Hero of Darkness

As soon as Kahn revealed his intentions, Kassandra was taken aback. Even after stating the most obvious thing that everyone already knew, the swordsman acted like his plans had some deep meaning to them. 

"What are you planning? Don't tell me it's simply attacking it." spoke Kassandra as she stood on a seat of the flying vehicle. 

"The sky is its domain and we're at a disadvantage in attack range. And unlike us, it can fly even higher than our warships. So keeping it engaged in a fight is the only way for us to control the damage." replied Kahn. 

"We need to make it follow us somewhere else first. Or it will flee and come later to attack the cities when we are unprepared anyway." he said with a thoughtful expression. 

[System, what is this creature called?] asked Kahn. 

[The specimen in front of the host is called a Caladrius. A descendant species of the Godbeast Roc.] replied the system. 

[Dammit! Another descendant species! Only if I could fly… I could have killed it easily.] cursed Kahn as he regretted not having any flight skill or abilities like Oliver. 

Because so far, the black-winged general was the only one among their ranks who proved a bit useful compared to all of them who couldn't even confront the enemy directly because they had no flight skills or abilities. 

Even someone like Blackwall, who was comparable to a legitimate first stage saint couldn't fly because his bloodline was that of a titan and he hadn't actually mastered World Energy to use as a medium and fly like a normal fighter class saint. 

Just then, Oliver who had been attacking and engaging from a distance afar spoke in Kahn's mind. 

[Master… There's something odd with this monster. It doesn't feel like it's fighting with its full capacity. Rather, it seems like it wants to retaliate against something as if…

It's being controlled by something or someone.] said Oliver as he dodged another threatening wind blade skill that could cut an entire building in half.

[Master… I too feel it. There's some different aura that's surrounding its body. And it's definitely not the world energy.] responded Blackwall in Kahn's head as well. 

Kahn on the other hand was trying to think of viable plans to take out this legendary white bird monster who was strong enough to face an army of two million soldiers and still not get killed despite being surrounded from many sides. 

Even a single flap of its wings was enough to cause a typhoon and many of their massive flying ships had fallen from the strong winds created by this monster. 

Using his newly acquired Lucid Reality skill wasn't an option because the monster was higher ranked than him. Dimensional Domain, Void Crack and Dimensional Cut skill was out of options because he stood too far from this beast than his current maximum range. 

And even so, the enemy monster was flying in the air and Kahn could only travel from the ground based on his current abilities even if he were to enter the True Dimension. 

Plus the enemy itself was at least 400 meters tall. Completely out of Kahn's attack range for Dimensional Cut skill. 

Just then… an idea came into his mind and he looked at the Raven Sorceress who had finally calmed down. 

"How much time do you need to recover?" asked Kahn to Kassandra. 

"A.. A few hours." replied Kassandra with an exhausted expression. 

"Good. Recover your health and mana. 

I will need your help later." spoke Kahn as he made plans of his own. 

"We will divert its attention. You follow us from a different warship. Just don't get detected and keep a distance." he said and then commanded the pilots of the warship to fly towards the gigantic legendary monster. 

And as soon as they came 500 meters close, both Kahn and Blackwall decided to partake in the battle. 

Blackwall quickly activated his War Battlecry skill that was now upgraded to SS Rank after his rank up. And his targeted aura instantly alerted the flying monster who was going awry because of the constant attack from Oliver. 

But since the flying general was too far and also quick to dodge, their confrontation was only in a stalemate from the past 10 minutes. 

Swoosh! Swoosh! 

Suddenly, over a hundred 10 meter long aura greatswords comprised of five different elements appeared in front hovering warship boarded by Kahn and a few hundred covenant soldiers. 

Kahn had finally used Sword King skill in a battle. 

Clang! 

His elemental greatswords flew across the strong winds and changed their directions from time to time to avoid getting repelled by the invisible layer of wind that actually protected this monster's body. 

Stab! Stab! 

KROOOOOOOO!!!

The ginormous monster finally screamed for the first time since its arrival. And Kahn had quickly plunged hundreds of his greatsword across its massive body here and there. 

"How… is that even possible?" asked Kassandra to herself as she was startled.

Not just Kassandra but hundreds of thousands of soldiers belonging to different races, species and professions were also bewildered by this advancement. 

Even the overpowered magic cannon attacks only made superficial injuries so far but Kahn's greatsword made of his pure chaotic aura suddenly bypassed the defensive layer of the invisible barrier made of highly compressed wind. 

Little did anyone know, that there was a thin layer of space force coated over all of his aura greatswords. Although they were not as lethal as the Dimensional Cut skill, they had no trouble bypassing the protective layer. 

And thanks to the Marauder King skill being in effect all the time, the greatswords also neglected 80% of physical defense and directly stabbed the legendary monster. 

BOOM!! 

A shockwave was released from its body as it released a violet colored aura in the surroundings, indicating that it was finally enraged by the attacker. 

BANG!! 

But before it could react, Oliver launched a volley of 300 different elemental arrows from the sky and hit Caladrius over the widely spread left wing. 

Since they couldn't directly come close… both Oliver and Kahn used long-range skills to infuriate the monster. 

SKRRAAAAA!! 

The legendary Caladrius released an ear-deafening cry and shook the entire battlefield under its heavy pressure. 

[Master! It has broken through the aura that was controlling it.] said Blackwall in Kahn's mind. 

[Good. Now it makes the job easier for us.] said Kahn as he relayed his instructions to both Oliver and Blackwall. 

For the next 10 minutes… Kahn and Oliver's attacks enraged Caladrius but it couldn't even come close to them because of the distance and all the cannons and magic spell attacks from three directions launched by the flying ships and the mages on them. 

"Master.. Why do you want her help? I can take down this thing myself." asked Blackwall as he continued to use the taunt skill from time to time. 

"Because there's something she can do that we can't." spoke Kahn. 

"And the best way to kill a flying bird…" he said and gave a sinister smile as he revealed his true intentions… 

"Is to cut off its wings."