So I'm a Dragon, So What? - Game System [87]

Elliot hadn't walked far before he felt it, a shimmering, invisible wall. The boundary of the domain. As he reached out to touch it, he felt a powerful repulsive force pushing back against him. 

This wasn't just a simple barrier; it was a targeted seal.

Simply put, anyone else could probably walk in and out of this field as they pleased. 

But not him. It reminded him of a scene from an old anime, Jujutsu Kaisen, where a villain had set up a barrier that specifically targeted the strongest sorcerer, Gojo Satoru, while letting everyone else pass. This domain was the same.

It had been created specifically for him and Kumoko.

Unfortunately for them, a domain like this was completely useless against him.

"[Domain Collapse]!"

Since his first use of the skill, Elliot had discovered a new application for it. He could now control its destructive power, focusing it on a single, minuscule point. 

This allowed him to "break" only a tiny piece of a domain, effectively punching a hole in the barrier.

As a small section of the seal shattered like glass, Elliot stepped through, as if entering an unlocked room.

….

It didn't take long for Elliot to find Emilia. He saw her in a clearing, locked in a desperate battle against a group of pureblood elves. 

But he didn't reveal himself immediately. Instead, he cloaked his presence with his Divine Domain. 

The Dendro Gnosis's domain had no combat applications, which was a bit of a letdown for Elliot. 

Then again, he mused, the Dendro Archon was the first one to get killed in Genshin's story, so maybe it made sense.

Within his own divine field, he was shielded from the rules of this world's System. No detection magic could find him. 

Unless he chose to reveal himself, even if someone had a lock on him, they would lose the target as soon as he entered his domain. The power of the Divine Domain was absolute and defied logic.

Emilia was clearly struggling. She had already used a vast amount of her magic; her MP was down to a quarter of its full capacity. 

As someone who possessed [Magic Supremacy], her mana pool was immense. If she could just get the skill to LV 6, her mana would surpass even Elliot's current reserves. 

For her to be this drained, she must have been fighting for a long time.

The air in the clearing was freezing cold. The trees were heavy with frost, the moisture in their leaves frozen solid, making them shatter at the slightest touch. 

Under the influence of Emilia's wide-area ice magic, the pureblood elves' blood had frozen in their veins. A light tap from a small stick could shatter their forms into pieces.

But each time she destroyed them, a mysterious power would wash over them, and they would regenerate, completely healed.

Emilia summoned a barrage of ice swords, a shimmering arsenal that shot towards the elves like a volley from the Gate of Babylon. 

The swords pierced their bodies, tearing their flesh to ribbons. A brilliant white aura now surrounded her, the sign that her Witch transformation was reaching its critical peak. 

Unlike other transformations, the Witch form grew stronger the longer it was maintained. 

Emilia's magic stat had now soared past the 2000-point mark. It was hard to believe such a young girl could wield such terrifying power.

But the transformation was burning through her life force. Once it reached its limit, she would be left completely helpless, her MP totally exhausted. 

That's why Emilia's assault was relentless, a non-stop storm of ice magic that blanketed the area, covering the entire landscape in a thick sheet of ice. 

This was the result of Lady Shiraori's demonic training; her control over ice magic had become incredibly powerful. 

If Emilia were human, she could easily claim the title of humanity's strongest mage without any argument.

Under her furious assault, the elves were caught in a hailstorm of ice magic, unable to even fight back. Against any other opponent, they would have died a thousand times over.

But then, a red light would descend. From the cracks in their shattered bodies, new flesh would sprout, knitting together, reforming their bodies. Even if their heads were destroyed, it didn't stop them from regenerating.

With her Appraisal active, Emilia could see their health bars. They hadn't dropped by a single point.

"Your Highness the Saintess, please, stop this foolish resistance."

Reinhardt, the lead elf, pushed forward against the blizzard of Emilia’s magic, his every step a monumental effort. 

He was honestly stunned. He had never seen or even heard of such a relentless magical barrage! 

As expected of the Saintess! If she weren't so close to running out of mana, he knew he would never have been able to get this close.

"How is this possible?! How?!"

Emilia was starting to panic now. She threw spell after spell at them, holding nothing back. But against their insane regenerative ability, her attacks were completely useless. 

Meanwhile, her own Witch transformation was fading, and she could feel the bone-deep exhaustion setting in. Soon, she would be completely vulnerable.

What do I do now?!

Even with the mental boost from [Wisdom], her thoughts were a jumbled mess, her attacks growing wild and unfocused. It wasn't her fault. 

This was her first real battle against other elves. 

To have held on this long, to have fought this hard… she had already done more than enough.

….

From his concealed position, Elliot looked up, his brow furrowed. His initial plan had been to use [Domain Collapse] to shatter their sealing spell, giving Emilia an opening to escape. But after observing for a while, he realized it wasn't that simple.

There weren't one, but two overlapping domains active in this area.

The first was the smaller seal, the one designed to keep him out. The second, however, was far more insidious. 

It was massive, covering dozens of square kilometers, blanketing nearly this entire section of the mountain range. 

This second domain, he guessed, was the source of their unnatural healing. A regenerative field that worked only on elves.

His [Domain Collapse] could shatter any single domain without fail. But only one at a time. It would likely break the smaller, outer seal, but the massive healing field would remain untouched. That was a serious problem.