Chapter 500: A Momentary Opening
I look down at the clay brave from the sky. The clay brave turns the [Life-Cutting Laevateinn] towards me and shoots out [Shockwaves] clad in sinister light. I lower my head, twist my body, and fold my wings to dodge the triple [Shockwave].
Even with this distance, I can’t say that I’m safe… It’s a little hard to dodge the [Shockwaves] in the dense fog. I can’t keep it up forever.
I swing my claws, carving through the ground where the [Shockwaves] came from with [Dimension Claw]… But, there’s no sensation of hitting the clay brave. The fog makes it hard to see my target from this high up.
The difference in our body sizes is a fatal disadvantage to me for this long distance shooting match. It’s easy for me to be spotted, and I'm a big target for its attacks. But it's far too strong for me to fight with my stats halved in [Baby Dragon] form.
Even using [Mirage] to try and bluff my position is unlikely to work against the [Evil Ahriman]’s antimagic effect. The shub-niggurath was specialised in underhand tactics, but the clay brave has an earnest fighting style thanks to [Evil Ahriman]. Still, I wish it was a bit larger. It's too small to reliably target.
…There’s no helping it. I don’t have many skills that seem like they could work. I don’t know if this place was important to the former Demon Lord, but I'm not going to hold back.
“GuOOOOOOh!”
I roar as I use [Dimension Claw] to carve through the ground. I make the scale of the slash as wide as possible. The ground tears in two, and several secondary cracks spread out. Three [Shockwaves] fly towards me in return. I fly up to avoid them.
…The preparations are done. Its footing is lost.