White Whale.
Although they had gathered plenty of intelligence about the White Whale beforehand, only seeing it with their own eyes allowed them to truly grasp what kind of existence it was.
A colossal creature.
The White Whale, dozens of meters long, danced and spun through the air. Its massive form alone, appearing in the night sky, brought an unimaginable sense of oppression.
"So huge..."
Watching the White Whale overhead, even Priestess and the others could not suppress their unease and fear. It was humanity's instinctive dread of something far larger than themselves.
"Whew..."
The enormous White Whale swept past before their eyes, and for a moment, everyone seemed to have had their souls stolen by that massive figure.
"Everyone, attention!"
Crusch was the first to recover. She drew her longsword and swung it forward.
"Charge!!"
"OOOOOOOOH!!!"
Following Crusch's furious shout, the soldiers mounted their ground dragons, raised their weapons, and charged toward the White Whale. At the same time, the Magic Cannons behind the battle line began charging, then roared as they fired beams at the White Whale.
Boom boom boom boom!!
Pure white magical beams struck the White Whale, kicking up a cloud of smoke that swallowed it whole.
"Cast the night-dispelling magic!"
At Crusch's command, a bright energy sphere was swiftly launched into the sky, where it exploded. The pitch-black night sky immediately faded away, replaced by clear skies bright as day.
"That's amazing..."
The girls beside Fang Zheng stared wide-eyed in surprise. Many of them had been through quite a few battles, but they had never witnessed military-grade magical power like this. Being able to banish the night itself and restore daylight was simply unimaginable to them.
"Magic can do something like that?"
Mein was stunned as well, while Mailu shook her head in disbelief.
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