touchnovel Chapter 1519: Chapter 1519 An Explosive Answer
Chapter 1519: Chapter 1519 An Explosive Answer
--- Lily ---
After a few more shots from Hunter the lamia vanished. The drake, not liking that at all sent out another wide ranging attack to try and force her to return to the visible world... only to fail. Lily just had to hope Hunter knew what she was doing. And no, Lily did not leap into the air when a hand rested on her shoulder a few moments later.
"It seems we need to make use of the explosives," stated Hunter.
Lily, notably, did not shiver as she turned around to see Hunter standing behind her. "Um... sure how do they work?" asked Lily.
"I checked the few we were given access to and only one is worth using in this situation. One is too strong, the yield likely enough to cover the entire bubble and take out everyone except Kat, while the rest are too weak," stated Hunter.
"Wait, why are they just handing this stuff out to you?" asked Bower.
"Insurance. If we believed there was no hope of defeating the drake without it, setting of the explosives would give us one last chance. The team would be pulled out moments before the explosion went off to keep us alive, and the drake either would, or would not survive the blast depending on what is necessary to kill it," stated Hunter.
"Um... right..." said Lily slowly. "So what should we do?"
Hunter pulled out a surprisingly normal looking square package made up of four smaller packages strapped together. "This is the one you want. I believe each ring has three inside of them. Someone with demonic energy will need to reach inside to feel the button, then hold it for 10 seconds while applying a small amount of demonic energy and thinking about how long they want the timer to be,"
Kamiko nodded while asking, "How large will the blast be?"
"Hmm... depends what gets in the way," mumbled Hunter. "Definitely lethal to everyone except Kat and myself, and my organs really wouldn't be thanking me because of the shockwave. The nice thing about this one though? It has a range limit, cutting off even the shockwave once you get too far out. It's about half again the size of the drake,"
"How are we supposed to deliver it then?" asked Lily. "I certainly don't want to ask Kat to do it..."
"Can you not simply fly over another paper plane with the bomb pre-charged?" asked Hunter.
"Oh... um... not just yet? I might have just barely enough mana but better not to risk it. Once I do though? Yeah... that's... actually quite a good idea. I'm not sure why I didn't think about it," said Lily with a wince. Apparently Kat wasn't the only one that was bad at thinking of ways to keep her safe.
That particular realisation hit quite hard.
"Do you know how long the charge should be?" asked Kamiko.
BOOOOOM!
Even with the blast apparently being self contained Lily felt herself being pushed back. She dug her claws into the ground to keep herself in place. Kamiko dug her staff into the ground, while Bower simply dropped to the deck. A wave of heat passed over not long after and Lily felt her heart beating in her ears as the smoke cleared to reveal...
A drake no missing its head. Everything above its forelimbs had been completely removed and they weren't doing well either. Burn marks littered the length of the drake's body most concentrated around the blast zone. Lily felt herself calming down when a heartbeat rang out. One that wasn't her own.
Thump.
The scattered crystals she hadn't paid much attention to started to shake.
Thump.
Those fragments exploded one after another, giving off bright lights tainted with spots of black that seemed to eat at her eyes.
Thump.
The drake's body seemed to beat in time with the sound.
Thump.
It was standing.
Thump.
Between one beat and the next it was healed, everything except the head was fine.
Thump.
The drake let out a large roar. Back in one piece, but changed. It was marked by the explosion, but clearly not out of the fight like everyone had hoped.
Thump.