The first thing that came to Joshua's mind when he saw this thing was "Giant God Soldier."
"Watchers! You still have time to leave the Holy Domain! Otherwise—"
After Black Sand saw that giant Magic Automaton, he regained his confidence. But before he could finish what came after "otherwise"... a roar that nearly ruptured his eardrums resounded throughout the entire space.
Joshua had already covered his ears with remarkable foresight. Black Sand stared wide-eyed at the creature that had suddenly appeared before him.
A real dragon.
From a human's perspective, Black Sand could only see part of the legendary creature's body. The chill radiating from its ice-blue scales sent the surrounding temperature plummeting below freezing.
He stiffly turned his head and barely managed to see the enormous creature in its entirety. The roar that stabbed at his eardrums continued, while the ice dragon's breath was like a blizzard capable of swallowing an entire city.
The Giant God Soldier-like Magic Mechanical Device at the edge of the platform was instantly covered in Frost and Snow, frozen into a massive ice sculpture.
At that moment, Black Sand noticed that the ground beneath him had already been overtaken by thick frost. Even the flowing-water barrier created by Blue Robe had become a wall of ice.
The destructive breath lasted less than five seconds before ending with a "hic."
At that moment, the battlefield, which had been fiercely contested moments ago, fell into an eerie silence.
"Catalina, were you... too full when you came here?" Joshua broke the strange silence with a single remark.
The ice dragon did not answer, perhaps because she found it too embarrassing. When a second giant Magic Automaton appeared at the edge of the platform, she did not use her breath again. Instead, she violently flapped her wings, whipping