Chapter 31: Chapter 31 – A Blue Dress

What did Percival call it? A bus? Making an old dragon like me pull all the dead weight.

From high above, Novus slightly shook his head. Silently, he resolved to put Percival and Adrianne intense training.

Novus’ clenched hands spread to his sides, gradually opening them to reveal flickering balls of fire. The fireballs floated out into the air as they rapidly multiplied. One turned into two, two into four and so on. Eventually, so many fireballs burned in the sky that the pulsating wreath crystal seemed to dim.

SLAM!

Having sensed the exuding threat of the multiple floating crimson fireballs, the Slime Colossus slammed down its arms. The expected tremors happened, but what was strange was the way the slime goo oozed out of the now-shrinking Slime Colossus. In the moments it took for more fireballs to appear in the sky, a nearly equal number of regular slimes fled the area.

“Slime Disassembly. Cute.”

The Slime Colossus' question-marked ability from its status window was revealed, but Novus already knew about it from his past. It only confirmed what Novus knew of the Slime Colossus’ prey-like nature.

Slimes fled in every direction as Novus’ hands lowered. Then, with a cold look, the crimson fireballs all fired like comets from space.

Puchi! Sizzle.

Crimson flames flared to life as the fireballs overlapped in the sky and homed in on each fleeing slime. With each impact, a slime was burned alive, and a blackened core was left behind.

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To any mage, no matter how many enemies there were, they held a more powerful area-of-effect spell to slay them all. And yet, if any adept mage were to see the way Novus controlled dozens of fireballs with such precision and control, they would be astonished. They wouldn’t believe he was a beginner adventurer; instead, they might say:

“Your mom is a beginner adventurer! Do you expect an adept mage like me to be able to use a magic incantation multiple times at once and then direct every incantation to their target? Even around obstacles? Around each other? I wish!”

Unlike most mages, Novus held two distinct advantages: dragon magic and valuable magic-related experiences. It wasn’t flattery that Angrean people labelled dragons as incredibly gifted magicians. Novus knew dragons saw the world of mana in a totally different way. He was living proof of it.

Novus couldn’t currently touch on dragon magic. The fact that he was a human wouldn’t even be the biggest challenge to getting there. However, he could touch on the essential knowledge and accumulated experiences for a sturdy magic foundation.

Tch.

However, the current Novus still wasn't satisfied.

In fact, out of the tens of crimson fireballs, not all of them landed on their targets. A few attacks singed dirt, and some collided with other fireballs. Though the proximity was generally enough to burn away any escaping slimes, and Novus had condensed more than enough spares.

Then, there was the shooting pain that reminded Novus of his body’s inherent weakness. Novus winced as the final crimson fireball burned away the last fleeing slime.

 

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