HPDBC Chapter 64
Chapter 64
The world turned white for a moment as a massive lightning storm raged. Two beings, wielding unimaginable power, were locked in a tense standoff.
“...” “...”
Hilde lunged forward with her spear, while Offnir raised his blade-like forelimbs, poised for battle. The fight between the massive dragon and the spear-wielding girl was about to begin.
Hilde glared at Offnir, her voice icy.
“
“Oh, who do we have here?”
Offnir exclaimed, pretending to be amused, bursting into a loud, mocking laugh.
“Keuk, Khaha!! The blue and white lightning!! [Blue and White Thunder Spear]─!! So, those incompetent inferior females failed even to buy time?”
“...”
“After all, the useless are just that: useless. No matter how much they borrow the power of the Beast God... if they have no ability, they’ll just be crushed by its weight.”
Offnir continued with a sneer.
“But now... kukuk...! I don’t care about any of that. I’ve gained an interest in information I want to hear, even if I have to cut off the limbs of that pink inferior species!”
“You...!”
Upon hearing those words, Hilde's expression turned cold. Beneath her always icy silver eyes, her veins were boiling.
Crack...
She looked ready to explode at any moment.
“Hilde...?”
I flinched upon seeing that. As a rival and a friend... I thought I had seen all her faces. But it was my first time seeing Hilde so enraged... losing her composure.
Rumble—!
The air shook. The ground trembled. Countless ether boiled over. The incarnation of lightning was angry.
Crash—!
Hilde's shoulders trembled as she lowered her head.
“Again... in front of me...! To harm what’s mine...!”
Endless lightning spilled forth. Her blue and white ether, which always burned calmly, was now shaking with rage. In response to that power, her skill, [Gleipnir], spat out a terrifying lightning storm.
From the overcast sky, the sound of thunder echoed.
Rumble...!
Between her bowed head, her silver hair responded to the lightning, rising toward the sky. The hair, swaying in the fierce pulse of her blue and white ether, appeared like a silver torch.
Finally, Hilde raised her head.
“To think you’d try to hurt my Lara...!”
Hearing that, my face flushed slightly.
‘...Is this just fantasy world vocabulary...? My...?’
Hilde shouted, her voice burning with emotion, as if coughing up blood.
“I’ll kill you─!! I’ll wipe you out completely from this world─!! I’ll eradicate you from the academy city forever─!!”
Rumble─!!
“You cursed beings of this world!! I won’t let you take what’s precious to me anymore─!!”
Rumble─!!
In response to her fury, the lightning flashed.
Offnir seemed to find Hilde’s genuine anger amusing, clapping his forelimbs together and laughing uproariously.
“Khahak...! Bark more!”
“Die──!!”
Hilde charged forward as if she were being launched. Seeing that, my body froze. Her rage, which I had never seen before, was so intense.
“H-Hilde...?!”
Should I join the fight? Or cautiously try to extract more information? In that fleeting moment, all my concerns were forgotten in panic. However, because of that, a clearer solution emerged.
‘...Yes. Now that it's come to this, we have to fight and win...! Even if I try to hold back and ask questions now, it’ll only correct that guy’s vague misconceptions...!’
It was much easier for Hilde to express clear hostility towards
Just as I resolved to fight alongside Hilde, determined to win, holding my spear firmly...
Tatat! Thunk!
Both beings simultaneously pushed off and charged at each other.
The battle had begun.
Whooosh──!! Boom──!!
The fight started with a black storm. It looked as if blue and white thunder were crashing through a storm of black ether blades. As the two beings’ attacks collided, the ground around the library cracked and exploded.
Boom──!!
And with that explosion, Offnir unfolded his agile wings and took to the sky.
“Kahah! Try hitting me if you can!!”
“You...!”
Booooom—!
With a sound like a helicopter taking off, the massive dragon flew through the debris. Its taunting flight seemed sloppy but reeked of a trap.
Offnir’s boss fight specialty was counter-attacks.
But as always, Hilde tried to overwhelm him with the destructive power of her ether skill, [Gleipnir].
‘Hilde! That’s not an attack you can just rush into head-on...!’
I shouted at Hilde, who was recklessly charging in. No matter how perfect a warrior she was, she couldn’t be prepared for a sudden ambush.
“Hilde!! Don’t go in like that!! He can attack from long range—!!”
“...!”
Ssssh—!
Thankfully, Hilde heeded my warning. Even in her rage, she responded to my words with a nod. There wasn’t a moment of hesitation in her actions.
Wheeee—!!
Within the storm’s movement, I slipped through, dodging everything. When I glanced at how Hilde was handling it...
Clang! Thunk!
Hilde, admirably, stood firm with her massive spear infused with lightning ether, holding her ground amid the blade storm. She appeared stronger than what I remembered from her first-year combat prowess.
“Hyaat─!”
And following my words, she doggedly avoided the thick lines of the blade storm.
“...!”
Watching that, I felt an overwhelming sense of hope. I wanted to give Hilde a ten-point kiss for her efforts after the battle.
‘But first, I need to ask about that forehead kiss...!’
We were still in the middle of combat. Kiss talk would have to wait.
Most of the black blade storm around Hilde was being shattered by the lightning.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
The lightning of the academy city’s protector. The blue and white ether, part of the noblest [Destiny] attribute, shone brighter than ever, shattering the blade storm. It was the lightning of protection that flared up when truly trying to protect someone.
Rumble─!!
“...”
Seeing that, I suddenly became curious about what was in Hilde’s heart.
‘Protecting the academy city...? Or maybe...’
But that thought was interrupted by a sharp cry.
“Shaaa—!!”
Offnir continued to swing his forelimbs, shouting. As he repeated the swings, the black walls of wind collided, resonated, and grew even larger.
Boom—!!
Offnir, amid the blade storm, raised his forelimbs, trembling, about to shout something.
“The source of [Conflict] is distrust! Even your shadows...!”
Another infuriating line.
Tatat—!
Hopping around as if playing jump rope within the raging blade storm, I shouted to Hilde.
“Watch the ground! Clones coming─☆”
“Got it! Lara!”
Hilde broke her barrier for an attack, disregarding the wounds she sustained due to her slightly inferior evasive skills.
Sssht!
Blood splattered from the wounds. It was the result of a forced breakthrough, trusting my command.
“Hilde─!!!”
Seeing that, I screamed. My mind threatened to go blank.
‘Ah... so this is how it feels.’
Seeing her hurt... hurt more than being hurt myself.
Hilde, still glaring at Offnir with murderous intent, responded.
“I’m fine!!! Avoid it!!”
“...!”
Realizing the attack she was about to make, I distanced myself as much as possible. Then Hilde’s maximum output [Gleipnir] emitted a flash.
“Kahak!! Do you think I’ll just let you?!!”
“Yes☆ You will─☆”
I channeled an ether skill into my spear and threw it at Offnir with all my might. My ultimate move, [Red Flower Darjeeling], now effective even against boss-level enemies.
Whoosh—!! Thunk!!
“Khak?!”
With Offnir momentarily hesitating.
Rumble—!!
Hilde slammed her spear into the ground, shouting.
“Die!! All of you!!”
Rumble—!!
A blinding light of annihilation. In an instant, hundreds of lightning bolts struck through the black storm and exploded.
Now.
And going forward.
Forever.
Among all the students who passed through this academy city, one of the most dazzling ether skills shone brightly. It swept the ground, rapidly annihilating Offnir’s clones that had begun to take shape.
The clones perished before they could even form, letting out their final cries.
“Keugh...?!”
“Kuk...!”
Rumble—!!
As the brilliant flash subsided, the black blade storm was completely consumed by lightning. A vast lightning bolt painted everything white.
“...”
“...”
And when it all vanished, Offnir’s main body was gone, and the presence hidden by countless clones was quickly retreating underground.
-“Kukuk...! Well... since you know everything, I’m outta here!! Khaha!!”
“...”
“...”
The boss had executed a strategic retreat.