High above, chaotic magical glows scatter all around.

The flying troops of Lin Yin City are strategically positioned to excel at using spells for long-range strikes against enemies, while also possessing certain close-range defense capabilities.

This is the attribute dictated by their combat mission.

Yet at this moment, the precision attack abilities honed during their rigorous training become a purposeless scatter in the sky.

Turning into beautiful, yet meaningless spell fireworks.

The reason lies in the enemy they are currently facing, who is truly beyond common measure.

Ronald and Catherine did not use any grand spells.

But merely relying on their exceptional close combat skills and speed advantages far surpassing normal humans, they toyed with the Lin Yin City soldiers.

Even the entire sky, now cloaked in waves of spellcasting, leaves Ronald and Catherine completely untouched, not even with a slightest scratch.

"Captain, these two are too fast!"

"Our spells can't even catch up with their movement tracks!"

In such a helpless and desperate battle, a soldier loudly shouted to the leader of the flying squad.

However, just in the next second as he spoke.

A beautiful and arrogant face appeared before him, followed by a sharp pain from his abdomen.

Thud—

The man was punched by Catherine.

Unable to suppress the pain, his body curled up mid-air, and the spell maintaining his flying ability dissipated at the same time.

The entire person immediately started to fall towards the ground.

With no protection from such a height, there is only one fate for the fall—death. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Lelena!"

The leader of the flying troops shouted the name of his comrade, immediately attempting to fly over to save his teammate's life.

However, just as he made his move, he realized the soldier who should have been falling was suddenly floating in the air!

An invisible force halted his descent towards a fatal destiny.

—This isn't the spell of their own.

—These two enemies intend to capture them alive!

The leader of the flying squad, with his excellent judgment, immediately guessed the intentions of Ronald and Catherine.

And as the decisive leader of this squad, he promptly made a judgment befitting his role.

"Sorry..."

He murmured softly, words only he could hear.

Then the leader incanted a spell, using the fastest spell to kill without causing too much pain.

However, this time the target was not Ronald and Catherine in the air.

But the comrade, who had lost the ability to move, now floating in the air by the enemy's spell!

Whizz—

The iron arrowhead, carried with him, gained powerful kinetic energy under the spell, swiftly shooting towards the target's fatal spot.

But just before the cold steel pierced the soldier's warm body.

A hand suddenly stretched from the side, deftly and precisely catching the iron arrowhead.

It was Ronald who intercepted this attack.

He originally intended to avoid direct involvement in the war between the two city-states.

But now, not only had they transmitted a distress signal on behalf of Harmon, but they had also directly encountered and engaged in combat with Lin Yin City's air troops.

And in just under a minute of battle.

Ronald's initially evasive attitude shifted under the circumstances, into a situation of helplessness.

"Catherine, stop fooling around."

"We still need to hurry back to Harmon for help, there's no reason to continue wasting time here."

When Ronald spoke.

Catherine, who was fiercely battling soldiers, tucked away her playful demeanor.

"The 'First Galactic Empire' has a history of over ten thousand years, with every planet in the galaxy subjugated under its centralized rule!"

A powerful chanting voice echoed in the sky.

The Lin Yin City soldiers, who seemed able to hold out a while longer, suddenly stopped all action, halting in mid-air like clockwork dolls losing power.

Among this squad, the strongest one.

The only one still able to maintain some self-awareness, the squad leader, gazed in shock at the man and woman before him.

Analyzing the details from the previous actions.

He could confirm that casting such a spell wasn't strenuous for them.

If they could solve it effortlessly... then why didn't this woman act decisively earlier?

Instead, she tangled with them in the air for over a minute!

Such things.

Could it be, just like that man's shout signaled, merely for amusement?

"Ronald, how come you know to have me take action?" In the soldier's horror, Catherine flew beside Ronald, speaking with a bit of complaint, "Your speech-based orders are quick and good, isn't it much more convenient than my incantations?"

Ronald provided the explanation:

"My spells purely give orders in language form, perhaps in some cases more straightforward, but in this situation, it was evidently not as effective as your archetypal spell."

Catherine finally understood.

"Turns out you were afraid they'd all fall and die!"

Ronald nodded in acknowledgment.

Just as he said, in Divine Comedy, the spells controlling others primarily give orders through spoken word to achieve effects.

If acting this way at this moment.

These soldiers might have their flying spells disrupted, then fall to their deaths.

But Catherine is different.

Though chanting spells consumes time, the Galactic Empire's controlling spells are not speech-based, but after chanting, directly impose control effects on others.

This way, she can control these soldiers' actions.

Meanwhile, not causing them to lose flight ability and fall to their deaths.

At the same time, the leader of the controlled soldiers revealed an understanding in his gaze.

Hearing clearly the word 'archetypal'.

Though leading Lin Yin City's elite flying troops.

If fighting against the highest tier of mystical archetype wielders, such an easy defeat is logical.

"Catherine, place the others on the ground; we'll take this one and continue, ask some questions along the way."

Ronald's voice sounded again.

Catherine complied, placing the other Lin Yin City's soldiers on the ground.

The one accompanying them in flight, naturally the leader among them.

As the leader of the troop.

Ronald sought information from these individuals, evidently the most suitable first inquiry.

Soon, the leader of the flying troops had some actions slightly released.

However, before the two could inquire of him, he stated firmly:

"Lin Yin City's soldiers will not betray their city-state!"

"I will say nothing, kill me!"