Chapter 230: Fire Drake
Adrian is constantly cursing the fire drake inside as he does not want to actually curse out. He wanted to but he remembered that his parent's might be watching him right now so he controlled himself. A momentary stress relief is not much better than a butt spanking session later on or worse being reprimanded until your ears bleed.
"What happened?! I thought you were going to seal the Fire Raptor King." Levin Cloud asked.
"I was sealing it until that happened." Adrian stated while pointing with all his strength towards the fire drake.
"Can we beat that? That is like forty levels above us. The damage reduction due to the level disparity will be huge."
"Oh... I will beat the living daylights out of that fire drake after skinning it to get the scales that I need. I will then seal that thing and sell it at the highest bidder." Adrian said while gritting his teeth.
Adrian immediately summoned his dagger psyche armament. The fire drake seemed faster than it looks despite being about six meters long and about seven meters in height. The scales of the fire drake are almost like that of a dragon's scales but more on the rough side.
The fire drake does not look completely like a dragon but more like an eagle mixed with a crocodile. The scales also protrude like spikes while its wings are like that of a bat. It has four limbs unlike that of western dragons that only have feet. The scales on the upper half of its body is orange while the lower half is a lighter shade of orange.
The fire drake is in disbelief because his stolen prey became sparks of light instead of just a corpse. Pandemonium has this unique mechanic wherein a wild monster that is killed by another wild monster will not turn into specks of light but instead become a corpse. It is a unique mechanic that it is sometimes abused by those who can take monster body parts that is assuming they can escape from the predator.
The fire drake looked at the area where the fire raptor king corpse should have been. It did not understand the situation so it directed its anger at not being able to eat at the other group. The fire drake now glared at Adrian who is closest to the area where the fire raptor king died.
The reason that the fire raptor king died is because the attack of the fire drake did not kill it but instead the bleed effect killed it completely. The fire drake is currently atop another opening of the cave they are in. The fire drake swooped down but it released another flaming napalm targeting Adrian before doing so.
Adrian dodged the attack by flying away while the ground that the flaming napalm hit is currently melting. It seems that the attack of the fire drake has both flame and acidic properties. A direct hit would definitely make any equipment melt so dodging is the best option.
Adrian immediately used Soul Emergence to teleport behind the drake. Adrian then used Soul Impale to strike at the scales of the fire drake. Adrian specifically attacked in between the scales of the fire drake so that he could prick the scales.
Adrian's attack worked as the scales near the area he attacked looked like it is about to come off. The fire drake did not take this lightly as it squealed in pain while trying to shake off Adrian that still has his daggers piercing the fire drake.
Sirius jumped out of Adrian's shadow and tried striking the scales of the fire drake but its claws did not pierce the tough scales. Kanlaon uttered a loud roar that froze the fire drake for a few seconds. If Kanlaon is actually higher leveled than the fire drake then the latter might have just been frozen in fear.
Draconic creatures have a strict hierarchy in which monsters with inferior draconic bloodline will always be under those of the pure blood. Though having draconic blood is very helpful in getting a much stronger monsters, it also has its downsides. The hierarchy is ingrained in their blood so those with lesser draconic blood could only be under those of the pure draconic bloodline.
Adrian used the chance where the fire drake is stunned to take out some fire drake scales. He even asked Sirius to aid him.
[You have harvested one Fire Drake Scale.]
[You have harvested one Fire Drake Scale.]
[You have harvested one Fire Drake Scale.]
"Nice! Just seven more." Adrian muttered which made Levin Cloud look at him like he is seeing a serial killer or something.
"Brutal! Pandemonium has changed him and it is frightening." Levin Cloud stated while he poured crowd control skills towards the fire drake that became out of control.
Peeling the scales from the fire drake made the fire drake become crazy and thrash about. It is to expected as who in the right mind would take it kindly for a piece of you to be peeled. Adrian tried to hold on but he suddenly felt the temperature increasing despite the passive that makes his surroundings cool.
Adrian immediately used Blink to get away and Sirius also jumped away upon the former's command. The fire drake started roaring and a dome of fire exploded with the fire drake in the center of it. The skill of the fire drake erased all the crowd control skills that Levin Cloud cast on it.
Kanlaon also got damaged despite the attack having fire elemental properties. Kanlaon is too low in level that he did not nullify the elemental attack of the fire drake. The damage is not that great because of Kanlaon's high fire resistance but it is still shocking nonetheless.
The giant fire dome persisted for about five seconds before an exhausted fire drake came to view. Adrian is about to charge in again but the fire drake emitted a very high pitch scream that is not pleasant to the ear. The group had to shut their ears tight especially Sirius who is very sensitive to sound.
The sonic attack shaved off 5% of the health of the group. The fire drake then had whitened eyes as if its soul left its body. Though the fire drake looked like it is unconscious, it reacted to those who moved around it.
Adrian who moved closer to the left found it odd with what is happening to the fire drake. He did not pay much attention to it because his attacks only amounted to 5% of the health of the fire drake. He once again used Soul Emergence but the fire drake reacted immediately.
The fire drake reacted immediately by turning towards Adrian's location and from its mouth because an attack is already brewing. Adrian immediately used Blink to evade the flaming napalm that the fire drake spewed out.
Kanlaon did not wait idly by as it unleased its breath attack but the fire drake managed to dodge by flying backwards. Sirius used his shadow domain to try and pull the fire drake to the ground but the strength of the latter is much stronger than the pull.
Kanlaon decided to try and strangle the fire drake using his body. Kanlaon coiled around the fire drake in an attempt to immobilize it but it once again used the wide area attack.
[Kanlaon has been damaged by the Fire Drake's Magma Plume.]
Kanlaon got heavily damaged because he took a direct hit from the Magma Plume of the fire drake. Kanlaon dropped to the ground from the direct hit but the fire drake also dropped down. The fire drake looked exhausted once more when it used the skill.
Adrian did not let go of this chance as he once again attempted to attack the fire drake. He once again used Soul Impale to peel away some of the scales of the fire drake. Adrian's attack is successful but an explosion hit his face when he pierced the fire drake's skin.
The explosion threw Adrian's balance off as he was shaken off by the fire drake. Adrian dropped to the ground with his vision still blurry while the mouth of the fire drake looming above him. Sirius immediately sprinted towards Adrian's location and carried the latter inside the shadows.
The fire drake fired off its flaming napalm at the previous location of Adrian but looked confused as it only hit ground. The fire drake is in confusion because a direct attack of its flaming napalm will usually not lead to the body immediately melting. The fire drake is looking around if its prey managed to slip away without it noticing.
A dagger then came out of something like a black pool of shadows where the attack of the fire drake hit. The dagger hit the upper roof of the fire drake's mouth which made it retreat back a few steps away. Adrian and Sirius slowly emerged from within the black shadowy pool.
Adrian inspected the fire drake to see what it is happening with the fire drake. He now knows why the fire drake has heightened senses.
Monster: Fire Drake
Status: Draconic Sense
Level: 150