"Eh?! It's you, Drake! And there are your friends here as well…!" Aquarius couldn't believe his eyes. After having traveled alone for many years, he finally saw other dragons once more.
He felt strangely nostalgic, as if he had forgotten they had existed until now, when he finally recalled seeing them always appear when he was in trouble fighting a Sea King, and saving him.
The Aquarius of reality might had gone through something different, but his own dream recreation had underwent a different story, and was now developing… into something different than the original past.
Nonetheless, he simply didn't had time to question where they had been this entire time, or why they even appeared just in the very last moments, when he was overwhelmed either.
"Hello Aquarius, sorry to be late again!" Drake roared, confronting the Giant Abyssal Squid. By holding both of his weapons, he unleashed a devastating storm of slicing attacks, shaking the entire sea, and freezing the monster's surroundings.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! CLAAAASH!
"GRYYYAAAAHH…"
The Giant Abyssal Squid had most of its tentacles sliced in a mere second! Drake decided he was no longer fooling around, especially because this quest didn't had restrictions. He didn't even needed Aquarius to beat the Sea Kings this time around, as long as he helped out, he could finish them off by himself.
"A-Amazing, have you become even stronger than before?" Wondered Aquarius.
"Maybe, but there's no time to talk about this, son." Drake said, quickly giving the giant sea dragon a special weapon, it was Ariel the Trident, which he realized might be a special item in this dream.
"Oooh, good idea!" Ariel celebrated, reaching one of Aquarius' hands in a mere second.
"This weapon is…?!" Aquarius felt shocked.
"It is a weapon that'll help you defeat these bastards." Drake said. "However, for now we have to weaken them as much as possible. The rest of my allies are preparing to bring us even more help, from the mermen themselves."
"The mermen?!" Aquarius felt surprised. "Well, whatever's your idea, I'm in, big bro! Just let me…"
"SHAAAAAHHHHH…!"
Although Drake managed to stop the Titanic Abyssal Squid for a few seconds, the Giant Sea Serpent wasn't done yet, and immediately rushed towards the two of them. Benladann and Miranda caught its tail using their strength, but the beast, too big and strong at Rank 9 Peak Stage, shook them off wildly and opened its jaws, trying to devour Aquarius whole.
"You lot again! I will make you regret aiding the Fate's Pawn!!!" Roared the Sea Serpent, attempting to bite Aquarius and Drake several times!
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!
However, both swam gracefully and rapidly around the seas, evading the monster's deadly jaws. Drake quickly gathered Divine Power into his hands and channeled the power of his Knife once more, unleashing a spiraling whirlpool made out of many sea dragon-shaped illusions made of the surrounding seas.
FLUOOOOOSH!
CLAAAAAASSSHHHHH!!!!
The Whirlpool quickly caught the Sea Snake and pushed it back, where Benladann and Miranda used this opportunity to attack.
"You damn worm, stay still!!! [Chaotic Axe Arts]: [Chaotic Tempest]!"
Benladra channeled her Chaos Attribute Divinity into her two Axes, unleashing a deadly sharp x-shaped attack made of pure chaos and darkness, which impacted the giant Sea Snake and slashed its flesh and scales, leaving a nasty wound behind.
SLAAAAASSSHHHH!!!!
"[Demonic Curse Chains]! [Demon Mold Legion]!"
Meanwhile, Miranda quickly conjured countless of Chains made out of her own body and coated on demonic curse energy, while at the same time summoning an enormous legion of monstrous infected zombie-like chimeric creatures, which started attacking and restraining the beast.
"GYOGYOGYOOOOHHH….!"
However, Drake and Aquarius were once more startled as the Titanic Abyssal Squid recovered and promptly attacked both of them with absolutely massive tentacles, whipping them away from its sight with brutal strength.
CLAAASH! CLAAAAASSSHHH!!!
"Uuuuaaaggh!" Aquarius groaned, falling deeper into the dark oceans, and once more being surrounded by countless sea monsters trying to pick him up. "Dammit, they're too big and strong! Ag! Get off my way!"
Aquarius roared savagely as he sliced apart and pierced through the bodies of the sea monsters trying to pick him up, slashing them all apart and absorbing their divine cores to gain more power, albeit slowly.
CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
"They never stop coming!" Drake gritted his teeth.
He had already conjured the spells to weaken the dream's monsters and enhance himself and his allies, yet all enemies were still ridiculously strong. It seemed that he would need to push himself a bit more.
"[Divine Draconic Aura]!" Drake roared, channeling the power he held and his Spirits, and unleashing a gigantic Dragon Aura in the shape of a multi-headed and monstrous dragon, extending dozens of draconic claws, he sliced apart all monsters around him, freeing Aquarius from the overwhelming swarm of creatures, as he swam directly towards the Titanic Abyssal Squid.
FLAAAAAASH!
"You're not going to get away with what you did, bastard!" Drake roared, catching with the giant squid, and then pummeling it with punches. His Draconic Aura shapeshifted and transformed around his entire body, making him shine with a golden color of pure brilliant radiance.
"[Spirit Connection]!"
He quickly combined his body with Gabriel, the Holy Light and Technomancy Spirit, and covered his entire body with a metallic, mechanical golden colored armor, which he used to emit large quantities of light, the squid's weakness.
"[Heavenly Dragon Fists]!"
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAAAASSSHHHHH!!!
Countless fists coated on holy light started hitting the giant squid countless times. Despite being such a strong Rank 9 monster, against Drake going all-out, it was nothing but mere dinner!
"RAAAAAHHHH!!!!"
Drake's right arm raised into the skies, as he channeled all of his divinity and draconic aura into this fist, suddenly making it grow ten times its original size and then hitting the Titanic Abyssal Squid with all his strength!
"[Heavenly Dragon Meteor]!!!"
BAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMM…!
"GRYYEEEEEHHHHHHHH..!"
The Titanic Abyssal Squid was hit so hard and with so much light encompassing and burning its entire body that it screamed in agony before falling into the bottom of the ocean, its giant red eye was destroyed, and the darkness possessing the beast quickly disappeared!
"Y-You did it…!" Aquarius was surprised.
"We're not done here yet…" Drake said.
