He obediently held out the Quill again, but the instant the old man reached for it, Edward made a slight grabbing motion with the hand holding it-Amplify + Theft.
Hvin Lambis's current thoughts instantly went blank.
The next second, Edward unleashed a barrage of attacks. "You old bastard, you thought you could use the same trick on me twice?" With Angel's Embrace, bestowed in advance by Mr. Fool, how could Edward be so easily hypnotized this time?
Distortion, to further alter his opponent's current intent.
Gift, to weaken his opponent's willpower.
Amplify, to strengthen the attacks that followed.
He threw several coins + Fatal Attack + Reduce Resistance, striking the old man's body in an instant.
Distortion again, to make the injuries he sustained even more lethal.
Finally, Amplify + a variety of highly destructive spells.
"!!!"
Only then did Hvin Lambis regain consciousness, only to discover that his body had already been torn to pieces. Before he could react, another string of spells engulfed him.
"Ah!"
With a furious scream, Hvin Lambis's mangled body began to swell rapidly.
His pupils turned vertical, changing from pale blue to golden. Stone-gray scales sprouted on his face, the backs of his hands, and every inch of his exposed skin.
Amid ripping sounds, his white shirt, black waistcoat, formal jacket, and straight-cut trousers all tore apart, revealing the dragon scales beneath.
In an instant, Hvin Lambis transformed into an extraordinarily enormous monster. Apart from his head, which retained its human shape, the rest of him had mutated completely, like a grayish-white dragon whose evolution was incomplete and whose body had yet to fully develop.
Two gray, membrane-covered wings grew from the dragon's back. The grayish-white scales covering it were inscribed with complex, three-dimensional mystical symbols, which extended inward into its flesh and outward