Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her

Chapter 103 A Chance

Veer was getting a really bad feeling, but he ignored it and moved forward. The grass field stretched far and wide. As they marched forward, Veer noticed that Rain was fully alert.

"Why did we take this route?" He asked.

"Because we won't have to face any powerful Magical Creatures this way," Rain replied. "Besides, I remember sensing two powerful Auras from there and there also, so I just chose this."

The grass field was dangerous as they were in the open, but they wouldn't have to face those powerful abominations inhabiting the deep woods at least.

Although the greenery looked stretching endlessly, it was surprisingly small. After a few minutes of traveling, Rain smiled and said, "Don't be too surprised, Boss."

Veer nodded, wondering what she meant by those words, but in the next second, he understood it. As he stepped forward, his surroundings changed as the endless grass field was no more, and before him stood a towering rocky mountain.

It was so huge that he couldn't even see the tip as the dense clouds surrounded it. It was stretched widely, and Veer could only see it was a wall that blocked half of his sight.

As he looked at it, Veer muttered, "I'll be damned!"

His gaze went down the mountain and found a few human faces engraved on it. There were a total of four faces, three men and a woman. They all had distinctive features, but the passage of time had destroyed many things on them.

However, even with that, he could feel an oppressive might from them, as if they were Gods and just a portrait of them could make him kneel.

He memorized their faces and then looked further down, at the golden portal that looked like a vertical water surface with a spiral in the middle. Everything around it was being sucked in that spiral.

The Golden portal was fixed in a giant hole made between the rocks. It looked mesmerizing, yet haunting as Veer could feel its suction even from a distance.

He would have loved to jump right in it, but there was a problem. A major problem. His hair stood up as his gaze finally went down to the base of the Mountain where a giant creature was resting. As if sensing something, it woke up.

Slithering from the dark, mist-shrouded mountain's base, a serpentine monster rose to full height. Its underbelly glistened like oil, in the sparse light. Its head crowned with dark spikes. The monster opened its maw with a bone-chilling hiss, revealing its teeth, curved inwards, dripping purple venom. There was a faint golden glow around its eyes, piercing through the thick fog.

'What the actual fuck is this place?'

Veer was having a hard time keeping up with all the bizarre things he was seeing in this Labyrinth. Golden portal aside, where did that mist come from and what kind of monster was this snake?

Shaking his head, he asked, 'Show me its status!'

[Name - Mist King Guardian]

[Type - Magical Creature.]

[Rank - Elite Stage]

There was nothing else, but just that small window gave Veer a little fright. He smiled and thought, 'Good! I really shouldn't have expected anything less.'

But it was still better than meeting a Lord Stage Magical Creature.

The duo quickly laid flat on the ground, as they tried to hide in the grass. Peeking through the green blades, Rain asked, "Boss, what do you think?"

"I'll say we have high chance of winning," Veer smiled.

"How much?"

"Probably like twenty percent."

Hearing the reply, Rain almost slipped as she turned to glare at her boss. However, something caught her eyes as she returned back to look at the portal. Her eyes glistened as an idea formed in her head.

"Don't worry though, I am sure we can pull this off with enough preparation," Veer said. "We just need to make you stronger."

"I think I understand it, Boss," Rain whispered, then a grin appeared on her face as she said, "Boss, my devouring can work the same as that portal, right?"

Veer was dumbfounded and looked at the portal, thinking, 'Right! It's simply doing the same thing. She just needs to suck things.'

[...]

He was going to reply but felt goosebumps all over his body. He cursed, as he looked at the Dark Mist Guardian, "Damn it! It noticed me!"

The giant beast had already begun moving in his direction and it was really fast. It slithered on the ground as the Dark Mist swayed around it, making a path for it.

"Boss, I need some more time. I need to observe that Portal," Rain said, a little agitated. "I'm sure I can use my Aspects afterwards."

Veer knew she was right. It was a rare opportunity for her and letting it go now would be stupid. They needed her strength to defeat the snake.

'Alright, fuck it,' Veer stood up, surprising Rain and said, "Then make sure to observe it closely. If you fail then...hehe."

"Wait! What do you mean, Boss?" Rain asked, but Veer already took off to his left. She could only watch him as realization struck him.

'Did he just go to confront that snake to give me time?' Rain didn't know how to feel about that, but she knew wasting more time would be trampling on Veer's efforts.

Her eyes burned with determination as she used her concealment skills and ran towards the portal. Fortunately, Veer had occupied the Mist Guardian's attention so Rain was free to do as she pleases.

However, she knew it wouldn't last long. The Dark Mist Guardian was too strong for even Veer, so her heart screamed at her to hurry up.

"Boss, don't die on me. Just two minutes, that'll be enough."

On the other side, Veer ran at full speed, abandoning everything in his arsenal. He was only relying on his physical constitution and Mana-coated feet.

But it mattered little as he could feel the winds picking up behind him. He dared not look back, as he could cover more distance with it. He just needed to stay far away from it.

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" Veer cursed, as he ran towards the forest with his full speed. "I wasn't joking, Rain. If you fail now I'll beat you up!"

[..]

He calmed down soon, even though he still thought it was a stupid decision. In the next moment, something flew above him and crashed into the ground, raising dust and dirt.

'Tsk!' Veer clicked his tongue and jumped, easily dodging the shattered rock that the snake had flicked towards him. His eyes shone as he looked before him.

The forest was just as far as when he had started running. The distance wasn't decreasing at all.

'This Labyrinth be damned,' Veer clenched his fist and quickly made a decision. Lowering himself, he came to a halt and then immediately ran back to the direction he came from.

He could now see the giant beast clearly now. It was easily the size of a small building, while its long body could swallow hundreds of him easily.

"Woah! I hope you give me some pointer," Veer muttered as he increased his speed, approaching the Mist Guardian. The beast grew bigger and bigger until it was upon him in a matter of moments.

"Let's see if this works or not," Veer whispered, as he jumped using the momentum he had built up. The giant beast hissed and opened its mouth, as Veer leapt straight towards its head which was easily thrice the size of him.

His heart pounded against his chest, as a grin formed on his face, "What is this? Am I getting excited because I'm fighting? Hahah!"

His laughter awakened something in him as he forgot all of his fears. With a crazed look on his face, he approached its mouth but just before the beast could swallow him, he muttered, "One Handed Arcane Shield!"

A magic circle came alive below his feet, as a translucent shield formed below him. It was a rectangular Shield that he used as a stepping material to jump and send himself on the Mist Guardian's head.

The Shield shattered, but it did the work.

Not stopping for even a second, Veer cast Mana Pulse when he put his hand on the hard dark scales. Sadly, nothing happened as the beast just hissed and began to sway its head to shake him off.

'Heavy Magic Resistance, got it!'

Veer did a back flip and caught one of the spikes protruding on the serpent's back. He held it tightly as winds hit him, almost throwing him off.

'Just a little more!'

He had already summoned his Novice Spellblade, so by the time he stabilized his position. Without any delay, he thrust the blade on the dark scales, but as he expected, the blade didn't even put a scratch on them.

"Extreme Physical Resistance, got it!"

As he was wondering what to do, he felt a whipping sound as something approached him at sonic speed.

"I'll be damned!"