Furball's coolness increased quite a bit when Ryan bought the tome and made him learn Ice Cannon, a spell one tier below Ice Breath. While the range wasn't that impressive, it was more than enough for the time being. Besides, with his speed, Furball could approach most enemies and attack them before they could react. While they were waiting for the others, Ryan gave Furball the order to train the skill, and he also used some mana potions on him.
"Sorry for the wait," Haruna said after arriving while leading a group of twenty soldiers. "We met again much sooner than I expected."
"I guess so," Ryan said.
Ryan ignored Haruna's smile and just went straight to the business. If his memories were correct, half of the guys she brought were her old companions, while the other half belonged to Yahiko's army. It was hard to be sure since they all were using the same set of armor. The only real difference was that Haruna's friends still had their old weapons alongside the two katanas the ordinary soldiers carried with them.
"Let's get going," Ryan said.
"Our leader said that I would give the orders once the fight happens, but aren't you going to say anything about what we should or shouldn't do?" Haruna asked.
"I don't know how things will proceed since the enemies can fly, and they are much stronger than anything I faced before, so I can't say what you should or shouldn't do," Ryan replied.
"You should ask those who had fought the vermillion birds a few times for tips and strategies. All I can say is that once we find the boss, you guys will have to hold back the minions for me. Trust me. You won't like to stay nearby once the fight starts."
Ryan recalled that he turned the last part of the dungeon into a pretty decent copy of the north pole to seal Titania's attacks. Normal humans couldn't endure that cold. Ryan only could because of Femradiel's power.
"Anyway, give me the details about the fight last night," Ryan said. "Yahiko blocked the monster's advance, but he didn't do it alone, right?"
"Yes, although we didn't have many chances to act since he went all out to help you," Haruna said. "We used some long-range weapons, but we didn't help all that much. Since the fight, the vermillion birds and fairies stopped attacking us."
As expected, the monster called Oberon decided to retreat now that he had lost Titania's support. It looked like the fight was going to be more difficult since Oberon knew that he couldn't underestimate Ryan and because he was mad. He killed his wife, after all.
"What the vermillion birds can do?" Ryan asked.
"They can create fire tornadoes when they flap their wings, but they really like it to fire explosive fire arrows," Haruna replied. "When they are about to die, they always try to self-destruct near their enemies. We have to defeat them before they have that chance because the power of the explosion is massive and because they can revive if they manage to kill someone with the attack."
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