At this moment, as a new wave of Magic Tide surged forth, the four cardinal positions bore the brunt of the assault. Under the impact of countless black dogs and messengers, the pressure on them increased dramatically, and the barely maintained Chaos Formation was on the verge of collapse.
With Gray and Lineas working together at the central formation eye, they could barely hold on.
Northern Black Tortoise position.
Luviya, who was gradually running out of strength, had already summoned her Libra Sacred Garment, barely stabilizing the situation.
Even the advantageous positions were struggling like this, so the remaining positions were naturally in even worse shape.
Western White Tiger position.
Lani VIII, who was responsible for holding this area, darted around the shelves, gathering materials on the spot and continuously using alchemy to fend off the encroaching black dogs.
She was the highest-grade artificial human created using the Atlas Institute's magecraft theories and cutting-edge scientific technology. Her basic abilities surpassed those of most so-called "genius" alchemists. Using nanofibers called Aether Fiber as terminals, she could transmute and program matter without an interface.
Because her heart was composed of Hermes, a sixth-generation quantum computer that theoretically should not yet have been completed, it seemed to be connected to the Philosopher's Stone of legend, which contained immense magical power and life force.
Therefore, the Mooncell team's researchers on the surface actually possessed considerable combat strength.
Furthermore, her alchemical nature was highly compatible with the White Tiger position, and the large shopping mall provided convenient materials. Lani VIII pushed her performance to its limits.
Yet even so, faced with the countless black dogs and messengers that slipped through every opening, the area in which she could move shrank again and again. Soon, she had only a few square meters left, and the materials