Loki Familia, Freya Familia, and other factions' Level 5 and 6 elites.
About twenty adventurers had been hurled into the air.
These twenty-odd figures soared upward, raised their weapons, and swung down hard toward the Black Dragon's wings.
The next moment—
The Black Dragon roared in fury.
"ROOOAR——!!!"
About half of the twenty attackers succeeded; over a dozen gashes were torn open across the Dragon's massive wings.
Pain fueled its rage even further.
Just then—
The eye that Alice had blasted out had already regenerated. The Dragon regained its vision.
Seeing dozens of ants right before it, the Black Dragon opened its maw. A fiery breath gathered and erupted from its throat, spewing toward the figures in the air.
Faced with the incoming dragon's breath, the airborne veterans didn't panic. A glance exchanged among them was enough—their vast combat experience bred a seamless cooperation in that instant.
By Level 5 or 6, even pure warriors possessed at least one magic spell to enhance their fighting capability. Drawing on their profound battle experience, the group began evading the dragon's breath.
Those close to each other traded blows, using the recoil to swiftly propel themselves out of the breath's trajectory.
Those isolated immediately activated defensive magic, bracing to withstand the attack head-on.
Ottar and Gareth stood at the very front.
Gareth's two great axes, held together, formed a massive shield, while Ottar's broadsword was as large as a door panel.
The two of them blocked a huge portion of the dragon's breath directly.
Right then, Finn's voice rang out.
His skill, [Command Howl], had two effects:
One: When his shout reached a certain volume, its range expanded.
Two: During chaotic battles, its range also expanded.
Thus, even mid-air, Finn's command reached everyone's ears clearly.
"Those who can, make a rapid descent! After landing, flee toward the magic circle—but do not step into it! The gravity spell does not distinguish friend from foe."
Hearing Finn's words, the expressions of those in the air tightened.
They immediately canceled any levitation maneuvers, letting their bodies plummet toward the ground.
Then—
Thud! Thud! Thud!—like meteors striking the earth, a series of heavy impacts sounded as they landed.
As adventurers level up, their bodies grow increasingly robust.
Similarly, the density of their muscles and bones continuously increases, along with their weight. Thus, every adventurer present had an astonishingly heavy body mass.
The momentum of their landing was tremendous.
Ottar and Gareth were the last to touch down.
Sweat beaded on Gareth's forehead as he panted heavily. The Black Dragon's attack hadn't caused much actual harm to him or Ottar, but Gareth's stamina was severely depleted. Ottar, with his superior physique, showed no obvious signs of strain.
Once everyone had landed, they quickly regained their footing.
Following Finn, they raced backward while the ranged units continued to loose arrows at the Black Dragon without pause. And because the earlier melee assault had succeeded, Finn directed the ranged attackers to shift their focus—aiming squarely at the torn sections of the Dragon's wings.
For the Black Dragon, not only had it failed to annihilate the ants that damaged its wings, but other bugs were now attacking its wounded wings.
Its fury burned even hotter.
Another enraged roar echoed through the air.
Finn looked up, his eyes lighting up. The attacks from Gareth and the others had been quite effective—one of the wings was now pierced through. As the Dragon flapped, large streams of air escaped through the wounds.
Now, the Black Dragon's flight stability was skewed to one side, and it was clearly descending slowly.
Finn's plan was working.
The Black Dragon's rage had reached its peak.
Its target was Alice, but now, the Dragon no longer cared—it intended to annihilate every single one of them.
Beating its wings, the Black Dragon pursued Finn and the others.
Seeing the Dragon approach, Lefiya's heart clenched, and she hurriedly shouted:
"Everyone! Monitor your mana output! The Black Dragon is coming!"
The blue glow of the gravity magic circle instantly intensified. Seeing the light, Finn and the others immediately swerved around the spell's area.
Then, the Black Dragon charged headlong into it—right into the gravity magic circle.
With a heavy THUMP, the ground shook violently. The moment it entered the gravity field, the Dragon crashed headfirst into the earth.
In that very instant—
Every magician felt the mana inside them being utterly drained in a flash, instantly entering a state of [Mana Depletion].
Even Lefiya was no exception.
Her eyes widened in shock—she clearly hadn't expected the gravity spell to consume so much mana while restraining the Dragon.
"Captain! The mana drain is too high! Even with all our magic crystals, we can only maintain it for three minutes!" Lefiya called out urgently.
"Five minutes! We can hold it for five." Alice suddenly appeared beside Lefiya, grasping her hand and linking their mana together.
Immediately, Lefiya felt a tremendous surge of mana wildly flooding into her body.
"Mmm..." Feeling the rampaging energy inside her, Lefiya's legs went weak, and she nearly collapsed to the ground. "Alice... This mana is too reckless."
"Sorry, it's an emergency," Alice said, her eyes closed. "Lefiya, please focus on controlling the flow. I don't have energy to spare to soothe the mana right now. I'm counting on you."
The mana generated by Photosynthesis, under Alice's direction, surged violently toward Lefiya.
Facing such torrential power, Lefiya felt like a small boat tossed on a raging river—as if one large wave could capsize her at any moment.
Fortunately, she was an elf.
Had it been any other race, they would likely have been overwhelmed instantly by Alice's colossal mana.
In that moment, Lefiya gained a clear understanding of just how vast Alice's magical reserves were.
The mana Alice supplied alone matched that of half the magicians present—it was simply unbelievable.
Still, with Alice's support, the duration of the gravity spell's restraint on the Black Dragon was significantly extended.
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