With the descent of her divinity, the central city of Orsay was transformed into a land of arcane magic. The overflowing energy was like the boundless starry sky, the intertwining laws and arcane spells forming a curtain that couldn't be sorted out. Endless elemental energy flowed and converged, every glimpse of what one could feel would benefit any caster for the rest of their life.
Only Mystra could control such a majestic environment. She was the ultimate arcane mage, the controller of the Weave. Without the suppression of the material plane, she could easily take the Black Dragon's life. Even the two dragon gods, Bahamut and Tiamat, wouldn't be able to gain any advantage in front of her.
The Mother of Magic wandered around the energy, gently moving her fingers to refine and purify the elemental power, simplifying it into a spell model that could be cast in the main material plane. Then, the power of the arcane spell spread through her mind, and a fist-sized fireball exploded with a loud bang, spreading into a curtain of fire that covered the sky and earth.
Caesar flapped his steel wings to defend himself, but was suddenly blown away by a raging hurricane. The curtain of fire turned into a hurricane and a glacier, crashing towards the Black Dragon. The energy combined and separated without restraint, evolving into hundreds of different forms. Apart from the most common earth, water, wind, and fire, there were also acid swamps, magma, poisonous fog, sonic booms, vacuum, radiation, dust, and flashes. Coupled with strange spatial disturbances and changes in gravity, Caesar was unable to catch his breath.
Akliosis, the self-proclaimed Elemental King, seemed like a child's play compared to Mystra. He had the ability to control the elements and arcane magic, but he only knew how to use brute force. If not for that, Caesar wouldn't have dared to take the risk of entering the astral plane to kill him.
'Hold on,' Caesar thought. 'Akliosis, this elemental abomination, could he be a descendant of the Mother of Magic and some other ancient creature?'
At the same time, a strange vibration came from within the Black Dragon's psionic space. This was the cage of the abomination. After his godfire was taken away, Akliosis had gone berserk, struggled, and begged for mercy. Recently, he had slowly accepted reality and calmed down. Now, however, he was restless again, using all his strength to shake Caesar's psionic space.
In the midst of the battle, Caesar was multitasking. He scanned the area with his mind and found Akelios screaming and howling. This bastard was shouting Mystra's name, cursing the Mother of Magic for her cruelty and heartlessness. "Kill her, kill her!"
As expected, Caesar's suspicions were quickly confirmed. Akliosis was a descendant of the Mother of Magic. As a deity, Mystra had mated with some unknown ancient creature, giving birth to a twisted, shameful mutant. As a failed divine child, Akliosis' only fate was to be exiled to the astral plane …
He was born without expectations, humiliated and deformed. When he first opened his eyes to observe the world, he saw his mother, Mystra, looking at him with hatred and anger. Akliosis, who had been exiled, struggled to survive in the dangerous astral plane. After hundreds of years, Akliosis and his mother had finally met again.
"Kill her!
Kill her! "
Unfortunately, emotions couldn't be shared. Caesar wasn't interested in such matters. He only felt that Akliosis was noisy. In his eyes, Mystra was no different from Tiamat, Umberlee, and Malar, only stronger. In order to focus on the battle, Caesar prepared to seal Akliosis' psionic space and shut him up.
"No!"
Sensing Caesar's intentions, the Abomination roared loudly, causing the psionic space to tremble incessantly. Acleosis, who had suffered from the backlash, had his body burned. However, his eyes were bloodshot as he roared with a ferocious expression, "Kill her!
Kill her!
I'll give you everything! "
"What else do you have to trade?"
Caesar's interest was piqued, and he waved his claw to disperse the waves of arcane magic as he communicated with the divine abomination.
"Everything!"
A roar sounded from the divine abomination's heart, "You didn't kill me, which means I'm still useful. Kill that bitch, and I'll be yours to command!
Kill her, kill her!
Why should I take the blame for this bitch's indulgence? "
"But this is just a projection."
"Then kill the other one!
Crush that bastard!
Why can she enjoy the love of her parents while I can't? "
Caesar glanced at Felynn, who was being protected by Mystra, and thought for a moment, "Alright, as you wish."
A tsunami of elemental flames spewed out from the Mother of Magic, melting through space. The Black Dragon's psionic barrier only lasted for a few seconds before collapsing. Mystra's body had already turned into elemental energy, the colour of platinum. Different types of energy collided with each other, causing sparks to fly out like fireworks. There was indeed a world of difference between an overgod and a lesser god. If not for Caesar's body and elemental armour, he might have been defeated.
Akliosis's words gave Caesar an idea. He did not really intend to fight the Mother of Magic to the death. He just wanted to distract the Mother of Magic as much as possible so that his ally, Talos (Geush), the Lord of Storms, could steal the clergy. However, the Mother of Magic knew how to control the situation well. The amount of divinity and divine power that she had invested was just right. It was enough to suppress the Black Dragon Overlord of Eladia, but it would not make her too busy to care about other things.
The only way to force her to invest more divine power was to anger her to the point where she lost her rationality. However, how could an overgod of order that had lived for countless eras be so easily angered?
Unless it crossed her bottom line — the descendants she had painstakingly nurtured.
* Rumble! * Dark clouds rumbled as the dragon's back lit up, shrouding his face in darkness. Only his eyes were like the rising sun amidst the black tide, so powerful that one couldn't look directly at them.
What words could be used to describe that look?
Cruel, ruthless, disdainful … Felynn shuddered. She saw the Black Dragon stare at her for a while before letting out a long sigh, as if it had made a decision. Chains of lightning struck its body, turning into beautiful patterns that flowed in all directions.
The Mother of Magic's expression changed and she said to Felynn, "Run!"
* Boom! *
The Black Dragon's wings suddenly spread out, and the airwaves on both sides rose up to the sky. Its body turned into a roaring wave. Before Felynn could do anything, she saw the Black Dragon suddenly appear on the protective barrier that her mother had built for her. After a solid collision, this monstrous Black Dragon actually did not need to catch its breath. Its huge body turned like lightning, and with a claw, it tore apart the Arcane Barrier.
Mystra clasped her hands together, her elemental body suddenly growing in size and covering Felynn's figure.
All of the elements were converted into electricity. High up in the sky, the electric snake was like a pillar that connected the heavens and the earth. Billions of electric currents surrounded it. In order to protect Felynn, the total amount of energy that the Mother of Magic exploded in an instant was already close to the limit of the material plane. Her eyes were completely filled with lightning. Her huge elemental arm flew into the air and grabbed the top of the lightning pillar.
To the creatures of the material plane, this scene was undoubtedly shocking and full of visual impact.
However, in the next moment, Mystra's eyes widened as she saw the Black Dragon grab onto the pillar of light!
The seventy-meter-long Black Dragon stomped its hind legs on the ground and raised its body like a human. Its claws wrapped around the pillar of light, and then it opened its mouth and bit down on the lightning. Even the Origin Substance armor was unable to withstand this kind of destructive power. However, even though its entire body was trembling and spasming, the Black Dragon still held onto it tightly, and then unhesitatingly used its fangs to tear at it.
The light from the explosion instantly illuminated hundreds of miles, and the electricity spread along the ground. Not only did the lightning pillar collapse, but even the elemental body of the Mother of Magic also showed signs of disintegration. Felynn was stunned. Her face was full of disbelief, and she stood there with her mouth wide open, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, the Black Dragon's terrifying claws reached in, grabbing and crushing the pillar of light!