Meanwhile, as Drake fought against the powerful Amethyst, Boulder fought against Benladann and Fafnir simultaneously. The moment that Benladann unleashed her strongest dragon breath attack, the powerful Boulder was weakened. His entire body was covered on wounds and his entire vitality was being drained away by the miasma covering his body.
Benladann's magic element was certainly amazingly strong, the element of Chaos was able to produce deadly Miasma capable of weakening a living being even more, and thanks to Jotun making this place very realistic, even such things as Miasma worked as intended.
However, as Boulder slowly rose up back up again, his entire body began to shed. The older scales were quickly discarded, as his wounds were even healed. His new scales were smooth, but in mere seconds they hardened and became harder than metal itself, sharper and bigger scales emerged around his body, as a smile surged on his lips.
"I am not done yet…"
The crowd went insane once more. The people seemed to know very well about this!
"T-This is…!"
"Oh! Boulder is finally going for real this time!"
"He shed!"
"Now things are going to get good!"
Some of the dragons in the crowd that had seen him fight in the past immediately recognized what Boulder did, and Jotun immediately reintroduced it to the crowd.
"Oooh?! What is this?! Boulder is going for his Shed Form! Now things are finally getting real! Dragon King's wife and her father… Will they be able to go against this monster of a dragon now?!"
"Shredder, take them down!"
"You can do it!"
"Boulder is the best! He's a veteran in this!"
"Even before the tournament began, he had always been known as a dragon hero!"
"He singlehandedly stopped a whole army of Chaos Spirits led by a hundred Chaotic Beasts in the Era of Chaos back then!"
"He's a legend…!"
As the crowd spoke about his feats, Boulder slowly stood up looking at Benladann and Fafnir menacingly. His entire presence made the entire tournament tremble in fear over his newfound powers- or well, more like just what he had awakened right now! It couldn't be simply said to be "newfound" but a power he had always held within him, which he only let go after he took a near lethal wound and "shed" his entire body into his second appearance, a more juvenile form with stronger magical power, agility, defense, physical strength, and above all, sharper claws!
"This guy is powerful… I knew this would happen!" Fafnir, Drake's father, said, as he gritted his jaws. He wanted to help his son but Drake was too busy fighting and dealing with the tricks of Amethyst to even be able to do much. Fafnir knew that although he was fairly strong and still a living dragon, compared to a veteran such as Boulder, he was nothing much, even less when Boulder unleashed his second and stronger form.
Fafnir also noticed Benladann who was weakened. He easily realized she was gasping for air. The amazing Breath Attack she unleashed wasn't without putting a bit toll on her body. At most, she needed a few minutes to rest completely, and if she was forced to fight as she was, she would only suffer and not be able to put her 100%...
While she supported from afar, Fafnir had the responsibility to fight in the front and confront Boulder, a titan of a dragon! Fafnir's entire body was trembling. Despite being an abyssal dragon of darkness, and representing pride… he was, deep down, a coward!
"Shit… shit… shit… I can't move my body?!" He thought, suddenly realizing that Boulder's sole presence made him stiff like a log the moment he emerged from his shed skin.
Suddenly, the other dragons in the crowd realized Fafnir wasn't just standing there like Drake usually did to showcase his charism and endurance, but he was just… paralyzed of fear.
"Oi, is he for real?!"
"That's the dragon king's father? He's a coward!"
"Also nobody knows this guy anyways!"
"Drake took down Iron and is now fighting 1v1 against Amethyst, but this dude can't even lift a finger?"
"Certainly, he got more from the mother than the father, hahahahaha!"
"Yeah! I would literally die twice if I knew my father is such a coward!"
"Wait, what was his nickname?"
"Fafnir, the dragon of pride?"
"Pride?! He?!"
"Hahahahaha!"
"GUAHAHAHAHA!"
"PPPFFF… HAHAHAHA!"
Boulder looked at Fafnir who was right in front of him, hearing the laughter of the people, he quickly realized Fafnir was paralyzed of fear. Boulder couldn't help but sigh and laugh a bit himself.
"Heh, this place is not made for you. I can tell by your gaze you're not experienced in fights are you not? Dark Dragons like to lurk in caves and sleep a lot after all…" Laughed Boulder.
"Ngh…" Fafnir wanted to say something, but he couldn't even muster his voice.
Boulder, who was double his size, looked at him from above.
"Don't worry, I'll be fast…" He said with a smile. "Go back to hiding behind your wife's tail, Fafnir, "Dragon of Pride"…" Boulder mockingly said, as his enormous fists charged with divine power sharpened the sharp claws they had, reaching up to Fafnir.
"DIE!"
Fafnir's eyes were filled with fear, as he wanted to move, but he could not! He simply thought that Boulder was so unreachable, so big and enormous, so powerful, so strong… his mere instincts of an animal were telling him that he had no chance, not at all!
It was futile!
CLAAAASH!
As the sound of the claws clashing against scales resonated across the entire arena, Fafnir didn't felt any pain, suddenly realizing the one before him was… Benladann.
"Nnnggh…!"
Benladann gritted her teeth, as her entire body began to shapeshift, her arms became incredibly muscular, and a strange bloodline that wasn't that of dragons began to resonate within her own soul and body! Ice quickly began to spread around, freezing the arms of Boulder in an instant with a black ice he had never seen before!
"What the…?!" Boulder was shocked, and so was Fafnir!
"Father-in-law, I know you're scared, but please… FIGHT!" Benladann roared.
"Ah…!"
Fafnir quickly saw a glimpse of his past.
