The situation of the the battle was not looking good for the Valkyries, as the wizards were having an overwhelming edge against the Valkyries, simply because of the Kaiju known as the "Hippogriff".
The Valkyries were having a hard time impaling the beast. Apart from the Hippogriff been large, it's feathers and hide were very thick. It also possesses an ability to create mist that will temporarily blind an opponent. The Hippogriff also possess the wind and earth elemental abilities.
Another critical edge the wizards possess is the number of high level mages in the battlefield. In the wizarding system, there are five levels mages have, from low level, mid level, advanced level, high level and legendary level.
In the battlefield, the high level mages were many, though the number of low level, mid level and advanced level mages out numbers the high level mages, the fact that high level mages were up to one hundred, gives the wizards an upper hand.
The legendary mages were very few, but strong enough to turn tides in milliseconds. With all these overwhelming facts, the Valkyries didn't give up and believes that their goddess will assist them to victory.
Queen Astrid has readied her lance, to make an horizontal slash towards the neck of the Hippogriff, but to her surprise the Hippogriff was fast enough to move it's head away from the lance despite it's size. But the queen didn't stop there.
She thrust her lance forward and a pillar of fire came forward, towards the archmage himself. But the archmage was unfazed as the Hippogriff puts its wings forward to block the flame.
The flame was powerful, as it was strong enough to actually burn the wings of the Hippogriff, but it didn't reach the archmage.
Queen Astrid has already predicted this might happen so she already moved even before her attack finished. She was already behind the archmage, ready to pierce his back, but suddenly an invisible shield stopped the attack and became visible.
"Tsk, aren't you having fun with the Hippogriff?, why come to me".