Second World

At the place where Jack and the others were fighting the young dragonet, the young beastʼs HP was finally down to below 30%.

”Finally!” Jack uttered as his beast form came to an end.

After his Storm Breakerʼs Overlimit state expired, the damage he caused to the dragonet plummeted. This beastʼs defense was truly astounding.

The Man and the others threw the runic ropes to restrain the young dragonet. Jack helped again with his Myriad Ensnaring Chains which was off cooldown.

Jack then took out the Giant Capturing Cage tool and threw it at where the young dragonet was immobilized. The cage quickly took form and trapped the beast.

When Jack was about to use the Tame Draconic Guardian scroll, he received a message from Jeanny.

”One adult dragonet is heading your way, we canʼt hold it! How are you going with the taming process?!”

”Iʼm just about to use the taming scroll,” Jack answered.

”Hurry!” Jeanny replied.

As if to add to the urgency, everyone there was startled by a roar that came from the direction of the cavern.

”Shit! Is that what I think it is?” The Man asked.

”Yes. One of the adults is coming this way,” Jack answered while activating the taming scroll. Fiery runes covered the cage. The young lava dragonet was visibly uneased by the appearance of the runes. It banged and clawed at the cage viciously.

”We will buy you time as much as possible. Men! With me!” The Man uttered. The roughnecks that were here marched together with him towards the depth of the cave without fear.

Jack gave them one last glance before returning his attention to the taming wheel that had appeared. The blue and red area this time was larger compared to yesterday. Jack also felt that the needle was spinning at a slightly slower rate than yesterday. Probably because this time, the monster he attempted to tame was lower level than him.

He looked at the red area. Even though it was wider now, it was still a risk to attempt hitting the red zone. He decided to go for the blue zone.

He hit it once, twice, thrice. Even though the blue area was wide enough, Jack still took care to not be careless. He made sure to grasp and maintain the rhythm. He hit it the fourth time. Success! One more time.

Jack didnʼt let his concentration slip. This last hit will be the most crucial. He couldnʼt afford a blunder. He watched the needle intensely. When it was almost upon the blue zone, he let the needle hit.

*ROAARRRR…!!!*

An ear-splitting roar reverberated through the cave. Jack felt rattled just as he sent the instruction to hit. The interruption caused his timing to deviate by one-tenth of a second. The needle hit the yellow zone just a hair away from the edge of the blue zone.

The wheel broke.

Jack looked back. He heard the sound of incoming footsteps already. He looked at his radar, the adult dragonet was close. There were also clashing sounds and screams from The Manʼs team. Jack turned back to the cage. Its HP was just a quarter left.

This was the last cage, there was no more chance after this. Jack took out the last taming scroll and used it.

”Peniel, I will count on you!” Jack uttered.

Peniel understood Jackʼs meaning. She got ready behind the cage. Her eyes monitored the depth of the cave where the adult dragonet was coming from. Jack continued letting his back face that depth, he couldnʼt get distracted at this time.

He felt the ground trembled, the heavy footsteps were getting louder, but he focused himself, ignoring everything else. He only had one chance by targeting the red zone. There was no more time for the blue zone. This was like the repeat of his first-day attempt.

Jack took a deep breath. He then held that breath. ʼThis is it!ʼ He thought.

At that time, the adult dragonet had appeared behind Jack. Jack was completely ignoring it. From behind the cage, Peniel saw the dragonetʼs throat shining. A split second later, a huge stream of lava burst through its mouth.

Peniel immediately cast Invulnerability. She then took cover behind the cage. She saw the overspill of that lava breath devastating everything on her left, right, and above. The cage itself received damage from the lava. Its already low HP went down exponentially fast.

She couldnʼt continue watching the cageʼs HP as the heat of that lava breath bothered her so much that she retreated to the ground, trying to be as far away from the breath as possible. She forced herself to not retreat into her hidden dimension, her invulnerability spell would stop working if she did.