The Amber Sword

Chapter 68 – King of the underground (19)

Brendel secretly wiped his palms when he realized it was not a dragon, but a subspecies of a dragon— A drake.

The monster’s front legs towered over the challengers like a pair of tall towers. It was covered with blue-green scales which were as shiny as polished metal and reflected the cold light from the coliseum. Each scale was several inches thick and it looked like it was clad in a layer of steel-plated armor.

The special characteristics of this creature were its ugly, triangular-shaped head with spiked horns shaped like they had been carved into sharp edges. Its deeply inset eyes were a light blue color, but its irises had flecks of golden flames, showing clearly that its ancestors were pure-blooded dragons.

[Adra Drake, a type of wind dragon. It’s fortunate that it’s not a mature adult…..]

If Brendel was to compare the Cerberus against it, the former would be a puppy. The winged monster in front of him was the top of the food chain in the Mountain of Calm Tempest, and the natives who lived there called them the Tyrants of Wind.

There used to be a legend about these Adra Drakes in the game. They were supposedly descended from the Sky Dragons during the era of the Dragon of Calamity, but the quests involving the creatures ultimately led gamers to Kirrlutz’s royal historians who disputed this claim. The truth to them was actually much closer to the Mountain Dwarves’ lore.

The Adra Drakes descended from Blue Dragons. The latter described as the fairies of the clouds, but one would find the drakes very different in terms of temperament. They were aggressive predators carrying the Wind Element in them, unlike their ancestors which carried the Ice Element within their body.

“Medissa, summon your unicorn and engage it.” He said.

“Understood, my lord!”

The Elven princess leaped into the air in an elegant arc, and the spectral unicorn appeared through a dimensional space to receive her.

Medissa landed comfortably on her steed and took the reins and continued flying. The unicorn trotted through the air as though the air was made out of solid ground and started pursuing the Adra Drake. Even though the gigantic creature was swift, the unicorn did not fall behind.

Brendel decided to observe the situation a little longer.

He took a moment to observe the unicorn’s flight. They were proud creatures with strong combat prowess, and only the Silver Elves managed to use them as steeds.

The Unicorn Knights were the strongest combat units of the Silver Elves, and each mature unicorn was even capable of using an Element Power. They were rated to be almost at level 60, the rough equivalent of a peak Gold-ranked fighter.

[There is some kind of Laws in play here that restricts the Unicorn strength. Only speed is left in Medissa’s mount. The core aspect of the card is definitely Medissa, or I would see that unicorn exceeding her abilities.]

The Adra Drake felt a threat approaching from its back. Even though Medissa was less powerful than it was, exposing its back to her would have the same results to how Kodan left an opening to her earlier.

It gave up trying to destroy the Wind Spirit Spiders and turned around to battle with Medissa instead.

Both Adra Drake and Silver Elf crossed each other in flight.

Even though the Adra Drake was at a disadvantage because it lost the initiative, Medissa was the one who got injured.

The Adra Drake had caught on to Medissa’s lance and attempted to claw at her, forcing her to steer downwards. The dragon rotated a few times and smoothly took on the higher position without injuries.

Medissa did not escape unscathed. The critical attack by the monster was avoided, but the Wind Element of into claws had left deep marks on her armor.

It was a unique point of Wind Element creatures. Galbu’s wizards craftsmen even copied a lesser version of it and made a shield with a Wind Element spell weaved into it, allowing the shield to exude a unique defense that would repel enemies from approaching.

The girl on the unicorn felt her cheeks and found blood covering her palm. She looked up with alarm and caution.