novelraw Chapter 211: House Frostbane VS All Other Houses [3]
Chapter 211: House Frostbane VS All Other Houses [3]
As Louis turned back, the remaining students from the three houses stepped back in disbelief. It turned out Louis had been fighting in his base form the entire time, barely using any abilities beyond Iron Body.
While Louis stood there, two figures stepped forward, overflowing with power. Unlike their lords, who had barely taken the fight seriously, these two—Ingrid from Camelot and Zaidu from Mesopotamia—had trained diligently since childhood to protect their masters.
"We will not go down easily!" Ingrid roared. She swung her great sword, gleaming with gold and spiritual energy, and unleashed several devastating slashing waves.
"Holy Sword Art – Heaven Cleaver!"
Louis's eyes gleamed as he manifested a sword made of Ashen Frost and swung it with exploding draconic power.
"Interesting technique. However…"
"Dragon King's Divine Blade Art!"
"First Form – Ascending Heavens!"
SLAAASH!
BOOOM!
Both attacks collided and unleashed a massive explosion, shattering the arena further.
Ingrid emerged from the blast, her sword rushing toward Louis's head. Louis smiled, swiftly dodged the strike, and kicked her in the stomach, shattering her armor in seconds.
"You are far too weak."
"Heh!"
She was a defiant woman. Smiling through clenched teeth, she wrapped her legs around Louis's arm to stop his sword from swinging.
"Now, Zaidu!"
"What?!"
Louis did not expect what happened next. Zaidu burst from the smoke, wielding his two khopesh swords charged with explosive Fantasium Aura.
"OOORRAAAA!"
With a mighty roar that shook the earth, the swords slashed across Louis's back, cutting through his armored skin and scales and drawing blood.
"Ngh?!"
Louis's eyes widened in disbelief. Then he smiled.
"Hahahahah…! Not bad! You two are working together?! This is amazing! Yes! Do exactly that! Fight together, you imbeciles! Cooperate if you do not all want to die!"
Louis laughed and suddenly grew more muscular and bulkier than even Zaidu. He grabbed both their heads and smashed them together.
CLASH!
He then slammed them into the ground and threw them out of the arena into the spectator area.
As this happened, Louis noticed the rest of his house had joined the fray. Selene and Melisa fought together, with Selene protecting Melisa while she healed and conjured barriers. The duo had already knocked out four students on their own.
Anastasia and Agustina worked as a team as well. Anastasia moved with incredible speed and swordsmanship, freezing and cutting through attacks, while Agustina controlled Spirit Artifacts, summoning heavy armor, a shield, and a giant hammer to devastate opponents and tank damage.
Zorba fought alone, summoning skeletons and wielding the power of his Malevolent Plotter Spiral along with his Dark Knight and Necromancer Incarnations. He remained untouched by anyone.
Mirai was the most devastating, rampaging like a berserker and sending students flying left and right.
Timothy, the one Louis was most interested in seeing grow, fought in his own unique style. He summoned his Spirit Shovel and Hoe, using Spirit Farming Arts to reshape the terrain and absorb lifeforce and spiritual energy from the plants he created. The more he fought and spread his terrain, the stronger he became.
Like a reverse Zorba, he could plant special modified seeds that sprouted into Plant Monsters to assist him. And all of that was merely his first set of abilities. His Incarnation, the Harvester from the Spiral of Harvest, would occasionally emerge as a giant spiritual being made of metal and plants to help spread his terrain even further.
While things seemed to be wrapping up, Louis had not forgotten two other students who had come to witness his strength: Tiamat from Mesopotamia and Yudrak from Yamato. They had watched everything in silence. Once they saw Louis standing alone, they stepped forward.
"You sure are having fun beating these young students, Prince Louis," Tiamat finally spoke, looking at him and acknowledging his existence for the first time. "You are… definitely strong."
"Hm," Yudrak nodded. "I want to fight you, Louis."
Louis smiled and nodded. "Then let us fight somewhere more comfortable, shall we?"
"...?!"
"...!"
In that instant, both dragons were swallowed by Louis's Fantasy Domain. They appeared inside his vast realm and fell from the skies, their eyes widening in shock.
"Where is this place?!"
"Huh?"
Tiamat and Yudrak stood on an endless desert of ashes. In the distance they saw a garden of white lilies and giant trees made of dark red wood with red eyes staring at them.
From the chaotic cloud sea above, five enormous dragon heads watched over them, so large they trembled in fear and disbelief.
"Welcome," Louis appeared before them, floating with his arms crossed. "You have been invited to my Fantasy Domain. Here, we can go all out as dragons."
"What?! You trapped us inside here?!" Tiamat asked, quickly losing her cool and resembling her mother Amethyst, who was known for her temperamental nature.
"So that is what you did…" Yudrak muttered. "Wow… Louis, is this even necessary though?"
"Why would it not be?" Louis asked. "Do you not want to fight me?"
"Yeah, but if I go all out, you are going to die…" Yudrak sighed in a nonchalant tone. "Are you sure?"
"I agree. This only works against you, honestly," Tiamat shrugged. "Do you really want us to kill you or something?"
"Heh…" Louis smiled. "Hehahahahahaha! Yes, come and kill me! I do not care! But we are setting some rules! The winner takes the spoils! If I win, both of you will provide me with your scales, blood, horns, fangs, and claws for the duration of our stay in this academy!"
"What?!" Tiamat raised an eyebrow. "Why would you even want that… you are so creepy!"
"And what do we get if we win?" Yudrak asked nonchalantly.
"You can take my Spirals and my Soul Weapons," Louis said, revealing their power. "Deal?"
"...! So many spirals?!" Tiamat gasped.
"Deal," Yudrak nodded, remaining mostly expressionless as his short white hair waved in the strong winds. "But do not regret it later, okay?"
"Hah, I will not," Louis nodded. "Now… let us begin."
BOOOM!
In a second, Louis transformed into his dragon form, shocking both cousins who had believed he was too weak to even manage this.
A radiant, majestic white dragon emerged, with wings made of light, six golden eyes, and a pair of twisting golden horns. Regal and sharp-clawed, he exuded a terrifying mixture of many powers compressed together. They had never felt such pressure before.
Without wasting any time, Louis summoned his weapons and attacked both of them the same way he had attacked Dralma, swinging with a devastating storm of strikes.
Tiamat and Yudrak saw the weapons approaching. They quickly flew out of range, still in their Dragonoid forms, and charged at him from both sides.
"For someone as pathetic as you, we do not even need our true dragon forms!"
"You can transform, and so what?"
They were incredibly cocky, just like Dralma, which was something Louis loved.
He smiled wickedly, showing his sharp fangs, and intercepted their charge. Their immense draconic auras tried to crush him from both sides.
However…
"Sword Dance."
With his gigantic draconic body, Louis unleashed a spinning sword dance, releasing a storm of cutting winds and flames of ruin combined together. They burned and sliced through their bodies and auras, scattering them.
Louis followed by striking both directly with his weapons, sending them crashing down into the ashen desert.
"Nnnghh?!"
"Uugh!"
He looked at them with disdain and charged more power into his lance, which gleamed with the stacked strength of three different spirits. "Underestimating me was your worst mistake. I will end this quickly."
"...!"
"W-Wait!"
They panicked, unable to respond to his strength in time as Louis charged forward with his spear, unleashing three consecutive techniques at once.
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