Several kilometres from Fionn's location. As the shockwaves from the battle in the sky continued to cause casualties among the army of the Cyclopes, cries of agony echoed everywhere.

While the army was retreating, the Lizardman used his spells to try to lessen the impact of the shock wave.

GRRRRRRR! GRRRRRRR!

Leading the retreat, a muscular Cyclopes kept yelling and commanding the weaker Cyclopes, who were running around like headless chickens, He was the only unharmed muscular Cyclope at present; the others were either dead or injured, as a result of them bearing the brunt of the shock waves.

The Lizardman was unharmed and appears to want to stay and fight the enemies, He kept moving in the direction of Fionn, disregarding the shock waves, his face filled with murderous intent, the muscular Cyclope while retreating kept turning back every minute to see if he needed assistance or anything, the reluctance to leave his leader behind clear on his face.

BOOOOOOOM!

The muscular Cyclope, who had already retreated quite a distance, was startled to hear the sound of an explosion from behind him. This noise, in contrast to the sound of clashes coming from above, sounded more like a proper blast.

Fearful, the muscular Cyclopes turned around and climbed a small hill near him, peering in the direction of the Lizardman.

The sight that greeted him was of a massive blackened crater, about 100m in radius, that appeared to have been caused by an explosion and was completely charred, but the strange thing was that no smoke was coming from the crater, inside the crater nothing but blackened soil could be seen.

On the other side.

Fionn exclaimed, staring at the power of the gun, and thought "This power is equivalent to a full power attack of a rank 1 practitioner, the Lizardman didn't even have a chance to defend himself."

He then felt the mana in his body and sighed, "that one shot drained half of my mana, it's like the shotgun, not for frequent use."

"Buddy, they're all yours now, but don't go near that crater; the power of my previous attack is still present there, the mana there has the potential to drain one's force at an alarming pace." Fionn said to Ether in a solemn tone.

Ether's ecstatic growls came from the other side, making his intentions to go on a rampage clear. Fionn chuckled as he sat down on his skysurf board and began to recover his mana as a golden sun mark appeared between his brows.

While recovering mana, Fionn activated the scope's ability through his eyes and began observing the fight in the sky, waiting for the right moment to shoot.

With his current telescopic vision. Fionn finally had a clear view of the battle and the source of his problems; the Salamander resembled a giant lizard with crimson red reptilian scales; he has no wings and appeared to be flying using some kind of inheritance magic. In comparison to his previous pristine self in the cave, he now appeared quite haggard, with injuries covering his entire body.

"He seems to be quite young, the adults described in the books at grandpa's study are much larger than this." Thought Fionn, comparing the Salamander to one in his mind.

The fight has become more intense since the previous battle of brute strength, with both parties now using magic. The Salamander, now bathed in golden flames, fought even more fiercely, his every attack leaving a trail of blazing fire in its path, and when the mutated Anomaly retreated, creating a space between them, he would shoot a fireball from his mouth towards him.

The deaths of the Lizardman and other Cyclopes appear to have had little effect on the salamander, as he has no plans to flee, but Fionn can tell that despite his reckless outward appearance, he is still keeping a close eye on his location.

The Anomaly's magic was rather Demonic, as he would draw the souls of deceased Cyclopes from below and consume them to strengthen himself, and he would also create a javelin of death mana from time to time to attack the Salamander from afar.

When the javlen connects with the Salamander's body, he becomes sluggish and the fire engulfing him weakens, allowing the Anomaly to land a barrage of blows.