For all its intimidating appearance, the shadow dragon was heavily damaged from taking hits from both sides. Being frozen and burned was probably something one doesn't normally expect. However, despite having over half its body crippled, the dragon still stood up.

The girl finally looked at the attackers with a slightly curious expression, before frowning. Without warning, the shadow dragon basically detonated, akin to a shadow shockwave being sent out.

"You are not my targets. Run, before you become elevated to a danger to my objective."

Calling out these words, she looked at everyone, her expression neutral. However, it wasn't a mask, nor emotionless. It was empty, akin to staring down the depths of an abyss, that which you couldn't see the bottom, shrouded by cold shadows.