SLAAAAAAAASSSH!
With all his fury and mighty, Surtr managed to slice the two headed wolf after weakening it enough with both magic and attacks, only for the Volcanic Snake King to rush behind him, biting his back!
CLAAAAASH!
"URGH?!"
The sharp fangs of the snake tried to get through his scales, but the power of Drannia flowed through them, as they constantly regenerated and formed many layers, enhancing his defensive prowess to the limit!
"RAAAAH!"
Surtr quickly pierced the Snake's head with his sword, taking this desperate opportunity! The snake's eyes rolled out as blood splattered out of the huge wound, the blade was tremendously strong, easily piercing through the Rank 7 Peak Stage Divine Beast's defenses!
CRAAAAAAASH!
"SHYAAAAAAAHHH…!"
The Volcanic Snake, however, didn't die right away, moving its body around and then throwing Surtr's smaller body down into the floor, opening its jaws and unleashing as a deadly Lava Breath!
SPLAAAAAAASH!
However, Surtr was completely unfazed. Perhaps other fire monsters could die against stronger flames or lava, but as a Divine Fire Dragon, he was almost completely fire-proof, and he usually took baths in lava anyways!
"Sorry bud, but you're fighting the wrong enemy!" Surtr leaped into the monster's head, slashing its neck off with a single, powerful swing while activating a new Skill he had acquired at the same time. "[Divine Fire Dragon Soul Blade Arts]: [Infernal Decapitation]!"
SLAAAAAAAAAASSSSH!
The slash not only killed the deadly Rank 7 Peak Stage Divine Beast, but it continued on behind its corpse, hitting a dozen weaker divine beasts and killing them all with a huge blazing explosion!
BOOOOOOOOMMMMM…!
"W-Woah…" Surtr was shocked by his powers. "I-I'm really strong! Hahaha…!" He even started laughing over how amazing he was!
"GRRRRHHHH!"
"ROOOAARRR!"
"GRYYYAARR!"
The last group of Divine Beasts making the army chasing Agni appeared in that moment, it was only a trio, all of them being as strong as Rank 8! A huge Volcano Gorilla King, a powerful Blazing Magma Golem, and a Demonic Blazing Bat!
Surtr valiantly faced all three of them at once, alone! His confidence was growing more and more, as he quickly jumped into action, attacking, and slashing their bodies with his blade!
"[Divine Fire Dragon Soul Blade Arts]: [Blazing Infernal Slash Storm]!"
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLAAASH!
His powerful slashes would had easily demolished Rank 6 Divine Beasts and below, and even severely damage Rank 7 Divine Beasts!
…However, Rank 8 beings were in a completely different league altogether.
"GRUOOOHHH!"
The huge Volcano Gorilla King roared, moving forwards and tanking Surtr's attacks with his huge bulk and the armor made of volcanic stone growing over his body!
Swiftly, the beast swung his enormous arms, catching Surtr off-guard and pulverizing his entire body with several blows at once!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLAAASH!
"URGGHH?! AAAGGH…!"
BAAAAAMMM…!
His body fell like a meteor down the ground, generating a huge crater, his sword suddenly gained countless cracks, shattering apart as the two dragon souls constantly tried to make Surtr wake up and run!
"Surtr! Run!"
"You can't take these beasts yet!"
"Urggh…! N-No way…!"
"SHYAAAAAARGGHH!"
The Demonic Blazing Bat descended furiously, grabbing Surtr with its sharp claws and then pushing him down into the floor, pummeling him with countless slashing attacks!
CLAAAAAASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
Surtr constantly tried to unleash his magic and other skills, trying to find an opening, but the beast was simply too overwhelmingly powerful! He was completely to its mercy!
"AAARRGGH…! FUCK!"
Surtr screamed in agony, as suddenly, three figures jumped into action, the Demonic Blazing Bat's entire body was covered on blazing mushrooms, which quickly detonated into hundreds of small explosions, distracting the beast and weakening it a bit!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM!
"GRYYYAARGH…!"
The Bat desperately flew away, only for its two wings to be pierced by a beam of golden flames and a powerful axe slash!
BOOOOOOMMM!!! SLAAAAAAASH!
CLAAAASH!
The huge bat fell into the floor, vomiting blood as it felt its body much more weakened, with both of its wings useless now!
"SHAAAAAAH!!!"
However, it was just as furious and powerful as before, running towards the trio that saved Surtr, Jamar, Nadia, and Mina, with utter wrath!
"W-We can't kill that thing; it is too tough!" Nadia said.
"Surtr, hurry! We have to run!" Mina cried.
"Sir Surtr!!!" Jamar screamed.
"D-Dammit…! Argh… I can't even feel my body…!" Surtr was covered on horrible wounds, which Mina's strongest healing magic could barely heal a tiny bit. "I got too cocky, didn't I? Hahah… I'm such a dumbass…"
"I don't like to be harsh on youngsters, but yes, you could call yourself that." Drake's voice echoed from above, as his huge body descended.
CLAAAAAAAASSSH!
His two legs completely crushed the bat into the ground, its huge body splattering into pieces by his deadly leg's claws…
"GRUOOOHHH!"
"ROOOAARRR!"
The Golem and the Gorilla rushed both at the same time against him, yet Drake gathered a hundred spears made of White Flames, the Fire of Beginnings, and fired them consecutively against the beasts!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOMM!!
The hard and armored bodies of the two Rank 8 Divine Beasts were instantly shattered into pieces, their bodies pierced a hundred times, blood splattered out of the gorilla's wounded body, while the golem collapsed into pieces.
BAAAAAMM…!
Both powerful beasts, which Surtr and his friends could had never been able to fight, perished in just mere seconds before Drake's almighty strength.
The different between the Dragon King and the young Surtr was as far as Heaven and Earth…
"D-Drake…" Surtr groaned, before falling unconscious.
"Foolish child, you fought well, nonetheless. You don't lack the bravery of us dragons, not at all." Drake sighed, healing Surtr and his friends. "For now, let's go back to the village, everyone should be safe by now. We have to attend the ones that are too wounded to be healed easily."
"Y-Yes!" Mina nodded nervously. "Thank you for saving us… Surtr got a bit too cocky…"
"It happens sometimes. When he thinks he's invincible, he jumps into the most dangerous of things and always gets himself almost killed…" Nadia lamented.
"He's brave!" Jamar said. "But reckless…"
"There's still a lot he has to learn, that's for sure." Drake sighed.
