The Elemental Dragon's elemental transformation caught the Frostguard Tribe completely off guard.
The Frostguard Priests and Frostguard Warriors had been waiting for the icy breath to come, expecting to take the opportunity to counterattack when the Elemental Dragons flew lower. Instead, what descended over their heads was dragonfire—something they had never expected.
The blazing heat reacted violently with the dense haze. As the haze ignited, a chain of explosions nearly wiped out the Frostguard Tribe forces stationed near the warehouses.
Even the Elemental Dragons hadn't realized the chain of attacks would be so effective. Many of the dragons that hadn't been prepared were thrown back by the explosions they themselves had caused. They flapped about awkwardly for quite a while before managing to climb to a safer altitude.
Bad news: they'd embarrassed themselves.
Good news: the enemy hadn't seen it.
The Frostguard Tribe had never experienced a bombing raid and had no idea that an attack from the sky could be so deadly. Aside from the javelin throwers and Frostguard Priests stationed here, they had deployed no other anti-air defenses. In an attack where they had no initiative whatsoever, the dragon-hunting spears were only so effective. A dozen or so dragons suffered minor wounds from the spears, but most of the Elemental Dragons climbed to a higher altitude without trouble and began preparing for a second breath attack.
In exchange, the Frostguard Tribe's anti-air forces in this key area had been wiped out. Their warehouse had also been caught in the chain of explosions, leaving its overall structure almost completely collapsed.
The aerial assault made Lissandra feel uneasy. She had to admit that she seemed to have underestimated the warmbloods' air force before the battle. They appeared to have mastered an entirely new way of attacking ground targets, one completely