Child of Destiny

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Boom!

Arthur, Leonard, Zero, Faker, Lawless, and Owen were sent flying like bullets right after they were swept by that explosion. They even collided against the surrounding houses, burying them underneath the fallen rubbles.

Cloe and Black Hand were able to summon a barrier in time that shielded them from the shockwave created by the explosion, but it only lasted for an instant before it got destroyed like shattering glass.

Swoosh!

It was at that moment that they saw a hole in the cloud of smoke at the center of the explosion followed by the sound of someone heading in their direction.

S.Tigris and Seven quickly responded in time, positioning themselves in front of the others and raising their weapons.

Unfortunately, they were not fast enough to stop the person charging at them. The group suddenly got chills the moment they saw Grand Marshal Draco standing right in the middle of everyone.

Ember and Ravier were the first ones to recover and quickly cast their spells at their opponent. The latter summoned a wall of ice surrounding the grand marshal and trapped him inside. Then the former followed it with a magic circle that appeared on the ground which spat out a pillar of fire towards the sky.

Boom!

Then the others quickly scattered and distanced themselves away from the grand marshal, as fast as they could.

Bang!

Not long after, the wall of ice exploded, revealing Grand Marshal Draco casually walking out of the pillar of fire.

Seeing him, Charlotte summoned five pillars of fire that transformed into flame dragons that rushed toward the grand marshal. They bit the limbs of the target, restraining his movements and locking him in place.

'Class Fighting Style: Elemental Dragon Dance – Dragon Seal'

Then Cloe waved her staff in the air, casting a buff that cleansed the minds of everyone and freeing them from the fear that the grand marshal had cast upon them. And with another wave of the staff, a series of buffs that enhanced the stats of everyone followed.

It was at that moment when Chaotic Luck, who was waiting for his chance since the very beginning, finally found the opportunity to cast the spell that he prepared.

Using the residual flames from Ember's spell and the flame dragons that Charlotte had summoned as a medium before casting his spell.

He pointed the tip of his staff at the grand marshal while chanting out loud. "Obey my words, a servant of the Sun God, all flames shall follow his will!"

'Solaris Lich Skill (Tier 2): Solar Restraint'

Boom!

A pillar of blazing light suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the body of the grand marshal like a tidal wave with unstoppable pressure.

The rest of the group took advantage of that opening to throw everything they had at the grand marshal, bombarding him with spells and skills.

But despite the pouring everything they had, the Health Bar of Grand Marshal Draco was barely moving. It made them think that their spells and skills didn't have any effect on him.

Roar!

On the other hand, the grand marshal forced himself to move and released a deafening roar that made the heads of everyone ringing, forcing them to halt all attacks.

Chaotic Luck even suffered a backslash due to his sealing spell being broken.

When they recover themselves and raised their heads, they saw Grand Marshal Draco underwent a massive change.

His majestic armor disappeared and turned into scales that were similar to the ones that Arthur had. His arms filled with scales also seemed to grow longer while his fingers and nails turned into razor-sharp claws.

The cape wrapped on his shoulders was ripped apart as a pair of devilish wings grew from his back and spread wide.

His helmet was also shattered as a pair of horns stuck out from each side of his forehead and covered upward. His teeth were replaced by sharp ones alongside the fangs sticking out of his mouth.

There was also a dark miasma coming out from his body and spreading toward his greatsword, also contaminating it. Crystalline spikes grew out from its guard as a black liquid flowed through the edges of the sword before solidifying after a couple of seconds and forming another later on the blade.

His appearance could strike fear in the people surrounding him, especially with the suppression aura that he was releasing.

Fortunately, the mind-cleansing spell that Cloe had cast earlier was still in effect, making the others to be able to withstand that aura.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

S.Tigris and Seven launched themselves towards Grand Marshal Draco, planning to hold him in place and prevent him from touching the others.

At least, that was what the two tried to do. But unfortunately for them, they were not a match for the current Grand Marshal Draco. If his previous stats were too overwhelming that could suppress the four Godlike Players within their groups, then his current stats were more than enough to annihilate the entire group.

They felt useless as they watched the grand marshal take a step forward before disappearing from his current spot. And within an instant, he reappeared right in front of Chaotic Luck who he felt the most threatening among the group after summoning the pillar of light earlier.

The two were unwilling to accept the current situation. Their current job was to protect the others while Arthur and the rest were fighting on the frontline.

Hah!

With a strong shout, the two stomped on the ground before using their fastest movement skill to save Chaotic Luck.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Fortunately, the current grand marshal seemed to be unbothered by his surroundings as he unhurriedly raised his left and extended it to Chaotic Luck, trying to grab his face and crush it.

Chaotic Luck could sense the intention of the demon-like person standing in front of him and wanting to save himself. But since he was standing too close to the corrupted grand marshal, he could clearly sense the immense pressure coming from such a monstrous individual.

He was petrified by fear, unable to move. He stayed rooted in place as he watched the demonic hands of the grand marshal slowly magnified right in front of his eyes.

Well, his luck still hadn't run out yet since he was saved by the two in time.

S.Tigris was ducking forward and snatching Chaotic Luck's waist with his arm and dragged the latter away from those terrifying hands.

On the other hand, Seven suddenly appeared in the air on the other side of the grand marshal, holding his swords tightly. Then twisted his waist and forced himself to spin while swinging the swords, seemingly attempting to chop the arm extended by Grand Marshal Draco.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Unfortunately, aside from the series of metallic sounds and sparks, nothing else happened. And when Seven saw that, an ugly expression appeared on his face as he couldn't help but think about the blessing of the vermillion bird that he just lost.

'I can at least make decent damage on it if only I have the Sword of the Vermillion Flame,' he thought before quickly shaking his head. 'Why I am making excuses? It's just I am not strong enough.'

Steeling his resolve, he forced himself to fall to the ground before unleashing a series of slashes at the grand marshal.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Just like earlier, his attacks didn't inflict any kind of damage, but the strength behind each strike was strong enough to send a shock to the body of the grand marshal.

Grand Marshal Draco creased his brow slightly, seemingly finding Seven's actions annoying. He was about to swing his cursed sword at the latter when a barrage of spells started bombarding him once again.

There was also a group of golden chains with sacred properties wrapped around him, finding his movements restrained once again.

He then ignored Seven entirely, who was currently creating a distance between the two of them, as well as the magic spells bombarding him, and locked his eyes on Cloe.

Bang!

Then the wind around him suddenly exploded and quickly created a sonic boom after lightly flapping his wings.

He then instantly appeared right in front of Cloe who was clearly expecting it as she quickly cast Blink to get away as well as leaving an imprisonment spell at her previous locations. Her timing was too perfect, making the grand marshal unable to respond.

Grand Marshal Draco was about to give chase but the others, who were buried under the rubbles earlier, already picked themselves up and came for assistance.

Swoosh!

Faker was the fastest to arrive and threw a series of slashes with his daggers that his Elemental Spirit Possession currently enhanced. His actions left flashes in the air, wounding the grand marshal.

Bang!

But Grand Marsal ignored the damage that he received and grabbed Faker's head before slamming him onto the ground. Everything happened a little too fast, making Faker unable to respond to it despite his sharp senses.

Leonard then arrived at that time and threw a punch straight to the face of the grand marshal, creating a loud sound.

Bang!

But the expression on his face turned ugly as he saw Grand Marshal Draco didn't even budge despite receiving the punch directly. It was a punch that was supposedly more powerful than his previous attacks since he was currently in his state of Elemental Beast Possession.

Boom!

Then Leonard followed Faker and was buried on the ground after getting hit by the grand marshal.

Similar things happened when Arthur, Lawless, Zero, and Owen arrived as they were either sent flying or slammed on the ground by each strike of Grand Marshal Draco. The damage that they received was also pretty serious and almost caused their lives.

If not for Cloe and Black Hand constantly healing them, then they were most likely got eliminated from this quest and experienced the existence wipe.

Their attacks were barely damaging the grand marshal, making them feel completely hopeless.

Arthur was frowning deeply as he completely understood their current situation. If they could find a way to deal with this predicament, then he could forget about their Plan B, they might even die right now and fail the whole quest entirely.

"Based on the 'script' of this quest, this is supposedly the time when we are going to gain a powerful helper from the system. If not, then this quest is clearly unbeatable," he muttered while continuing to endure the attacks from the cursed grand marshal.

"If Lycan doesn't appear right now, then we are completely doomed," he added with a solemn tone.

Understanding that they didn't have a choice, Arthur could only tell the others to forget about saving their trump cards and go all-out.

"Trust me and leave the rest to me later. I'll deal with whatever going to happen after," he said with full confidence.

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