Gaston shouts furiously with the grave mistake Leia has made. “Leia! What the fuck is wrong with you!”

He slams his huge axe down, releasing a shock wave attack that spreads across the floor. The energy attack continues to spread until it hits the dragon’s tail and prevents it from hitting Azzim and Leia.

The dragon turns its attention back to Gaston who is still not deterred by its rampage. It starts hunting him back.

“Leia, you should know that you must always keep your distance in battle. We won't be able to get out of this place alive if anything happens to you,” shout Gaston.

“I know. You don't need to teach me basic things like that,” Leia argues while she is busy treating the burn on Azzim's shoulder.

It’s not like she’s being reckless. She just has that much confidence in Gaston’s ability to protect her, while she really needs to cover the injured teammate.

Shortly after, Azzim backs up and looks ready to continue the fight. Meanwhile, Leia immediately takes out a short stick with a small banner on its tip.

“Hey, I plan to activate three of my aura skills at once,” she shouts.

“Are you crazy?” Gaston shouts back at her, looking so surprised by her decision.

The moment Gaston lets his guard down, the dragon has already opened its jaws so wide. Gaston sprints sideways, and the dragon starts spitting out its flame-breath all over the place.

Gaston keeps running away until the dragon finishes spitting out its deadly breath, as he keeps busy giving order to his team.

“It’s too risky, Leia! If you do that, it will hinder you from moving.”

But Gaston doesn’t have that much time to argue with her. As a tanker with the highest durability in the group, he has a duty to stay close to the monster, to provoke the dragon’s attention so that its attacks always be on him.

Meanwhile, Leia doesn’t care about Gaston’s rebuttal. She still insists on preparing herself to draw out a large amount of mana before activating her three types of aura skills at once.

“Yeah, keep it like that! Isn't it your duty to divert that monster from attacking me,” shouts Leia.

Azzim has also been busy attacking the monster from its blind spot, taking every opportunity Gaston has created.

And Zul, he is still trying his best to hinder the dragon’s movement using his cold breeze and chilling aura. Sometimes, he even creates a sleepy ice film below the dragon’s feet, doing everything he can to disturb this monster’s rampage.

“Leia, you don’t need to rush things. We still can do it a bit longer,” says Zul.

“No! There won’t be any end to that. We have no other choice. That monster has a thick skin and a high regeneration rate. We've been here all day and night ganging up on it. Yet we haven't been able to hurt it in the slightest,” explains Leia.

“Has your scanning technique already able to analyze that monster?” asks Zul.

 “Yes! With that kind of endurance, we won’t be able to harm that monster this way. We have to do something about its durability if we really want to kill it.”

Even though they have not been seriously injured so far, Leia is starting to worry about Gaston and Azzim's fatigue.

It's been almost a day and a night since they tried to corner the monster, just to help her to be able to analyze its weakness. While the dragon itself has been so calm toying with them. There isn’t the slightest visible wound or any signs of the monster getting tired.

However, it seems that Leia, who is a strategist in the group, has found a solution to overcome their predicament.

“All of you, get ready!”

She warns before planting the banner stick into the ground. As soon as the banner is planted, a notification window which can only be seen by her occurs in her vision.

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[Alert!]

[You just planted The Banner of Senopati Bayantika. You need to stay inside a small circle with a radius of 1 m from the banner you planted for the effect to work]

- The maximum value of your mana has been cut by 25 % for activation.

- Radius of Aura Skill increases by 500%.

- The effect of the Aura Skills is increased by 100% of its original value.

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The golden yellow aura from Leia’s Battle Aura skill which she has previously activated begins to expand and fill the entire cavern.

After that, she also activates three other types of her aura skills. An instant later, three different types of overlapping auras of different colors expand from where she planted the banner.

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[Alert!]

[You have just activated Vitality Aura Lv 5]

- 20% of the total mana has been used for activation.

- The HP regeneration rate of you and all your allies under the influence of Vitality Aura increased by 20% (becomes 40% due to The Banner of Senopati Bayantika effect)

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[Alert!]

[Plague Bearer aura skill Lv 5 has been activated]

- 20% of the total mana has been used for activation.

- Plague Bearer inhibits enemy's HP regeneration rate by 20% (becomes 40% due to The Banner of Senopati Bayantika effect)

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[Alert!]

[Blazing Wave Aura Lv 5 has been activated, consumes 15 mana per second]

- Blazing Wave Aura emits 120 Fire Damage Overtime to the surroundings (total 240 Fire Damage Over Time due to The Banner of Senopati Bayantika effect)

- Lowers Physical Damage Reduction and Elemental Damage Resistance from enemies by 25% (becomes 50% due to The Banner of Senopati Bayantika effect)

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The only way that she could think of to overcome the dragon’s high endurance and health regeneration rate is to activate her Blazing Wave and the Plague Bearer aura.

However, her Blazing Wave skill is like a double-edged sword. The heat it emits not only affects the surrounding enemy with its 120 Fire Damage Over Time. But it also affects everyone around her, including her friends.

For that reason, she needs to also activate her Vitality Aura in its highest level, to compensate for the Damage Over Time her companions would receive. Maintaining her mana flow and its consumption for these three aura skills at their highest level is not an easy feat even for an Aura Master like her.

With this condition, it’s hard for her to move around during the fight. After all, she still needs to stay inside that tiny circle around the banner she planted. Not to mention how much mana she would consume during this condition.

All of her allies understand how serious Leia’s decision is.

“Leia, do we really have no other choice?” asks Gaston.

But Leia doesn’t give any answer at all, showing her solid determination, holding The Banner Of Senopati Bayantika with two hands while keeping a high level control over her mana flow.

After all, she has already activated it. It would be just a waste of mana if she has to turn them off.

At this moment, the entire room of the cavern is filled with the four different colors of auras. Once they are aware of the seriousness of Leia's decision and the urgency of their current situation, their faces turn so dark and serious.