By the time Larwood and Kaiba returned to the shore, they were already extremely unsteady on their feet and could only walk while leaning on each other for support. Chase had been lying on the beach this entire time, so he wasn't able to see the battle taking place over the sea very clearly. However, the smiles on Kaiba and Larwood's faces were enough to tell him that Talan was definitely well and truly dead.

Out of the four of them, Erwin's injuries were the lightest, and he returned to the battlefield in the east first.

"Sherry, send some people to carry Larwood and the others here from the shore," Erwin instructed.

The tense look on Sherry's face was replaced by a relieved expression at the sight of Erwin's safe return, and he selected a few strong mercenaries to be sent to Larwood and the others.

After that, Erwin snapped his fingers toward the airship up above, then called out, "Christine, didn't you say you want to make these people pay for what they did to you? Now's the time to come down here."

Upon hearing what Erwin had to say, Lanyon immediately realized that they weren't just going to let these Skycourt Kingdom mercenaries off the hook. Thus, he grabbed hold of Christine and descended with her from the airship.

At this point, Luphen had also returned to the shore with only half his face remaining, and he immediately rushed over to Erwin upon seeing...