As the days passed, Alicia watched girls her age getting boyfriends and having silly lovers’ quarrels in the academy halls. Even her mother, Serena, kept teasing her—pushing her to find someone.
But Alicia remembered it clearly.
The first Crestvale head with the same powers as hers... had killed her own lover.
That memory sat like a stone in her chest.
’If I fall in love and lose control... will I do the same?’ she thought. ’What if I go berserk and hurt the person I care about most?’
One day, she shared these fears with her mentor, Selena Vega.
Selena’s answer was simple.
"Then find someone stronger than you," she said.
To Alicia, it sounded impossible. Aside from Evelyn, she was sure no one her age could match her. Even most adults couldn’t.
That was when she met Alex Dragonheart.
The boy who broke through intermediate rank in four months.
The one who managed to injure her in a duel despite being much weaker on paper.
As time passed, Alicia’s interest turned into something sharper. ’He’s the one...’ she thought. Someone who might withstand her at her worst—and still win.
It took time.
But slowly, Alicia reeled him in.
So when he gave her a ring, she was thrilled.
She didn’t hesitate.
Alicia carved the same restriction runes—the ones that kept her power at bay—onto the ring Alex gave her, throwing away the old one without a second thought.
’I’ll wear the one you gave me,’ she thought, smiling.
But now, with an army of dragons standing in front of her, outnumbering them in the sky—
She finally took that ring off.
And carnage began.
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[ Present ]
Her body started to drain mana from the atmosphere in torrents, like a bottomless well finally uncapped. Energy crackled around her, snapping and roaring like chained thunder.
Alicia looked up at the sky full of dragons.
She lifted her sword.
In a low voice, she whispered, "Sovereign Blade, Fifth Form: Reignfall."
She moved.
From the ground, it looked like she swung her sword only a few times.
But the air told a different story.
Mana flooded into her blade, and massive sword slashes exploded outward in a blur—dozens of crescent arcs of silver‑violet light flashing through the sky faster than the eye could follow.
Dragons inside the barrier froze mid‑flight.
Then their bodies split apart.
Wings, necks, and torsos were severed cleanly.
One after another, they crashed to the ground, trembling in shock and terror before their eyes dimmed.
Within moments, the interior of the barrier was littered with dragon corpses.
Outside the barrier, dragons shrank back in horror at the sight.
Near the front, a massive dragon with obsidian scales and burning golden eyes—their commander—narrowed his gaze.
He shifted into his dragon‑kin form, towering above the others.
"Such power... from a human," he muttered. "That one is dangerous."
He raised his voice, mana amplifying it across the formation.
"All units—focus on her first!"
More dragons surged toward the breach, forcing their way inside the barrier.
Alicia blurred.
Every time she moved, another dragon fell. Heads flew, wings were shredded, hearts were pierced. Her sword carved through armor‑thick scales as if they were paper.
Slowly, a mountain of dragon corpses began to form inside the barrier.
The commander watched, astonished.
"Do not engage her directly!" he roared. "Focus on breaking the barrier! The moment it collapses, they lose!"
He pointed at Alicia.
"No matter what that white‑haired woman does, it won’t matter when their shield is gone."
Alicia grit her teeth.
"Cowards," she spat.
She glanced up at the dragons hammering the outside of the dome. ’Do I have to go outside the barrier...?’


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