Versatile: Alternate World



The wind guardian's scales started falling one by one and some of them were forcibly removed as some of the patches of the dragon's skin is currently bleeding. With both hands of the dragon has been severed, the dragon's strength has been diminished a lot due to the constant bleeding and it's getting a lot worse as time goes on.

"Don't let up the attacks Bladeheart! The dragon is now getting staggered!"

The big dragon can't withstand the barrage of cannonballs as it can't even dodge away without removing the remaining bindings on its wings, neck, tail, and legs. All it can do is fire multiple [Wind Blades] while it is trying to remove the chains from its wings. If I am assuming it correctly, once the bindings on its wings are removed, then it can unleash stronger attacks as it is prioritizing the wings first instead of its legs to escape.

"Your Majesty Queen Tanya, we should focus on the wings and perhaps cut them apart. Based on how this dragon is moving, it's trying to..." Before I can finish saying what I needed to tell Queen Tanya, the chains that are binding the neck and wings snapped like weak ropes, removing a few of the bindings from the dragon without them being severed from its body.

"ROOOOOOAAAAARRRR!"

The dragon angrily roared and flapped its two wings so fast that twisters immediately formed in front of us. Queen Tori immediately took action on it, and throw a few talismans.

"BREAK!"

As soon as she shouted "break", the talismans glow bright and suddenly engulf the twisters and disperse them without incident.

However, the Wind Guardian is still not done and created a few more twisters all over the place. Queen Tori can disperse them but not all of them in a quick manner and she has a limited amount of talismans that I doubt she will use more of it. The only way to solve it is to break the wings of the Wind Guardian or kill the dragon immediately.

I looked at Queen Tanya and it seems she has also thought of what I was about to do as well. I continue to fire a few cannonballs into the dragon's body but I can't continue doing it as I am also running. It's hard to shoot with it while running so if I finish loading the cannon, I stop, shoot then continue running.

It's hard to dodge the twisters and even the [Wind Blades] as they only not have a very dangerous damage output but they can also shred our armor if we are not careful. I got hit by one of the [Wind Blades] and it immediately reduced my HP to half and the durability of my current coat has been reduced as well, therefore, it's not something I would have just underestimated.

Queen Tori remained in the distance to keep up with the support. She can't keep on the offensive because most of her shikigamis get crushed immediately from the [Wind Blades] and the twisters the dragon made. So she was stuck at performing support on us instead but I think it is fine as she has an absolute eye for providing one and we are able to keep on rushing ahead without the need to heal that much.

Queen Tanya is already ahead of me and is already jumping from the dragon's body to reach the wings. Without an arm to swipe Queen Tanya off of its body, it can only use its head to try and swallow her but that's also an impossible task as that would only spell the doom of the dragon if she was swallowed as she will just tear off its mouth like nothing now that she is in the softer parts of the wind guardian but knowing Queen Tanya, she prefers to keep the battle long as that is how she finds the fun in a battle, to keep the enemy alive as much as she can while keeping the damage she is dealing to the target on a maximum.

I stopped using the cannon and used the hook and chain. Although I barely use the hook and chain for fighting and more on using it as a grappling hook as it works like one, the hook deals damages on where it lands especially if it's a monster or a target. Now that the chain on its neck is gone and the chains on the wings are also snapped, that means I can try doing something ridiculous.

Picking up a bottle of orange potion in my bag, I didn't hesitate and drank the contents of it.

Once the contents were already in my system, I feel an overwhelming amount of power swelling in my body. I can feel it.

I took at the dragon still busy attacking and rushes forward to the dragon before throwing the hook into the neck of the Wind Guardian. Usually, I use it to pull myself toward the location where the hook landed but this time, I am not doing that. Extending the usual length of the chain, I made sure that its something long enough to reach the dragon without me getting too near to the target. With the throw, I controlled the direction of the hook and what will happen to it as using the hook and chain allows you to control the direction of the hook and how will it move after the hook is attached.

The chain wraps around the neck of the dragon a few times before the hook settles into the skin of the dragon, unprotected from the scale.

With the hook stuck on the dragon's neck, I grip the chain attached to the hook and tie it up in my left arm before exerting all of my strength to pull.

"ORAAAAAAAAAA!"

I pull the chain as hard as I can, as strong as it should be, and as much as I can.

"Bladeheart?!" Queen Tanya who was already on the dragon's body was surprised when the dragon shakes a bit.

Although I buffed myself with the potion earlier which was the potion that increases my strength for multiple folds known as the [Strength Enhancement Potion EX], allowing me to temporarily gain the strength people that have a very built and strong body can do.

I can hear a few of my arm's bones as I continue to pull the dragon down. Despite that, the dragon also does not just want to get taken down as well and is also doing its best to pull me down as well. However, I refuse to be defeated by a dragon in battles like this.

"I will help, Bladeheart! Sis, prepare your scythe and perhaps deal a killing blow or a fatal wound to the dragon once we succeed!" Queen Tori shouted as she started chanting sutras all of a sudden and claps her hands together. My body glows in dark red and a strong surge of energy and power suddenly overwhelms me.

I don't know what this is but this is a great addition to my current power right now. And with this, I grip the chain as hard as I can and exert all of the strength I had in my body to pull the dragon. 

"GRARK?!"

The dragon seems to have not expected the sudden surge of power in my body as I continue to pull down the dragon's neck.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

I poured all of my remaining strength into one last pull that slowly tears the dragon's neck bit by bit from the hook but it was enough to successfully pull the dragon down to the ground.

"Queen Tanya, Now!"

"Don't tell me twice!" Queen Tanya's scythe transformed into a giant black scythe with a handle made of bones. A scythe of death and the scythe that claims the lives of the enemies."

"Fall into the abyss and sleep in deep slumber! [Reaping Cleave]!"

One smooth swing and the dragon stopped moving. It didn't make any struggle and it didn't do much aside from a slight twitch before its head was separated from its body.

Alongside the dragon's head separating is a transparent smoke suddenly entering the scythe of Queen Tanya before it reverted back to its original form.

"And with that, I think the subjugation is complete."

I fell down to my knees and huff all of the breath that I should huff. My hands are still shaking and all of my nerves seem to be still unsteady after the pulling thing I did.

"Woah there, Bladeheart. Great job doing that strenuous pull you did earlier! Even I would not dare to try that on a dragon! And heck, like a mad lad like you, you actually did it!" Queen Tanya throws a mana potion bottle at me and I catch it.

Even Queen Tori is exhausted but it seems now the problem with the dragon is done. But that doesn't mean everything is over. The relic is still missing.