Versatile: Alternate World

All three of us immediately assumed our Battle Stance and pulled out our weapons as we face the big dragon before us. I don't know what happened in the past timeline. Still, if Sigma who joined in the past timeline's rebels fought this dragon, she obviously won as the matter have been taken care of and the dragon helped in the end during the final battle which, he, unfortunately, died in the end.

I don't know how it was handled before but I know that she won and ended up getting the support of the dragon himself. However, since this is a new reality, I can't just rely on the future that has happened before. If the future can be changed, then, the outcome can be changed too. I can't just go blindly and believe everything will occur in its course like usual. I have to do my own job as well.

As we assumed battle stance, the dragon took the battle stance as well, without even showing any signs that it is holding back. It is in full serious mode just like how this dragon ravaged the battlefield and almost hammered down the win condition for the rebels back then.

Although we are not planning to kill the dragon, we are not going to hold back either as the battle is not exactly going to be a little sparring, we will be fighting like our lives depended on it.

The dragon immediately flaps its wings rapidly, creating multiple whirlwinds. We already expected a whirlwind to smack, but the wind's strength is just something you can experience in a tornado. Thankfully, the whirlwind did not take too long before it dissipated and we are able to move once more. But just as we are about to fight back, the dragon immediately thrashes around by swinging its tail and slamming down his claws. The three of us were separated from each other and I think that was the plan for the dragon so that he can take us out individually without getting support from the others.

Harmless Sparrow stood up and immediately started to get closer to the dragon while dodging most of the blows coming her way. Her reflexes are fast enough that those attacks from the dragon were just a breeze for her to evade. But even though she is good at evading, it's a different idea already to get close and get a chance to attack. Because the dragon continues to thrash around, getting close was harder than she should expect.

Sigma on the other hand started to find a good place she can stand firm and freely control her chains and enhance her defenses. She deflects most of the attacks coming from the claws and wings and immediately dodges the tail but getting close to the dragon to engage in combat without any way to get thrashed flat, will be a big challenge for her.

As for me, I am not in a favorable spot as well, aside from all the other attacks the dragon can attack freely, I am also going to brace for its attacks from its mouth, in which the dragon has to chomp on me to bite my head off. Although the dragon has yet to release a fire breath, there is a risk of that happening soon, and if I don't get ready for it, I will be totally roasted as a result.

"What? Is that all of you three got? You all will not win against me with a fighting style like that!"

As soon as the dragon finished his taunt, he positioned himself in the center and started inhaling, indicating his incoming breath attack.

"Everyone!" I signalled and the two nodded in response.

As the embers of flames overflows on the dragon's mouth, Harmless Sparrow appears and instead of using the usual flame element attacks her class specializes in, she instead used the Ice Element ability that was present in her first class before she promoted her own class.

"[Frigid Blade]!"

SWISH!

A large arc of ice sword slices down to the dragon's body, effectively wounding the dragon's skin. Of course, it didn't stop there as Harmless Sparrow slices the sword upwards once more before the [Frigid Blade]'s form disappear, allowing her to perform a weaker version of the initial [Frigid Blade]. It's not as strong as when she used it earlier but it wasn't too weak that the dragon can just shrug off the wound.

The dragon almost choked from that attack but we are not yet done as I rushes through the dragon while he is still charging the Breath attack. When I got near, I pulled out one of the scrolls I have in my inventory and tear it when I am beneath the dragon's neck.

"???!" the dragon realized something is wrong when the magic circle appeared beneath him and a huge chunk of ice covered his whole body except halfway from his neck up to his head. He is basically encased in ice and cannot move for a few seconds. It's the skill, [Ice Coffin].

It's a skill that makes the target that was encased on its ice to be trapped there for quite a while and depending on the strength of the enemy, the ice can basically imprison them there forever. Of course, that only applies to enemies that have no strength to wrestle and destroy the coffin made of ice. The dragon is the worst opponent to use this skill though as it is close to useless on using it against a big creature like the dragon. It doesn't hold the dragon that long enough and it can be even shorter if the dragon is very strong.

"I will leave it to you Sigma!"

"Of course!"

Sigma raises her left hand and a gold chain appeared in a space somewhere since it didn't appear to be from the ceiling of the cave.

"The jaws of sacrifice, the blood of the maidens and the power of anguished cries! Suffer for eternity! [IRON MAIDEN]!"

Pulling on the gold chains on her hands as hard as she could, a noisy clank echoed the cave and that signals the ability manifesting. I immediately started doing multiple back handspring just to escape the ability. The skill of Sigma does not descriminate friend and foe, it deals damage to all that is caught on its jaws.

Before the dragon can even break from the ice, a large metallic maw of thorns appeared side by side and at the back of the dragon, being pulled by the golden chain. As soon as Sigma fully pulled the chain, the maws of death also closes down to the dragon's frozen body.

KACHA!

[ROAAAAAAARRR!]

The loud roar of pain echoed all around the cave, the dragon in fullpain as the [Iron Maiden] skill filled the dragon's body with holes, wounding the dragon so badly. It even caused the breath attack it was charging to stop from forming as well. Cancelling one of its attacks by attacking it is not that rare but for a dragon, it takes a lot of firepower for it to be cancelled just like that.

After a few seconds, the maws of the [Iron Maiden] disappears as the dragon kneels on the ground, bleeding so badly from the attack.

"Hahaha, it's been so long since I have been hurt so badly like this."

The dragon slowly stands up from the ground, all of the blood that has been spilled slowly climbs back up from its body and all the holes made from the [Iron Maiden] slowly closes down as well.

"To make me feel so threatened, I commend all of you. Our battle has yet to barely start and yet you already made me felt like I needed to get serious to all of you. Very well, you all earned my respect. This time around, I am not gonna hold back much anymore."

As soon as the dragon started to heal up all of the wounds that was inflicted by us, the red scales on his body started to dye black. His bright red scales that made him a red dragon turned into a black scale which is now the result of his black body. Not only that but his black scales has began to power up all of the power scales on his body, making him getting more stronger just by standing near him.

Not only that, but the red wings of his slowly turned black as well and flames started to erupt on his wings. A single horn appeared at the center of his head, releasing a bigger aura of dread and danger. Even Sigma who is able to repel any danger auras in the vicinity could not resist the aura as well as before. She was easily overpowered from it.

"CRAP CRAP, I didn't signed up for this!" Harmless Sparrow's knees shook as she saw how the red lovable dragon that we are just friends before has turned into a towering dragon, that looks like a dragon capable of unleashing multiple disasters in one breath of its flames.

"Now, let's resume the battle, shall we?"