Chapter 255 – The Final Roar of Victory

  Katherine Evenhart:

  It had been some time sihe dark cloud dome dissipated, but its absenly deepened my uhe spell being undone could mean something terrible had happeo Nathan, and the possibility gripped my heart with relentless ay. Every fiber of my being loo know if he was safe, but there was no time to give in to despair. The battle raged on, and I had to stay focused.

  The war was nearing its end. The enemy, onumerous and threatening, had been reduced to scattered groups ered by our soldiers and maids. Their forces were dwindling rapidly, casualties piling up like a mountain of despair otlefield. My spell pyed a crucial role in this oute, verting enemy soldiers to our side. They fought with a fanatical devotion, ign even mortal wounds as they took down anyone who dared oppose us. Eaent was a grim decration of loyalty, driven by the magic I had cast.

  Victory was within rasp. Even with the reinforts that arrived after the dome fell, most were destroyed by my creation: my gigantit "daughter”. She had begun her incubation process, growing terrifyingly as she fed on enemy soldiers. Her form became more menag with each passing moment, turning the battlefield introtesque nursery. Every scream of terror seemed like a melody to her evolution.

  Despite the progress, my thoughts were elsewhere. My heart was with Nathan, wherever he was. I silently prayed for his safety.

  "ROOOAR!"

  The roar of the colossal brown dog echoed across the field, just as immense as my Soul Golem. The two creatures collided violently, the impact reverberating through the ground. The beast tried to sink its teeth into my scorpion, while my golem struck back with its deadly stihe opposing creature, however, bolstered its defenses with a natural armor of wind, being an almost imperable barrier.

  "I'm almost there!" Margie shouted, sliding gracefully around the monster and firing precise ice bsts in search of a ot.

  "AAARGH!" My golem roared as the dog bit into it. But it didn’t falter. With precise aim, it drove its stinger into the beast's fnk, pierg through the wind armor and sinking into flesh.

  "Yes!" I shouted, determination surging through me. "Release the venom!"

  The golem's tail began to i its lethal poison into the creature. The dog howled in pain, its movements growiic as it struggled to shake off the stinger.

  The dog is massive, but the venom will take effect eventually; we just o keep pierg and poisoning it.

  "Keep going, girl! Kill it!" I yelled with all the determination I could muster, and my giant scorpion roared in respo drove its stinger even deeper into the monster while its cws fought to keep the dog’s jaws at bay, locked in a brutal csh.

  "I have to help..." I muttered, adrenaline surging through my veins. Without hesitation, I ran along the carapay golem a into the air, eling my power.

  "Pnt Art: Forest of Demeter!" I shouted, activating the territory spell Nathan and I had developed together. The ground around us pulsed with a glowing green light as giant, grotesque trees erupted from the earth, arming nature itself for war.

  "Fury of the Vines!" I ihe spell lio the territory. Thick, powerful vines rose, ing around the beast's body and straining its rage.

  Landing with agility, I sprioward Margie, who was already preparing her attack.

  "Attack, girl!" I ahe scorpion, and it obeyed with deadly precision, driving its stinger directly into the dog's eye.

  "AAARRRGH!" The creature's agonized roar echoed across the battlefield, but its resilience seemed endless. Even wouhe mohrashed violently.

  "Katie! Dodge!" Margie shouted, her voice cutting through the chaos. Without a sed thought, I leapt aside, narrowly avoiding the beast's frenzied charge. While airborne, I summoned vio propel me to safety, esg by a hair's breadth.

  As my feet hit the ground, my determination intensified.

  I jured a spell, and a series of sharp, massive cactus thored from the ground, pierg the monster's paws. The beast howled in pain, its body trembling from the impact. Blood poured from its pierced eye, but driven by blind rage, it charged forward.

  In a desperate move, the dog cmped its jaws around my golem's tail, its powerful bite severing the limb with brutal force.

  "No!" I screamed as the horrifying se unfolded. The scorpion's tail, its most lethal on, had been torn away.

  The scorpion roared in pain but didn’t falter. Even without its tail, it fought ferociously, its cws tearing into the beast's body as I desperately searched for a solution. The battlefield ure chaos, but hesitation wasn’t an option. If my golem fell, victory would slip through rasp.

  "Attack with everything, girl!" I anded firmly. My creature, loyal to my order, cmped its slender cw deep into the giant dog's fnk while ung bursts of algae bombs. The explosions coated the monster in a viscous liquid, further restrig its movements.

  I staggered to my feet, my vision blurred from the adrenaline. Margie was beside me, spinning her with deadly precision. Each strike nded with brutal force, drawing pained howls from the monstrous dog.

  "Water Art: Great Tsunami!" Margie cried, summoning a colossal wave. The water surged forward like an unstoppable wall, swallowing the brown monster entirely. Before the beast could react, Margie raised her hand and shouted, "Freeze!" The wave transformed into a frozen prison, encapsuting the monster in an immense crystalline mass.

  "Now, Katie! Attack!" Margie yelled, urgency ringing in her voice.

  "Go, girl!" I anded again. My scorpion seized the opportunity, ung a brutal assault. Its cws tore into the icy surface, pierg the trapped monster while its immerength crushed the frozen structure, leaving no room for escape.

  I didn’t hesitate. Once more, I cast my spell, reinf the prison with thick, pulsating vihat coiled around the monster, squeezing tighter with each passing moment. The bination of id pnts seemed to choke the life out of the beast, its struggles growing weaker by the sed.

  "We're doing it!" Margie excimed, her voice brimming with hope aermination. She unleashed more bsts of ice, further solidifying the prison. The dog fought back, but its strength was clearly waning.

  Then, a colossal roar shattered the air.

  "ROOOOAAAAR!"

  In a desperate act, the monster unleashed a devastating explosion of wind. The impact threw us like ragdolls, obliterating trees, vines, and the ice that held it captive.

  I felt my body tossed through the air like a leaf in a storm. Brarees, and vines broke my fall before I crashed to the ground with a deafening thud. Pain radiated through every ine, leaving me breathless and my vision spinning.

  "Damn it..." I muttered, spitting blood onto my trembling hands. "Pretty sure I broke a few things..." Every breath felt like a kearing through my lungs. Even so, I forced myself to move, groaning with each agonizing motion.

  In the distahe brow spewed wind bombs at my Soul Golem, which fought valiantly to hold its ground. I felt the weight of its remaining eye fix os fury palpable.

  It knew.

  It khat as long as I lived, my golem would too. And now, it was ing to kill me.

  "Katie!" Margie's voice cut through the chaos as she unleashed desperate barrages of ice to halt the creature's advance.

  The giant dog surged forward with terrifying speed, crushing trees and vines as though they were paper. Gathering what little strength I had left, I tried to and the forest to slow it down. "Attack!" I screamed, as trees rose like living spears. But it was useless. The monster cloaked itself in a shield of wind, tearing through everything with brutal force.

  Each step brought it closer, its overwhelming presence crushing my resolve. Pain, fear, a all disappeared, ed by a sihought: Nathan.

  The beast was ing to kill me. I closed my eyes, brag for the worst, when a scorg gust of wind swept over me, f them open.

  "ROOOOOOOAR!"

  A deafening roar tore through the air, and just as the monster leapt to crush me, a colossal fme desded from the heavens. The impact was catastrophic, a wave of heat and force that sent the beast hurtling backward, its body crashing into the ground with a brutal thud.

  The sunlight vanished, blocked by an enormous shadow that engulfed the battlefield. Struggling, I lifted my head and saw my savior.

  "Cyl!" I whispered, relief flooding through me as I reized the t red dragon. She soared majestically above me, her scales glowing like living embers. Her wings stretched wide, casting an imposing shadow over the battlefield, while her bzing eyes locked onto the creature that had dared to threaten me.

  "ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAR!"

  Cyl's roar reverberated across the field, shaking the grouh us. For a moment, the chaos paused. The deafening sound echoed through the air, causing ons to ctter to the ground and freezing soldiers, friend and foe alike, iracks. Their faces were masks of sheer terror.

  Some warriors colpsed to their knees, uo endure Cyl's overwhelming presehers dropped their oirely, surrendering to their primal instinct to survive. The red dragon was an unstoppable force, a vision none dared to challenge.

  ded with a thunderous impact, her wings spreading wide like a protective barrier in front of me. Eaent created gusts of wind that sent debris scattering across the field, amplifying her aura of absolute dominance. Beh her immense shadow, I felt safe.

  Margie sprinted forward, summoning an icy pilr beh her feet to unch herself atop Cyl’s head. From her vantage point, she used her wind magiplify her voice, projeg it like an unyielding and across the battlefield.

  “Kneel or die!” Margie’s voice cut through the air like a bde.

  "ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAR!" Cyl answered with another earth-shaking roar, and as if to solidify the threat, she unleashed a torrent of fire into the sky, painting it in fiery shades e and red.

  The effect was immediate. The battlefield, once a cacophony of chaos and screams, fell into an oppressive silence. One by one, soldiers dropped to their knees, abandoning their ons, their faces etched with despair. Those who hesitated quickly followed, uo withstand the terrifying sight of the dragon and the crushing power that emanated from her.