The enormous hybrid dragon beast fixed at the center of the Sacrificial Ground could not break free no matter how desperately it struggled.
Dozens of channels extended from the center of the gray-stone Sacrificial Ground toward the dragon statues standing around it. As the Dragon Devouring Ritual began, rapidly extracted Life Force and even souls materialized into liquid streams flowed through those channels into the dragon statues, then were absorbed by the people seated in dragon egg chairs nestled in the dragons' arms.
Within the ancient Sacrificial Ground, the dragon beast's despairing roars and the sight of its soul being divided and consumed made Iluna instinctively uncomfortable.
That was precisely why, when the battle officially erupted and Mr. Joshua Brooklyn's thrown ball of light nearly shattered the massive Defense Ritual surrounding the village in a single strike, Iluna joined the fight without holding anything back.
More than forty Ring Arcanists had been dispatched by the Orthodox Church for this operation, along with even more low-ring logistical personnel. As a result, Shade, flying in from afar, was still carefully breaking through the defensive barrier in the Black Forest.
Iluna had initially been somewhat puzzled by the need to dispatch a Thirteenth Ring Warlock. But when the battle officially began and five genuine Pureblood Dragons charged out of the operating Dragon Devouring Sacrificial Ground, she understood that such arrangements were actually rather conservative.
The Sunlight Gun gleamed with dazzling golden light beneath the sun. With both feet planted on the earth, Iluna hurled Thunder into the sky with all her strength. Even the largest Red Dragon among the red, black, green, blue, and white dragons did not dare take it head-on.
As the Sunlight Gun exploded in the air and hundreds of tiny Electric Arcs enveloped the sky above the village, Mr.