However, the Fiend Star Dragon remained a most supreme being among dragons. With a flap of its wings, it conjured a Decaying Devil Wind beneath the clouds. As the wind swept over the archers, their hands began to suffer severe decay...
The decay spread across their bodies, affecting a wide area. Out of the twenty thousand archers, four to five thousand were completely devastated by this decaying spell. Some archers caught in the center of the Decaying Devil Wind started to rot throughout their entire bodies—flesh and bone seemed to evaporate under some scorching force, leaving nothing but their armor!