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The mammoth clan soon spotted Barbara rapidly approaching, and the massive mammoth leader immediately roared, while the other mammoths cried out in distress.

The mammoth leader brandished its massive two-handed axe, exuding a fierce fighting spirit, but the other mammoths showed no intention of fighting. Instead, they scattered and fled without looking back, their mournful cries revealing their deep sorrow.

Barbara quickly arrived in front of the mammoth leader, ignoring the scattered mammoth family members and keeping her eyes fixed on the leader.

After many rare and powerful monsters were hunted to near extinction by humans, the people of this world finally understood the importance of sustainable development. Most powerful hunters, like Barbara now, would deliberately release weaker monsters during their hunts, waiting for them to grow stronger before harvesting them. If certain monster populations were on the verge of extinction, humans would even protect and domesticate them.

After the mammoth family members had escaped some distance, the mammoth leader lost his composure and launched a fierce attack on Barbara, wielding his double-handed axe.

Barbara simply smiled, stretched out her small hand, and gently grasped the mammoth chieftain's double-handed axe. The sharp axe blade did not cause any damage to her delicate white hand, and the immense force, enough to cause an earthquake, was absorbed and distributed by the entire earth without causing a ripple.

Then Barbara launched a furious counterattack.

Just as Emery could quickly kill that Ancient Dragon-level Shadow Dragon when she got serious, this Mammoth Leader was no match for Barbara.

Barbara simply stood there barefoot, motionless, and the power of the earth was at her command.

As the direction and magnitude of gravity constantly changed, sharp and tough stone spears shot out from the ground and pierced the mammoth leader's body. More rubble gathered above it and eventually formed a mountain that crashed down on it.

Finally, as Barbara used a move similar to Earth Explosion Star to seal the mammoth leader inside a giant stone sphere and then blast the sphere apart, the mammoth leader, already covered in wounds and bleeding profusely, could no longer hold on and collapsed with his mountain-like body.

"..."

Amelie, who was secretly observing all of this, also did some calculations and had to admit that unless she took advantage of Barbara's inability to fly like the Aurora Bird, she would have almost no chance of winning against Barbara on the ground.

Judging from Barbara's performance in the battle against the mammoth leader, as long as her bare feet are on the ground, she is almost immune to kinetic attacks, her magic resistance is frighteningly high, and all kinds of earth magic are also given a very high spell power boost, with the power being almost more than 4 times the normal level.

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Even after the mammoth chieftain fell, Barbara did not stop her magic. Huge stone shards sliced ​​through the mammoth chieftain's head like sharp blades, slicing open the mammoth's skull and revealing its brain and various organs.

The most eye-catching of them all is a small metallic sphere at the center of the mammoth leader's brain, about the size of a watermelon, but with astonishing magical fluctuations.

This is the most precious thing on the Ancient Dragon-class Icefield Mammoth, called the Magnetic Core. It is the secret to the Icefield Mammoth's ability to control magnetism and is also an essential material for many large magical artifacts. For example, each of the magical warships built by the Melson family requires multiple Magnetic Cores.

Barbara's act of taking the magnetic core after killing the mammoth leader would seem perfectly normal to anyone.

So a hunter who had been waiting for his chance in the air made his move.

With a flash of multicolored light in the night sky, the magnetic core that Barbara was about to obtain disappeared.

A large white bird with a wingspan of about 3 meters and a body length similar to that of a human was instantly transported back to a height of several thousand meters amidst a triumphant cacophony. It used its speed to dodge all of Barbara's enraged magical attacks, and one of its claws was gripping the magnetic core.

Monsters are monsters after all. Ancient dragon-level monsters are already quite intelligent, but they still can't compare to civilized creatures like humans who have allocated most of their stat points to intelligence.

Barbara had completely guessed the aurora bird's actions, and it was lured out.

Even without Barbara's reminder, Emerald knew her chance had come and immediately took action.

She first leaped off the ground, raised her hand, and fired a beam of holy light into the air to attack the Aurora Bird that was swaggering and mocking Barbara.

The aurora bird was indeed surprised, but it was really fast. The light beam streaked across the night sky in milliseconds, which was enough time for it to dodge.

Knowing that Barbara had brought help this time, Aurora Bird was no longer careless. After dodging the light cannon attack, it wanted to retreat at full speed, while also keeping an eye on Emerald to prevent her from attacking again.

This played right into Emerald's plan. Emerald already knew that her light-emitting cannon couldn't hit her; that attack was just a feint, and now she was going all out.

A flash of golden light appeared in Amelie's right eye as she activated her fusion organ ability, directly applying a high-level necromancy spell—one that could only be used in close combat—to the Aurora Bird.

【Touch of Withering】

A powerful attack spell that can directly wipe out a large amount of the target's life force.

"Gah!"

Amidst the mournful cry, the aurora bird suddenly felt everything go black, and its heart and brain throbbed with pain, almost causing it to plummet from the sky.

Bang!

Like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, a large number of feathers suddenly burst open on the wings of the aurora bird, their color changing from snow-white to pitch black, and then quickly decaying in the wind, turning into dust and dissipating.

"……oh?"

Amelie raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised:

"You actually used your feathers to create a large number of false life signals at the last moment to share the power of my magic, thus avoiding the complete annihilation of your own life force? You've got some skill... But that's precisely why I want your feathers... So, how are you going to deal with the second one?"

"Gah!"

The aurora bird seemed to sense its impending doom. Although it didn't know why Emerald's terrible magic had hit it directly, it knew it had to escape immediately! The farther the better!

In the life-or-death moment, the Aurora Bird erupted once more, its feathers flying everywhere like heat decoys dropped by fighter jets to evade missiles, creating false life information and illusions to interfere with Emerald's lock on.

As it turned out, this move actually worked out by accident. The Aurora Bird gained about 2 precious seconds, and without hesitation, it unleashed its full power, instantly flying out of Emerald's line of sight.

"...This is what you meant by being confident in taking it down?"

Barbara approached Emerald with some displeasure, her expression gradually turning effeminate:

"No way...you didn't just fail like that, did you?"

"Of course not... Don't worry, it's definitely going to die tonight."

Emerald's expression remained unchanged, her eyes still confident, and she even patted Barbara's head:

"You just wait here patiently, I'm going to have a go at it in the air."

Snapped!

Without waiting for Barbara's reply, Emery snapped her fingers, creating a dark purple rift in mid-air.

Whoosh!

A shadow of incredible speed flew out from the dark purple crack, circling in the air with a sonic boom before coming to a steady stop in front of Emerald—it was the Dragonbone Fighter, whose performance had been greatly enhanced after its upgrade.

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Whoosh!

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Above the snowy plains of the North, two incredibly fast shadows streaked across the night sky, one after the other. By the time creatures on the ground could hear them, they had already vanished from sight.

Flying ahead was a large white bird, about the same height as a human. Its feathers were incredibly beautiful, and each feather could act as an independent spellcasting unit, spraying streams of magic like a vector engine to accelerate, leaving behind a trail of aurora-like colors, hence its name, Aurora Bird.

In most cases, the Aurora Bird can remain invincible with just this one move, because it is so fast that almost no enemy can keep up with its speed.

But the aurora bird has met its nemesis today.

Closely following the large bird was a very beautiful delta-wing fighter jet. The jet was also all white, but it was a sinister, bone-white color. It was the Dragonbone Fighter that Amelie personally controlled with her mind while sitting in the cockpit.

The principle behind most flight magic in this world, simply put, is to envelop oneself in magic power and then manipulate that magic to carry oneself through the air. The advantage of this method is safety and comfort, but with the same amount of magic power consumed, its speed is definitely slower than that of flying by compressing and ejecting magic power backward and using the reaction force.

The Aurora Bird's flight speed is almost unmatched by any monster because its feathers can propel itself by spraying magical energy like a vector engine. The Dragonbone Fighter, needless to say, was designed and manufactured entirely by Emery based on the supersonic fighter from her previous life.

The basic principles of flight are the same, and the difference in magical power and spell strength between a fusion-stage mage and an ancient dragon-level monster is not significant. Therefore, their speeds should also be similar. The Aurora Bird, which flew far ahead, should be able to shake off Emerald.

However, in reality, Emery's Dragonbone fighter was significantly faster, catching up after trailing by tens of seconds and getting closer and closer to the Aurora Bird.

No matter how skilled the aurora bird is at flying, its body is still a product of natural biological evolution. In terms of adapting to drag and airflow, it is not as good as fighter jets designed by humans based on aerodynamics. Therefore, the keel-shaped fighter jet is ultimately faster. This is the power of science.

However, even though Emery's Dragonbone fighter was faster, she was still unable to take down the Aurora Bird quickly.

Firstly, just as Barbara described it, the bird was too cunning and extremely sly.

Secondly, Emery didn't want to reveal too much of her strength in front of Barbara. Otherwise, she could have used the power of her golden right eye in conjunction with the invisible ribbon to kill the Aurora Bird with her first strike... A spellcaster with strong control abilities is simply too effective against a highly mobile and fragile character.

However, once the actual aerial pursuit began, it was no longer so easy for Emery to finish the battle quickly.

The Aurora Bird constantly sheds feathers from its body to create illusions that are difficult to distinguish from reality, which can indeed interfere with Amelie's ability to lock onto it to some extent.

Whether it was Emerald's own [Touch of Withering] or the Dragon Breath missiles launched by the Dragonbone Fighter, they often hit the illusions, giving the Aurora Bird a chance to create distance again.

Moreover, this Aurora Bird was clearly much more familiar with the Northern Snowfield than Amelie and Barbara. It knew exactly where the territory or lair of the Ancient Dragon-level monsters was, and it would always deliberately fly over those Ancient Dragon-level monsters and shoot down feathers to launch provocative attacks.

Many ancient dragon-level monsters were sleeping or eating in their own homes when they were hit in the face by a light ray from a falling Aurora Bird feather, which naturally made them furious.

But the Aurora Bird is fast. By the time those enraged monsters are ready to retaliate, they often only see the Dragonbone Fighter following behind the Aurora Bird.

Monsters don't reason with you. Although they won't recklessly chase after you to join the battle, they will retaliate by launching a few powerful attacks in the air. Dealing with these attacks will also distract Emery, making it impossible for her to maintain top speed to chase the Aurora Bird.

The bird and the human flew high above the northern snowfield, causing chaos and unrest in the relatively peaceful night. Their speed was almost always above 5 times the speed of sound, leaving Barbara, whose maximum speed was less than 2 times the speed of sound, far behind.

Besides creating illusions to interfere with and harass other Elder Dragon-level monsters on the snowfield, the Aurora Bird did try to retaliate against Emerald.

It repeatedly manipulated its separated feathers to attack the keel fighter like a drone, but the results were mostly futile.

Emerald's purpose in this trip was the feathers of the aurora bird, not the aurora bird itself, so she never treated the separated feathers with any politeness.

Locking onto the target with her radiant golden right eye, she then launched a high-level ice magic attack at point-blank range using a pre-prepared magical artifact. The feathers were often frozen by the ice magic before they could even attack the Dragonbone Fighter, and were subsequently collected by Emeryte as materials.

After consuming more than fifty precious feathers, the Aurora Bird finally gave up and stopped thinking about killing Emerald, focusing instead on running away.

It first headed north, almost reaching the extreme region of the planet. The chaotic and powerful magical flow and magnetic field there made even ancient dragon-level monsters feel uneasy. Escaping into the extreme region would likely allow it to get rid of the pursuit, but it would also likely die inside. In the end, the Aurora Bird did not dare to go in.

So the Aurora Bird changed direction and flew westward. After harassing more than 20 ancient dragon-level monsters along the way and almost causing a chaotic battle in the snowfield, the Aurora Bird finally flew out of the land area of ​​the snowfield and entered the northernmost part of the White Sea.

The seawater here is around -40 degrees Celsius year-round, but it doesn't freeze due to some kind of magic, though there is almost no life in the water.

"That's about enough... This battle should end soon."

After leaving the snowy plains for several hundred kilometers, Amelie first looked back to make sure she could no longer sense the earth's energy controlled by Barbara before making her decision.

It wasn't that Amelie didn't trust Barbara's character; she was just used to being cautious and would try to keep her cards close to her chest when meeting new people, which is why the Aurora Bird survived for so long.

Now that they've reached the northern part of the White Sea, a place that can almost be considered a no-man's land, Amelie no longer needs to hold back.

With a thought, the bomb bay beneath the Dragonbone fighter opened again, but this time it wasn't Dragon Breath missiles that appeared, but two six-barreled rotary machine guns.

Of course, a real machine gun is nothing more than a tickle to an Elder Dragon-level monster. The Aurora Bird's fragile nature is only considered fragile among Elder Dragon-level monsters. Even if a mage below the fusion stage attacks it, it will still be like scratching a cat's bladder despite their best efforts.

Therefore, the machine guns on the Dragonbone Fighter are only machine guns in appearance; in essence, they are magical devices. They were added by Emeryte during the upgrade and modification of the costume, and they are all inscribed with a new magic—the highest achievement of the Lohid family in a thousand years, the Lohid Replication Technique.

After releasing the machine gun-shaped magical device beneath the Dragonbone Fighter, Emerald's golden right eye glowed slightly once more as she activated her ability on the Aurora Bird in front of her.

【Touch of Withering】, activated at point of effect!

When Ameliete locked onto it with her radiant golden right eye, the Aurora Bird's intuition sounded an alarm again. It was no stranger to this sense of crisis, so it did not hesitate to flap its wings and separate five feathers to create an illusion with the same life force and optical image to interfere with the lock.

However, this trick, which had worked well before, failed this time.

Because this time, the [Touch of Withering] was not a single shot. The first [Touch of Withering] that Emerald launched was indeed interfered with and hit the illusion, but the illusion was also completely wiped out of its life force by this attack and disappeared.

Then, the two six-barreled rotary machine gun-like magical devices below the Dragonbone Fighter were activated simultaneously. Each barrel was a [Lohid Copy], completely replicating the effect of [Touch of Withering], and directly applied to the Aurora Bird.

Although the copied [Touch of Withering] is only about 80% as powerful as the original, the power of 12 shots fired simultaneously is still quite astonishing. After instantly destroying all of the Aurora Bird's illusions, it also severely damaged the Aurora Bird's main body.

"Gah!!!"

The piercing screams rang out again. The aurora bird felt as if its soul was being torn apart. Its brain was in so much pain that it almost lost consciousness, and its heart felt like it was about to burst out of its flesh and escape.

That wasn't all. Having completely escaped the perception of Barbara and many ancient dragon-level monsters, Emery had no more scruples. While activating [Touch of Withering], she also used the invisible ribbon.

The aurora bird, nearly unconscious from the excruciating pain, tried to fly on instinct, but it was too weak to move. It was quickly bound by invisible ribbons. Even with the inertia of high-speed flight, it could still glide and struggle, but its speed slowed down instantly, and it was no longer able to dodge or resist.

Without hesitation, Emerald cast two more necromancy spells: the crimson arc of Death Finger and the ghostly light of Wither Touch appeared simultaneously on the Aurora Bird, ending its life.

The Aurora Bird, which had been fleeing at hypersonic speed for more than two hours, was ultimately unable to escape and was killed by Emeryte in the skies above the northern White Sea, dying from exhaustion of its life force.

Carrying the corpse of the Aurora Bird, Emerald quickly flew back to the Northern Snowfield and contacted Barbara, who had been waiting for news. The two agreed on a meeting place.

When Emerald saw Barbara again, the barefoot girl had already set up a large pot on the snowfield, with more than ten kinds of fresh mushrooms stewing inside, just waiting for the main ingredients to be added.

"Haha, this wretched bird has finally met its match! Good riddance! Good riddance!"

Barbara was overjoyed to see the aurora bird's carcass; she jumped and danced with excitement, looking nothing like someone over 200 years old.

Having had her prey stolen by the Aurora Bird multiple times in the past, Barbara clearly hated the Aurora Bird so much that she didn't even want the other magical materials on the Aurora Bird anymore; she was determined to stew and eat it.

Amelie offered a few words of advice, but seeing that Barbara was determined, she stopped trying and began to focus on plucking the feathers of the aurora bird.

The most precious material on the Aurora Bird is the feathers on its wings. Each feather can be an independent spellcasting unit, meaning each one can be made into a magical artifact.

These feathers, of course, cannot be scalded off with boiling water like when killing a chicken. Instead, they need to be collected one by one using specialized tools to sever the connection between the feathers and the aurora bird itself.

Barbara was quite generous. When she saw that Emerald had really killed the Aurora Bird, she asked for a set of tools to help Emerald collect feathers. After collecting them, she didn't keep a single feather for herself and gave them all to Emerald.

This time, Emerald obtained more than 500 intact Aurora Bird feathers, more than double the 200 she had planned, enough to complete the upgrade and modification of the [Saintess].

After finishing their business, the various mushrooms in the large pot were almost cooked. The aroma of the fresh mushroom soup wafted far across the snowy plains at night, attracting the attention of many monsters.

However, upon discovering that the two terrifying two-legged beasts were guarding the cauldron, the greedy monsters all swallowed their saliva and silently retreated.

Barbara helped Amelie collect feathers, and Amelie reciprocated by helping Barbara clean the aurora bird's carcass and remove its internal organs. Finally, the aurora bird was put into a large pot and stewed with the mushrooms.

After the aurora bird was almost cooked, Barbara took out several bottles of excellent fruit wine and dragged Amelie to eat and drink on the snowfield, which Amelie did not refuse.

The last few hours before dawn passed in this way: the delicious aurora bird stewed with mushrooms and the sweet and refreshing fruit wine made them both feel extremely satisfied.