Jiang Han made preparations in the river valley.
Although she had never personally commanded a similar battle, such a course was included in Witch A1 extracurricular tutoring. Jiang Han had only sat in on two classes with Cleya, but with the standard ability to remember everything at a glance paired with Eileen-level comprehension, she could practically do what an [experienced] commander could do.
"Meow-ao-ao-ao-ao!"
A Storm Giant Cat let out a cry that already counted as a "scream" for a Cat Lamp. She nearly floated up in an attempt to run away, but the next second, two imposing Giant Cat Lamps with unfriendly expressions, shaped like little clumps of dirt, firmly pinned her in place.
Jiang Han and two witches took brushes and poured camouflage mud mixed with leyline energy over her body, then...
Brush brush brush brush brush!
The proud azure Giant Cat was painted into a mud clump. The effect was so good that only her two large eyes remained, rolling around atop the mud clump.
"Another one finished..."
Jiang Han set down her brush, pulled a tuft of cat-tail fur from the mud clump's tail, and used Transfiguration.
Lightning crisscrossed as transmutative magic twisted continuously. The cat-tail fur turned into an entire azure cat clump, looking exactly like the true form of the mud-clump Giant Cat—except its eyes were utterly lifeless, making it obvious at a glance that it was a fake.
But Jiang Han had a way to solve that.
She extended her snow-white little paw, reached into her tail, took out a packet of cod strips, and stuffed them into the fake cat clump's mouth.
At once, the fake Giant Cat's eyes became remarkably lively, and it even let out a "meow-ao."
After finishing the cod strips, the fake Giant Cat immediately floated up