Trapped in Another World With No Magic

Chapter 125: The Archfiend Yaulwembor Part 1

Havoc has taken hold of a battle that was seemingly nearing its end, disrupted by the arrival of one of Zenkon's legends. Though not as widely known as the Strylak, a massive sea beast that prevents crossing the oceans, the draconic scourge haunting the hills of Mattarglos certainly earns its infamy.

Elemental magic is a common concept among the beings of Zenkon with words; the sentient races that can write, speak, and devise spells often simplify their magic into the alchemical elements that Daniel knows as earth ('ground' on Zenkon), wind, fire, and water, as well as light and dark -sometimes referred to as divine and void elements, respectively-. True magic is more complex than six simple categories, but for most of the population of Zenkon, using more than a couple of those six elements becomes more and more rare, and using the more freeform magic often ends up being a specialization of the mage using it. At least, that is the case in modern times.

That said, so far, all of the non-sentient monsters that Daniel and his companions have encountered have had a primary element or a singular hybrid element; lightning (a combination of fire and wind) for the thorusk hakkadels, water for Rohgattabor, ice (a combination of wind and water) for Tyror, and fire for the monstrous forms of drakes, which is more powerful than their inherent fire breath.

Given that the avian fiend that arrived at the crucial would-be last moments of Rohgattabor has already used lightning, ground, water, ice, fire, and light magic in the seconds that it has been present, it's safe to assume that their newest antagonist can likely use all elements of magic.

And, immediately upon its reveal from invisibility magic that hid even its mana presence, broken only by the magic nullification of coming into contact with Nemaisol, the legendary draconic monster roars with a staggering force great enough to condense the air with the pressure wave radiating out, and everyone is brought to their knees at a minimum, with the screams of agony belonging to the gatonines and Hekate drowned out by the volume ravaging their sensitive hearing even through their protective headgear.

Daniel's helmet -designed with his flashbangs in mind- softens the volume enough not to split his eardrums, but he along with Peiburi, Veiranoei, and Senn, who are also in a relative arc 'in front' of the roar, all tumble backwards from the impact of the pressure wave.

The former 'Demon Tyrant' Vaergraes and the Chi'rinnis support mage Kera'tai manage to stay relatively upright thanks to being a bit further away, but they are far from safe.

The air crackles and roars as the dragon-like monster exhales flames towards the two, and the Uhl'tall archpriestess is narrowly fast enough to use her own wind magic to blast herself into Kera'tai and knock both of them out of the way as the flames shatter the Chi'rinnis' barrier with ease. The two tumble across the ground, helpless for the moment, but Neith summons icicle spears and barrages the titan to buy them time.

Doephluev and Hekate both channel their mana and fire powerful spells of their own; some sort of ominous black ray from the archoneldwyn and a concentrated column of water from the feldrok, who may not be especially skilled, but possesses a great deal of raw power.

All of the magic attacks glance off of the winged colossus, either exploding against its seemingly impenetrable scales or intercepted by its own spellcrafted barriers and ranged interceptor casts.

Daniel, the lowly human mechanic from a world without magic, hasn't been idle. Once he is able to recover from his tumble, head still ringing, he withdraws his 20mm rifle from his magic bag. Next to everyone, he is the lowest perceivable threat to the apparent dragon with color-shifting scales thanks to having almost no magic, especially when Neith, Senn, Hekate, and Vaergraes each likely rank in the top twenty most powerful living beings in the entire world as a conservative guess. Daniel might as well be a mouse in the corner, which is advantageous to him. Though, that also means he is relatively helpless to defend himself from the battle of titans, and he can only move as quickly as he can with his own goals while hoping his allies can keep the devastating attacks of both themselves and the fiend away from him.