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sed by their fear is making them cautious of this strong foe and putting their priorities out of order.
In other words, the griffins have decided that they can’t move forward until they defeat this group.
Of course, they haven’t forgotten their objective of destroying the walls to invade the city.
However, ignoring this obstacle now may lead to disaster later, so defeating them here and now is their first priority.

And so, the griffin leading the pack considers what to do as he watches the female in observation.
Most frightening to them is the invisible attack.
Since it has a wide range of effect and it’s invisible, it can’t be avoided.

So he observes her actions.
Invisible attack, pillar of light, pillar of light…

‘That’s it,’ the griffin leading the pack realizes.
He calls out to gather his comrades nearby who are holding explosives.

The griffins are about to make their counterattack.

***

“Huh, what the heck is going on?” a hunter exclaims in confusion.
Irene overhears and follows his gaze, looking in the distance.

‘The griffins are gathering together.
Are they planning something?’

The griffins, forming a crowd in mid-air, appear to be planning their next move.
Irene feels a piercing gaze that’s clearly looking in her direction and instinctively puts up her guard.

“Lady Alexia, please be careful.
The griffins seem to be plotting an attack against us!” Irene says just as the griffins begin to move.
All at once, about a dozen griffins from the pack rush to attack Irene, no, Alexia.

“Griffins are coming this way! Everyone, be on guard!”

“Everyone, please buy me some time.
I’ll cast Erase again.”

“Alright, got it!”

“Leave it to me, little lady! They won’t even lay a finger on you!”

As if they understand how important Alexia and Irene are, the others follow their instructions.
They concentrate their arrows, stones, and spells on the approaching griffins.
However, the griffins’ behavior is different from before.
Seeing their attacks, the griffins begin to focus on evasion, zigzagging through the air while maintaining a fixed distance.

‘What is going on here? Why aren’t they attacking?’ Irene wonders, perplexed at the change in the griffins’ behavior.
The griffins are moving just slightly in and out of range of the arrows and spells, as if they have absolutely no intention to attack.
Judging by their attacks from earlier, the griffins aren’t in position to bomb them.
Explosions do have their limits, and by her estimations, it appears that an explosion wouldn’t reach the city walls from that position.
In that case, the fact that they’re maintaining that position means that the griffins aren’t attacking at all.
On the contrary, they’re just barely within range of the defenders’ attacks, so they’ll lose their lives at the slightest mistake.

‘Are they trying to make us run out of spells and arrows?’ Irene thinks, wondering if the griffins intend to turn this into a drawn-out battle.
Since arrows and spells are limited, it would likely be an effective strategy.

Essentially, their plan is to have a small number of griffins be decoys and toy with the defenders, causing them to lose their means of attack by wasting their arrows and spells.
Since the decoy group’s rapid evasions would be incredibly exhausting, they must be planning on switching out.
This plan isn’t a bad one in the least.
It would usually be a solid and effective strategy.

However, in this particular situation, the plan was a poor one.
If they’re within range of arrows and spells, they’re also within range of Alexia’s Erase spell.
Since it can’t be seen, Irene can’t make an exact estimation of Erase’s range, but it’s wider and farther than the griffins think.
On top of that, it’s hard to gauge the timing of an invisible attack, so it’s difficult to dodge.

“Erase!”

Estimating that the griffins are within range, Alexia casts Erase.
As expected, the griffins drop like flies, unable to dodge it.
It is now apparent that if the griffins continue with this plan, their forces will be steadily whittled away.

At that moment, the group of griffins that are still airborne begin moving all at once.
As if they were waiting for their comrades to fall, they’re aiming for Alexia.