Chapter 509: Winter’s Coming Inside the Magma Chamber.
Ahem … level 12, 9, and 8 for the rank As. The rank Bs were 40, 34, 27, 25, and two 24s. Translated into human levels, that would be 137, 134, 133, 120, 114, 107, 105, and two 104s, respectively. As a reference I was still level 32 as a rank B, while Shay and Beth were 41 and 39 respectively, so 112, 121, and 119 as dragonewts. Vifi was level 155.
I didn’t check my fire wyvern retainers’ levels, nor that of their opponents, so I wasn’t exactly sure there, but this should be enough to illustrate the battlefield.
Naturally, our opponents were all fire dragons and, even though their Profiles were mostly blocked with [Identity Blocker], none of them had the skill at a high enough level to block my view completely. Therefore, I knew their stats and some of their skills, including the fact none of the rank Bs had a secondary element like [Earth Magic] or [Lava Magic]. The rank As were where things got a bit spicy though.
One was a burly lava dragon with thick carapace protecting its body, to the point he looked like a giant boulder, barely able to keep himself afloat. The other was your standard serpentine-physique dragon, but with a spiked tail and four hooked toe claws filled with toxins. The last was a humanoid-looking dragon with “gauntlets” covering their arms which oozed a flammable slime, and from the description, could explode upon contact from their own saliva.
To summarize, one tank, one speedster with a debuff, and one dedicated to close-combat battles to restrict mages. If this was an RPG, this would be a decently balanced team to take down one mage, but the issue was all of them were fire elementalists, aside from the lava dragon who had some terra spells.
[“You might practically be unbeatable in the face of all these rank Bs, but you of all people should never underestimate our number disadvantage. You and your party defeated me despite the fact I could wipe out any of you out in a one-on-one duel,”] Vifi warned me. [“Six rank B fire dragons that can survive just long enough are plenty to knock me off your back and restrain you long enough for the rank As to deal some serious wounds.”]
[“Mhmm, and I also don’t know if I can create an opening for me to turn back into a dragonewt so I can utilize all my idol skills,”] I replied.
[“Yeah, will be hard …”] Vifi stated, cautious. [“Going to need the correct moment, but once I have your buffs, I can down them all.”]
I giggled a bit, mostly to try to let go of this anxiety of today’s event. [“Here I thought you would say you would take them out all in one go without an issue.”]