They continued a similar strategy of Princess, some of the Vespirae guards, and Addison and Leonara's contracts working together to drop them into the mist where Slumberpuff and Bea will then make them sink to the ground in a daze. Aiden's contract will deflect any attacks aimed at their contracts fighting above. Then on the ground the finishing blow was dealt either by the remaining 3 Vespirae guards in the mist, Lady, or Finn's contracts—Frostfang, who Kain had seen before, and a Terravipe, an earth-attribute snake.
In no time the five Pterix were cleared. However, they knew that this was just the warm-up. They had still not seen the yellow-grade adult supposed to be leading the flock. Also, there were probably more orange and red-grade juvenile Pterix on the mountain.
Before the team could even catch their breath, the air around them began to stir ominously. The sky darkened, and the once-clear atmosphere grew charged with energy.