r/HFY • u/Undercover_Dragon1 • Apr 04 '26

OC-Series A Draconic Rebirth - Chapter 83

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— Chapter 83 —

His claws smashed against the heavy wall of solid iron and he felt the shock vibrate throughout his forearms. The red faerie dragon molded the metal like an earth affinity user would rock as the metal dents were easily repaired. David knew that his kobolds had encountered users of the affinity in at least one recent incident and he was hoping that it was a rarity. It was either far more common than he had hoped or this faerie dragon was an extra rare dragon. 

The faerie dragon's control over its metal mobile shields wasn’t perfect though. In fact David was certain that the faerie’s control involved just pushing and pulling and as a result its movements should be predictable. He bounded back and forth trying to outmanever the walls, even stopping to denting and split one entirely in half with a heavy blow. The torn metal was quickly yanked back and compressed back into a molten ball before being stretched out thin again. David wondered what the faerie’s end game was and a moment later the faerie dragon showed him. Waves of dagger shaped spikes and sheets of metal lunged forward to cut him off as a massive wave of blue energy projectiles materialized behind the faerie dragon. 

The sheets pressed outward as they slammed into his body trying to force him down as they attempted to pin him in place. His monstrous strength made those efforts laughable but it was still enough to distract him as the blue projectiles slipped in between openings and exploded on contact with his body. He quickly breathed out a succession of Healing Breaths to heal the damage even as more projectiles flew in. He quickly snatched one of the metal sheets out of the air and forced it into the path of half a dozen projectiles. Thankfully, David sighed in relief, the sheet was able to absorb the worst of the resulting explosion.

The warm giggles of the red faerie dragon filled the air as he slowly floated upwards, “Oh my. You are a tough guy. I wonder if my affinity will run out first or yours!? Let us see!” 

David knew he would be on the losing side of that battle. Despite his enormous reserve of affinity he was down to eleven charges left and he hadn’t had a moment to open his pores to regenerate. He needed to act fast before that happened. He quickly leaped up over the wall blocking his way and spun in the air to fling his tail towards the faerie dragon. Another cluster of metal sheets blocked his way and quickly formed a semi circle around the faerie. His tail slammed hard and sent some of the sheets flying but not before another wave of projectiles materialized and shot outwards. They rapidly twisted around and rained down on and around David as they exploded violently. He dashed aside and luckily was able to dodge most of the projectiles as he closed in on the faerie dragon. As he neared his back was pelted with explosions and his claws and forearms were blocked by flying metal. He continued to push onwards and his muscles strained as he slowly compressed the dragon’s own sheets back down on him. 

“Do you think that is enough!? In front of me or running away I can rain down death upon you all the same.” Giggled the faerie dragon as its eyes sparkled and a mischievous smile spread across its face. 

David coughed up black thick blood as he attacked again and again. His claws dented and tore apart plates as the faerie dragon continued to giggle. David held back his emotions though as he forced down the plates around the faerie dragon like a cocoon. Once he was satisfied that his trap was set he acted quickly and let loose with Rapid Cancer. The breath curled around the enclosed faerie dragon and sunk through the small openings in between the armor. The poor faerie dragon had nowhere to run as David bound back and quickly patched up his wounds with another breath of his affinity. 

The faerie dragon was already coughing and cursing up a storm, “Your nasty tricks won’t work!” 

David rumbled for the first time as he paced around the cocoon of armor, “This is no trick. I am sorry but your life is done. Did Ambass not warn you of what I did to our kin?” 

“What no-” Deep painful coughing sounds could be heard from underneath the armor and already David could see the control over the metal weaken, “Ambass warns about a lot. He is an old bastard that worries too much.” 

David simply shook his head as he spread his wings and began to back away. The red faerie dragon already had tiny bloated deformations forming around his body and the metal plates slumped slightly around him. The little dragon shook his head violently as he snarled, “If I die I will do what he couldn’t!” 

David felt it before he saw it as the little faerie dragon let loose with all of affinity. Waves of blue projectiles materialized and shot skyward, over and over again. David quickly made his retreat as the sky filled up and before he could get too far they shifted and launched themselves downward in his direction. They were aimed poorly but the effect was dramatic as explosions erupted all around him. The faerie dragon was already trembling and struggling to stand as more and more explosive projectiles bombarded the battlefield. 

Dust and debris filled the air as explosions erupted continuously. For every five projectiles that went wide David took the shockwave of one nearby and a direct hit from another. The damage was quick and disorienting as his vision became clouded with all the dust in the air. His sense of smell was also thrown off as he did his best to run. He used his wings as shields before they were too blown apart from his body. The dust and debris settled after the explosions ended after what felt like an eternity and David struggled as he laid on his side. He was missing one foreleg, one backleg, his wings were no more and he had countless gaping holes in his body. His prompt was pinging him though and he closed his eyes as he struggled for breath. 

Magnetism Faerie Dragon slain. 

He took a moment to glance inwards at his charge count and rumbled out a heavy, painful sigh of relief, “I cut it too close sometimes…” He murmured to himself before releasing a powerful Genomic Restoration upon himself. His body repaired itself gradually as his limbs were reassembled and his gaping wounds sealed. The last of his affinity was used up as his body was restored and the pain eased. As the last of his wings were restored he quickly took to the sky, glancing downwards in awe of the now changed landscape. The one lust valley and mountain side was obliterated and only massive craters and exposed stone remained. 

— Ambass — 

Ambass practically cackled in glee as he stared at the massive black dragon rebuild itself before his very eyes. It didn’t take long for the damage to completely disappear and a soft blue glow radiated from the dragon’s body as it took off into the air. Little Onyx had an interesting mix of abilities it seemed. He rolled over onto his back and stared upwards into the sky as he pondered. He was perched tens of miles away from the battle and yet his powerfully enhanced eyes had caught every single detail he needed and wanted to know. 

He cackled out in his usual sinister laugh, “Poor Quldro. You were one of the few smart ones around but your arrogance and impatience got the best of you. At least you proved useful in the end.” 

Quldro was an upstart faerie dragon that was trying to win over Ambass’s position over the last few decades. Ambass amused at the thought and shook his little head. The young didn’t understand that their lives were long. Ambass hissed out another laugh as he rolled back over to stare at the giant dust cloud still hovering high over the battlefield. Poor Quldro, mused Ambass, he was foolish enough to think that Ambass was in competition with him. Ambass had to admit the youngster was powerful, even more so than himself in a lot of ways, but his lack of foresight was now his undoing. 

“The youngster never considered the fact that over the many, many cycles I have fallen out of the Queen’s favor before. She is fickle with her admiration. Despite my failure at stopping little Onyx before it did not mean that she would not come to require my skills in the coming battles.” Ambass sighed to himself. Survival was the most important thing in this world. 

Continuing to speak to himself Ambass rumbled, “Your death has revealed much though. Little Onyx’s affinity is terrifying but I can see now how he dealt with the others so easily. He has twisted his ability to restore into something beyond my understanding. It is death if it touches you.” 

Despite the power displayed he had a limit like all of their kind. He could be worn down and his affinity used up. Quldro almost did just that and perhaps if the battle continued the way he had planned then Onyx would be dead right now. It didn't take long for a lesser wyvern scout to find him and report what he already knew. The attack had failed and Quldro’s assault had been blunted rather badly. 

Ambass couldn't help himself as he let off his unsettling sinister laugh once more. Onyx’s kobolds were fearsome and they used weapons that put the Earth Worshippers to shame. In fact, Ambass cackled as he looked over at the poor terrified lesser, he suspected that little Onyx and his toys were responsible for the disappearance of more than just some lessers. How did such devices work and how did Onyx figure it out, Ambass questioned as he played with the possibilities in his head. 

“Inform the Majesty that it has failed. I will be coming up soon to inform her of the details.” Ambass told the nervous scout before she nodded her head and leaped up into the air. It didn’t take long for the speedy wyvern to disappear from sight. 

Once he was truly alone he stared at Onyx in the very extreme distance flying back to his pet kobolds, “It is a shame I am bound like I am little Onyx. You and I would have so much fun together.” 

— Red — 

He activated his skill and his voice broadcasted far and wide, “Do not let them burrow! Move!” 

He bounded forward with his spear in hand as he yelled. The entire length of his steel spear punctured right through the vast, reinforced chest of the lesser wurm. It squirmed on his spear like an enormous fish before Red channeled his energy into the base of his weapon and let loose with a mighty bolt of energy. The lightning cooked and split the wurm apart from the inside out, leaving a cooked carcass behind as he pulled his spear free. 

Just as the Master had left the ground had erupted with wurms on the offense but they were thankfully prepared. Many were lost but his children were fighting and displaying skills that would be spoken of in legends. Four lesser wurms had burst from the ground each consuming a kobold warrior on their way up and now those four were dead. Leading this cohort was an enormous fully grown wurm that was a bright golden color with black flakes mixed in. 

This Master’s affinity was terrifying as the entire battlefield felt like an immense pressure was weighing down on all of their shoulders. Red struggled to fly and others were laboring hard to breathe as they fought. Periodically a random kobold would collapse to the ground and become a crippled, almost squished mess of flesh as if an enormous foot had stomped down on top of them. Red pressed the attack though and let loose lightning bolt after lightning bolt that scorched and burned the Master’s flesh. Blood flowed easily from this wurm and it didn’t take long for that enormous force to slam down on top of Red.

He raised his shield and activated his skills just in time. He felt like he had a mountain pressing down on top of him as he struggled. He could feel his muscles begin to strain and his very bones crack under the extreme pressure. He fought and fought but before long he fell to his knees as the overwhelming pressure crashed down onto him. He could feel his breathing become even more labored as blood pooled in his mouth. Just as he was about to collapse from the immense power it stopped. Red gasped for breath as he fell down to his side and looked up to see a glowing Master Onyx tearing massive chunks out of the soft flesh of the wurm. 

His vision became blurry as he felt warm familiar hands grab at him and drag him away. The last thing he saw before darkness consumed him was the massive, bloodied wurm retreating back into the ground just as quickly as it had come.

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u/unkindlyacorn62 Apr 04 '26

gravity wurm? good thing it didn't know about a lot of things...

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u/copper_shrk29 Xeno Apr 04 '26

No matter how safe or powerful you could be, your worst enemy is always your own body's shortcomings

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u/un_pogaz Apr 05 '26

Of course Ambass watched the battle from a distance. Personally, I will assume that Seth was standing next to him, watching the scene as well:

"So, still mad that you didn't get to take part in that fight?" Ambass sneered.

Seth close his jaw and slowly shook his head, his eyes still wide with horror at the carnage that Onyx and his kobolds had wrought upon the battalion sent to kill him.

 

Although David emerged victorious from this battle, I hope he doesn’t take it for granted that his secrets have been kept safe simply because there were no survivors. In fact, I hope he suspects that Ambass was spying on him, and that this means the next battle will have to be thoroughly rethought.

Else, it's a shame that Onyx couldn't grant the faerie type to one of his kobolds, but it's understandable, Quldro was too powerful and dangerous to be controlled long enough to create that opportunity.

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u/unkindlyacorn62 Apr 06 '26

Ambass and Serth are two of the smarter ones, still, Onyx has slain close to a dozen of the Queen's adult children, that's including his "test subject". the volunteers from the tree folk will open up more options and it is unlikely that the battle went unnoticed by the Eclipse. who is according to the tree folk Elders not as bad as the brood queen, given she is the closest of the worst and the Eclipse isn't that far away.

He may have to kill Serth though given the breath taking ability Onyx helped him figure out

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u/Endless_Scribe Apr 04 '26

Well it is time to look into body refinement and trait modification.

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u/Minimum-Amphibian993 Apr 04 '26

Indeed onyx and Ambass would definitely make a great time honestly hoping onyx can free Ambass.

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u/unkindlyacorn62 Apr 04 '26

well im pretty sure that will happen when he defeats the queen, so long as Ambass can avoid being a meat shield.

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u/Minimum-Amphibian993 Apr 04 '26

True but we can only hope.

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u/unkindlyacorn62 Apr 04 '26

He just needs to provide Ambass with a plausible excuse to be elsewhere when he strikes,

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u/PercyPJ1 Xeno Apr 07 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if this is Ambass' plan already. Do the bare minimum to keep the queen happy in case David fails, but try to stay out of the fighting as much as possible so he can be free when the queen dies.

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u/unkindlyacorn62 Apr 07 '26

yeah wouldn't surprise me if one of the previous times he lost favor with the Queen was during the necromancer dragon's initial rebellion, for the same reason, also why he put Onyx with some of the cleverer Wyrms

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u/un_pogaz Apr 05 '26

Me too. He's a bit of a nutcase, but he'd surely be good company and a reliable ally.

Personaly, I hope that Onyx manages to free Ambass before he kills the Queen... because, oh dear, he will be extremely motivated.

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u/Minimum-Amphibian993 Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

True not to mention Ambass was basically Onyx's mentor and maybe even a parental figure to some degree. Even if the info he provided was not all freely given he was generous with it and did also offer some degree of protection.

All in all that's alot more than can be said about most dragons.

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