Everyone's current weak and powerless state is clearly the effect of that black-purple mist. Moreover, the mist's effect isn't just on them; nearby trees, flowers, and plants are also rapidly withering.
The dense forest that was concealing the team was about to be completely exposed. Fortunately, Livyathan reacted quickly and cast a timely Invisibility spell. Otherwise, the team's whereabouts would have been directly exposed to that Black Dragon.
"This might be a skill with special effects on living beings. Its effect should be to continuously reduce the life force of living beings," Sir Xia Na said calmly, observing the withering and decay of all things around her.
"I never thought a Dragon would have such a skill! This kind of skill should belong to Undead Corrupted Dragon or something like that. This Black Dragon looks alive, doesn't it?" The Uncle also looked quite distressed now.
...Ellie raised her hand and saw that the charges on the Guardian Ring on her finger hadn't been used even once. Did this mist not count as an abnormal status attack?
And it had no effect on her. Could it be that she had already been judged by this world as an Undead without life?
That's not right! Although she often said she was an Undead, a Vampire True Ancestor, various faith-based healing magic actually had a positive effect on her!
This was truly too strange. Not to mention that Sir Xia Na was originally an Undead, so she was not affected by the mist.
Uh... I'll put my physical condition aside for now and focus on solving the current problem!
Livyathan is a Magic Caster, and her equipped gear seems to have higher magic resistance, so her condition is slightly better than other affected people.
However, Arute and the others, who are the main force, are in such a state that they probably can't continue fighting. Moreover, keeping them in this mist for a long time would likely deepen the effects!
Tsk... I didn't expect this Black Dragon to have such a skill! So, information on a PVP opponent is very important. If I had known earlier that this Black Dragon had Dragon Breath with special effects on living beings, I wouldn't have let these people run to the Dragon's feet.
But fortunately, this Black Dragon hasn't discovered the team's presence... There's still a chance to salvage this. Ellie thought of a plan at this moment.
"Sir Xia Na, I have a plan. You control that Bone Dragon to attract the Black Dragon's attention first. Livyathan, quickly recall your Hydra and use teleportation magic to send the others out of the mist's range," Ellie said.
After all, maintaining the Hydra continuously consumes MP, and Livyathan doesn't have her super-fast MP recovery physique. To avoid any mishaps, it's best to let her conserve her MP first.
"What about you?" Arute seemed to notice the intention behind Ellie's arrangement.
"Sir Xia Na and I will lure this Dragon to another place," Ellie replied.
"How can that work... How can just the two of you do it! At least let me come with you!" The Uncle stood up valiantly, though it was clear he was struggling just to stand.
"It's just luring this broken Dragon away, not fighting him... If such a dangerous fellow causes trouble nearby, it will affect innocent people. Besides... let you all go back and rest. If we fail, those people will rely on you to protect them," Ellie said with great determination.
"But! Miss Bai Xia! With your level..." Arute directly brought up Ellie's level.
Indeed... Ellie's level was not high, but he couldn't be blamed. After all, Arute didn't know that Ellie had already had experience fighting a Dragon Lord when her level was even lower than it was now... Although she was crushed by the Platinum Dragon Lord.
"It's okay! Although my level isn't high, I have Downfall of Castle and Country and this..." Ellie pulled out the necklace hanging around her neck and said.
"A divine-grade necklace... a Substitute Guardian Necklace. You... how do you have such equipment?" Arute stared at the necklace around Ellie's neck in great surprise.
Almost everyone in the team recognized what the necklace around Ellie's neck was. As a 'newbie' in their perception, it was impossible for her to have obtained such precious equipment.
"Hmph! This is equipment my mother gave me... Alright, stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and go. We can talk about anything else when we get back! The longer we stay in this mist, the more disadvantageous it will be for us!" Ellie quickly urged them to leave.
Afterward, they could only agree to Ellie's plan and returned with Livyathan using teleportation magic. Before leaving, the Uncle even set a very ominous flag, saying something like, "You must come back alive! When you come back, I'll make you delicious food!"... It was truly too ominous.
However, Ellie knew she wouldn't fail in a place like this. After all, according to the history in the original work... Sir Xia Na survived until the end, so since she was bringing Sir Xia Na along as a scapegoat for this operation, there would definitely be no problem!
"So what should we do? Should we follow the method you just mentioned and control that Bone Dragon to fight that Black Dragon?" Sir Xia Na asked indifferently.
"What level is your Bone Dragon?" Ellie was too lazy to argue about whether it was a Bone Dragon or a Corpse Dragon.
"Level 80," Sir Xia Na replied, which earned her a very suspicious look from Ellie... Then Sir Xia Na continued to explain.
"Although the Undead I summon are downgraded, my Undead Domination passive skill increases the level of Undead summons. This is an essential skill for a Necromancer. You don't even know this; you really aren't from our world," Sir Xia Na explained.
"Don't you believe me even now? Didn't I say I'm a local? Of course, I'm not from your world! Really, Level 80 should be enough to play with that Dragon a bit. Let's do as we just discussed. Of course, if you can directly kill that Black Dragon, that would be best," Ellie said, opening her spatial bag and taking out the cursed staff Sir Xia Na had given her as a weapon earlier.
"I'll try my best... What about you?" Sir Xia Na looked at Ellie taking out a melee weapon with great confusion, completely unaware of what Ellie intended to do.
"Of course, I'm going to carry out the original plan... to lure this Dragon away. This guy's Dragon Breath is so dangerous, of course, I can't let him cause trouble in this place. If I can beat him to death, I'll just beat him to death! If I can't beat him to death, I'll just use Downfall of Castle and Country," Ellie said.
After all, she had so many cards to play now, so dealing with this Dragon Lord shouldn't be too stressful.
Besides... she was about to become an enemy of other Dragon Lords, so taking this guy on was also a way to gain experience fighting Dragon Lords beforehand.
She didn't want to suffer the disadvantage of being unfamiliar with Dragon Lord tactics again.
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