We live at the foothills of Dragon Peak.
The Dragon’s Song Part 1
Without anyone knowing, we took each other’s hands and formed a circle.
This is not a problem that can be solved by individual skill alone. That’s why everyone understood that we had to face it by combining our family’s strength.
I held Mistral’s right hand and Ares’s left. Then, the warmth of everyone flowed through our joined hands and coursed through my body.
It wasn’t just me. Everyone seemed surprised, perhaps feeling the warmth from the hands they held.
And it wasn’t just warmth that coursed through our bodies.
The flow of dragon energy from my right hand merging with Mistral’s was the first catalyst.
Next, the merged dragon energy of myself and Mistral was transmitted to Ruiseine.
Ruiseine’s magic power, which is compatible with the Dragon Jewel, was added, and it was passed on to Madrine.
The beautifully blended dragon energy and magic power circulated through Madrine’s entire body. From there, Madrine amplified the magic power and passed it on to Yufilia. Then, Yufilia added new power to the dragon energy, and Nina guided it into the correct flow.
Now, it was Laira’s turn. When a surge of dragon energy was added all at once, the dragon energy and magic power, which had been mixing harmoniously until then, became slightly chaotic.
However, Sefina elegantly realigned the disordered power. She not only skillfully blended the circulating magic power with the dragon energy but also created a bridge to the next person.
The power flowed from Sefina to Yunyun. This time, Yunyun poured in spirit power.
Magic power, dragon energy, and spirit power. Though they should have been separate, the powers were able to blend beautifully with Sefina’s assistance.
The three powers mixed complexly but elegantly, passing from Yunyun to Rinrin, and then to Priscilla-chan.
Upon receiving the power, Priscilla-chan added her own touch as she pleased and sent it to Ares.
Finally, Ares, who received everyone’s power, wove it into a single “power of emotion” using the spirit tree’s power.
And so, the woven “power of emotion” returned to me and flowed out to everyone again through our clasped hands.
By holding hands and forming a circle, we could strongly feel the flow of each other’s power.
This is surely a miracle only possible for us as a family.
A heart that cares for family. A spirit of consideration. A mindset of mutual support. And, the feeling of love and affection. It is because of these warm feelings of love and compassion that everyone’s power blends beautifully, and we can perceive the flow coursing through our bodies.
“Alright, let’s do this. First, we’ll follow Amira’s torrent of power!”
We must seal Amira’s power.
If we don’t, the world will continue to collapse, and we will have no future.
However, even if we want to seal it, we currently have no clue as to what or how to seal it.
It is the power of a Fighting God that destroys the world by transforming the sky and connecting it to the depths of the earth, raining the chaotic atmosphere onto the collapsed land like rain. How are we supposed to seal that?
Even now, I haven’t found a thread to grasp.
Nevertheless, we have no choice but to try.
To prevent the world’s collapse and save Amira!
Therefore, first, we need to understand Amira’s “Voice that Governs All Things in Nature” more deeply. The first step is to grasp the flow of power and follow the torrent.
All power must have a flow.
With dragon arts, we circulate the dragon energy residing in our bodies throughout our bodies, refining it into the intended art. We manifest it at our fingertips and release it towards the target. The released dragon art then follows the caster’s intent and activates its effect.
Similarly, Amira’s voice must have some kind of flow.
We will all sharpen our senses and search for the torrent of power, understanding how this “power” flows into the world and what effects it has.
However, it’s not going as smoothly as we’d hoped.
After all, Amira’s “Voice that Governs All Things in Nature” fills the world, and we can’t even discern if there is a flow.
Furthermore, we must also be wary of the Giant Demon Lord’s curse.
The ultimate curse unleashed in a desperate attempt to counter Amira’s power is ruthlessly raging, threatening to engulf the world.
We search for a clue between Amira’s “Power that Governs All Things in Nature” and the Giant Demon Lord’s curse.
Pale blue lightning bolted, trying to tear through the sky of the collapsing world.
The atmosphere raged, trying to repel the encroaching curse. And it conjured numerous giant tornadoes, attempting to dispel the ominous thunderclouds and lightning.
Two immense powers clashed. From the front lines of their battle, we attempted to trace Amira’s power. However, we were tossed about by the clash of extraordinary powers, unable to discern the flow as we wished.
“Grrr, what indiscriminate power!”
“Hey! It’s even encroaching on the spirit world!”
Yunyun and Rinrin shouted, looking up at the sky.
Following their lead, we also looked up at the sky. And then, our family members let out gasps of surprise.
By forming a circle as a family, we had become able to feel everyone’s power coursing through us. However, the power we could feel wasn’t just within us.
“I can see it, even without spirit power.”
“Is this… the spirit world!?”
Something strange was happening.
As we resonated with each other, we began to share not only our inner powers but also our innate abilities.
Everyone could see a world that should normally be invisible to those without a strong connection to spirits.
The spirits darted around, their diverse colors vividly dyeing the world in another overlapping realm. Everyone, seeing the world of spirits for the first time, let out sighs of admiration.
But we didn’t have the luxury of time to marvel at such a wondrous spectacle.
The spirit world was also collapsing.
Amira’s scream was forcibly changing the colors that filled the spirit world.
The sky turned purple. The atmosphere turned red, and the land turned black.
“No! It’s not being painted black, it’s losing its color and becoming darkness!”
Upon closer inspection, it wasn’t just the land. The atmosphere and the sky were also losing their colors in various places, and a colorless darkness began to spread.
The spirits, terrified, fled from the colorless, collapsed world.
“Yunyun, Rinrin, and Priscilla-chan, guide the spirits!”
“Understood!”
If they were left behind and swallowed by the colorless world, the spirits wouldn’t be safe either.
While tracing the torrent of Amira’s power is important, preventing casualties is also crucial.
Priscilla-chan called out to the spirits.
“You know. Everyone, come over here. Let’s cooperate, okay?”
“Help us.”
“We’ll cooperate.”
“But we can’t move as we want!?”
The spirits tried to gather towards us. However, due to the strong influence of Amira’s voice on the spirit world, just as Nimia couldn’t fly, the spirits couldn’t move properly.
“Use my power as a guide.”
“Follow this spirit power!”
Yunyun and Rinrin unleashed their spirit power. As the circular energy flowing within us was released, paths of spirit power extended like branches from our circle.
The spirits struggled to follow the indicated paths and gather towards us.
However, the paths of spirit power spread by Yunyun and Rinrin vanished in an instant.
Because of Amira’s scream.
“No… I don’t want this! If I can’t save Older Brother, then what good is this world!”
Amira blew away the approaching curse’s lightning strikes with just her voice.
Immediately after, the Voice that Governs All Things in Nature threw the world into chaos.
The paths shown by spirit power were instantly shattered, and colorless darkness, which destroyed the spirit world, spread further.
“Amira, please calm down. If you continue to hold Alf like that, you won’t be able to save anyone!”
“Amira, please entrust Alf to us!”
Ruiseine and Madrine pleaded desperately. However, their voices did not reach Amira’s now irrational mind.
“This is bad. If this continues, not only will we be unable to save the spirits, but we ourselves will be swallowed by her power!”
Yunyun tried to gather spirit power again to build a path, but she couldn’t create it as she wished.
Even though the Giant Demon Lord’s curse and Amira’s power were locked in a stalemate, we were barely able to withstand the aftereffects.
Yunyun and Rinrin were also exhausted and lacked the strength to rebuild the path that had been shattered once.
The spirit power flowing through the circle had weakened.
“Um. Spirits, please cooperate too?”
Then, Priscilla-chan’s voice rang out softly.
Though she wasn’t shouting, somehow Priscilla-chan’s voice spread gently throughout the collapsing world.
“That’s right.”
“We’re not just being helped.”
“We will too!”
“We will too!”
The spirits, who had been fleeing aimlessly, were revived by Priscilla-chan’s voice.
“I see. She put spirit power into her voice?”
As expected of Priscilla-chan, with her flexible thinking unburdened by fixed notions.
Just as the divine race imbues their voice with divine power. And just as I infused my words with emotion. Priscilla-chan imbued her voice with spirit power and released it.
And when the spirits received her voice, it also meant they received Priscilla-chan’s spirit power.
With Priscilla-chan’s help, the spirits began to move.
They unleashed their own powers as spirits. And, regardless of their attributes, they held hands and connected the broken path.
The path of spirit power, once erased, was revived by the spirits’ strength.
The spirits followed the path they had rebuilt themselves and gathered around us.
“We said we would cooperate.”
“We’ll follow through!”
“We offer our power to you.”
And so, the spirits joined us.
The spirits held hands, forming a circle around Nimia. Just as we had done. Without conflict, various powers such as light and darkness, flame and water, and others, mixed beautifully, creating a barrier to resist the collapsing world.
“We shall protect you.”
“So, save the world.”
“Save her!”
The spirits’ barrier repelled the indiscriminately unleashed curse’s lightning strikes.
Against Amira’s voice, which forcibly changed the colors of the spirit world and tried to collapse it, the spirits resisted by emitting their own colors.
We gained a little breathing room.
With the spirits’ protection, we could focus more of our attention on Amira.
“This is a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity.”
Sefina entered a deep meditation.
Among us, Sefina is the one who can perceive the various flows of power with the most delicacy.
Immediately after Sefina entered deep meditation, we shared a new sensation.
“So, this is the flow of the world that Sefina perceives.”
From the slightest movements, such as the heartbeats and breaths of those next to us, we could feel the flow transmitted through the world. Beneath our feet lay a lake of Nimia’s powerful dragon energy, gently floating our circled power on its surface.
“Nyanko will help too, nya!”
“Thank you, Nimia.”
Due to the land’s collapse, even the dragon veins that should have flowed underground were shattered.
Normally, I would receive the necessary power from the dragon veins, but that supply has now been cut off. However, if I could borrow Nimia’s power!
Drawing power from the dragon veins, I borrowed Nimia’s strength.
Instantly, the flow circulating in the circle gained vigor and power.
And with the amplification of power, Sefina’s abilities spread over a wide area.
A world where the Giant Demon Lord’s ultimate curse and Amira’s Voice that Governs All Things in Nature clash violently. The land is no more, and lightning rain falls upon the infinitely fractured sky and space, with tornadoes raging. Sefina’s delicate presence quietly permeates the collapsing world. Like water blending, like oil dissolving; it spread endlessly and naturally without repelling space or intense clashes.
Then, a strange sensation was transmitted. The unnervingly squirming sky began to feel as familiar as water cupped in the palm of my hand. Even the raging vortex of storms and the lightning bolts that ran through the dazzling flashes of lightning felt like a part of my own body.
“Sefina, by perceiving all the presences and flows in the world as part of herself, was able to precisely discern the opponent’s techniques and manipulate them freely.”
It’s easy to say, but this is an ability worthy of astonishment. We can also deflect or divert the opponent’s power. But to not only accurately discern the opponent’s power but also accept it and yet seamlessly incorporate one’s own power is a special skill that only Sefina possesses.
A third force infiltrated the collapsing world. Without repelling the Giant Demon Lord’s ultimate curse. As if dissolving into Amira’s Voice that Governs All Things in Nature.
“Ah, I found it… Such intense, yet so deeply sorrowful power…”
Sefina, meditating deeply, whispered faintly. We, following Sefina’s consciousness, focused our attention on the permeating power.
“I found it!”
Lightning struck from a cloud of swirling miasma. All things in nature influenced the world, trying to repel the cursed lightning. The curse and all things in nature clashed. At the front lines of their battle, I caught a glimpse of Amira’s voice.
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