Chapter 462 - 462: Going to Lyrue, Inside Mountain Kingdom part 11 (1/2)
[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 a.d.u.l.t 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.
”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]