Chapter 508: Blue
…Hollow Shade… Central District…
“Melantha…?” Unalla whispered. A shiver ran up her spine as recognition dawned on her. “You’re Melantha the Blue?!”
She turned to Unalla, her lilac eyes bright with power, and smiled confidently. “Nice to meet you.”
Unalla stared in disbelief at the woman clad in silver armor. The greatest blue mage to have ever lived, the Paramount Knight of the Jade Realm. Unalla assumed she had passed away centuries ago, but here she was, standing in front of her, a living legend stepping out from the myths and stories.
The dragonbane Krylkos looked up from his bloody carnage and saw the charred remains of his sibling buried in the red-hot melted stone of Melantha’s storm magic. He roared angrily and charged her.
“Lack of emotional control, hm…” Melantha noted quietly. She grabbed the orichalcum shield hanging from her back and walked down the marble steps of the Ebon Tower’s round podium.
“Wait! Don’t fight that thing head-on!” Unalla shouted weakly. She tried to get up and hold the blue mage back, but her legs were limp, and refused to answer.
Melantha ignored her warnings and kept walking. In two breaths, the dragonbane was upon her, a colossal beast the size of a house. Krylkos swung his claws down on her, swatting her like a fly. Melantha held up her ebon-black shield and stopped the strike in its tracks. Krylkos’ arm flinched back as if he had struck an impenetrable wall.
He growled, outraged, and swung his arms down at her in a storm of claws, tearing up the cobblestone and the ground underneath. And yet, there Melantha stood, without budging a step. Unmoved. Untouched.