[Diana point of view]
With Linda and Singa quick thinking, all of us (including the royal and noble that we save) that were surrounded by horde of lesser dragon (which were duplicated by the doppelganger flower) escape the castle unharmed. That horde of lesser dragon do pose a problem, especially since they're all united under a single leader (Fawan). Aries did mentioned that she and the other can take care of it, but given how there will be casualties on both side, running away is the safer between two option, at least for now while we are trying to regroup with the other
"Dragon, breath your fire upon those hideous creatures!" [Fawan]
Fawan and the other lesser dragon he commanded breakthrough the castle glasses, and with it, a horde of dragon start sniffing us, from using their keen sense of smell, sharp eyesight, good hearing and even through mana detection. It didn't take long for them to locate us all and start firing down it magic upon us
"Behe! Use light laser!" [Elise]
~Roar~
Seeing the sight, Behe quickly transform to his adult size and start firing his light magic as the empress behemoth. One of the lesser dragon didn't expect a retaliation from an S rank monster, so it take a direct hit, and get obliterate from the attack. Alas
"It's a lesser dragon, but a dragon nonetheless..
" [Qis]
"Even Behe can regenerate it fatal wound to some extend, so I'm not surprised seeing this" [Elise]
Escaping the castle, Elise and Behe was the one among all of the other that we first that saw. As the Vice Captain of the Valkyrie, her quick judgement really save us ample of time from usual long explanation
"Look! There they are!"
"Capture them!
"Don't let a single one of them escape!"
"But wait! Aren't those..."
"HEROES!?"
"Hoi! What should we do!?"
"Idiot, if we didn't catch them now, who knows what Prince Fawan will say!"
"But you know damn well they're all the heroes!"
"Khh..."
Look like we have been discovered, and surrounded that is.
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"Finish them all!" [Fawan]
Fawan, not caring about his subjects, order his fleet of lesser dragon to fire off projectile of magic. The citizen, as expected, panic and start causing a stampede
"SHIELD!" [Aries]
Aries uses her shield technique to shield us all. Taking wave after wave of magical damage. It's impressive how she doesn't falter one bit, as her shield strengthen by the mana from Holy Beast of Earth get the job done splendidly
"Plant magic: Forest carnival" [Farhah]
"Farhah, Elise, keep shooting the target! I'll use my puppet magic: Clay army to guide the citizen to safety" [Karon]
"Karon, bring us with you! I'll convince the authority figure what's happening and get their cooperation!" [Muse]
"Right!" [Karon]
Farhah and Karon join in, with Farhah keep using her giant wood arrow to shoot down target that's freely roaming in the sky. As for Karon, he unleashes his Puppet magic to keep the situation under control, together with Muse and some of the royalty that we saved from the castle
"Why don't you keep quiet! Plant magic: Giant wood!" [Farhah]
Using her Avery power, a giant wooden pillar emerge from the ground, hitting a lesser dragon directly while also cause the lesser dragons near the structure to lose focus, something which she quickly take advantage of as
"Right at the heart!" [Farhah]
"Tchh! Guess I am the one underestimating the heroes after all." (No problem, I can just do this) [Fawan]
Judging from his reaction (even though he's up in the sky, I can somehow sense what he's currently thinking) and it feels like
"All of you, he's hiding something, so be extra careful" [Diana]
"RIGHT!" [All]
That's true for all the enemies they fought thus far, but a reminder wouldn't hurt
As the battle intensify, more and more soldiers and knights join the battle, to capture us for the matter. Sachmis, Singa, Savel, Linda, Qis, Alaric and the other try their best to protect us all, as we are dealing both assault from the sky and from them. I keep casting support spell one after another, from boosting their parameters, increasing their magical defense, and healing magic. It didn't take long for
"Dark and mirage mana zone: Zone of abyssal bullets barrage" [Zerolith]
"Wind magic: Tornado" [Rean]
Rean and Zerolith come and help support us, as Rean use his wind magic to push those knights and soldiers far away from us while Zerolith finish them off with his dark mana zone magic. As usual, his rapid firing of magic is a feat many couldn't achieve
"Where is Muse?" [Rean]
"She's currently with Karon, trying to prevent any further chaos among the citizen" [Diana]
"I see. That's a relief" [Rean]
Of course the newly wed husband will ask for his wife safety first, and it's actually kinds cute seeing Rean like this
"Oh, so seeing us doesn't make you feel relieve?" [Singa]
"Singa, that's not what..." [Rean]
"Touche" [Savel]
"Two of you, don't joke about that kind of thing" [Zerolith]
"Boo... The old Zerolith will definitely join them to tease Rean" [Farhah]
"Boo..." [Diana]
"Princess... Not you too" [Rean]
While we are joking with each other
"I must said, both of your daughters really are something" [Sachmis]
"I feel proud hearing that from you" [Aries]
Kara and Mara, with their mini rampaging garuda spell, start attacking the fleet of dragon. Thunder ensure with each flap from the garuda, a fierce some sky battle that both of them have the upper hand in. Alas, even when the number of lesser dragon diminish, there are still quite a few of them and
"Guess I must thank that witch sister of yours. Time to test this one out" [Fawan]
""That mana... Sis Rafiah!?"" [Kara, Mara]
Fawan bring out a strange orb, and before we know it, the lesser dragon mutate to become something far stronger, especially true for the one that's carrying Fawan. It become twice as large and it become even more fierce. No doubt about it
"Now, how will you react to this, a bonafide great dragon, as powerful as Ice Dragon, Reshir!" [Fawan]
A dragon...
"Pfft... Oh please. Sure, it's a dragon but..." [Ash]
""Soul pierce"" [Lara, Nara]
A powerful dark spear attack the great dragon. Not only that, Lara and Nara soul pierce also come raining down toward the dragons
"Holy Beast of Water, Ice Dragon Reshir is far more powerful than that dragon of yours" [Charlotte]
A fleet of water golem appear with her cute master
"And if it's a dragon, a dragonewt like me will definitely feel some shivering" [Savel]
Savel, after using his dragonewt transformation, join Ash, Lara, Nara and Charlotte to take down the great dragon
"Tchh, you again, Behemoth Slayer..." [Fawan]
"Oh boy, I guess our feeling are mutual after all" [Ash]