With Dana settled in on his back and held in place by [Eternal Lightning], Karl flew out to intercept the Matriarch, while Orthos went to join Bunga's ground troops, and Hawk vanished into the clouds.
[Don't you think that you've gotten too much altitude?] Karl asked as the bird vanished from sight.
[We have a plan.] Hawk assured him.
As long as he wasn't distracted, it should be fine.
The Matriarch roared when she saw Karl's massive form, large even for a Mythic Rank dragon, thanks to his buffs. That was a threat that she couldn't ignore, and when Karl moved the fight away from the infantry, the Matriarch followed.
Even if they were thousands of metres in the air, the aftermath of their battle was likely to cause wide scale destruction. It was simply inevitable during a battle between Totem Ranked Dragons.