Yeah, Ddraig. You are right. I still haven’t punched enough for Gasper, Ravel, and Koneko-chan’s sake!
I then read out a powerful chant.
“—I, who is about to awaken, am the Sekiryuutei who holds the truth of King up high! Holding the infinite hopes and unbreakable dreams and walking the path of righteousness! I will become the Emperor of the Crimson dragon—”
If I lose here, I won’t be able to face up to my seniors who have perished!
I can’t continue to be beaten like this!
“ “ “ “ “And I will lead you to the path of Heaven glowing in deep crimson light!” ” ” ” ”
[Cardinal Crimson Full Drive!!!!]
Bright crimson aura envelops my body, and it dyes my armour a deep crimson colour!
Seeing the change in my armour, Grendel laughs once again.
[Crimson? What the? Interesting! That’s really interesting, Ddraaaaig! You are clearly stronger than before!]
Grendel jumps forward! Fast! It doesn’t seem like he has a huge body at all!
He shortens the distance between us immediately, and slashes down with his claws! I fly and dodge it at high-speed, and nail my right fist into his face as a counter!
……Shit! I also felt it before but...... The hit just now is perfect in terms of its impact and timing. But, it’s heavy! It’s thick! It’s hard! What is it with this guy’s defence……!
I don’t have any sensation where I can hit him away when my punch lands on him! It’s thick and heavy! It makes me think what his scales and skin are made from.
[Grendel had one of the hardest scales among the extinct Dragons. A half-hearted attack won’t work, partner.]
“But on the other hand, we can’t use Dragon Blaster nor Crimson Blaster here.”
They have high attack powers, but they are attacks which can also blow away the surroundings right away. I won’t be able to shoot them here since I don’t know how strong this place is built. If I shoot them without thinking, this field may perish.
[I’m sorry, but right now you won’t be able to use them anyway. Since they may explode since I got my consciousness back.]
After all, the True-Queen is still unstable to begin with. But I’m in the situation where I want one powerful attack.
[Partner, what is installed in your left gauntlet?]
Having Ddraig say, I remembered about that. ……Yeah. I have this. It’s something too good for me, but it won’t be a waste to use it here!
[Here I coooome! Ddraig-chaaaan!]
When Grendel shouts that out, his stomach fattens! He’s trying to spit out something!
What Grendel spits out is—huge fireball! Fires are Dragons special attacks after all!
I dodge them by spreading my wings and moving to the sides—but Grendel who has moved to that spot out of nowhere is present! This Dragon moves too fast!
……So the fireball is a bluff huh!
He puts his fist towards me! And I don’t have the time to dodge it!
GOSU!
The strike from his giant fist hits my whole body! And the shock passes through my whole body……! Shit……what insane attack power……! It’s just a normal punch, but it carries more power than Sairaorg-san when he’s wearing the lion’s armour……!
I break my balance up in the air, and Grendel swings his hand down to slam me to the ground!
I got hit by it directly from my back, and I get slammed to the ground violently!
……Gaha……!
Because of the motion and force of being slammed down, I cough blood from my mask! Intense pain runs throughout my body!
……Like I thought, his power is insane! T-This guy’s strength isn’t just that of a Dragon-King……!
[Guhahahahaha! Get squashed!]
I then see a giant foot that is coming down at me! I will get squashed! I can’t let that happen!
I roll my body to the side to avoid being stomped by the enemy, and fix my posture right away. The stomp from the giant body misses and cracks the ground, which then shakes the whole field!