Everyone present held their breath. They knew Osian was a knight, but they never imagined he could fly through the sky like that. It was to the point where they wondered if he was using an artifact imbued with levitation-related magic.
Especially the three emblems floating behind his back. The star, moon, and sun symbols were engraved like beautiful embroidery.
The sight of the knight moving along with them was truly awe-inspiring.
Osian flew up into the sky, defying gravity. In the pouring rain and wind, the hail began to grow larger. Due to the Sun Ring, the hail melted instantly and even evaporated.
Sssssssss.
The raindrops around Osian evaporated in real-time, filling the area with hazy steam. However, there was too much rain falling. Some raindrops penetrated through the Sun Ring.
'The temperature is dropping rapidly.'
Indeed, the power of the enraged Sea Dragon was formidable. That rage moved nature and brought a massive disaster to the surroundings.
No matter how much this was Tirna, if a typhoon of this magnitude struck, it would suffer catastrophic damage.
Osian knew the state of the cities in other kingdoms that Sea Dragon had swept through on its way here. There was a reason why the city government was desperate to stop it outside.
Hwaaaaaaak!
A massive cloud swallowed Osian. Osian floated quietly in the air. Inside the cloud where he couldn't see an inch ahead, a tremendous torrent was raging. The moment he let his guard down even slightly, it felt like he would be torn apart at the cellular level.
At that moment, light flooded in and his vision cleared. Osian raised his head. Above in the sky, a hole had been pierced through by a massive updraft. It was the eye of the typhoon.
A gentle light fell from the clear and serene sky. And bathed in that light was a being looking down at him solemnly.
It was the Sea Dragon that had caused this disaster. The blue scales covering its entire body glowed softly as if holding the sea, and the color changed slightly depending on the angle. On its head were two horns reminiscent of coral reefs rising prominently, and its long mane and whiskers fluttered in the air, reminiscent of pure white seaweed swaying in ocean currents.
The sharp dorsal fin extending along its spine all the way to its long tail allowed it to swim not only in the sea but also in the air where water existed.
Right. Sea Dragon was the sea itself.
And the wrath of that sea had led a typhoon to the surface and appeared before Osian.
Suddenly, he recalled the first passage of a novel he had read long ago.
'The sea breathes while heavily turning its thick, blue scales darker than crepas, didn't it?'
At the time, he thought it was a wonderful description, but he never expected to actually see it before his eyes.
The creature looked down at Osian. It looked like a manifestation of nature that had appeared to bring punishment upon this world. At that mythical sight, Osian felt nostalgic.
"It brings back fond memories."
The various boss monsters he had fought would appear like that with flashy cutscenes. Naturally, the more impactful their appearance, the stronger they actually turned out to be.
From that inference, the Sea Dragon before him was a strong one. Terribly so, at that. But that didn't mean he could avoid fighting. Rather, his blood began to boil for the first time in a while.
Memories from within the game. No, perhaps he could no longer call it that.
The past experiences that this body had imprinted, that he had actually gone through. Every cell in his body was clamoring to grow even more through battle with that powerful being and reclaim his past glorious form.
Just as Osian felt this way, Sea Dragon was feeling the same.
It had come all the way here, sweeping away everything that got in its way. It had driven away the Sky Dragon that tried to block it, and swept away all the anti-aircraft fire that those impudent insects had shot.
No attack had been able to stop Sea Dragon, but Osian was different.
Muooooooo.
The Sea Dragon let out a low cry. It sounded like what you might hear if a ship's horn was blown in the depths of the sea. The Sea Dragon stopped and gazed quietly at Osian.
It knew that the knight before it was more dangerous than anything that had tried to stop it so far. Perhaps this was the greatest trial it would have to overcome to get its child back.
The Sea Dragon fundamentally didn't like fighting. Swimming leisurely in the sea was the characteristic of the Sea Dragon.
It had no worthy opponents or natural enemies. The Sea Dragon had been the ruler of the sea since birth. Therefore, the Sea Dragon had no need to feel anything like danger.
But this Sea Dragon that had lived long was different. Gaining wisdom with age wasn't exclusive to humans. This ancient dragon was the same. The wisdom of life and crisis detection ability accumulated over its long life whispered to it to be careful of the light-clad knight before it.
Therefore, Sea Dragon didn't let its guard down. It fully revealed its rage and opened its mouth wide.
"Oh no."
Osian muttered as he saw the blue energy gathering in Sea Dragon's throat.
He hadn't expected it to come at him this strongly right from the start.
As soon as Osian began to evade, the Sea Dragon spewed its breath from its mouth.
Cheonghaejimsik (Blue Sea True Breath).
The breath that Sea Dragon expelled pierced through the air where Osian had been.
Zzzzzzzt.
The atmosphere froze instantly, and even the clouds touched by the breath turned to ice. The ice fragments were swept up in the torrent and became one with the typhoon, scattering countless shards of hail around.
"This is crazy."
The people who had been resisting the wind outside were shocked to see a blue beam suddenly shoot out from the center of the typhoon. Their hair stood on end even though it had pierced through empty air.
Immediately after, they were shocked again as the frozen fragments from the breath's trajectory poured down on them. This wasn't ordinary hail. Some pieces were the size of vehicles, making them as dangerous as siege weapons.
"Everyone fall back!"
Terence stepped forward. He activated the magic he had prepared in advance. The cold temperature that had settled suddenly heated up intensely.
The flames rising from his body spread throughout the area in an instant. It was a fire that didn't waver even in the falling rain.
The flames grew larger and shot up as if piercing the sky. A massive storm of flames writhed and swallowed the huge chunks of ice flying toward them.
Elise also stepped forward. Two uniformed skeletons that had been standing by her side struck down or shattered the flying ice with the halberds in their hands.
Fernando walked forward calmly. He paid no attention to the pouring hail, closing his eyes and spreading both arms wide.
"Wh-what?"
"Th-that crazy!"
It happened before anyone behind him could stop him. It was truly the act of someone seeking death.
Swaaaaa!
Massive hailstones swept past Fernando. Everyone present thought Fernando must have been crushed to pieces by the hail. However,
"He's fine... isn't he?"
Fernando didn't have a single scratch. Only the hail that had fallen around him showed that this wasn't an illusion.
"Fernando! What on earth are you doing!"
Muerte scolded him in surprise from the side. Fernando didn't even pretend to hear, muttering gloomily.
"Ah. I'm still alive again."
With a sigh, Fernando gripped the firearm he had brought. Now that he knew he couldn't die, it was time to do what needed to be done. His target was the Sea Dragon fighting inside the clouds.
Kwaaaaak!
A massive blue beam grazed past but Osian barely managed to avoid it by flying.
'Even grazing it made my armor numb.'
It was only thanks to pushing away the cold with the power of the sun ring that he was fine; if he had only used starlight normally, he would surely have gotten frostbite.
The same goes for Moon Scar. A creature with such high resistance to cold, almost immune, would be too much to handle with Moon Scar.
'More than anything, perhaps because it's aerial combat, moving isn't easy.'
Knights are supposed to fight enemies with both feet planted on the ground. Osian had always fought that way until now. Fighting while floating in the air inside the eye of a typhoon like this was a first-time experience for him.
Chirrrrrrrrr.
The sound of tens of thousands of droplets ringing in unison came from Sea Dragon. It was the sound produced by its scales rubbing against each other.
That wasn't just a sound of threat.
Swaaaaa.
The swirling clouds were sucked into the eye of the typhoon. Following Sea Dragon's will, they reached out long, massive hands toward Osian.
It would be a mistake to think of them as simple masses of clouds. Osian quickly traversed the air, evading the cloud's grasp.
'Sea Dragon's scales allow it to fly through the sky riding on water. And its horns allow it to manipulate surrounding water.'
The Sea Dragon usually doesn't fight much. The fact that it has almost no reason to fight in its life is probably the number one reason. Even if that's not the case, even when formidable natural enemies or strong beings appear, they don't engage in battle.
It's because they're inherently a leisurely species. The one he had encountered in the game was in a strange case, having been particularly sensitive after being dropped into an unfamiliar environment.
However, the Sea Dragon becomes 180 degrees different the moment its young is touched. As if exploding all the stress and rage accumulated while living peacefully, it shows such passionate behavior that it doesn't even care about its own life.
Just like now.
-Muooooo!
A massive mouth bit at the air where Osian had been. It was close. If his reaction had been even slightly delayed, he would have gone straight into its mouth.
Since the attack failed, the opportunity came to this side. Osian immediately twisted his body and swung his starlight sword widely.
The blade swinging toward Sea Dragon's neck instantly lengthened. He intended to decapitate its neck in one stroke.
However, Sea Dragon, with that long, serpentine body, displayed an unbelievable movement. It instantly turned 90 degrees, escaping from the trajectory of Osian's swung sword.
'What kind of movement is that?'
With such a massive size, shouldn't it be fair to take at least some attacks? Osian didn't even have time to complain inwardly. The water that Sea Dragon had gathered around froze, then became countless ice spears and poured down.
Osian exploded the power of Sun-Moon Star God and pushed away all the ice spears. The Sea Dragon, seeing the surging power of Sun-Moon Star God, opened its mouth wide and spewed its breath.
That wasn't all. The vast amount of clouds it had gathered around became one with the breath, literally creating a massive iceberg that fell to crush Osian.
Osian stopped releasing the power of Sun-Moon Star God and soon concentrated and contained it in a single sword.
And then he swung it widely toward the iceberg filling his vision.
Zzzzzzzt!
The massive iceberg split in half. The cross-section of the iceberg passing on both sides was as smooth as looking at a mirror. The pressure and cold swept past. Osian increased the power of the Sun Ring within Sun-Moon Star God.
Along with the heat, the armor was imbued with bright yellow flames.
The process of floating in the sky, controlling the power of Sun-Moon Star God, and separately increasing the power of the Sun Ring within it was short but his head spun dizzily.
The moment he failed to coordinate his power even slightly, he would fall down a thousand-foot cliff. In that extreme tightrope walk, his senses were clearer than ever.
Five sun swords formed around Osian. The five sun swords moved following Osian's hand gestures.
Osian pointed at Sea Dragon with his hand.
As soon as the prey was designated, the sun sword charged.
Five hot heat rays flew through the air and attacked the Sea Dragon from different directions.
Sssssssss!
White steam rose along every trajectory the sun sword passed. It was a phenomenon caused by all the vast water in the air evaporating.
Muooooo!
The Sea Dragon let out a roar. The clouds it had gathered with all its might swallowed its body and then rotated fiercely.
Another small vortex was created inside the eye of the typhoon. The sun swords were sucked into the vortex. And they exploded inside.
Pubububububung!
A total of five explosions created five craters in the air.
Even for the Sea Dragon, there couldn't be no damage. However, the creature had cunningly obscured the view with the vortex while pulling its body farther away.
'It doesn't charge in recklessly. Even though its reason is paralyzed by rage, its movements are cunningly fast.'
The Sea Dragon had actually become calmer through its fight with Osian. As if to prove this, the creature suddenly emitted light from its coral-like horns.
It was as brilliantly iridescent as the color of pearls. The clouds touched by the light gathered around and soon took on a single form.
It was a massive sword. A sword made of water. It was as blue as if it contained the essence of the sea. That blue sword was of a size befitting the massive body of Sea Dragon.
The blade undulated like waves. Indeed, since the sword was made of water, it continued to move.
The Sea Dragon held that sword in its mouth. It was a new pattern it hadn't shown until now.
"Anyway, the problem with big guys is that they even use weapons."