Child of Destiny

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Arthur was having a hard time dealing with Grand Marshal Draco despite the assistance that the group was giving him.

But despite that being the case, he was still gradually getting stronger as he continued to exchange blows with the grand marshal. Especially with the hidden reward that the system was providing him whenever he faced the attacks from their opponent head-on.

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System: Received an attack empowered with the Power of the Dragons! Familiar with the Dragon Aura rose to 15%.

System: Familiarity with the Dragon Aura +5%

System: Familiarity with the Dragon Aura reached the 'Advanced Rank'

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After a series of intense exchanges, Arthur accumulated an ideal amount of familiarity with the said power, making him able to sense the hidden powers flowing through his veins.

If it was in the real world, then he would have a much easier time sensing it due to his innate talent. And since his family bloodline was also related to dragons, doing was a simple thing to do, especially now that he already underwent a bloodline ceremony.

And now that he was starting to sense that familiar power within the game, an idea suddenly entered his mind.

"Since I am now able to a much purer power of the dragons, I think I can now use the special Dragon Arts that Uncle Nathan had thought me," he muttered as an excited look appeared on his face.

Unfortunately, he repeatedly failed at doing it despite being in the same Reality Manifestation. He might have most of the tools that he needed for it, but he was still lacking something in the end.

"The purity of the Dragon Aura is still not enough, I can only use the simplest skills with this," Arthur started mumbling to himself with a deep frown.

With the things he could do with his current Dragon Aura, Arthur continued to exchange blows with Grand Marshal Draco while also learning everything that he could learn from the latter.

From the skills, techniques, and Dragon Aura applications, Arthur absorbed everything and turned it into his own. He even used his Martial Art Prodigy talent to improve the things that he learned and turned them into a weapon that he, alone, could only use.

His fighting style also started to evolve into something new. He started to utilize his wings, tail, and dragon claws that he received after using the Elemental Spirit Fusion.

And as the battle progressed further, Arthur's style was starting to take shape and steadily mature throughout the battle. His newly found style of fighting was gradually fusing with his spearmanship.

And with this growth, he was able to fight Grand Marshal Draco despite the overwhelming differences between their stats. He was able to hold his ground even without the others helping him.

In the meantime, the others were also starting to notice the changes in Arthur's style of fighting. And the moment they saw those chances, they started adjusting their movements to match his pace.

The state of the battle continued to be like this up until they reached the middle mark of the battle. And that was where an unexpected accident occurred.

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Grand Marshal Draco was very satisfied with what Arthur was showing him and became more motivated to pass his Dragon Fighting Style knowledge to the young man. He might not be able to pass his legacy to them, but he could at least teach them everything he could.

He was starting to enjoy teaching Arthur through the battle, which led him to commit a momentary slip in his concentration. That small window might come a little too short but it was more than enough for the Power of Calamity within him.

The Power of Calamity took advantage of that brief moment to launch an all-out attack, forcing the grand marshal to commit a grave mistake.

When Grand Marshal Draco was about to use one of his personally created moves for Arthur to learn, the Power of Calamity within him suddenly exploded, making for the skill to fail and letting Arthur's attack slip through his defense and land at him alongside the other attacks from the rest of the group.

Puchi! 𝒇𝚛e𝘦wℯ𝑏𝓃𝑜νℯ𝒍.co𝗺

The spear in Arthur's hands pierced through the chest of the grand marshal, catching everyone off-guard. They were expecting Grand Marshal Draco to either block or deflect that attack which was why they launched a series of coordinated moves to match Arthur.

But since the grand marshal failed to defend himself against it, the successive attacks that were following after Arthur's skill landed on his body, further damaging him.

And due to those attacks, that further damaged his core, the grand marshal failed to suppress the outburst of the Power of Calamity, making it run amok within his body.

The cursed power also took advantage of his weakened state to spread across the different parts of his body, strengthening the contamination within him.

"This is bad!" muttered Grand Marshal Draco with a deep frown as he tried his best to suppress the cursed power.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. He could no longer stop its advances and took over his body within a dozen seconds. He was only barely holding with the willpower that he had.

At the same time, a series of system notifications appeared in front of the eyes of everyone, all of a sudden.

*Ding!*

System: Emergency Alert!

System: The Power of Calamity breaks out from the suppression of Grand Marshal Draco! It is now attempting to take over his body!

System: The raid is now starting to enter the second stage!

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Black Hand, who was very experienced in this kind of situation during a group raid, was the one who was first to recover from the shock. "Quick! Pour everything you have to stop the berserk state!"

The others were also veteran players, so they were already making their respective moves right after he recovered his composure.

Arthur, who was the nearest among the group, pulled out the spear stuck on the chest of the grand marshal before flipping it a couple of times as he took a step backward.

He then took a powerful stomp forward before thrusting the spear in front of him, releasing a purple beam of light from its tip.

'True Nine Dragon Arts: Dragon Slaying – Annihilating Dragon'

Roar!

A huge dragon head was suddenly formed from the beam of light that he released before dragging the grand marshal alongside it.

Boom!

It then buried Grand Marshal Draco underneath the rubbles of the house that it destroyed. But that was only the start.

Zero suddenly appeared above that mountain of rubbles, carrying his swords glowing with jade lights before throwing a spinning slash straight into it.

'Divine Swordsmanship: The Great Strom burying the World'

Swoosh!

A roaring air vortex suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the spot where the grand marshal was currently buried, seemingly trying to further submerge him into the ground.

Lawless and Faker also appeared at that time and used one of the strongest skills that they could currently use within the game.

The latter swung his arms up in the air, directing his dark powers with them. And at the very next moment, black chains suddenly shot up from the ground and drew a beautiful arc in the air before falling at the spot that Zero had attacked earlier.

Their appearance resembled a group of snakes launching themselves toward the ground, chasing after their prey and planning to devour him alive.

'Valentine Family Secret Style: Ancient Serpent – Hundred Serpentine Descent'

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Then Lawless positioned himself right in front of Faker, drawing his fist backward and accumulating a massive amount of mana into it.

And when the accumulation of powers reached its peak, he threw a punch forward and released all of the accumulated powers from it.

'Berserk Heaven Killing Style: Massacre of Second Heaven'

Boom!

A blast of wind that seemingly tried to obliterate everything in its path was released from that punch. It created a powerful vortex that swept through the place in front of them, clearing the rubbles and revealing the body of the grand marshal during the process.

Swoosh!

It was at that moment when Leonard suddenly fell from the sky, resembling a falling meteor. The momentum of his descent was too powerful that even the air around turned red as if it was burning.

There was also a spiraling mana around him during his descent. It looked like a tornado made of blood.

'Blood Sutra: Descenso de Sangre'

Swoosh!

With the previous attack that Lawless had thrown, Leonard was able to accurately locate the grand marshal and landed with one of his feet at the target.

Boom!

It then created an explosion as well as a huge crater on the ground.

The series of attacks they had thrown were all very powerful, but the group was wearing solemn expressions on their faces as they could clearly see their opponent standing at the center of the crater and holding Leonard's foot with one hand.

"Careful!" shouted S.Tigris as he suddenly got a bad premonition.

Then, at the very next moment, Leonard was slammed on the ground very strongly, burying him in the process.

Bang!

"Urgh!" Leonard couldn't help but release a painful groan due to the impact.

And before he could even think of what to do, he suddenly felt a strong force that pulled him out from the ground. At that moment, he knew what was going to happen next, he was about to get slammed down once again.

Fortunately, the others already came to rescue him.

Bang! Bang!

Swoosh!

Consecutive gunshots could be heard as Alucard fired shots from his magic rifle. It didn't take long for the bullets to accurately hit the shoulder of the grand marshal, making him lose his grip over Leonard's foot.

There was also an arrow enhanced by magic that also hit the same time spot of those bullets, piercing through it.

Leonard took advantage of that opening to free himself and create a distance between himself and the grand marshal.

Cloe and Black Hand quickly healed his almost half Health Bar back to full right after he was freed.

Grand Marshal Draco was about to chase after him, when Owen threw himself into him, ramming him with a shield and throwing him out of balance.

With a deep frown, the grand marshal was about to grab onto Owen's head, seemingly planning to crush it. But before he could even do that, Arthur suddenly arrived and totally cut off his balance with a sweep of the spear.

Bang!

Thrown on the ground, the grand marshal found himself tied by black chains, wrapped around his limbs and prevented him from making any sudden moves.

Then Lawless threw a punch in his face, trying to deal massive damage.

Boom!

But before the fist could even touch the face of its target, a strong outburst of power exploded from the body of the grand marshal, sending everyone surrounding him in the process.

Not only that, but the explosion also devoured a huge chunk of their Health Bars, making them realize that the worst was yet to come.

And before they could even respond to it, the group found themselves forcefully rooted on the ground, as a heavy pressure suddenly descended onto them.

That was the moment when the system practically spelled to them that they were f*cked!

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