Rhine hovered in the air, watching as the team members took their positions near the base of the cliff.
He immediately began preparing the plan he had just come up with. From the air, he could clearly see that the number of black-armored men had now reached nearly ten thousand, making him suck in a sharp breath.
If Rhine had not led everyone away for some distance at the very beginning, when the black-armored men emerged from the woods but had not yet attacked them, bringing them closer to the mountain road—
Then, if they had not run that distance and had been surrounded by nearly ten thousand black-armored men, even as a double S-Class ability user, he would only have been able to flee by himself. The rest of the team would have been chopped into mince by those black-armored men.
Although each black-armored man was not particularly strong compared to them, once their numbers grew too large, all they could do was wait for death.
Once people numbered in the tens of thousands, they formed a dense, endless mass. It was especially shocking when the black-armored men wore identical armor and carried identical weapons.
Following Rhine's instructions, William began making preparations below the cliff, while the two ice-type Ability Users assisted from the side.
With a thunderous boom, William seized an opening and raised a stone wall directly between the Ability Users and the black-armored men. At the same time, the two ice-type Ability Users cast defensive barriers, protecting every Ability User inside.
Meanwhile, Rhine flew close to the cliff and unleashed a thunderstorm upon the snow covering it.
Amid roaring thunder, thunderbolts exploded one after another within the snow, and the snow atop the cliff began to avalanche, sliding straight down toward the foot of the mountain!