>>5359315>>5359318>>5359322You will probably not get such a good chance of extracting Mandragoran essence in such an easy fashion, yet none will be able to even live through today if you ignore the threat coming your way!
"Casca... Cindy... I apologize for shifting priorities..." You whisper to yourself as you whisper to yourself, walking backwards top absorb the power of both apostle, mandragoras and elementals alike.
"DRAGON! I AM YOUR TARGET! ATTACK ME DIRECTLY!" You provoke Grunbeld and the entity to rush at you, making the scythe user hold her projectiles.
"So you have finally understood the philosophy of a warrior, huh? Then let us die together in battle, the glory of the victor shall shine brighter than all the stars in the sky!" Grunbeld rushes through the ice ring, melting it as his fire breath let him properly walk through the fields.
Deciding to charge the largest soul arrow you could muster, the bait was perfect for him to charge at you, with your entire team believing you were surely about to die.
"<span class="mu-s">AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!</span> Shouting along with the dying mandragoras, the sonic force of your combined wails, the last of the plant creatures swarm at his paws as they crawl through his wounds, bursting and expanding them through their sheer voice as they died inside him.
"EVERYONE! GET READY TO FIRE!" Taking Schierke in your arms, you hop over to the caravan while still charging your plethora of projectiles.
Hyde's powerful cannon is the first to fire, followed by the wind strikes of Serpico's sylph sword, managing to slash through the dragon as well as the dragonslayer, as he didn't need to recoil from the impact due to attacking from a distance. Isidro even helps by throwing a few bombs he got from Guts' arsenal, and to top it all off, the half conscious Black Swordsman himself used his repeater to add to the onslaught.
"Need some assistance, leader?" He smiles as his helm falls, showing how horrible the wounds became from his fight, bleeding from the inside of his mouth, the spark from his eyes being nearly gone, and the burn mark on the side of his face.
He even seemed to age a bit, given the strands of hair turned white from the stress of the fight.
"Oh, now you decide to help!" Hyde chastises him. "Don't think we're buddy buddy just because you were competent once."
"That's fine by me, so long as we can blast this monster to oblivion with our cannons."
Coordinating their shots, they combined their blast into a powerful, paralyzing explosion, and with Schierke sharing her Od to hand you some additional arrows, your monstrous energy was the final nail in the coffin to the dragon, turning him into swiss cheese as several holes penetrated through his once indestructible shell.
