The laser-like heat ray produced by the Tower Tier version of Sunshine pierced through the mystical aura of Earthly Vault and melted the black stones below, leaving a meters-deep crater.
["Thanks for the demonstration!"] Ruugat jumped toward the Horseman, using air magic to propel himself forward, but no flying spell could lift something that heavy for more than a second, and Dawn dodged him with ease.
["I’ll fix my mistake as soon as I turn you into crystal scraps."]
["So many words just to say never."] Dawn shrugged as Ruugat fell back to the ground and into a pool of lava.
Hundreds of tier five spells hit his feet and shins from every direction, destabilizing his landing. The lost city had to use his hands to break the fall and not offer his back to the Horseman.
["What in the nine hells is happening?"] From his crouching position, Ruugat took a good look at the scores of soldiers and mages that had surrounded him.
Elven troops released volleys of enchanted arrows thick enough to blot out the sky. The mages from the three great countries stacked multiple gravity arrays on Ruugat’s joints to stop him from getting up.
Blood Witches and Warlocks spread their Blood Maelstrom in the air. The red mist released by the undead increased the destructive power of the arrows and spells that crossed it fivefold.
Awakened troops formed seven-man units and released Silverwing’s Annihilations at the weak areas that Dawn had exposed, carving deep holes into the lost city.
"Do you get it now, old fossil?" Dawn switched to Tyris’ universal language to boost the morale of her allies. "Do you understand why I kept my distance even at the cost of giving you the space to react to my attacks?
"It was all for this moment. To keep your eyes in the air and you from noticing my reinforcements."
Everything the Horseman had done until that point was a diversion. The noise, the light, and the vibrations caused by Lightpillar were a means to overload Ruugat’s surveillance arrays and cover for the arrival of the allied forces.
Gathering intel about his weak spots was just the icing on the cake.
"Damn you!" The stone lids covering Ruugat’s eyes lifted, revealing two massive yellow crystals bigger than anyone believed possible.
The elemental crystals channeled the world energy from the mana geyser and weaved it into one of the lost city’s offensive enchantments, Divine Retribution. Wherever Ruugat looked, lightning followed.
Whenever he spoke, his words turned into air blades the size of hills that crashed into the enemy formation.
"You should really stop underestimating me." Dawn said as the armor of the shield bearers crumbled.
Even the best magical protection wouldn’t have resisted the onslaught, and what the soldiers in the frontline wore barely qualified as scrap metal. Under the armor, however, there was no flesh, only a thick fog that absorbed Divine Retribution until its last drop of energy.
"Mage Slayers? Blood Witches?" Ruugat regained enough of his cool to notice the undead’s presence when it was already too late. "How can they survive the touch of sunlight?"
"The sun is mine to command, old fossil!" Dawn channeled her powers through her steed, Sunrise, revealing the white aura that shielded the undead troops mixed among the living.
"I had forgotten about this trick." The lost city snarled. "But it doesn’t matter. Put together all the ants you want. You can’t take down a Dragon!"
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