"Fuck!" Zavra used the power of the Draugr Chosen to grow in size and close the gap in mass between them while he conjured the undead equivalent of Life Maelstrom from his own blood core.
Lith couldn’t use his full size without losing his equipment, but he had no need for it. Usually, Full Guard’s aura would be a problem since it betrayed its user and revealed the position of its caster from a distance.
Yet for someone who had worked really hard to go unnoticed, it was the worst nightmare. The blue aura coupled with Lith’s roars was a beacon in the darkness of the night that revealed their position to anyone who wasn’t blind, deaf, and dumb.
"My baby! You’ve killed my baby!" Orion’s voice came out akin to the snarl of a wounded beast from the Griffon-shaped armor as he put all of his weight behind the lunge of his longsword.
’Please, both my armor and Wail have grown with me. The attack of a mere human can’t-’ Ignoring Orion was the first and last mistake that Zavra did that night.
His assessment of the situation was, in theory, correct.
The Royal Fortress armor was made of Davross, but due to its small size and to Blood Maelstrom empowering Zavra’s Adamant armor, Orion’s attack was nothing more than a mosquito bite.
Alas, each Royal Fortress armor wasn’t just made of Davross. It was made of tons of highly compressed Davross that gave its wearer the same mass of an Emperor Beast and the mobility of a dragonfly thanks to Gravity Magic imbued in the metal that worked akin to Fusion Magic.
The Royal Fortress armor wasn’t just an artifact, it was a Guardian’s artifact.
Orion’s attack pierced through the boosted Adamant and flesh alike, turning Zavra’s left lung into mincemeat. Had the Lost Magus not moved his heart away from its original position, the fight would have been over.
Lith exploited the shockwave and the surprise that the massive wound created to throw War right inside the already regenerating hole in the Blood Warlock’s chest. The angry blade unleashed all of its skills at the same time, making the flesh rot in its wake.
Zavra screamed in pain as the World Mirror ability highjacked his mana and Counterflow reversed the regeneration into decay. At the same time, War dug through the flesh like a mole, searching for the undead’s heart.
"Dogs of the Kingdom! Two against one and fighting only by using dirty tricks. You cowards don’t deserve your powers!" The Blood Warlock said.
"Cowards?" Orion roared with such a might that it overshadowed the voice of the giant. "You killed a little girl from the shadows. My little girl! If I’m a dog, then you are a cockroach that fears the light."
A violet aura erupted from Orion’s body as he activated his tier five spell, Ernas Full Guard.
It was based on the same spell that Juria Ernas had used to aid Valeron in battle, but it had also been enhanced by her descendants who had made it stronger with each generation during the last millennium.
In the form that Juria Ernas had originally planned, Full Guard not only didn’t have a fixed range, making its area of effect depend on the user’s power and skill, but also it gave her perfect spatial awareness.
Full Guard allowed its caster to know the exact position of their enemies, of their allies, of the ongoing spells, and to Blink without the need to look. Inside the boundaries of the spell, an Ernas had the same abilities of a rare dimensional mage and they could move wherever their presence was required.
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