Just then, a vast shadow appeared overhead. It was as though the light itself had been blocked by Hogwarts Floating City, which had suddenly appeared before them and was gradually breaking through the clouds to reveal its full form. The flying city floated amid clouds and mist created by magic, appearing above this stretch of the Underworld Great Wall accompanied by flashes of lightning.
The moment it flashed into existence, the Floating City rapidly descended, tilting almost forty-five degrees, allowing the wizards on the ground to clearly see some of the places where wizards lived along its edges. Even the smoking chimneys of the Alchemy Factories were plainly visible.
Light shone from the windows of the tall buildings in the city, and sounds that would have seemed perfectly normal on the ground became rather strange when they appeared over a battlefield.
But the people in the city were affected by the gravity magic of this massive magical creation, so nothing unusual happened to them. They did not even feel anything—aside from some residents who, due to the dizziness caused by the recent teleportation, seemed to be showing symptoms like motion sickness or seasickness.
The city flew closer and closer. Dragons crawled out from the caverns beneath the city and climbed into the Dragon Dens suspended below the Floating City, their huge, ferocious heads poking out from within. They occupied every inch of space beneath it, their enormous wings folded as they filled the area under the Floating City, while some wizards began climbing onto their backs.
It looked as if some enormous insects were flying out of their disgusting nest—that was what many wizards thought.
But it was clear that what surged out from Hogwarts's Floating City were even more reinforcements.
More and more Dragons carried the Floating City's guard