Monster Soul Online

Chapter 85: Solaria

The first sensation that Noppakorn felt was softness followed by a nice scent that tickled his nose. Sadly, he couldnt keep daydreaming. Soon after, his face was imprinted with the sole of a foot.

Kyaa!! Nop, you bastard, what are you doing!? Rattana screamed. Her face was red while she was stomping continuously on Noppakorn.

Ack, urg, oww, stop! Im going to die! Noppakorn blocked the stomping with his hands.

Oww, she even reinforced her magic power into her feet. Is she really going to kill me? Noppakorn inwardly thought while circulating Recovery Qi.

Why did you suddenly go crazy and hug me like that? Rattana asked, her face was still red.

I just saved your life. Look at that. Noppakorn pointed his finger at the grandstand. Rattana shifted her gaze to that direction and found that the spectators were all lying on the floor.

Ah? Whats wrong with them?

They died. I dont know why they havent turned into light and disappeared, though.

Died? How? Rattana looked around the grandstand and ended her gaze at the arena. The ice field was melting to liquid and began to boil over. The vapor covered the entire arena so she couldnt see much of it.

They died from a sacrifice. The Grass Flower Fairy has a passive skill called Sinful Oath. Whenever the fairy is killed by its owner, its sadness that births from the betrayal will lead to vengeance. It will cause everybody in a one-kilometer radius who didnt put up a resistance to die together with it. Then, a random high-level monster is summoned. The monsters strength depends on the number of the sacrifices.

Is there something like this? I havent heard of it before.

Only a few people know. Flower fairy is a hidden race in the game. In addition, if this ability is triggered, it will permanently die and wont be able to revive. This ability has only ever been used once before. It was during the last war event, at one of the branches of the Royal Armament guild. Most players werent there as the battle between Montra and Lone Wolf was occurring at another city. At that time, the monster that was summoned was merely a Cyclops, a level 100 Marquis Rank monster.

Why was that?

Well, thats because most people have energy reinforcement active during the war event. Anyway, the number of players that died that time was still close to a thousand. However, this time is different. Many players werent prepared. I guess around ten thousand have died. I have no idea which monster is going to appear, Noppakorn expressed his concern.

The system alert went off, answering the question on their minds.

Monster Hellfire Dragon Solaria, Marquis Rank, Level 850 appears.

A dragon? This is huge news. Noppakorn hurriedly contacted Bluebird via his system window. However, no matter how many times he tried, he couldnt reach Bluebird, causing him to be anxious.

Why cant I reach Blue? Did something happen to him?

The conversation between Noppakorn and Rattana was announced via a microphone, so the special guests in the VIP room had heard the story.

Is there really something like this? Burapha wondered.

Um, I have heard about it from my friend, Poluk plainly replied.

As for me, I saw Francine do it in the previous war event. I didnt expect her to have another flower fairy, though, Varee added.

But, the summoned monster is not Francines pet, right? Can she control it? Burapha continued asking.

That wont be necessary. Although she cant control it, she possesses a method to prevent it from attacking her. She is the Monster Queen after all, Lone Wolf replied.

Wait, isnt this too much? How can she just kill everyone in the city? This wasnt part of a war event. The Royal Armament Guild cant just shrug it off as Francines responsibility herself, Ratri said.

Who says that everyone was killed? Look again, Poluk said.

At the grandstand, there were less than ten players who were still doing fine. This meant these players had reinforced themselves with power just in time. Normally, once an opponent acted suspiciously, reinforcing ones entire body with power was an obvious reaction. Well, given that these players were only here as spectators but still managed to protect themselves, they were at least praiseworthy and careful players.

Lone Wolf didnt recognize any of these players. They seemed to be high-level players who didnt belong to any guild yet. Lone Wolf was quick to remember their faces as these players could become either formidable foes or strong allies in the future.

Now, all vapor had evaporated. Sebastian was carrying Silas body at the edge of the arena. At the center of the arena, a massive dimensional portal had appeared on the floor. A gigantic dark red dragon was summoned. The surrounding temperature became burning hot, so hot that it was hard just to breathe. The smell of sulfur spread all over the arena.

Francine who was nearby, smiled merrily. She took out a knife and cut her own arm, creating a long wound. Blood was dripping on the floor. Then, she swung her arm so that her blood was splashed on the dragons body.

Blood Ally.

Francine activated a skill exclusive to human-race players. This skill allows the targeted monster to not hurt her. Meanwhile, she couldnt deal any damage to it too. Moreover, as long as this skill was active, she wont be able to use any of her other skills except Psychic Power Reinforcement. Well, she didnt care. She was very confident that there was no way Sila would be able to win against a Marquis Rank, level 850, dragon. The winner of this match was her.

Solaria was a massive dragon with flame-colored scales. There was a red crystal horn that resembled a sword on its forehead. Its wings were thick and sharp. Throughout its body, its numerous scales were as sharp as spikes. Even its tail looked like a sword. Its yellow eyes seemed very brutal and its teeth were placed in rows like a sharks. Its breath reeked of sulfur.

As slimes were a dragons nemesis and Solaria was a quick-tempered dragon, it didnt give any signal prior to breathing fire at Sila.

Sebastian was tense as his enemy turned out to be a dragon. Dragons were a top-tier magic-type creature. Although Sebastians rank was higher than it, Sebastian was more proficient in handling an army than dueling against a single dragon. Moreover, Solarias Dragon Domain was wearing away the health points of its enemies every passing second. If Sebastian neglected using his magic power to protect Sila, Sila would die in no time.

Afterlife Cold Breeze.

Sebastian flicked his wrist. Then, a cold wind blew and extinguished the dragons flame breath.

Lookhin, concentrate on using your ice power. Try attacking him when the chance arrives, Sebastian gave Lookhin instructions. However, once he turned around and looked at Lookhin, he found out that there was one more problem.

Lookhins eyes changed from green to red. Qi, magic power, and psychic power shot up from its body. The power was so great that even Solaria shifted its attention to Lookhin.

A system sound went off in Silas head. Although Sebastian couldnt hear it, he could guess what was happening.

Dark Brown Sparrowhawk Lookhin, Marquis Rank, Level 350, has less than 40% of its health remaining. It has automatically entered a berserk state. Its level is temporarily increased to 1000 and Player cannot control it for the time being.

Without listening to anyone, Lookhins body turned incorporeal. The temperature of the arena decreased by several degrees. It charged directly at Solaria going as fast as it could.

Solaria didnt panic. It turned its body to face Lookhin. Then, it opened its mouth to exude its breath. The temperature was instantly hot again.

Solaria stomped its right foreleg. The ground was shaking. A burning sword pierced upward through the ground.

Blazing Blade.

Lookhin was violently hit by the tip of the blade. The blade didnt pierce through it but it was severely damaged. Lookhin coughed out blood.

Blazing Blade was usually an offensive skill, but Solaria had used it as a defensive move. For magic-type creatures, although each spell had a specific characteristic, if one was able to use each of it at the right timing and right moment, one would easily become peerless.

Despite Lookhin turning itself into the incorporeal form of a snow spirit which was supposed to be able to pass through any object, what Solaria did was the same as what Sila had done. Solaria had reinforced its Blazing Blade with magic power to make it able to attack Lookhin.

Shriek! Lookhin let out a very loud, piercing sound. It concentrated its enormous magic power and formed several Granite Spears to attack Solaria. Unfortunately for Lookhin, Solarias Dragon Scales were too tough. These attacks only caused shallow wounds on it.

Lookhin didnt stop at that. Both of its wings were flapping, activating Soul Sealing Snow Fairies. It used up almost all of its remaining magic power. The entire body of Solaria was covered in ice.

Solaria didnt flinch from Lookhins attack at all. For it was a top-tier dragon, so the attack of a mere bird was insignificant.

Blazing Scales.

The scales of the dragon turned half-yellow and half-orange as if they were a burning metal. The spikes on its body were like a terrifying burning sword.

The ice covering it body melted away. It was very unfortunate for Lookhin. Lookhins ice originated from magic power. Based on the elemental principle of magic types, ice was unfavorable to fire. For Lookhin to subdue the fire-element opponent using ice magic, Lookhins power would have to be much higher than the opponent.

Not to mention that the current Lookhin was far weaker than Solaria. That was why Sebastian had warned Lookhin not to act instinctively. Sadly, Lookhin had entered a berserk state and didnt listen to him.

Sebastian watched the situation with great concern. If Lookhin were to die within Sebastians Timeless Enigmatic Magic Domain, that would become bad news.

Sebastian shot a glance at its master. Sila had asked for ten minutes to perform qi circulation. However, twenty minutes had already passed but Sila showed no signs of regaining his consciousness.

The butler turned to look at the Hourglass of Judgement. It was filled with the souls of all players in the city. At first, Sebastian had summoned this hourglass to play a prank on Francine. He was fully aware that he couldnt collect enough number of souls to perform a sacrificing ritual.

Sebastian also possessed a spell that required a sacrifice, though it was different from the Grass Flower Fairy. The fairys ability sacrifices lives while Sebastians spell sacrifices souls. The Grass Flower Fairy only took a life. Players wont lose experience points or any item. However, Sebastians spell wasnt the same.

If the soul of a monster was sacrificed, the monster would be gone forever without a way to come back to life. Meanwhile, if the soul of a player was sacrificed, the sacrificed player would lose every item they possess as well as all of their money. The rank of the sacrificed player would also be demoted by one.

If Sila was conscious at this time, he would prevent Sebastian from doing what he was about to do. However, Sila was unconscious. There was no way Sebastian would care about other peoples wellbeing.

That was a given, though, as he was a grim reaper.

This kind of thing is their own problem, isnt it? Please blame your own bad luck, Sebastian muttered to himself. The present Sebastian never imagined that his actions would cause a very big problem.

But, it was as he said. It was a big problem for others to take care of.

In the near future, after the players in the city revived, they would demand a large compensation from the Royal Armament Guild. Then, as the guild leader, Cross would soon become the public enemy of the mass. Even Cross himself didnt know the reason why he ended up in such a predicament.

Dear Lord Hades, King of the world of the dead. Due to a contract from the ancient era, this lowly one would like to provide you with these sinful souls as a sacrifice. Please grant this lowly one a tiny part of your power for this one to slay his enemy. Calaveras.

The hourglass broke into pieces. The sky above turned dark, reminiscent of a starless night.

For the record, even Sebastian himself couldnt cancel the effect of Timeless Enigmatic Magic Domain unless thirty minutes had passed. Thus, the best course of action was to kill the Hellfire Dragon within the remaining ten minutes before Lookhin dies. As for Francine, she wasnt a problem anymore. She had run out of pets and her power should already be depleted. Moreover, even if Francine was killed, the Hellfire Dragon would still remain here. So, Sebastian planned to kill the dragon first.

The small dimensional portal appeared out of thin air in front of Sebastian. A human skull fully engraved with incomprehensible characters slowly flew from the portal. Sebastian took it in his hand.

Please dont die, Mister Sila. Sebastian placed Silas body on the ground. Afterward, he pushed the human skull into his body, causing his body to change.

Now, Sebastians appearance was like a human skull floating in the darkness. Witnessing such an appearance, Francine's face was pale.

The invisible body with the human skull quickly flew toward Solaria. Beside Sebastian, there were thirteen scythes floating around him. Each of them was pitch black. Magic power similar to a black mist was being emitted from them.

Sebastians body flashed once. All the scythes stabbed at Solarias body. They pierced through the dragons scales and sunk deep into Solarias flesh.

Soul Cursing Stamps.

The hollow eyes of Sebastian flashed. The scythes instantly disappeared. However, looking closely, one would notice that each wound caused by the scythes was engraved with numerical characters around it. The numbers ranged from one to thirteen.

As soon as Sebastian had activated the spell, the first number was gone. The wound on Solaria darkened. The blood stopped bleeding, but the dragon cried out in great pain.

Soul Snatcher Scythe.

The signature scythe of Sebastian appeared in the air.

Flaming Blades of the Underworld.

Solaria activated one of the most powerful spells it had. Twelve red burning blades floated on the air and moved freely from place to place. Every swing of each of them caused the flame to ignite violently.

Sebastian used his scythe to parry against Solaria.

Soul Cursing Stamps showed their effect every passing thirty seconds. The dragon would be tortured. Meanwhile, Lookhin tried to attack Solaria too. However, there was no apparent result. Lookhin was obviously getting weaker.

Without anyone noticing, Francine was holding a knife in her hand. She was slowly moving toward Sila, going a roundabout way, step by step.