Seeing everyone come to support him, Solam finally breathed a sigh of relief. If they had arrived any later, that White Dragon really would have escaped. Oh, and Solam's Thor's Hammer would have been taken away too.
With the weight lifted from his mind, Solam could no longer hold on. He dropped onto the ground and used the last of his strength to call out, "I'm here."
Then he could not say another word. His pierced lung had filled with blood, and some of it had been coughed up through his throat, leaving it full of blood. It would have been strange if he could still speak.
Fortunately, Tris was alert enough to hear Solam's voice even at a time like this.
"Over there! I heard Solam calling!" As she spoke, she was the first to run behind the rock where Solam was hiding. By then, the White Dragon was already half-dead, so it hardly mattered whether Tris joined the fight or not.
Hearing that, Gladys hurried after Tris. But when they reached the back of the rock, they saw only bloodstains, not Solam himself. (Blood shed while invisible was not invisible.)
They were no novices, so they immediately guessed that Solam must have turned invisible. Gladys directly cast the fifth-level divine spell Dispel Magic, removing the invisibility from Solam.
Solam was in terrible condition. He sat slumped against the rock, weakly coughing up bloody foam. His face had turned bluish, and even his eyes were beginning to roll back.
Seeing his condition, Gladys did not begrudge using one of her divine spell slots. She immediately cast the ninth-level divine spell Restoration on Solam. For internal bleeding caused by broken ribs, ordinary healing spells were not very effective. Even if they stopped the bleeding, the broken ribs would still be