After Frost's defeat, Partner and Lucifer quickly went back to their normal forms, and so did Maria's Ego which appeared in front of them slightly smaller. It seems that overusing her own powers also made her reduce her own size temporarily, but nothing like a few Mana Potions couldn't resolve.
"Are you two alright now?" Maria wondered.
"Yeah, I am fine… Hahh…" Lucifer quickly went back to his humanoid form.
"Uuuggh… I am so hungry… That damn monster was really such a tough nut to crack! And the worst is that he didn't even left a bit of meat or blood behind to eat!" Partner angrily said.
"Hahaha, here." Maria said, opening her inventory and quickly offering Partner a big sandwich made using monster meat from the Swamp Dungeon , alongside a bottle of new blood she got from Zero's corpse. "This should fill your stomach for the moment."
"Ahh, this sandwich is so tasty, and this blood so rich! Where did you get it?!" Partner was surprised.
"Ah, it's the blood from that witch." Maria laughed.
"Ooooh!" Partner said. "I can tell, it is recovering my magic power super-fast. Couldn't expect less from witch's blood!"
"I hate to be the say this but we should hurry. We've taken care of the two big shots but I sensed a powerful presence infiltrating the Dwarven Kingdom when we started confronting the two monsters here." Lucifer said. "I am worried about my sister and the kids…"
"Yeah, my Egos are going there as we speak." Maria said. "But more help is always good. Let's go."
Maria quickly expanded her entire body and grabbed both of them within her lightning form, quickly zapping into the Kingdom of Dwarves at an insanely fast speed. Of course, only after she grabbed all the "drops" that Frost left behind, such as all of that high quality liquid metal slime and his shattered crystal cores.
However, as they flew, both Partner and Lucifer began to glow brightly, as divine power began emerging from their very souls…
"Why are you two glowing so much?!" Maria panicked.
"Oh?! Ah! I didn't noticed! I reached max level!" Partner said.
"Me too… This means we're finally evolving?!" Lucifer said.
"Eeeeh?! Already?!" Maria was surprised but welcomed this powerup.
The twins made their way to aid Brunhild and Nyx in their fight against the gigantic Ice Dragon that had showed up, making quick work of the monsters they found on their path, blowing them into bits and finally reaching the battlefield by following Nyx that was flying on top of the skies about to reach her aunt.
However, Takeshi and Laura were still discussing a bit. Takeshi seemed slightly angered that Laura was trying to control him, but Laura was simply worried.
to protect the city, so I just followed you because of that, not to stop you." Laura said.
"Mama appeared using one of her Phantom Clones and said we had to protect the city, so I just followed you because of that, not to stop you." Laura said.
"I-Is that so…? See? I was right in going to fight then!" Takeshi said childishly.
"You still shouldn't had recklessly ran! What if I wouldn't had been there to protect you from the monsters?" Laura sighed.
"You didn't protected me! I protected myself…" Takeshi said while getting slightly irritated.
"Nyx should have already arrived. We can't see her on top of the sky anymore- Huh?!" Laura was suddenly shocked, as she saw something out of her mind.
CLAAASH! BOOOOM! TRUUUUMMM…!
It was a gigantic battle between two ferocious dragons! One was blazing with infernal flames. Her body was slightly worn down, as her red scales were losing their former red color and she was slowly turning white.
Meanwhile her opponent, which might be even older than her, seemed completely pristine, covered on silver and blue scales, and resembling an ice statue of insanely high quality.
They easily recognized Brunhild but had no idea who that blue and silver colored dragon could be, and how strong it could be to be capable of withstanding Brunhild's blazing firepower so easily!
"Nyx! Come here!" Laura called for Nyx, as the little girl was watching the battle in the skies.
"Waura!" Nyx flew back to the twins and was hugged by Laura.
"Why did you escape Nyx?!" Laura was worried, hugging her tightly. "And just what's going on right now?!"
"Big dragon… showed up… Volkanion… or something." Nyx tried to recall the Ice Dragon name, failing quite miserably at that.
"An Ice Dragon showed up?! That Frost Queen got an army of monsters with her…" Takeshi muttered. "Is Brunhild struggling though? She doesn't look like she's winning…"
"I don't know, but we have to help her out somehow…" Laura said. Pointing her hand at the Ice Dragon and firing a tiny pebble at it. "{Detonation}!"
Laura's attack reached the gigantic Ice Dragon's head, exploding and hurting his eye slightly. It quickly made him realize the one he was fighting had allies.
"NNGGGRRHHH…! So you've cowardly brought allies to Keep reading on NovelHub - where stories come alive! "Coward! To think I even held a bit of respect for you because you were my kin!"
The Divine Ice Dragon charged straight towards Brunhild, striking her with countless blows using his front arms, slashing apart her scales and covering her body with deadly wounds, while her flames erupted continuously as she intercepted some blows and gave back a few punches, until she managed to punch the pretty dragon's ice crystal-covered face!
"{Infernal Dragon Meteor Fist}!"
B A A A A A M M M M!!!
Her opponent fell into the ground, rolling over the debris and suddenly looking at her with his malformed face. His divine aura began growing bigger and bigger as he grew more furious.
"Y-You dare hurt my beautiful and flawless face?! You insolent mortal!"
"That's what bastards like you get when they mess with me and my family, a fist in the face! Now come and get some more, I've got way more of these where that came from."