"UROOOOOAAAHHHH!!!"

Dagon's roar shook the heavens and terrified the earth. Its cry emerged from the very depths of its beastly lungs, and its body shook violently as it let everything out.

Saliva danced out of its gaping mouth as this echo burst forth, and the surrounding rubble--even the ground beneath his feet--scattered apart and were crushed, due to the pressure alone.

In mere seconds, Dagon stood at the center of a massive crater of its own making; one spanning hundreds of meters.

Then, it cast its attention to the being that stood high in the sky.

For a while now, Dagon had been distracted--no, held back--by two major things that caused its movements to appear sluggish and lack any precision.

One was its instinctive drive to kill the Tamer.

That, more than anything, was its drive. Even now, as its body boiled in violent rage towards the obstacle before it, the demise of the Tamer was the major desire its primitive mind had.

As for its second distraction... that had to do with the 'mark' that it sensed within the opponent. It was similar to what it sensed from the blond girl earlier, but this felt a lot stronger.

At the very least, they were both placed by the same entity.

"GRRRRRRRR...."

The very fact that it sensed this warding mark made it hesitate in slight, but important ways. It was distracting, to say the least.

Due to these factors, Dagon had not been operating at full strength. But now...?

"GRRRRRRRRRRRR....!"

Its body was steaming hot, and its silvery blue scales began to shed, losing all of the blue parts to transform into an entirely silver entity.

The sole horn on its bald head ascended a few more inches high, the spikes behind it grew larger, and its entire muscled form began to grow much bigger and denser.

From three meters, it became five meters tall.

It also stood upright, releasing itself from the hunching gait it once had. At this point, all the damaged silvery blue scales had been shed, revealing only pure silver to shroud its massive form.

Right at that point, Dagon evolved.

"HUUUUU..." As it let out this deep breath, it noticed the obstacle was preparing yet another blast aimed at it.

The last ones hurt Dagon a lot, even going as far as shaving off its Life Force, so it became averse to the sensation.

Sure, its scales were tougher now, but its survival instincts told it to evade regardless.

Then--

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!~

--The brilliant lights of judgment descended.

"GRAAAAHHH!" Dagon charged forward, its limbs clawing their way on the ground as it began to race ahead.

It was able to escape the brilliant ray of light, albeit barely, and began closing in on the obstacle.

~VWUUUUUUM!~

The ray followed behind it, attempting to close the distance and burn through its scaly flesh with its overwhelming power.

But Dagon was fast--much faster than the light of destruction.

In mere moments, it returned to its site of summon, easily lifting itself into the air with a single leap.

~BOOOOM!~

The ground shattered as it ascended high into the sky, diving straight towards the one who was sending the light his way.

As Dagon got closer, its instincts quickly kicked in.

--There was a second one!

The human obstacle sent his second hand towards Dagon, sending the coalesced beam of light charging at point-blank range.

If it had been the Divine Beast of the past, it would have gotten hit and found himself sprawling on the ground once again, but Dagon was no longer the same as it was before.

It had become much stronger; both in body and in mind.

Before, it saw the human as a mere obstacle--a distraction from its main goals--so it never really gave it everything.

Plus, the marking kept warding it away.

However, Dagon no longer cared about any of those things.

It had changed its assessment of Rey--especially after that previous blast that sent it flying so far away. Right now, it was going to ignore the obvious warning sign that existed within the boy and aim for his life anyway.

Yes... right now, Dagon saw Rey as a threat.

And for a Beast like itself, there was only one action that could be taken when a threat was identified.

Eliminating it!

~WHOOOSH!~

Dagon dodged the blast at point-blank range, quickly reaching out for Rey's hand and ripping off that very moment.

"Gaaahhh!" It heard the human scream, but that was nothing.

Dagon grabbed Rey by the head and easily crushed its black mask, hoping to completely destroy his skull as well.

However, Rey sent a powerful wave of Wind Magic flying towards the Beast, one that would have blown it away in the past.

And, it worked somewhat.

Dagon felt the impact and was stunned, flying away a few inches, before grabbing onto Rey's second hand and using it as a tether to propel itself towards prey.

Rey's second hand was torn apart in the process, and Dagon was able to close the distance in a single moment.

Then, it felt a shift in the world around it.

Dagon recognised what was happening at that moment. Whatever Rey was about to do, it would involve him teleporting away to create some distance between them.

That was another annoying trick that the human hadone that this Divine Beast could no longer tolerate.

And so, like a jet at full speed, Dagon kicked the air behind him and rushed towards Rey right as the Zones were about to shift.

Needless to say, the human's efforts ended in failure.

~WHAM!~

Dagon grabbed Rey's bloody face right before he could succeed, causing the entire Zone change to be aborted.

There was a reason why Rey never used the [Domain Of The Lord] Skill directly on Dagon.

He couldn't.

Dagon had nigh immunity to Skills and Magic, so none of those worked directly on it. The closer it got to the source of the power, the more those effects would be affected.

And, if it made physical contact with that source, any power activated would be aborted.

No one in the world knew this, but this was a manifestation of Dagon's Null Artan Ancient MajiK that became nothing more than an instinctive part of itself.

Rey, or anything he could muster at this point, did not stand a chance.

~WHOOOOOOM!~

Dagon flung Rey's body towards the dome-like barrier that stood at the highest point of the city.

That was where its prey was.

With his body helplessly flung towards that direction, the Divine Beast dived downward, raising both of its hands in the air as it sent its knees crashing on Rey's chest.

"Guark!" Blood spurted out of his lips, but that was none of Dagon's concerns.

The boulder-like fists, clasped together in destructive harmony, fell upon the boy's face.

~BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

The shockwave that resounded in the air spread for miles, and the resulting impact caused Rey to fall faster than ever, easily creating a hole in the Magic Barrier that protected the whole estate.

As Rey fell, Dagon followed, something blue-like glowing in its throat.

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

Rey's descent caused a massive crater at the point of his descent, and while he struggled to get back up despite his severe injuries, Dagon crashed right on his stomach, causing him to cough out even more blood mixed in with saliva.

On this site of destruction, Rey was on the groundfallen, and absolutely beatenand the Beast stood triumphantly atop its body.

There was only one thing left for Dagon to do.

'ELIMINATE!'

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Thanks for reading!

Some readers previously complained that Rey was too overpowered, and that he'd never have a challenge. I remember laughing back then