Draconic Ascension: Book of Reality and Spirits

I raised my hand with a smile.

"You've had your fun," I said, my voice steady despite the chaos around me. "Now, it's my turn to show you what real power looks like."

Ten giant vines shot out of the ground all around the arena, and the tiny Willow flew right above my head, sitting atop a flower floating in the air.

As a nature Fairy, she could control certain plants however she wished so long as she had enough energy, which, with my help, she never did.

I couldn't use it at first as the seeds I threw earlier had to be planted in the ground before Willow could control them. They grew so fast because Willow used magic to cause the seeds to plant faster.

A great tactic to use in a battle if you have prep time or can delay a bit. The vines shot out toward the Hellhounds and scattered them. They started to run away as they tried to understand what was happening.

The Alpha stopped its approach and just watched. 

A vine lashed out at the Alpha, but it sidestepped with ease. Its jaws clamped onto the thick tendril, ripping a chunk away with a savage growl.

*humph* "He has no respect for nature." she said and I could feel her getting mad.

"Willow, don't do that yet. Infernals like these get power from their subordinates. If we kill the others, it will weaken the Alpha," I told her, trying to prevent her from focusing only on the Alpha.

She turned to me and said "he hasn't gotten weaker when you killed the others, you know that. Besides this isn't a normal case remember?" she said dismissing my concerns.

A hound got past the vines and tried to get to me but the middle of a vine that was close by moved and snared it up.

The vine constricted, and the Hellhound exploded in a mass of blood and guts after a few seconds.

"Don't worry about me. I can focus on more than one thing," she said with confidence.

I stared at her with a quizzical look but didn't press the matter.

"Later, for right now, I have a plan. Willow give us a shield."

"Right." she raised her hands above her head and all the vines stopped their attacks and converged on us creating a dome of vines and allowing us to talk without interruption.

I quickly explained my plan and when we all knew what to do Willow had the vined burst apart, allowing us to move out with no interruptions, and the vines retreated into the ground.

As I moved I noticed a scary thing.

The 3 hellhounds I killed but didn't break the cores of had gotten back up completely healed.

As the fallen hounds stirred and rose again, my heart sank. Their glowing cores pulsed with a deep crimson light, a reminder of how close we were to losing control of the fight.

^This is bad! If they can come back after being killed with no ritual we have an even bigger problem.^ Volt said

"I know but it doesn't change the plan. By the looks of it, if we break the cores they can't come back but a catalyst must be involved somehow. For now, our first priority is killing the Alpha and its underlings." I responded as I dodged a hound's attack.

I ran towards the wall allowing the hounds to follow me.

When I had gotten far enough and several hounds were after me I shouted "NOW!"

Suddenly all the vines shot out from the ground creating a wall between the hounds and us.

The vines curved over the hounds and back into the ground.

They tightened and the vines fastened the hounds to the ground, trapped.

I ran over and using my spear I managed to slice the heads of 3 off before the others managed to come to the rescue.

i moved away and watch them release the rest of the traped hounds.

We were back down to 5 hounds and the alpha but I had to watch for them coming back to life again.

Willow extended the vines again, weaving five together into a single, massive tendril. As it thickened beneath me, I leapt onto the sturdy surface. The vine shifted slightly under my weight, but I steadied myself, sprinting along its length toward the Alpha.

My heart raced as I sprinted along the vine, the roar of the Alpha echoing in my ears. Volt leapt to meet me, his body merging with my spear turning the shaft blue and yellow.

^Are you ready?^ I asked volt

^Of course! Show this mutt what we are made of!^ Volt shouted in excitement.

The vines turned towards the Alpha and I started to cast a spell.

"A flicker, a flash, a fleeting spark,

Bound to this lance, it finds its mark.

Touch the ground, though faint you be,

Guide the path, and carry thee."

lightning surged from my spear and power started to build inside it.

I threw the spear toward the Alpha.

It moved its head and dodged the spell.

I smiled.

Where the spear landed Volt appeared and bit the alpha's leg and sent lightning crashing throughout its body.

The Alpha let out a loud, angry and pained yelp and tried to shake Volt off but he wouldn't let go. 

while still running on the vines I started to chant another spell

"Spirits of storms, through bonds entwine,"

the hell hound howled and a demonic presence burst from it.

"Let crackling wrath and power combine."

2 hellhounds managed to get past the vines. 

"Through the sky, your fury flows,"

the 2 hounds jumped towards me and one bit my arm while the other got my leg.

"Strike the foe where the thunder goes!"

I finished the spell and a giant bolt of lightning came crashing down from the sky centered on Volt.

It struck Volt, who clung to the Alpha's leg, sending a cascade of crackling energy rippling across the Alpha's body and the surrounding area.

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Arks POV

we all watched as Jack fought the hounds with surprising ease.

We could see a blue and yellow animal and a small green light floating around Jack's head but no one could anything else as we were too far away.

It was amazing seeing them fight side by side.

The blue creature moved and defended Jack as he dealt with the hounds that got past, the giant vines that shot out from the ground and moved wherever Jack seemed to need them and even his spells were impressive.

I never guessed Jack was a mage or had a beast like that nearby.

I noticed Araki staring in shock when he noticed the blue creature and watched in shock as Jack fought the Hellhounds and cast spells like that.

Everyone else still present was similarly amazed other than Terra who seemed to know how strong Jack was, or at least had an idea of how strong he was.

We all watched in amazement as Jack ran on top of the vines and threw his spear crackling with lightning.

My heart fell as the spear flew past the Alpha's head.

Was it over? But then I saw a flash of blue and yellow biting into the Alpha's leg, a surge of lightning coursing through its massive frame.

I was relieved as I watched Jack turn the tide again and outsmart his opponents.

Then it let out a yelp and a surge of lightning burst from one of its back legs and I noticed the blue creature had bitten its leg.

I turned to Jack and noticed 2 hounds had gotten past his defences and had bitten him.

But I could see Jack wasn't done and in a burst of magic, a giant lightning bolt came crashing down from the sky and hit the Alpha in its back. 

From the sidelines, we all watched in stunned awe as Jack stood watching the swaying Alpha. The blue and yellow creature at his side pulsed with energy, and the faint glow of magic surrounded him.

We all let out cheers as the Alpha fell.

I noticed the remaining hounds had flinched when it went down and backed off while the ones who bit Jack had let go and backed away as well. We watched as Jack limped over to the alpha and I watched him pull out a dagger and plunge it into the chest of the Alpha.

*Crack*

he lifted the dagger again and plunged it down.

*Crack*

and once again.

*Crash*

I heard the sound of glass breaking and noticed the shield surrounding the arena started to dissipate.

Everyone let out a sigh as we could feel the tension in the air dissipate as the dangers posed by the Alpha were now gone.

Araki and Terra quickly started running to meet up with Jack and check on him while also helping with the remaining hellhounds.

The others followed and I went after them.

As we got closer teachers and staff members had already entered the arena and were going after the remaining Hellhounds.

Jack staggered, his legs buckling beneath him. Before anyone could reach him, he crumpled to the ground. The cheers died instantly, replaced by a deafening silence. Victory had come, but at what cost?"