Part 8
---Forest of Al Pisano, Chosen Route of [Two Wings]
"Take the chance! Let's attack together!"
If one counted, this would have been the third aerial battle. Yō was surrounded from all sides but this was all part of her plan. She released the condensed glittery whirlwinds from her cupped hands to her surroundings and met their attacks with her own.
The violent turbulences of the raging winds lifted Griffith's subordinates high into the sky before dropping them down below.
Of the [Two Wings] participants, only one rider and Griffith were left standing and even Griffith had some minor scratches while breathing so heavily his shoulders shook.
On the contrary, Yō wasn't panting and was breathing quite calmly. From the start of her battle, Yō's focus had only been to force the riders to fall into the river and help contribute to the victory of her Community.
"Damn you……Just a mere lowly monkey like you cause my [Two Wings] comrades…"
Griffith seemed like he was giving a moan as he said that.
Yō couldn't believe her own strength as well.
[……Things are really looking up for me. And it wasn't too long ago that I couldn't do a thing.]
Enhancing her physical strength after battling with the Titans, receiving the Gift of Pegasus and increasing the number of Gryphon air turbulences she can control by a few folds. Even for her flight that used to be full of unnecessary movements and was much of a struggle in the past had become second nature to her due to her mastery of the force fields.
[The current me…. May even be able to challenge other high level Games.]
Yō also befriended some other types of Eudemons privately.
If all the connections were transformed into equipment, how much stronger would her battle strength be?
Just how many possibilities did her father's creation [Genome Tree] hold?
The mere thought of those caused Yō's heart to race.
[But, I should be focusing more on this current game I'm currently participating in than anything else.]
Yō's focus returned to Griffith who was before her and she used her sharp gaze to stare at him, not wanting to let any movement or words escape from her sight.
Gry who lost his wings in Izayoi's stead.
Sala who broke off her dragon horn for Asuka.
She definitely couldn't forgive Griffith who had ridiculed them.
[It shouldn't be a problem anymore since I've delayed them for this long.]
She had already fulfilled her duty to her Community.
And it was time for her to fulfill her duty as a friend of theirs.
"It's almost time to end this…"
Allowing her Genome Tree to transform back into a necklace, she landed on the ground.
Griffith was shocked to see her armor unequipped without as much as a "By your leave" but he quickly responded with a question:
"What's this, you stupid girl!"
"Let's decide our battle with the next blow. To clear the debt of the humiliation you caused, I will accept your strongest punch directly."
"?"
Griffith could not understand those words as he looked at her with eyes full of doubt and confusion.
Determination shone brighter in Yō's gaze as she stressed on the words of her proclamation:
"You seem to be very confident in your bloodline. I will make sure that your bloodlines of the cross between a Gryphon and a Longma that you hold pride for---IS COMPLETELY TORN DOWN AND SMASH YOUR ARROGANCE TO BITS!"
To make Griffith pay for the crimes of his humiliating insults, Yō decided that she would shatter the root of that arrogance.
"……Don't you start getting over your head…you WINGLESS FEMALE MONKEY!"
The continuous torrent of humiliating taunts finally broke his last straw and his pent up anger fully erupted.
Draconic scales that were symbolic to Longmas started to appear on his body, forming a protective armor around his whole body. Griffith even forgo the appearance of the gryphon that he has admired all these time and adopted his skull to that of a dragon's head.
Particles of light were given out from Griffith's whole body and a pair of majestic dragon horns and wings had also grown out of his body.
Yō watched the dramatic changes without a change in her expression---
[….Eh? Oops, did I say too much?]
But she was getting a bit jittery inside. She didn't expect him to grow a pair of dragon horns when angry.
The fully enraged Griffith had transformed into a DracoGriff and a Eudemon who had lost all sense of reason as it charged forward.
"---GYRUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Colliding with an explosion. And it was no normal sound for an explosion.
It was the rapid expansion of air rushing out in all directions faster than the speed of sound due to the great amount of friction heating them up---In other words, a sonic boom of thunder.
Griffith's body had become one with the lightning and was charging with a speed that would surely exceed that of a Gryphon by a few folds.
[Just with a Pegasus's Gift wouldn't do much good! And if so, I will just have to use a stronger type of Eudemon of a higher level---!]
---Holding the Genome Tree in her hand, Yō used her imagination to envision a new Eudemon while taking Griffith's form into account and allowing the genes to form and restructure themselves into a whole new set of equipment.
The genealogical tree centered on the concept of the five elements, and held the genetic information of 360 beast lords[73]. Using a Kirin's lone horn as the blueprint to craft the weapon---It was a long lance that was twice as long as Yō was tall.
"---GYRUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Griffith who had transformed into a DracoGriff collided with the horned lance with his own horns and continued to charge forward. And the lance firmly gripped within Yō's hands were also of the same elemental attributes, being able to emit flashes of lightning from its dragonic horn.
It was the symbol of the Kirin[74], lord of all Eudemons and beasts.
[No problem, I should be able to block this one!]
As the dragonic horns collided with each other, a strong shockwave rocked the entire sea of trees as it spread outwards.
The force of the charge had been completely negated and it was now a battle of physical strength.
The lightning and heat of Griffith's charge set the trees along the river bank ablaze and the collision caused the earth to heave up[75] and the area Yō stood became a depression in the ground. Slowly but surely, Yō was able to push back the other with the strength of the Titans.
Even though Griffith in his DracoGriff form had lost most of his sense of reasoning, it would seem that he still retained just enough to realize the unfavorable condition that he was in.
Using his front claws to push himself, Griffith lifted Yō and her lance into the air with the crook of his horns before charging once more at the opening he saw in Yō's defenses, trying to run her through with his horns.
"---GYRUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
"Watch this---!"
Yō did not resist the recoil from the dragon horns' thrust but used it in a circular motion to swing her lance. Borrowing strength from the recoil from the DracoGriff and adding it to the Titan's strength, she used the centrifugal force to whack Griffith squarely on his back.
The unexpected counterattack caused the DracoGriff to spasm and utter a loud cry.
"GYa……"
The scale mail of the DracoGriff's back was destroyed but the lance was a smooth surface and did not leave any gashes, so he should be fine. The unconscious Griffith continued to twitch before ceasing all movements.
"Gr…Griffith-sama…"
The rider of [TwoWings] that could only watch the battle from a distance gave a moan.
*Eek!* Yō shifted her gaze towards him and he jumped into the river with a shriek to escape.
"…Hu."[76]
Yō then confirmed the presences around her.
It would seem that there were only those [Two Wings] Support Group members that were lying on the ground.
With that, Kasukabe Yō scanned the surroundings one more time before raising her right hand,
"Victory…."
to form a V with her fingers, announcing her victory to the faraway audiences.
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