[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

The massive shadowy figure flapping its wings in the clouds above continues to circle the battlefield, watching its subordinates surround and overwhelm us.

I'm not necessarily in any real danger; however, in my current state, I can't fly to get away from these seemingly endless hordes of blue-scaled lizards.

The best I can manage is a few steps into the air, and even then, the monsters surrounding me are far faster, so running wouldn't solve my issues.

I'm able to easily knock out every creature I hit. Whether that's making contact with their weapons or scales, every collision adds another fallen lizardman to the ground and simultaneously increases my Ether proficiency by a small amount.

While none of the hits I'm receiving help me train my healing or make any massive leaps in progress that shock my system, I'm still growing stronger.

Yet, out of the corner of my eye, I watch the lizardmen surround Ava, and one even throws an attack despite Ava threatening to drop her hammer on their fallen lord's head.

It is a surprise attack—a white wind crescent from a curved blade aimed at her back.

The Ether within it is strong, but I've come to realize while digesting the Goblin King's memories that my Ether senses are quite unique and fine tuned.

Those with normal avatars can't sense the heat coming their way instinctively, so my eyes widen when I see Ava jump up in the air to start the momentum of a backflip, throwing her hammer forward, missing the fallen lizardman's head beneath her by less than a meter.

Her aim was not to injure or even scare the lizards around her; it was to create extra momentum to throw herself upward on a gut instinct.

The white energy blade from behind skims under her feet by millimeters, then curves upward to avoid the hordes of lizardmen nearby.

While I punch three more lizardmen out cold and start running Ava's way, I watch over three dozen weapons heat up with Ether, divine energy, and mana, preparing their attacks to hit the easy target in the sky.

I'm equally shocked at her ability to dodge an attack from a being far stronger and faster than her, but simultaneously spare the lizardman's life below her while jumping up in the air with a smile on her face.

My punches speed up, and I take out ten more enemies, but I'm still over 100 meters away when she reaches the peak of her jump into the air. She is upside down gracefully finishing her whole flip, rising above the sea of lizardmen from my point of view.

The looming [1426] glowing in green circling above us dives downward, and its wings grow larger and larger in my vision.

Its pointed head, with sharp blue and black eyes, pierces out from the fog, and its wide scaled blue wings flap again as it swoops down to reveal its enormous body, stretching over double the distance between myself and Ava, covering the entire battlefield with an eerie shadow.

Right before the lizardmen below release their attack, its deep and wise-sounding voice echoes through the sea of Lords.

"Halt your attacks."

Ava falls to the rocky ground in the center of all the lizardmen as they grip their weapons but don't follow through on their attacks.

Even the lizards around me step back, uncharge their weapons, and lower their heads.

The massive creature above flies all the way overhead, and I see its clawed legs and tail trailing behind its body.

"A Blue Wyvern..." I whisper under my breath, recognizing this creature from a special floor on a labyrinth I farmed long ago.