(Heartfelt thanks to 'Kaede no Chōrei' and 'x16341313' for their rewards!)
Just as Shokuhou Misaki, Kinuhata Saiai, Frenda, Takitsubo Rikou, and Astrea joined forces to kill the False Beast King, Hilif and Fei Fei were still lying in wait on a small hill not far from the forest.
Watching the nocturnal magical beasts rush down the mountain in orderly groups, their roars filled with excitement, madness, bloodlust, and savagery, Hilif held up one hand. A faint icy-blue magical power flickered over it, while her breathtakingly beautiful face was covered in frost.
Although Fei Fei thought Hilif's actions were somewhat irrational, she understood them.
Magical beasts possessed extremely sharp senses of smell and perception.
The senses of nocturnal magical beasts, which could move freely at night, were far keener than those of magical beasts active during the day.
If Hilif stirred up her magic like this, there was a real chance the magical beasts would detect her.
If that happened and the hordes of magical beasts all charged at the two eighth-order girls, Fei Fei had no confidence that they could escape. For Hilif to secretly gather her magic at a time like this was truly dangerous and reckless.
But as she watched the magical beasts rush down the mountain in groups, Fei Fei herself had nearly summoned her battle aura just moments ago.
There was no helping it. The magical beasts swaggering down the mountain before Hilif and Fei Fei were not putting on a show. They were going to attack the Ai Lu Empire's last remaining human territory.
And that sole remaining human territory in the Ai Lu Empire was not only the Royal City—it was also where Hilif and Fei Fei's families lived.
Those endlessly roaring magical beasts were heading to attack the Ai Lu Empire's Royal City