(It's indeed a human, and a woman as well.)
Hiding silently from afar, he finally lays his eye on the human after minutes of waiting. From what he can see, it is a human woman with pale purple hair, which makes him question the physiology of the humans in this world.
(Is that colored hair or does she just have naturally lavender hair?)
Shortly after, a lesser dragon flies towards her position. The woman immediately notices its approach and then she thrusts her palm forward like she is going to do something to it. He observes her closely to see what she is going to do.
"Tsk. Eppuzoph jux."
(?! An unknown language..!) He gasps, snorting his breath out.
As he is in shock, a pale and translucent circular panel appears before her. Out of nowhere, rocks seem to appear and gather in front of it forming a three-meter-long spike. The process of making that thing is fast, about less than a second, before she fires it to the dragon.
Splat.
The speed and the mass of the rock spike creates a powerful momentum that instantly bursts the poor dragon's head. Naturally, the lifeless body of the dragon drops to the floor like a fly.
(Is that magic? It is kind of different from how monsters do it. Just like monsters have, it might be the human's way of utilizing their mana.)
Suddenly, the woman turns her face to his position. He frowns upon learning that she can see his presence.
"Vjev ot...? Xez pu... greater dragon...?"
Since his position is revealed, there is no need to hide anymore. As he is about to lift his limb, the woman suddenly presses her palms forward and conjures a large magic circle. A second later, a large ten meters long spike of ice comes out of it and flies fast at him.
(... It's slow.)
In response, he quickly raises his right front leg before he slams it down to catch the ice midair and smashes it to the floor. Almost immediately, two of those similar ice spikes are fired at him, which he easily catches and then destroys.
Shatter!
Alongside the sounds of it smashed ice, the woman has turned her back and quickly runs in the opposite direction. Seeing this, he narrows his eyes as he intently locks his on his new target.
(I see. Since you just attacked me, you are seeing me as an enemy. In that case, I should consider you my enemy as well. I think you are quite pretty. It is too bad that I have to kill you. You are essential for my development.)
Afterwards, he flaps his wings and starts pursuing the woman.
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(Just what the hell is that?!)
Witnessing how her spells were easily neutralized by the dragon, Claire is currently running fast through the hallway trying to get away from it. With her wound still present, she has to cover it with her hand to minimize the bleeding, which slows her run.
The way she immediately ran right after the dragon crushed her spells speaks of her fear. She never encountered such a powerful monster until that massive dragon just now.
The spell she threw at the dragon is an elemental magic spell called Advanced Icicle Lance, a high-tier magic. In this world's standards, a single cast of that spell is capable of destroying a small town.
It is a powerful attack that is extremely effective in the battlefield, something that is supposed to deal massive damage even to a dragon. However, that dragon just easily caught three Advanced Icicle Lances with its bare hands.
(That seems to look like a greater dragon, but its power is too immense for its species! The only thing I could think of is that it is actually an archdragon... For worse, it's a fire-type, so fire magic is ineffective on it.)
There are different kinds of dragons in this world that vary with sizes and their main attributes. The smaller ones are lesser dragons. They are the smallest and the weakest of all, but a lesser dragon can threaten a village to ruin.
Then there's the dragons. They are the average sized dragons ranging between ten to twenty meters and are capable of destroying a small town on their own. It would need parties of veteran adventurers to subdue one.
Also, at this stage, the attributes of a dragon, which is hereditary, begins to manifest. Depending on their element, the hue of their scales changes. Red for fire, blue for ice or water, green for wind, and purple for lightning. The earth attribute is only exclusive for drakes.
Bigger and more powerful than those are the greater dragons. They can reach up to the length of thirty meters. According to a few verified accounts, a single greater dragon can ravage a city overnight.
Fortunately, they are extremely rare to encounter in the wild as a very small percentage of the dragons reach this level. According to the legends, greater dragons get more powerful the older they get. Legends has it that a handful of them evolved into the legendary archdragon.
(It doesn't matter what it is. I have to take it down if I want to live.)
When she is far enough from the dragon, she stops and takes a look at her injuries. The wound really would not close no matter how powerful she heals it and it keeps getting worse.
"?! Here it comes."
As expected, she detects something large and fast moving toward his position, which she immediately suspects as the dragon. Expecting a fight, she covers the stab wound with ice using magic to temporarily stop the bleeding.
Crash!
The dragon passes over her before it lands on her way ahead. For her to increase her chance of surviving, she opens her subspace that stores her items, which is a spell called Dimensional Storage, before dropping a dark wooden staff from it and catches it with her hands.
The dragon has any chance to attack, but it seems to be fixated on how the staff appears midair. Though it is not clear, she can feel that the dragon is observing every one of her moves, which unsettles her.
After getting her staff, she immediately points it to the dragon and begins casting her spell. Layers of spinning magic circles of different sizes appear before her. Shortly after, she unleashes one of her most powerful attacks.
"Eat this!"
Crackle!
Powerful streaks of lightning are released from the magic circles and they instantly reach the dragon in a blink of an eye. Claire just unleashed a supreme-tier magic named Judgement Lightning. It is the most powerful known single-target lightning magic spell that can ignore defenses.
Normally, all lightning magic spells have bright yellow hues, but due to the massive enhancements from her staff and her awakened ability, the lightning reaches the extreme temperatures making them change their hue to purplish-white.
(?!)
Basically travelling at the speed of light, the dragon's maximized perception speed cannot follow the speed of the lightning. Before he can command his body to move, the lightning has already hit his body. The lightning bypasses his scales and countless streaks quickly slither through his body.