Atop her subordinate's dragon, Orphina quickly followed me, yelling, "Let Hargan go!"

I felt guilty for some reason when I looked at her eyes. She was in tears from sheer anger. But I didn’t show it as I cried, "Ahahaha! I'll send it back to you later!"

"Hargan! Wake up!" Orphina shouted desperately.

I felt as if I’d become a villain as I commanded, "Cry out, Joey!"

"Krrrrrrrrrrr!” Joey cried, emitting Dragon Fear.

The Red Dragon Knights' dragons, who had been flying around and pressuring me, faltered in terror and confusion from Joey’s Dragon Fear. Some of the dragons even ignored the knights’ control and ran away.

That tactic probably only worked so well because Orphina's dragon was the leader of the group.

"Joey, fire!" I commanded, shooting down the Red Dragon Knights who were persisting in the chase with Dragon Breath.

Then, I flew over to the spot on the turtle's body with the most concentrated mana, and took the mana stone from the turtle. Originally, it would have contained so much mana that it couldn’t be touched, but it was no longer difficult to retrieve, considering how much the turtle had consumed.

As I tried to...