Alana cut down these projectiles just as she had the first Then she exploded into motion again to cut down the distance between them Two arrows cut past Alana and ripped toward the dragon’s back legs as a silent reminder of her reinforcements AlanaÆs mouth twisted again in a grin
But Dragon had seen the terrible power contained in the arrows before It flung its already wounded wing backward preferring to allow two new holes in the wing that losing functionality in another limb Alana chuckled imagining Annie grinding her teeth in frustration at such tenacious prey
More and more sandy orange energy swirled out from Alana She moved forward less like a hunter and more like a sandstorm ready to devour the dragon until all that remained were cracked bones She was a force of nature Her image beat in her chest filling Alana with confidence
When she caught up to the dragon Alana thrust her spear forward with almost insulting familiarity Hissing in fury the dragon used its long tail like a whip to strike at Alana’s legs With a calm detachment Alana felt her body shift The arm holding her buckler shield dropped downward and deflected the attack away Then she completed her thrust
She had meant to spear the dragon through the chest but it wriggled out of the death blow Instead it allowed its wounded shoulder and a portion of its neck to be pierced by Alana’s spear
Mewing in fear it wildly beat its wings The impaled flesh of its shoulder tore and ruptured Snow stained red with blood and chill wind buffeted Alana but she was beyond the reach of such things Alana was a force of nature She raised her spear to finish the dragon off with the same thrust that had brought her to this point
The mountain behind the dragon shifted abruptly Snow tumbled down on the sheer face of the near black stone wall behind the Dragon and suddenly a huge glittering sapphire was revealed in the mountainside So large that it might even be larger than Alana herself And it was such a pure color that Alana hesitated in her attack it had the same magical entrancement that Alana had seen in the eyes of Randidly Ghosthound
For a split second Alana considered the sapphire The snow must have been shifted by the dragon’s struggles And based on the color there was quite a bit of energy in the gemstone Perhaps it was the very reason that it was so cold on top of the mountain It was possible that there was a very rare variety of ore that was present up here
But this new surprise didn’t delay Alana long Her spear slid forward and into the chest cavity of the desperate dragon despite its struggles It shrieked in agony With its trembling claws it attempted to rend her flesh as life left its body But once more Alana’s buckler shield casually smashed away the attacks
Alana retreat Now
Alana blinked Why did Warlord
The color of the sapphire gemstone swirled like it was a snow globe that had been set spinning by a flick of the wrist A thin black strip with a fist of gold emerged in the two meter long sapphire That black line slid forward
Moving as quickly as she could manage Alana stored the body of the dragon in her interspatial ring But as she did so a cave yawned open in the side of the mountain The cave opened wider and wider until it stretched almost five meters wide
Those aren’t stalagmites Alana thought with a chill
A burning river of blue energy flowed quickly out of the cave toward Alana Rather than dodge she settled into her defensive stance with buckler shield forward and spear high Orange energy swirled around her All the while Alana’s gaze was upward toward the monstrous beast that loomed above her
Level 79 Ice Dragon Broodmother
Its terrible sapphire eye regarded Alana dispassionately Its head was the size of the sort of mansion that sat tall and empty on expensive beachfront a gaunt thing that screamed of opulence Even as the sea of frigid energy rushed toward her Alana saw almost a dozen dragons similar to the size that she had just killed take flight in the surrounding area
They circled like crows seeking to make mischief
Alana bit her lip I am the spear of Donnyton There are people behind me I am the shield and the spear I will not fall My image
The orange energy around Alana faltered and then failed Like a river carrying away a fallen leaf the blast of cobalt energy from the Dragon Broodmother wasn’t stopped in the slightest by Alana The cold of its Skill immediately seeped into her bones The pain was immediate and debilitating as the world around Alana transformed into a swirl of white and grey
Chapter 1004
It really would be so easy to just let go Alana thought idly She was cold Bites of snow nibbled at her face and shoulders leaving only numbness in their wake She felt colder than she had ever experienced in her entire life It felt like the left side of her body was so covered in so much ice that she would never move again But thatÆs not my Path I wonÆt just give in here
IÆll pierce through this And then
Roaring AlanaÆs eyes snapped open to the cascade of ice and frost around her She was tumbling backward which made it difficult for her to gather her bearings for several seconds AlanaÆs heart was pounding and a rising sense of urgency was percolating upward through her chest But for whatever reason her mouth stretched into a wide grin
I must look like Randidly Ghosthound right now Alana thought And although she had no idea where that impression had come from it took root in her heart and surged upward in a gleeful manifestation of her refusal to give into this foe Energy filled her limbs That wild freedom his savage joy as he fought
But the threat of danger spun Alana around in a mid air pirouette The cobalt bolts of frost energy that had been about to hit her whizzed harmlessly past With sharp eyes Alana glared upward Large chunks of stone and ice tumbled lazily in her field of view but Alana could make out the blurred shapes of the lessor dragons coming to finish the grisly job their Broodmother started
Skree
The harsh shrieks of the Dragons cut even through the cold blast of wind unleashed by their Broodmother Alana raised her spear but her mouth dipped into a fierce frown as she realized that her left arm was pinned to her side by a thick layer of frost And yet that only meant that her smile stretched even wider
The air was so thick with snow that it was difficult to understand how far Alana had been blasted off the ledge Winds buffeted her from every angle and the only real sense of direction that Alana could obtain was from seeing the approach of the Dragons Some part of her mind wanted to try and return to the mountain but Alana knew that Annie and Warlord would likely be fine
Then she might as well have some fun out here
The howling of the wind grew more intense as AlanaÆs horizontal momentum from being blasted backward tapered off and she was pulled inexorably down toward the frozen abyss below Alana spun the spear across her fingers as more and more orange energy swirled around her in a protective bubble to take the edge off the wind The cold was getting so bad she was having difficulty taking a full breath into her lungs Yet that joy in her chest was a tenacious thing
She was the Valkyrie of the Red Clay a mishmash of theological references that meant she was the first warrior shaped by god Her spear was sharp and peerless and this would not be the end of her
Two dragons cut in toward Alana from each side bringing the total number of her foes to four The ones on the right were blasted helplessly backward when they collided with AlanaÆs sharp energy from a spear thrust but the two on the left wove past each other with sinuous grace to strike One came high with claws while the other nipped at her legs
Luckily AlanaÆs left leg was simply numb not incapacitated A sharp kick cracked the jaw of the lower dragon There wasnÆt enough force to deal any real damage but it appeared that it was briefly stunned by the impact as it drifted to the side
The higher dragon lashed out with its claw which ripped through the frost on AlanaÆs upper torso and dug deeply into her vulnerable flesh Alana almost chuckled as the ice covered her body weakened and fractured Gasping in pain Alana regarded the dark blue Dragon in front of her with a look of almost gratitude