[Temporary Gamer's Fragmented Ability]
Karna smiled the moment he got the description. It meant that the limits he crossed right now would become the foundation for his growth later on.
Normally, a wizard's output is determined by the amount of training he does over countless years. The output of a wizard is similar to how muscle fibres work. They have to gradually break down and grow stronger while training again and again. If they put too much pressure, the muscles will get irreversible damage, which would lead to injuries that might even cripple the person forever.
Right now, Karna got the holy grail of all training maniacs. Earlier, he was having difficulty controlling the increasing magic energy inside him, but even then he was limiting the input of ethernano crystals he was consuming so that he wouldn't get any lasting damage later on after the fight. But right now, with this fragmented skill, Karna could break every limit of his body without being afraid of what would happen later on.
'Increase input,' Karna thought as suddenly the crystal etherion dust entering his body through his mouth began to increase in size.
Exactly at that moment, the energy of death released by Karna also began increasing at an alarming rate. But instead of letting it flare and affect everything around him, Karna kept concentrating the energy into himself, increasing the density of the death constructs surrounding him.
With the increasing amount of ethernano inside him, even the dragon watching him began to feel uneasy. The already halving of his abilities earlier had aroused its interest, and now the increase in the power of his prey made it realize that it was time to be serious.
Acnologia attacked with his claws while moving towards Karna at high speed.
Karna was shocked for a moment, but he reacted quickly as his heightened awareness due to the Sharingan had reached a level where almost everything seemed to be going in super slow motion.
He was able to access and make countermeasures to every attack that Acnologia started almost immediately.
So Karna dodged the attacks while using his armour and death energy to attack his scales. Incursio was made from the body of a calamity dragon, so attacks using it satisfied the condition of being attacks of a dragon, meaning Acnologia could be harmed by them.
The only thing Karna could do was attack using his speed. He already realized that his strength was not a match for Acnologia at all, so he had to strike fast while dodging the claws and wings of the dragon. But even then, the wounds he created were superficial.
'Wait, why don't I try this?' Karna thought as he combined Black Flash with his death constructs. He didn't remember seeing that Black Flash was only applicable in physical attacks when he read the description in the system after completing the hidden achievement quest before.
And it worked.
SCREEEEEE!!!!!!!
The scream of the dragon reverberated across the entire sea as everyone nearby was shocked at what they were witnessing. Until now, they were witnessing a one-sided battle between a wizard and a calamity, but for the first time ever, they saw something they never expected to see before.
The unbeatable dragon was bleeding.
Karna watched the dragon's injury that he inflicted on its right claw. It was a shallow cut that only made the dragon bleed a little blood. He was sure if the dragon had memories from his past world, it would have already said…
"All that for a drop of blood."
Karna was sure of it as he recognized the way the dragon roared; it was a roar of surprise rather than a roar of pain. It might have never imagined that Karna would be able to land an injury like this on it based on what he showed in the previous moments of the fight.
"Well, let's continue the match, shall we?" he said as he continued the attacks imbued with Black Flash on Acnologia.
At the same time, at the centre of the island…
Natsu and the others who were raring to join the fight had calmed down and started giving their all to complete the Fairy Sphere spell. Earlier, they were grumbling about joining the fight, but after seeing a few exchanges Karna had with the dragon, they realized this battle was way out of their league.
So they decided to focus on the spell so that Karna could be saved from the dragon's attack soon. But while focusing on the spell, all of them vowed to get stronger so that no opponent could make them feel weak like they did now.
'Good, this is the current strongest existence in the world, you brats. See him and learn to get stronger from the helplessness you are feeling right now,' Makarov said in his mind and then looked at Karna, who was now actually getting headway in the fight with the apocalypse dragon.
'Never knew you would reach this height so soon, you brat. I knew you would reach this level one day, but never this soon.'
At that time, on the ship…
"This… how can such a battle happen in this world?" Doranbolt muttered while shaking in his boots.
"This… has he surpassed God Serena?" Lahar muttered in utter shock. Even though God Serena had eight Dragon Slayer Lacrima implanted in him, none of them ever believed that he was capable of beating Acnologia, even though he had boasted about it many times.
For the entire council, Acnologia was a living calamity that even surpassed the danger they estimated from Zeref himself. And every tactic they created for this dragon was aimed at escaping rather than attacking.
The etherion attacks would increase the dragon's power and would only act as a sort of meal for it. The Faces themselves had no dominion over the physical might of the dragon. Using them would only create disadvantages for the wizard's side. So the council had no idea how to deal with this dragon.
"This… might be the greatest height a human wizard can reach… make sure not to miss anything," Lahar said while turning towards a subordinate who was using a recording Lacrima.
A/N- hope you like it.