In the following days, Ellie and the others didn't rush to rescue people directly. Instead, they first prepared for the rescue operation.
Sir Xia Na and Livia-san, who could use high-level teleportation, split up. As they traveled to this area, they searched for a concealed location that could accommodate such a large number of people.
Naturally, Arute and the Uncle went along as escorts. Ellie and Lan stayed at the Ranch. Lan's responsibility was to thoroughly understand the defense layout of the entire Ranch. Although the defenses were sparse, they couldn't afford to be careless.
Ellie's job was to support Lan. To say'support' actually meant she just hid alone in the forest, waiting for Lan to return.
After all, Ellie was the weakest among these people; besides being able to use healing magic, she couldn't do anything else. However, Ellie didn't complain, because... it was a rare opportunity for solitude, allowing Ellie to test the spells she couldn't cast before due to insufficient MP.
The results of the test... naturally, there was no need to say. Many spells she couldn't use before, she could now use. However, it was limited to the spells she had already learned.
Ellie now deeply regretted that when she was still in Nazarick, upon realizing she couldn't use magic due to MP issues, she had directly given up on learning magic. This led to a situation where, although Ellie could now use magic, she had no magic to use.
After all, how could she learn without MP? Moreover, here she had to play the role of a Healer. Using any other offensive magic would immediately result in a Game Over.
So, in this era, she could only commit to the path of faith-based magic.
If only she had asked Shalltear for more guidance back then! After all, that guy was a master of faith-based offensive magic. That way, she could occasionally show off a bit, instead of always hiding behind others to heal.
However, Ellie still had a way to show off... she had already planned her character's path, a route that wouldn't seem out of place for a Healer.
Three days later, Sir Xia Na and Livia-san returned. From their discussions, the chosen hiding place was in the Katz Plains, near the Hill Area of the Dragon Kingdom. It was said to be close to a water source, and not too far from the Wetland where Nine-Headed Serpents could be hunted. It was suitable as a temporary base.
Of course... they didn't intend to settle them there permanently. After all, as long as the dragon problem wasn't dealt with, they would eventually be discovered. So, it was only a temporary arrangement.
After completing the preliminary preparations, they deliberately rested for a day to regain their energy, only making their move late on the second night.
Arriving at the northern high wall they had infiltrated a few days prior, Arute and the Uncle, as on that day, each equipped Flying Charms, and Livia-san also cast Flying Magic on herself.
Just as Sir Xia Na cast Flying Magic on herself and was about to pick up Ellie, Ellie also cast Flying Magic on herself and flew up. This surprised Sir Xia Na, and the others as well. However, it wasn't a time for celebration; everyone just nodded silently in approval and continued their actions.
Once they had all flown onto the city wall, they looked at the entire Ranch. The defenses were still just as weak; many areas didn't even have a single guard. However, the larger areas did have watchmen, though not many, and some of them were Dragonkin.
Regarding Dragonkin, this race existed in the game Yggdrasil and was also a playable race for players. However, Dragonkin wild monsters were extremely powerful, so this attack focused primarily on those Dragonkin. As for the Orcs, no one even considered them a threat.
Then, according to the original plan, the first to be cleared were the several Wyverns resting on the southern city wall. These Wyverns were also the most difficult part of the entire strategy.
Having fought Wyverns before, everyone assumed they had a skill to call for companions. Therefore, taking them down before they could call for help was the key among keys. However, given the size of the Wyverns guarding here, they were much larger than the one they encountered when they first crossed over, so everyone was on high alert.
However, Lan would not participate in the Wyvern battle on the city wall. His mission was to stealthily infiltrate the lightly guarded areas alone and assassinate the Orc guards one by one. If permitted, assassinating isolated Dragonkin was also an option.
Of course... if he found the power gap too great, he was to flee immediately. This was naturally the task Arute assigned to Lan. As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!
So, after separating from Lan, under Sir Xia Na's Concealment Barrier and Livia-san's Invisibility, the group crept up to the face of the first Wyvern. That Wyvern was still sprawled on the city wall, sound asleep.
The common saying is 'How can you lose with a Wyvern on your face?' Now, the situation was reversed; it was Ellie on its face... Of course... Ellie did exactly that.
When they reached the first Wyvern, Arute had just drawn his magic sword, imbuing its blade with magic, and was about to deliver a blow to the Wyvern when Ellie stopped him.
"Dragons have very high magic resistance, right? Can your magic sword achieve a one-hit kill?" Ellie whispered.
"How can we know without trying?" Arute didn't have much confidence in that either.
"Then let me do it!" The Uncle made a motion of rolling up his sleeves, eager to try.
"No need, let me..." Ellie said... However, everyone looked at Ellie with incredulous expressions, as this wasn't the time for her to land the finishing blow and gain experience.
"Sir Xia Na, please extend the concealment barrier to the dragon as soon as I strike. That way, even if it's not an instant kill, it will prevent this dragon from immediately alerting the others," Ellie said.
"Understood..." Sir Xia Na nodded. Everyone suddenly realized, "Oh! There's actually this method!" If that was the case, it didn't matter who initiated the attack. Even if it wasn't killed in one hit, as long as it was eliminated before it could escape the barrier, it would be fine.
"Then I'm going! First... Mana Conversion!" Ellie cast Mana Conversion on herself. The effect of this skill was to convert MP into her physical attack power.
This skill itself was also a very trashy skill for players. One must know that the MP recovery efficiency of ordinary players in combat is very, very low.
However, the conversion efficiency of MP into physical attack for this move was even lower; the attack power gained from consuming a large amount of MP was not proportional.
Moreover, this move was a faith-based magic. Basically, the only time this skill was useful was when a Healer had almost run out of MP, not enough to cast healing magic, and would attach the last tiny bit of MP to gain a negligible amount of attack power, just to hit monsters and not be seen as slacking off.
"Wait..." Arute saw Ellie use this extremely inefficient magic on herself. Before he could stop her, Ellie directly picked up a stick and smashed it onto the sleeping Wyvern's nasal bridge.
Then everyone heard the sound of the Wyvern's nasal bone shattering, and the sound of blood splattering. The Wyvern didn't even make a sound... it was directly warned by Ellie's nasal bone... and smashed to death.
"Alright! Next!" Ellie, covered in blood, turned to look at everyone and said.
"Um... okay... next..." Arute and the Uncle simultaneously clutched their noses as they replied.
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