Empire Of Souls 108 Battle For The Steppes 4

Lenia lightly bounced the throwing spear in one hand while carefully observing the battle between the three Legendary beings. She mumbled something incoherently to herself and then aimed the spear up into the sky. She counted to herself briefly and then threw the spear with all her strength, even taking a few steps forward to give the throw that extra bit of momentum. The spear soared through the air at speeds close to the speed of sound, if not surpa.s.sing it.

It was an incredible throw using every ounce of strength she could muster. At that moment, one of the dragons was just descending in order to attack the Orc chieftain and had no inkling of the impending danger. The dragon flapped its immense wings and suddenly the spear pierced through the left wing of the dragon, leaving a gaping hole. Caught by surprise, the dragon began to plunge to the earth, before regaining its bearing.

Before it could even locate the source of the attack, another spear howled through the sky piercing into the muscle and cartilage which kept the wing attached to the dragons body and allowed for it to control its wings. This was completely unexpected and the dragon finally lost its ability to keep itself in the air and plunged to the earth with a frightful bang on collision.

Lenia once more lifted the s.h.i.+eld off her back and then drew her longsword.

"Well, that was easier than I expected. I hope you are watching me master!"

Lenia sprinted towards the dragon that had collided with the ground in a plume of dust and debris. The Orc chieftain watched as the dragon fell from the sky, and after a quick search, noticed Lenia running towards the downed dragon. He didn't bother saying anything, if someone wanted to help him, he wasn't about to complain.

He didn't quite understand why this heavily armored Human female was helping him, but her actions showed she was definitely not on the side of the dragons. Without further delay, he immediately began fighting with the other dragon who roared in anger at watching his brethren fall from the sky.

Lenia approached the crater that had been caused by the dragon's fall without caution. She was running at full speed with her s.h.i.+eld and sword at the ready, but she didn't believe the dragon could have come out of that fall unscathed. However, when she was about to jump into the crater that had been formed, the dragon which had been pretending to be severely injured suddenly rose rapidly. The dragon had been preparing its breath and immediately breathed fire at Lenia who had just leaped down into the crater.

This startled her, but she reacted quickly in mid-air and held her s.h.i.+eld forward while pulling in her legs close. A good portion of her body was hidden behind the s.h.i.+eld, but it wasn't large enough to protect her entire body from the flames. She was also wearing heavy armor and could rely on her high MAG RES to resist the flames. The s.h.i.+eld bore the brunt of the flames, but she could feel the immense heat and the exposed parts of her body took some damage and was covered in black soot.

The fact that Lenia had leaped down into the crater was beneficial for her because the flames only hit her momentarily before she plummeted downward. It wasn't a deep fall and as soon as she landed at the bottom of the crater, she rolled to the side avoiding another bout of flames. Rising to her feet in one smooth motion from the roll, she immediately took off and was before the dragon well before it could breathe fire once more.

Of course, fire wasn't the dragon's only means of attack. With Lenia so close, the dragon attempted to s.n.a.t.c.h at her with its large mouth, but Lenia bashed her s.h.i.+eld against its head, deflecting it to the side. The dragon was powerful, but Lenia was also quite strong and her s.h.i.+eld bash ability was a perfect counter in that circ.u.mstance.

Now that Lenia had closed the distance, the dragon was at a disadvantage due to its large size and damaged wing. A dragon's greatest advantage in a fight was its ability to fly, but it now could only hobble about as it attempted to claw or bite Lenia to death. It was ma.s.sive and powerful, but the tiny Lenia in comparison was easily able to avoid the deadly attacks and continued to slash at the Dragon whenever possible. However, the attacks didn't do much more than annoy the dragon due to its inherent defense from its st.u.r.dy scales.

Lenia was aware that her normal attacks weren't doing much damage to the dragon, but she didn't mind it. She was trying to tire the dragon and deplete its VIT through attrition. When the moment was right, she would unleash her abilities and bring the dragon to its figurative knees. Actually, her mission wasn't to slay the dragon, only to weaken it enough. Aleks had a greater prey in mind and these dragons were only the bait. With one of the Dragon King's offspring already having been slain by Grobak prior, the Dragon King wouldn't be able to stomach another of its children being killed. There were only so many dragons left on the continent and the Dragon King's brood was the largest group of them.

The dragon Lenia was entangled with suddenly roared, "Human, why are you attacking me?"

Previously, when Lenia had initially attacked the dragon, it didn't speak. Now that its life was in danger, it attempted to communicate with her.

Lenia scoffed at its futile attempt, "It is simple, my master has given me a command and so I shall carry out his will. You don't need to know more than this!"

"We dragons have an accord with the Humans! We are here to help against the barbarians! Who is your master to get in our way? Are you helping the barbarians?"

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"You will soon know who it is that I serve, now die for me!" shouted Lenia while charging towards the dragon.