Before the group could advance, they decided to see how well each of them could fare against the fire drakes. After Billy defeated the first, Icarus went ahead and dealt with the second, then Meryl, and Lucyna. Billy already knew that they had obtained one of the tier ten skills after defeating the manipulator, but only now did he saw which were them. Added to his speed, Icarus could now use Emotional Control. With each punch of his attacks, he could make the monsters lose the will to fight, even at level one, the skill was powerful in his hands.
Meryl and Lucyna obtained Speed Mode to increase their potential of causing damage as fast as possible. While that had been the smartest decision, Billy thought that they were too focused on that… instead of doing something that would help them or add extra power to their original skills, it felt like they were playing safe. In any case, all of them could defeat the monsters fast enough now. So, they began to move.
