Kingslaying Star Phantom in the night sky, no longer guided by magic, gradually became illusory and eventually vanished completely.
All the creatures that had been affected by the spell and fallen into "dragon madness" gradually returned to normal, and their eyes gradually cleared.
In one version of the story, the true form of the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut is imprisoned on the Kingslaying Star, which is incredibly impressive.