Escape Route

With the bone dragon still some distance away, Benjamin glanced at the Water Elemental Sprite in the Consciousness Space.

After being viciously smacked by its tail, the sprite was in poor condition. It could only hide in the Consciousness Space and heal itself by absorbing water elements. Still, it was comforting that it healed remarkably quickly. By now, it seemed to have recovered more than half its strength.

Once the bone dragon caught up, perhaps he could have the Water Elemental Sprite hold it off for a while longer?

After being strengthened by that mysterious power, Benjamin had no idea just how powerful the bone dragon had become, or whether the Water Elemental Sprite could still withstand it. He could only hope.

"Actually, if you ditch these mages, fly at full speed by yourself, and use Healing Rain to disrupt the enemy's pursuit, that bone dragon basically won't be able to catch you," the System suddenly said. "But if you keep carrying them, my estimate is that you'll flee for an hour at most before the bone dragon gets within thirty meters."

"...Forget it. I can't abandon them and run away alone."

"Then good luck."

After tossing out that faintly sarcastic remark, the System fell silent, leaving only Benjamin, flying through the air with furrowed brows, and the tense mages following behind him.

Benjamin continued to cast Elemental Command: Healing from time to time. Whenever threads of rain drifted down over the bone dragon's head, its speed would slow for a few seconds, adding a little more hope to their hearts.

However, faced with this helpless situation, they were beginning to feel increasingly stifled.

"...Mage Laila, what are you holding?" Suddenly, the male mage turned around in mid-flight, looking at the silent Laila and calling out in confusion.

Laila raised