Epic of Ice Dragon: Reborn As An Ice Dragon With A System
chapter-1606

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"If we can battle the boss after defeating half the soldiers, does that means we have to do two battles per person?" Wondered Benladra, my oldest daughter always asked the important questions.

"Indeed." Said my grandmother. "Now, step into the red carpet to begin, the order usually doesn't matter."

"Then I'll be going first!" Benladra stepped in bravely, her feathered wings waving in excitement.

We all stepped in the order we wanted to begin the battles. Benladra, Benladann, me, Kate, Drakda, and Miranda. Once it was done, small icons appeared above our heads signaling how many we've defeated. And then silence again.

[You have registered all Active Party Members.]

[The 250 Knights have been evenly distributed between all six of the Active Party Members.]

[All Active Party Members must battle 41 Knights, with the first round of 21 and the second round of 20.]

[Whenever you're ready, please step forward. The battle will begin, as a special domain will be summoned.]

"Domain?" I wondered. "Nothing suspicious, right?"

"O-Ohohoh, no, don't worry." Laughed my grandmother. "It is more like an arena, to not make things too messy here."

"Okay then, Benladra, you're up. Do your best." I said, as I gave her a few buffs, covering her body with several layers of Spiritual Holy Ice Armor.

"Thank you papa! I will!" Benladra stepped in, at the same time as twenty-one of those giant ten-meter-tall Dragonoid knights.

As both parties were assembled, a barrier made of phantasmal energy was conjured by the Knight General as his eyes glowed bright red. Benladra summoned her golden spear, the [Divine Holy Light Dragon Spear Of Heavenly Flames: Valkyrie], which was her favorite weapon, even using it in her dragon form, as the weapon as capable of growing in size based on her own body size.

"I'm ready!" She said, holding her golden spear.

"RAAARRR!" Meanwhile, the Dark Knights gave a loud and mighty roar as a unified army.

They charged towards her right after that, ten in front while the others started running around her, trying to go for an attack to her left and right. Benladra greeted them by spreading out her wings and releasing rays of light from them.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The knights going for her sides were quickly blown away, a few of them died on the spot, but those that survived used their giant shields to defend. The ones coming from the front attacked her, a dozen weapon attacks imbued with shadows and phantom energy hit her directly.

CLASH!

However, she reflected their attacks with her giant golden spear, giving a single step forward and piercing the air with it, a mighty shockwave of pure light erupted, throwing away the much smaller foes.

Benladra wasn't given a single time to relax though, more of the knights attacked from behind. She quickly leaped away after taking a few hits on the armor I conjured for her, which already gained several cracks and was falling apart quickly.

"Hyaa!"

She rushed down after gaining enough altitude, clashing against the many knights at once. They unified their strength together, almost synchronizing their attacks and blows with hers, and making it possible so they could match her strength even so slightly.

Their weapons clashed against one another, explosions of light and darkness erupting with each exchanged blow. Benladra was in the advantage though, and over time, she started crushing the knights one after another.

CLASH! CLASH! CRASH!

They managed to wound her flesh, piercing her scales quite easily and even damaging her soul a bit. But with her potent healing magic and her Anti-Mold Abilities, she was able to keep herself both healed and healthy as she finished them off one at a time.

BAAAM!

Until her giant tail crushed the last three, killing them once they were weakened enough. Despite being fairly small compared to us, they were very tough foes.

"Phew, I'm done! Did that take too long? I didn't want to use flashy moves or too much divine magic due to the small space." Benladra sighed in relief, as the barrier disappeared. The Knight General seemed to nod.

"Don't worry about the details, you did well!" I said. "It only took you like three minutes? Not really a long time."

"Wow, really? I could have finished them in a minute if I used my breath once, I was trying to make it a bit more fun for me I guess." Laughed Benladra, feeling a bit happy, nonetheless.

"Well, who's next now?" I wondered.

"Me, then you." Benladann said, patting my shoulders.

She stepped in, was encased by the barrier, and fought the 21 Knights. Unlike our daughter, Benladann had absolutely no mercy and didn't try to make it fair for the Knights. She abused her chaotic powers and her ice abilities to her utmost abilities. Drowning the knights on mold and chaos and hacking them into pieces with her axe.

The battle ended in 34 seconds.

"Really easy stuff, Benladra you should have simply finished them off quickly." Laughed Benladann.

"Mom…" Sighed Benladra, facepalming. "You were way too ruthless with the poor knights!"

"Hahaha! They're just soul beasts we must hunt, don't sweat the details." Laughed Benladann, patting our daughter's draconic head.

"I guess it's my turn. I'll try to make it quick too." I stepped forwards, as 21 knights greeted me. "[Holy Sun]"

I conjured Holy Sun again, nine times using all nine of my heads, and then blew the knights up into smithereens with constant explosions of holy light. The barrier barely resisted, so it was not that strong. It was good that Benladra didn't go all out or she would have blown up the entire thing.

"Hahah! That was easy." I laughed. "What's my record?"

"18 seconds!" My grandmother gasped. "Amazing! …But at the same time, a bit underwhelming! Let the knights have some honorable fight at least!"

"Hahaha, no time for that." I smiled. "Now go Kate! Make sure to eliminate them quickly."

"Hm, I'll see."

Kate seemed to think differently, as she confronted the knights like her big sister did, weapon against weapon.