Ain was very familiar with this phrasing.
“【Please save Angelica!】”
Is this a new quest...?
Ain, underwater, couldn't speak, so he could only grumble silently in his heart.
However, in the original plot, the other party was a threat to the world, even if it was just to protect the holy spear...
Ain weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
“Her child, huh...”
This giant dragon, is it the child of the God of Light?
The original work indeed didn't explain the dragon's identity or its motive for protecting the holy spear, but if she was acting on the orders of the God of Light...
It would make sense, wouldn't it?
If this giant dragon died here, the subsequent plot changes would be immense.
Although it wouldn't be an obstacle in Act Two, more factions would contend for the holy spear.
If it lived, it could also conveniently block those factions.
In fact, Erylin's ability to find the holy spear in the original work was largely due to this dragon drawing fire for her.
Currently, he could only unleash Tier 5 spells when his Blessing was active.
And judging by his last fight with Wesley, even without casting other spells to overheat his circuits, his limit for casting Tier 5 spells was likely only two.
Furthermore, only when Lillian entered her witchification state could his mana cap, boosted by the Blessing, barely reach the threshold for Tier 5 spells.
A single cast would cause Mana Overload.
If it weren't for the trait 【Mana always remains at maximum capacity】, he wouldn't even be able to cast a second one.
Only when his mana value far exceeded the mana cost of a Tier 5 spell would he likely be able to increase the number of times he could use it.
Just as Ain was weighing the pros and cons in his mind, the petite loli figure pressed her cute little face closer, touching her forehead against Ain's.
“I'm sorry...”
“I don't seem to have anything to give you...”
She was still in tears, her face, which should have been full of divine radiance, now only held endless sorrow.
Ain tried to touch the figure, but his hands passed right through.
“Can you help Mama?”
“My... child.”
After speaking, the loli's face showed a gentle smile, and a hint of maternal radiance emanated from her.
Ain: “???”
He was certain that when she said “child,” she was referring to him.
But...
I don't have those perverted fetishes like Senior!
“I'm sorry to trouble you, but Mama can only think of you right now...”
“Mph! Mph! Mph! Mph! Mph! Mph!”
Ain really wanted to speak.
But he couldn't open his mouth underwater.
The next second, under Ain's astonished gaze, a warm petal gently touched his lips.
【Blessing of the God of Light】
【Status: Activated】
...
That damned human...
Angelica stared intently at a distant mountain.
Ordinary people could only see the tiny spire on the mountain, but Angelica, as a dragon, could see every single detail clearly.
Atop the towering spire, a figure in a holy white uniform stood. The crucifix hanging on his chest gleamed faintly under the cold light, yet on a face that should have shown compassion for all beings, a chillingly sinister smile crept.
Angelica couldn't help but let out a low growl.
“To dare turn Mother's Church into this state...”
“Humans, truly despicable!”
On the spire, Noctis, surrounded by hundreds of believers, raised his staff. As the gem at the tip of the staff slowly pointed toward Angelica, a massive golden magic circle instantly appeared.
Countless smaller magic circles spun wildly around him like stellar rings, erupting with astonishing mana fluctuations.
Seeing the opponent about to launch another attack, a flicker of anger crossed Angelica's heart. She slightly opened her dragon maw, once again condensing the surrounding mana.
“Don't get too carried away, human!”
Although Angelica was severely wounded, the mana pressure gathering before her maw remained undiminished.
Just as she was about to launch her attack first, she glimpsed several young children on a nearby street, looking at her with fear.
Angelica's heart jolted.
If her magic collided with that man's magic, most of the city would likely be wiped out by the aftermath!
Watching the magic circle condensed by Noctis grow larger and larger, the fury in Angelica's eyes could no longer be hidden!
That person, does he not care about the lives of his own kind?!
For a moment, Angelica's thoughts drifted back hundreds of years.
“You must learn to love humans, Ange...”
Tch!
Angelica clicked her tongue inwardly.
Mother is truly troublesome!
What's there to care about the lives of a bunch of ants!
Despite her thoughts, Angelica still made an unexpected move.
She slowly reined in the sharpness in her eyes, allowing the magic circle hovering before her maw to dissolve into specks of light and dissipate into the air.
In the end, she was unwilling to see a scene of widespread devastation.
Humans, truly despicable!
Glancing once more at the distant figure of the man, Angelica suppressed her rage and let out a low growl.
“If Mother's Church has truly become like this...”
“Then I shall destroy it!”
“I hope your pained expression truly pleases me then...”
“Hu-mans!”
The next second, Angelica unleashed her unique magic. Even with severely injured wings, she still forced her body upward, soaring straight toward the clouds.
Unfortunately, she overlooked one thing.
Her opponent had come prepared.
Angelica seemed to crash into an invisible wall. No matter how she struggled, she couldn't reach the free sky.
This was space-type magic!
Angelica was horrified.
Dragonkind inherently possessed extremely high magical talent.
But even so, most of their members couldn't comprehend the mysteries of space-type magic.
Moreover, a confinement space capable of restraining a large creature like this couldn't be constructed in a short amount of time.
Seeing Noctis's “all in my grasp” expression on the mountaintop, Angelica immediately figured it out.
That man already knew she was coming?!
Just as Angelica was momentarily stunned, another golden holy light, carrying an immense amount of mana, arced gracefully through the air and struck her.
This time, though there was only one holy light, the pressure it contained was far stronger than any of the previous ones!
It just wasn't as fast as before.
But by now, it was too late to construct another high-level magic circle.
Angelica knew very well that she might barely withstand this fatal blow, but afterward, she wouldn't even have the strength to lift her dragon claws.
She would only collapse like a rag doll, becoming fish on a chopping block, left to her opponent's mercy.
This was the first time she experienced human hatred and malice.
Using divine love to control the minds of mortals, sacrificing the lives of their own kind for selfish desires...
Mother, is this the race you wished to protect?!
The anger in Angelica's eyes did not diminish.
She still hadn't found the person Mother had chosen...
How could she fall in a place like this?!
Dragonkind never retreated before death!
Mobilizing the last of her mana, Angelica was about to use magic to defend herself when her body was suddenly enveloped by a familiar warmth.
It was like her mother embracing her when she was a child.
Angelica was visibly stunned. She looked down at the water below, somewhat disbelieving.
From the seabed, which should have been silent, rings of dark purple light began to emanate.
Upon closer inspection, she discovered that the rings of circuits were covered with dense magic runes.
And the scale of this magic circle was still expanding!
As circuit after circuit unfolded, this dark purple magic circle grew rapidly underwater, like coral!
And at the center of this massive magic circle was a student wearing a school uniform.
What shocked Angelica the most was that the person emanated a divine radiance just like her Mother!
“No way...”
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