A Dragon Idol's Reincarnation Tale

[“Sister, go to her Highness now!”] Shay ordered as I pulled my paternal grandmother’s crown from my storage, feeling a bit light-headed as the flow of my solar energy was starting to slow down. That prickly feeling of having my arms or legs go numb started to stab me, helping me stay awake and focused on solving my problem.

“Keep up, Shay! Hestia might have cut it in half, but there are still bits of ice close to the shaft,” Vifi yelled as I felt her aura spreading around the area. “So, how about you go away for now, monkey?”

Okay, Hikari, for now, stop the ensemble and play [The Will to Fight and Survive] and [The Heir of Hope]. Shay needs to keep up when Vifi—

<Allied Territory detected! [Magnetic Storm] has been activated!>

—activates her Territory!

“If you’re already struggling with a spear made by an ancient dragoness, then tell me, monkey, how will you handle me now that it’s broken? Better start using your Territory as well, or you’ll be king of the dead monkeys!” Vifi yelled as the arena started to break apart, ravaged by the static electricity emitted from Vifi’s body and aura. “Let’s begin.”

Vifi clapped her hands, expelling the mandril out of the arena with a powerful magnetic force. Unfortunately, unlike how she was able to send me or a rank B dragon away with ease, the mandril couldn’t be pushed any further than the outer shell of my arena, holding himself down by freezing his feet to anchor himself.

Vifi didn’t look fazed by this outcome, almost as if she had expected this. Then again, she hadn’t used her magnetism once during this fight or the one we had before. She was the expert when it came to her red lightning, so, I presumed, she must have understood that unless she used her Territory to boost her magnetic powers to a higher degree, she wouldn’t be able to attract or repulse the mandril like she usually could with humanoids.

After all, as a wrath demonkin, her power was intrinsically linked to her emotional state. As she could only reach 27% with [Excited], [Anger], and [Fear], it also affected the limits her current power could reach. Well, that didn’t matter at this point. What mattered was that Vifi was buying me time to get this sorted out with Kramps’s and Beth’s help.

“Your Highness!” Beth said in Draconic, biting down on the ice spear as she covered her body with true ice. As she tried to pull it out, though, Kramps immediately warned me to tell her off.

<Don’t stop the process! Imperfect or not, we are performing the infusion process now, Hestia. We are unlocking your ice dragon bloodline now!>

You said we need all three mementos.

<That’s why I said imperfect. To begin with, the only real relic that was required was Inferatsa’s crown due to its ability to be melded onto your scales. Your grandmother’s scales were supposed to aid your own in regulating your body temperature, just like your core. Cleansing it allowed it to absorb new mana. Your maternal side’s relics were just the most efficient way to bring out your maternal lineage, since you can absorb the lingering mana in them. At the end of the day, we do not need them as urgently compared to my original idea on how to use them. You still have your mother and uncle, and two years until you unlock rank A.>

Imperfect for now, per—

<No, survival first! Enough with the ice weakness, I say! This is an opportunity now that you have been stabbed. Your armor is slowing down the freezing process, as it wasn’t pierced, so we will use that influx of potent ice mana to have you absorb it. Let us see the results of your [Battle Frenzy] training, Granddaughter! Awaken it into moderate, raise your wisdom to endure the pain as you mix ice mana with fire, holy, and solar energy.>

You make it sound so easy when trying to endure all this ice mana will only weaken me. What about the fight with the man—

‘Ruthal mirsk gafuug’tal.’