"Just who the hell is this guy!?" Valeria's hope started crashing.
SHHHHH
The lava wave subsided behind him, leaving a trail of melted trees and rocks, nearly destroying half of the mountain.
"Wow!" Aurelian said, looking at the destruction, clapping his hands, acting impressed.
"Wind Arts: Earth fusion!"
Tessron sent a rain of sharp stones, each spinning in different directions. It was a rain of sharpened rock, chaotic yet calculated. A near-perfect mimic of Aurelian's Needle Rain.
"he replicated it in such a short time!" Aurelian thought with distaste.
"Tch! Shoulda copyrighted it!" Aurelian pointed his crossbow at the sky, the weapon glowed purple with his aura, ready to launch.
BANG!!!
One moment, he was aiming at the sky -Next, he vanished, only to reappear a few feet back, firing a dart toward Arxia. In the same breath, his other hand exploded outward, launching a rapid barrage of glowing aura needles that shattered Tessron 's stone storm mid-air.
"Mystic Arts: Veyl 's Curse" Arxia let out a loud cry on impact, purple aura enveloping him. Soon, he fell writhing in pain, crying out.
"Arxia!!"Valeria's panic broke loose. She dropped to her knees beside him, pouring what little aura she had left into his chest, her hands trembling.
"Val, stop it!, You can't do anything!" Tessron warned as his voice trembled, rushing towards her.
"I can't! Arxia will die", Valeria let out, blood dripping from her nose, lines of tears from her eyes.
"Hang in there!" She squeezed out her leftover aura, her hair turning back to crimson red, coughing up blood. Tessron sprinted towards his daughter, only to be blocked by the pink-haired girl.
"I wouldn't do that", she said in a sing-song voice, pointing to Viktor, who was still resting by the boulder, twitching.
"Son or daughter? make up your mind, Old man," Aurelian joined in.
"I am Tessron Voltaries, I will NOT be played by a bunch of teenage wannabe villains!" he thought, gritting his teeth. His eyes darted towards his daughter.
"Valeria!" he removed his ring from his left hand and threw it. Valeria slipped it on her finger, and her aura started turning gold, fresh aura rushing into her veins, giving her the much-needed boost.
Tessron gathered his aura, his icy blue eyes glowing. The air around him turned cold, clouds closing in, blocking the leftover sunlight.
He put his hands together, fingertips touching each other, and an array of lightning struck. The clouds in the sky swirled, soon formed a violent thunder-cyclone.
RUMBLE!!!!
"Wind Arts: Armageddon"
The lightning began to strike out of control.
The trees were getting uprooted with the force of the wind.
The ocean surrounding the island began to rise in gigantic waves.
The wind aura around the island went haywire.
Tessron floated in the sky, blue aura covering him, directing the storm towards Aurelian.
"RUN!" color drained from Aurelian's face, and he sprinted with the pink-haired girl and Berez in tow.
BZZZTTTT
The storm was wreaking havoc without an end. the uprooted trees swirled in the raging cyclone, getting thrown in all directions.
"It's not ending anytime soon. I have no other choice!" Aurelian thought, gathering the aura to his neck, as his tattoo glowed purple.
He sprinted to Arxia and snapped his fingers.
"Veyl's curse: Ultimate Cloud"
SHHHHHH
A zap of purple lightning left his fingertips, touching the dart wound in Arxia 's forehead. Arxia started twitching violently, getting zapped by the lightning.
Valeria, who was infusing her aura, got an aura feedback, getting knocked out on impact, with aura pulsing around her.
KRRAUUGHHHHHHH!!
Arxia let out a painful roar, filled with agony.
He got up, in a rampage, chasing an imaginary foe, swishing his long orange-scaled tail around, creating tremors on the ground on impact.
He shook his head violently, let out another painful guttural roar and charged towards Valeria, his eyes clouded and pained.
"NO!!!" Tessron screamed, redirecting his cyclone towards Arxia.
"Arxia, come to your senses! PLEASEEE!" he thought, it pained him to direct it towards Arxia, who was like family.
His daughter cannot take on a rampaging dragon.
This seemed like the only logical move.
"This is the only choice left," he gritted his teeth.
The cyclone gushed towards Arxia, tearing apart everything on its path. Arxia, unaware of the incoming threat, still charged towards Valeria, full speed.
"Wind Arts: Complete Synergy"
BZZZTTTTTT
The purple aura from the pink-haired girl reached the raging tornado, and she coughed up blood, unable to handle the aura's density.
She held on, blood oozing from her nose and eyes, purple veins popping up from her arms and neck, and soon the tornado was enveloped in a purple aura, making it spin out of control.
Tessron was tired from the previous attacks, didn't have much aura left, tried to hold on to the monstrous cyclone, trying his level best to fight the cursed aura synergy.
He coughed up blood, losing control for a split second, which was enough for the girl to twist the direction of the cyclone. The raging cyclone was no longer aimed at Arxia.
Arxia was still on his tracks to Valeria, shaking violently, aura pulsing around him.
Tessron tried to redirect the spiral, but it grew too strong for him to take over. It grew monstrously, almost destroying everything on the island, still growing in strength.
The air around the island changed, heavy downpour started, the waves were humongous, crashing on the coast, ready to swallow the island.
Tessron gave up the battle and rushed towards Valeria as a final attempt to protect his daughter with everything he had.
He stood between Arxia and his daughter, hands spread out, palms facing the dragon in rage.
Arxia shook violently, trying to fight the curse internally.
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
KRAUGHHHHHHHH
He shook his head again.
He turned and ran towards Aurelian and his entourage.
SWISHHHH They got on Arxia and flew off the island in the blink of an eye.
The storm was still at its peak, the entire island was about to be wiped off the map. Valeria was unconscious, unstable aura pulsed through her. Rudwick was on the ground, red, surrounded by his blood oozing from the needles.
Tessron walked to his daughter to move her to a safe zone.
He looked at the boulder Viktor was resting on, to see that it was empty.