Knowing that the dragons are speedily approaching the city, I set forth to intercept them and try to slow their paths down so that the citizens of the city can safely evacuate on time. First, I need to prepare. I flew north on top of Blackie towards the Frost Giant camp. Currently, all the Frost Giants are waging war with the Fire Giants, so I safely infiltrated the camp and stole a bunch of Eternal Ice shards - about 1000 of them. After looting the camp, I flew forward with Blackie as fast as we can. After a few minutes, we arrived a distance in front of the approaching doom. The dragons are still in the middle of the East Barrier Mountains somewhere around Snowy Mountain. They have sent some scouts ahead but the main army is still here. Reaching through my bag, I pull out all the Eternal Ice shards and started using Essence Manipulation to extract the Frost Essence inside the shards. Minutes later, a gigantic swirling ball of Frost Essence appeared before me as cracked and empty Eternal Ice shards lay at my feet.

With one hand keeping the giant ball of Frost Essence afloat in the air, I reached into my bag once again with my other hand and pull out the mask - Mask of the Frost Giant. Wearing the mask, I feel a significant increase in my Ice-type capabilities. I manipulate the giant swirling ball of Frost Essence and sent it into the clouds above. Manipulating the essence and integrating them into the clouds, I was able to summon a huge blizzard covering an area from the Junkyard to the Snowy Mountain. The blizzard raged onto the flying dragons, slowing their pace considerably. The Poison-type and Plant-type dragons continued flying but fortunately, the Earth-type and Dual-type dragons could not. Their joints were frozen stiff from the blizzard and they had to land to recuperate and wait for the storm to end.

This blizzard of mine will rage on for a day and the slow effects will last for thirty minutes even after the dragons leave the blizzard's range. As I let the Poison Dragons and the Plant Dragons continue on past me, I charged over to the Earth Dragons and Dual-type Dragons on the ground below. The dragons see me but they reacted too late due to the slow effects. I hopped off Blackie and Dragon Leap near a group of Earth Dragons. The shockwave of my landing rumbled the earth and knocked back a few of the dragons. Using Storming the Dragons, I arrived in front of my first target - an Earth-type Dragon. I rammed into its side with my Skinning Knife in hand. *PUCHI!* My Skinning Knife pierced through the rock-hard skin like tofu. Spinning around, I pulled out the knife and beheaded the Earth Dragon. *BAM!* A giant rock smashed into my back and knocked the breath out of me. Gasping for air, I rolled aside and got back to my feet. I rolled again in front of another Earth Dragon and jumped just as another giant rock came flying towards me. *CRAASSHHH!!* The giant boulder smashed into the unlucky dragon, knocking it to its side. Taking advantage of this, I aimed my knife at the soft spot of the belly of the collapsed dragon and disemboweled it.

Using Flow Like Wind, I swished around the group of dragons, swiftly dodging the incoming rock attacks, dealing some lacerations, and collecting corpses. Three more Earth Dragons and one Dual-type dragon died by my hands. After a few minutes, I felt a slight dizziness and fogginess in my eyes. Surprise appeared on my face! I've been poisoned! The Dual-type dragons have been leaking out an odorless poisonous gas! Covering my mouth, I immediately turned tail and ran. Using what little strength I have left, I beheaded two more Earth Dragons and collected their corpses. I was lucky that they cannot move well due to the slow effects. I hopped onto Blackie and we flew away back to the city.

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At night....

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Venturing out into the night, I speedily rushed towards the grounded Earth Dragons and Dual-type dragons near the Snowy Mountain using Flow Like Wind. Upon arriving, I nod in satisfaction at the still-raging blizzard storm. The grounded dragons are too tired from resisting the slow effects that they are all in hibernation while recuperating. Stealthily, I put on my Ghost Mask and turned invisible. With not a single noise, I floated towards the sleeping dragons. Skinning knife raised, I *SWISH!* *SWISH!* *SWISH!* and beheaded three Earth Dragons. The remaining dragons stirred in their sleep as they sensed the lingering smell of blood. But they were too tired to care. I checked to see whether the dragons are still asleep or not. Upon confirmation that they were, I proceeded to chop three more Earth Dragons to their deaths - silently, but quickly.

After killing 6 Earth Dragons, I didn't want to take any more risks as I see more dragons stirring restlessly, so I collected the corpses and headed back to the guild.