Three days later.
As the wizard legions that descended afterward arrived at this temporary airfield in an endless stream, thousands of official wizards, tens of thousands of slave monsters and metal robots, and countless supplies were used to establish all manner of defensive installations. Various mechanically powered vessels finally secured the airfield completely, while the defensive perimeter expanded into the surrounding city ruins. The several thousand Ironblood Legion soldiers who had previously seized these ruins and built the temporary airfield became the wizards' auxiliaries.
The vast temporary airfield had been fitted with fifteen Light Spirit Fortresses by the demon-hunting light wizards, built in a circle at all speed. Their attacks, reaching up to five thousand degrees, posed a lethal threat to mature Abyssal Demon Dragons. Together with the many wizard legions and the endless array of sci-fi weapons, this temporary base was safe for the time being. Yet scattered throughout the city ruins were still sporadic Abyssal Demonic Beasts, requiring low-level wizards to clear them out, expand the defensive perimeter, and await the arrival of the sealing wizards.
"Anna, aren't you planning to act alone?"
After fighting together these past few days, this Heavenly Net Wizard named Loka, whose combat strength was astonishing, had become acquainted with Anna. Seeing that she had yet to leave the base and was continually questioning the Ironblood soldiers responsible for the garrison, he stepped forward to strike up a conversation.
The air was filled with the droning of mechanical war chariots and combat aircraft. Huge mechanical puppets and slave monsters were everywhere. Amid the chaotic war base, Loka looked at the cold, proud elemental demon-hunting dark wizard before him and felt something strange stirring within him. He had never dreamed that he would one day feel this way toward a lone, solitary demon-hunting dark