Versatile System Online

"Amanda cover," the dean shouted the moment he saw the drake attack. The ground moved towards them like a tidal wave while the dean raised both his arms, causing the fog to surge forward; making a blockade in front of him and Amanda.

As soon as the fog covered them both, dean raised his scythe and then slashed forward. As the slash moved through the fog, a miraculous phenomenon occurred. From one to two and then three and then five, the slash was copied on its own as it turned into five slashes that were released at once.

As for the drake, it didn't know anything. The fog was the literal representation of the dean's domain and so, the drake was still a bit slow on the uptake. However, halfway through; the drake did sense the slashes.

It large body was fast but not agile. It could run fast but not make any sort of different maneuvers to dodge the but seeing the attacks, it only huffed a smoke of flames before swinging its tail with all its might.

As the tail was swung, a huge wave of wind was burst forward as it tackled the first slash by itself. Seeing that, the dean did feel surprised but calmly observed the drake. The next thing the drake did made the dean flinch as a sweat soaked his back.

The drake put its tail in front of attacks and took them head on, as if the attacks weren't anything but child's play.

"It's gonna be a hard one," the dean muttered to himself and then looked at Amanda. Nodding at her, his cloak flapped as a pair of wings opened behind him. The dark feathery wings were unfurled completely as the dean took flight.

The sky was dark and only faintly illuminated by the moon in the distance. The dean covered the moon with his wings, looking as if an angel had descended in the dark night, casting a shadow over the whole sky.

The dean looked at the drake and then smiled,

[Soul Flames:- Weapon Empowerment],

As soon as the dean spoke, the wings behind him erupted into flames for a brief moment before descending upon his scythe.

The scythe turned a hue darker with the dark flames burned on brightly on it's with vigor. Looking down at his scythe, the dean smiled lightly. His wings flapped and then the dean disappeared. Appearing right above the drake's back, the scythe slashed for a moment while the dean himself appeared back in the air. As the dean glanced back at the drake and then observed where he hit, only noticing a slight scratch on it's tough scaly armor.

"The hell, it's defense is a big issue," the dean muttered to himself, scratching his chin as he tried to think of a way to seriously cause damage.

While the dean was observing the drake, the drake's eyes darted around for a moment before they fell upon Amanda.

As the drake observed Amanda, a cold sweat poured over her back as she gulped lightly and grabbed her staff tightly.

Right now, Amanda wasn't as powerful as she was on her home planet and if one compared her to other Celestials, she would only be called mediocre. After all, her main prowess relied upon using the powers of a world's spirit to form a connection with the world spirit and then using those powers to attack the enemy and triumph above them.

Putting her staff in front of herself, she muttered lightly,

[Spirit Shield],

As soon as she muttered those words, the staff glowed brightly as spirit energy rose like a tidal wave and then condensed in front of her in the form of a shield.

The dean looked down at the drake and it's killing intent forming upon Amanda. Seeing this, the dean frowned and looked at Amanda. Observing her and seeing her manifesting a shield in front of her, the dean relaxed a bit.

He knew of her spirit shield and it was one of her strongest defenses and even though it brought a bit of reassurance to him, it didn't ease his worries much because he had taken an estimate of the drake's prowess and given the situation, the dean knew that they were only prolonging their deaths.

The drake wasn't serious and seemed to be playing along with them. The dean thought for a moment and then raised his scythe as the flames over it surged to the point that they engulfed the whole scythe.

The dean flapped his wings and took the moment while the drake was attacking Amanda. The dean swung his scythe and then attacked the drake but this time, his attack wasn't like the previous one. It was stronger than before and carried the twice the intensity with it compared to before and that was all because the dean had pumped even more of his mana into it.

However, that would have been useless if the dean didnt attack at the opportune spot at the right moment and that is why he had attacked just now.

Since the drake was now turning to attack Amanda and given how it was raising its hint legs once again, the dean concurred that it would be using a magic based attack. And rightly, the drake did so. It's legs were raised in the air as the mana in the surroundings fluctuated before the ground beneath it's feet trembled for a moment, forming undulating waves that spread forward, forming concentric circles in Amanda's direction.

Right at that moment, the dean vanished from his spot. Appeared in front of the drake, leaning in a bit, the scythe was swing again and again as various attacks of twice the intensity as before hit the drake in one of it's weaker sport.

The dean had been alive for a long time and he knew common weaknesses of various monster and as such also knew about the drake. The dean knew that the drake despite being a dragon kin with very tiny amounts of draconic blood, had it's underside as it's weakness and hence, right as the drake lifted its legs to attack, the dean had taken the opportunity and attacked.

As the slashes were made, the dean appeared behind Amanda, holding her hand, he transferred her a good chunk of his mana and sent his voice to her mind,

"Use this mana to strengthen the spirit shield and make sure to focus on the base. The attack is same as before but much stronger. Its getting serious now," as the dean said those words, he also readied himself.

His cloak fluttered for a moment before his wings opened wide and then furled up, covering himself and Amanda tightly.

Both of them hugged each other while Amanda controlled her Spirit Shield using her perception, focusing on the shield's base and making sure that her shied could take a good chunk of damage while hoping that the dean's wings would handle the rest.

"Get ready for impact," the dean muttered before a burst of flames covered his wings, making them sturdier and giving them a temporary ability,

[Intermediate Mana resistance activated:- Current Target; Wings Of Death],

As the message flashed in front of his eyes, the dean sighed for a moment and readied himself for impact. As his and Amanda's perception looked observed the attack, he felt a slight tremor before the ground rose like a tidal wave, swallowing up anything in its way and hit the shield like a tsunami.

The shield was able to endure a quarter of the attack before it burst into mote of mana and right after, the wave hit dean and Amanda.

The wave was not just a physical attack but contained a magical attack as well. As the wave hit the dean, he noticed the ground changing it's composition. Getting sandier and sandier as he felt his feet digging inside, hindering his agility and movement while the wave itself had several spikes forming upon itself. Opening up right as it hit the dean and then rose once again, sending the dean flying back.

The whole damage was transferred to the dean and if not for the intermediate mana resistance that he had activated just before the attack hit, the dean didnt how seriously he would have been injured because it was because of the mana resistance that the spikes weren't able to pierce his wings and his defenses weren't broken through.

As for why the dean didnt fly higher to escape, the sky was even more dangerous than the ground. All the while during their battle, the dean felt various entities observing them and focusing their presences upon the dean and Amanda and hence, the dean found it much easier to stick to the ground than flying up and meeting something even more terrifying.

As the dean flew back, he felt a pain in his abdomen. Knwoing that it was his old wound opening up, the dean didn't focus on that and instead looked at Amanda, only to notice that she had fainted.

The dean sighed and used the momentum from the attack to retreat even further. Slowly, he was approaching the edges of the forest, getting closer to meeting a fated ally.