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"[Fire Absorption]!" Ignatius roared, as his entire body began to absorb thousands of Mana from within my own Soul. Having leveled up [Mana Usage] to Level 3 was very useful, as the pain I felt over my soul when I overused Mana was way less than before!
FLAAAASH!
At the same time, my bold little Dragon Spirit began to inhale all the fire breath that his brother, Agni, unleashed against him. The flames erupted constantly, exploding. Any normal person would had thought Ignatius would be dead. Even Fire Spirits can die if they're hit with a fire attack that they cannot take!
However, Ignatius had a completely insane Skill that allowed him to absorb Fire and make it his own power temporary, and as he pushed himself to his limits while absorbing my Mana, that Skill began to frenetically activate, gaining a lot of Skill Proficiency by pushing and overusing it too much as well…!
Ding!
[Ignatius]'s [Fire Absorption: Lv1] Skill has leveled up!]
[Ignatius]'s [Fire Absorption: Lv2] Skill has leveled up!]
[Ignatius]'s [Fire Absorption: Lv3] Skill has leveled up!]
[Ignatius]'s [Fire Absorption: Lv4] Skill has leveled up!]
"GRUOOOHHHHH!!!"
Ignatius roar became larger and louder, as his entire body began to grow out of proportion, resembling his original form! An enormous and glorious red dragon, completely made out of flames! Agni himself was left completely shocked at the scene.
"What sort of cruel joke is this?!" Agni roared furiously. "Are you so hellbent in making me furious, Heroes?!"
The powerful Ancient True Red Dragon, big brother of Ignatius, Agni, roared furiously. His immense body suddenly began to grow even bigger and more intimidating, his Dragon Aura exploded, resembling an erupting volcano!
"ROOOAARRRR!"
His enormous claws reached the Giant Ignatius with all his might, trying to tear him apart!
CLAAASH!
However, Ignatius resisted them as his flames suddenly shaped as enormously hard scales, and the more Mana he got from me, the harder they were growing… This was insane!
My mother looked at the scene in shock, looking constantly back at Ignatius and at me.
"S-Sylphy… Your Spirit is…? It is the dragon we killed back then?!" Asked my mother in surprise.
"Uuuggh… It is a long story! I'll explain it to you later but for now, help him out! That dragon's his brother, he wants to put him down!" I said. "Mom, can't you use enhancement magic on him?"
"So the fire spirit you had was really a dragon?!" Aquarina asked flabbergasted.
"Sylphy just how many secrets you've got?!" Zack asked angrily.
"Ugh, I'll explain things later!" I said.
My mother seemed to hesitate for a bit, but then seemed to agree.
"Very well then!" She said, pointing her staff at Ignatius, tons of Mana began to flow out of her body, the mastery and richness of her Mana was thousands of times better than mine. "Divine Spirit Enhancement!"
"Spiritual Blessing!" I said, as my own buff and mother's buff combined together, reaching Ignatius.
FLUOOOSSSH!
Agni had to suddenly step back out of the shock he felt, looking back at Ignatius as his entire body continued to glow with golden and orange flames, his gigantic size only becoming larger and more robust, as gigantic wings made of flames appeared behind him.
"T-This Divine Power! Is this Sylph's mother's help?" Asked Ignatius in surprise. "With this… Hehehehe…!"
Ignatius suddenly began to laugh, forming enormous blazing fists and then hitting his brother with all his might one after the other. Each of his fists was like countless meteors falling over the enormous Agni!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Countless explosions happened one after the other, as Ignatius unleashed all of his might against his brother. His brother, however, remained standing still until Ignatius stopped attacking. The black smoke dissipated, showing that Agni was…
Unscathed!
"Do you truly believe you can fight a Red Dragon with such weak flames?!" He roared, suddenly enhancing his tail with enormous quantities of Mana, and then slamming it into Ignatius!
CLAAASH!
"UUAAGH…!"
Ignatius fell into the ground, rolling over the ruins surrounding us. Thankfully his flames were spirit fire, as long as he didn't wanted, his flames wouldn't spread out and burn things. However, he took a big hit, a large part of his body was missing.
"I get it now, you're some sort of spirit that can absorb fire to grow big and change shape, aren't you? Changing shape into my dead brother just to deceive me! Humans really are disgusting bastards!" Agni roared. "I'll just use my sheer Draconic Might to destroy you, using the Draconic Arts that my clan has taught to me since I was an infant, I'll avenge my little brother whose recklessness ended taking his life away from us!"
Agni seemed filled with sorrow, crying while looking at Ignatius with fury. He felt completely offended by what we were doing, thinking we were rubbing salt into the wound.
"That dragon's crying…?" Aquarina asked in shock.
"This is the first time I see that happening… Well, this is the first time I see a dragon!" Zack said.
"Dragons… Well, they're intelligent like us, if not even more intelligent. The one your father slain was a young and reckless one that came to attack us because he wanted to prove himself. Younger dragons are often very reckless and are the ones that die the most. Those that live long enough become Ancient True Dragons, often hiding in their mountains, or taking over a territory, without moving away from it as much." My mother explained. "If your Fire Spirit is really Ignatius soul, then there might be a way to convince his brother."
"How?!" I asked.
"He has to beat him…" Said my mother.
"Eh?! That's the hardest way though!" I sighed.
"We can always just beat him into submission until he just gives up, or… kill him. I don't know if I have enough power to kill him, but your father, Shade, and Nepheline are close. They had already slain a large quantity of monsters by now." Said my mother.
Is this the only way…?
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