With a wave of her silver long staff, bolts of lightning began to crash down from the heavens, and the dozen or so Skycourt Kingdom magicians hovering in mid-air didn't even get a chance to react before they were reduced to pieces of charcoal by the fearsome lightning.

With a casual point gesture from Onean, the bolts of lightning turned and hurtled directly toward the Skycourt Kingdom mercenaries who had made it onto the airship's deck. These powerful martial artists had been fending off the Four Winds mercenary legion with ease just a moment ago, but they were all zapped onto the ground in the blink of an eye, following which Larwood and Sherry immediately sent them tumbling overboard.

Of course, for some reason, several of these bolts of lightning were directed toward Erwin. Thankfully, he still had just enough energy to quickly roll along the deck of the airship and just barely evade the attacks.

"Looks like she's trying to get back at me already," he sighed as he looked up at the sky. "It was bright and sunny just a moment ago, but all of a sudden, there's a lightning storm on the way. A woman's mood really is as fickle as the weather. I really should stay far away from powerful women like her in the future."

Despite what he was saying, his heart had...