Lanyon and the magicians sped directly toward the enemy's airship on their own airship, and dazzling spells of all types of different colors were sent hurtling through the air.

In terms of firepower, the City of Freedom held a clear advantage. Most of the Delair Dukedom's troops on the airships were martial artists, and there weren't many magicians among them. Hence, in the face of the wave of oncoming spells, they could only defend passively and didn't have the ability to retaliate.

At this point, Erwin had already developed a rough estimate of the number of people that they were being attacked by. As a result, he could tell that this was just a diversion, and that the main attack was most likely going to be staged against the walls of the fortress.

"Sherry, Shiba, don't be distracted by what's happening up there. Focus on guarding the fortress walls!" Erwin yelled.

Upon receiving this order, Sherry and Shiba began to instruct the soldiers that were rushing up to the fortress walls to adopt their positions. Thankfully, Sherry was a very competent and conscientious commander who often ran military drills at night, so even the new soldiers of the City of Freedom knew what they had to do, and there was no panic setting in...