Bang!
With a slight delay the thunder roars.
From the corner of my eyes, I spy Sylphy covering her ears and wrinkles her face.
I can only watch in awe.
"..."
Lost for words.
Speechless.
Unconsciously my clenched fist trembles.
I swallow my spit.
After the thunder, nothing remains.
The dark clouds covering the sky.
The pouring rain cleansing the earth.
And the lightning bright as day.
And that grand tree off to a distance.
Gone, all gone.
Clear skies.
Only wet ground remains from the rain.
Only charcoal remains from what was once a tree.
"Ha..."
Roxy staggers a step.
Her staff fell, and she fell forward as well.
I rush to catch her.
"Are you alright?"
"It's done. At my magic power, even with my staff I can only do this once... More importantly, [Lightning], did you see it?"
"Yes, Sensei."
I saw it.
I definitely saw it.
I memorized the whole incantation.
"Can you do it?"
"Let me try!"
I left Roxy in Sylphy's care and held up my staff.
Arrogant Water Dragon.
Since I was 10 years old, she has been my partner through thick and thin.
Perhaps even without it I might be able to do this.
But I raised it anyways.
I recall the scene just now.
And towards the sky I shout.
"Oh great water spirit, the son of the lightning emperor who ascended to the skies!! Fulfill my wishes, rain down your ferocious blessings, and show me your strength to this tiny existence! Let your godly hammer strike the anvil, and demonstrate your authority, and devour the earth with water!! Ah, the rain!! Destroy and wash everything away!"
Terrifying magic power flows through the staff in my hand and shoots to the clouds.
Forming as a thundercloud, magic begins to rage.
For [Cumulonimbus], just this is enough.
But I can't stop yet.
If I stop now, compressing it might prove impossible.
So before the magic stabilizes, I move to the next step.
"Had you not seen that stands on the ground! Rising arrogantly against the emperor! As sword of the thunder god, strike him down! Let your power shine, show the wrath of his majesty!"
With every word, magic rages ever more.
I forcefully, desperately push further.
A show of force.
This magic requires control.
Until now, I never needed to force such level of control in a spell before.
It might fail.
No.
I did it before.
I remember this feeling.
The same feeling as a high power Stone Cannon.
A moment of clarity.
Control immediately becomes easier.
"[Lightning]!"
The moment that the incantation finishes.
I feel a hole open underneath the compressed magic.
And magic power pours down.
Bang!
.... It lands.
A great lighting strikes.
Without target.
But, it indeed lands where I was aiming for.