At the Council Avenue below Dragon Terrace Mountain, the entire street was filled with flames and thick smoke. The corpses of burly Beastmen and soldiers in Night-Kirin City armor littered every corner.
At the far end of the avenue, a new group of forty Beastmen private soldiers from the Flying Dragon Family had assembled in formation and charged toward the few soldiers left in the middle of the road.
Dandelion had two wounds, one on the inside of her calf and the other on her left shoulder. Wellis and Merritt guarded her on either side, while several young people who could still stand formed a shield in front of them.
"There are still so many of them. The Flying Dragon Family really..." The female Knight had run out of options. They'd never had a chance to get here in the first place. It was only after they'd encountered Gleia that afternoon that the Dragon Girl had smuggled them into the city. Thanks to her influence, more than a dozen students from the academy had come along, too.
Seeing that things couldn't get any worse, Dandelion gave a bitter smile. "Thank goodness Britt didn't come with us. Otherwise, none of us would make it back..."
"Roar!" The Beastmen shouted and charged.
As the female Knight watched them rush forward, she heard a mournful cry above. Then came a thunderous crash. A gigantic Griffin had fallen right in front of them, sending up a cloud of dust.
"Susie Lanyuan, we've always gone easy on you. That doesn't mean you can ambush an Archmage!" Benniz Dragon's voice rang out from the sky.
"Susie!" Dandelion shouted. She wanted to run over and help Susie, but feared that the moment she took a step, she'd collapse and expose her weakness to the enemy.
"I'm... fine!"