Chapter 149: A Flaming Battle (Part 1)
As the phoenix powered up his body with the most potent fire magic I had ever witnessed, Gina was flying back to the city gates, and the knights’ orders were taking down the Terra Titans on the sides.
[Do we really have to kill him?] I asked my companions telepathically.
[There doesn’t seem to be many options, but-...] Vespera tried replying but was interrupted by a fire wave that came our way, making us jump high in the air to avoid it.
Realizing that it wouldn’t be easy to communicate and fight the Legendary Beast at the same time, I focused on the encounter and launched myself at him.
I had my bo in hand and went for an overhead attack, but the phoenix stopped it with his forearm, creating a wave of wind and fire from the wake of our impact.
He followed up with another counter and surrounded himself in a vortex of fire, making me propel myself back with wind magic while also raising earth spikes under his feet. Still, he avoided it by transforming into his phoenix form and flying up into the sky in less than two seconds.
When I turned to look at him, I was briefly surprised by the majestic appearance of the phoenix as he extended his wings wide open, but my admiration was cut short when I saw the flaming projectiles that shot out from his wings straight toward us.
The projectiles were as powerful as a TNT bomb, with each impact that landed on the crater producing a massive explosion of wild flames that my companions and I avoided carefully.
I was looking for an opening to launch myself at him again, but Vespera caught up to him first and used gravity magic to drop him down into the ground forcefully, raising a cloud of dust right on his landing spot.