Chapter 1018: Elfriedden Surpasses His Limits
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Yes, it was not an illusion! What emerged amidst the background was a giant, a titan of over a hundred meters of height, composed entirely out of wood… and metal!
Blake, Erika, Elizabeth, and Elfriedden noticed the incoming entity, giant metallic and wooden cannons opened on its large shoulders, six in a row, in both of them, firing twelve cannons at once.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The bombardment of explosions was surreal, the enormous firepower they carried was enough to blow up the Hands of Gold into pieces, splattering liquid gold into the ground below constantly.
Blake quickly sensed two powerful presences within the wooden and metallic titan, this entire titan was nothing but the result of Eric and Alberta's combined power!
"It's really them…!" he gasped. "Just how do they keep coming out with these abilities?! My friends… They're surpassing their own limits and going even further! Did I ever teach them any of this?!"
Blake never did, all these incredible powers and techniques were their own unique inventions, after cultivating their physiques and magic circles, after learning and mastering skills, after learning how to transform, summon, and combine the power of spirits…
This was the result of all of that, and more!
"Yeah, it is us, Blake, everyone!"
Eric's voice reverberated from the giant made of wood and blazing metal, its giant arms quickly moving towards Mammon, opening to reveal two enormous cannons, flaring with powerful flames.
"We've found out that we weren't strong enough alone… So we decided to merge our strength!"
Alberta's voice echoed from inside the metallic and wooden titan, the cannons quickly started to gather energy. Their spiritual powers were incredibly attuned together, the bond between Eric and Alberta had advanced to the point they created a technique to temporarily combine their Spiritual Souls and Auras together.
And not only that, but also their Spirits! This Titan was not just composed of one, but of all of their spirits into one, with both of them in the core, metal, wood, and fire combined together, flaring with tremendous power.
"Fire cannons!" Eric roared.
"FIRE!" Alberta said.
The cannons were fired, two enormous projectiles quickly reached Mammon, the huge explosions blowing a quarter of his body into ashes, as he quickly fell into the city below!
BOOOM! BOOOM!
Mammon's entire body was being attacked from all sides, it was as clear as water that the amount of damage he was accumulating was slowing down even the amount of power he could draw from the spiritual energy of the infected people, and even from the demons he was eating.
"Y-YOU BASTARDS…!"
RUMBLE!
With a furious and crazed roar, Mammon's claws pierced the ground of the city, the ground below trembled wildly, as demonic flames and rainbow spiritual energies converged into corrupted, multi-colored demonic spirit fire, erupting as infernal volcanoes appeared across the entire city one after another!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The attacks aimed wildly at just anything, but they helped Mammon gain some stability as he attempted to regain his footing, the flames hitting his back easily allowed him to stand back up!
And of course, the flames also started to draw closer to the sleeping demonic aberrations, Elfriedden panicked, after only being rescued a second earlier, he rushed down, using his new powers at his fullest.
"I won't let you! {Divine Ice Dragon's Breath}!"
His Aura transformed into over five gigantic draconic heads, unleashing breath attacks at once, the rays of frost quickly turned off the flames and formed large walls defending the sleeping and unconscious people.
However, the flames were never-endingly expanding, Elfriedden had to spend most of his time trying to protect the people at the end!
"Dammit, where are those two fire wielders when you need them the most?!" Elfriedden complained. "I'll have to create an ice dome at this point!"
He started to rapidly erect a huge barrier of ice, no, several of them at the same time, and quickly interconnected them into an enormous dome of ice that encompassed the people that had been turned into demonic aberrations, protecting them with a diamond-like divine ice.
"Rosenheim, mother, Sapphirus, just wait for me!"
Elfriedden then jumped forward, charging against the endless flame waves with his bare body, his Spiritual Powers erupting and unleashing their power to their maximum power, as his very presence unleashed a deadly snowstorm.
"{Divine Ice Magic}: {Fimbulwinter}!"
FLUOOOSH!
A powerful wave of freezing divine winds clashed against the endless sea of Demonic Rainbow Spirit Flames, both powerful forces quickly seemed to be on a stalemate, but Elfriedden was slowly being pushed back!
"Dammit! No, I can't give up now…! I've obtained this new form, this new transformation… I can't give up, not yet… For my family, for father…! I need to avenge them!"
Elfriedden's powerful and unique soul surged from his body once more, an azure-colored aura rapidly empowered his very existence, as his four weapons grew thrice as large, and then…!
Crack, crack…!
"No! They're breaking?!"
His weapons were beginning to shatter, and his spirits, encompassing his entire body, were also trembling, they were in pain!
"What is it?! Why can't we continue!" he complained. "Please, don't… don't give up yet…!"
And then, something came to his mind.
The reason why his weapons weren't working properly.
And the reason why he had no weapon techniques at all.
Needles.
"I am a Tailor at the end of the day… Right!"
As he resisted the flames trying to burn and melt his body, his four claws quickly materialized yet another new ice weapon.
This time, it wasn't even a weapon at all, but four giant needles, as sharp and thin as he could make them, they weren't even spear-like anymore.
"How could I ever forget the origin of my powers? The Talent I've hated this entire time; it is the one I must use now!" his azure draconic eyes lit up with inspiration. "I'll sew these flames together and make them disappear! {Divine Ice Dragon Needle Arts}: {Flame Sewing}!"
FLAASH! FLAASH! FLAASH! FLAASH!
With four swings of his four needles, Elfriedden rushed forwards, sewing through the flames themselves and distorting them as if he were manipulating space itself.
FLUOSH!
The flames started gathering together as ice threads wrapped around them completely.
And with a single spell, Elfriedden quickly finished all the flames, which seemed alive, with a blast of pure ice!
BOOOM!
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