The taming wheel broke. The attempt failed again.
The cage broke. The flame drake was again freed with full HP.
Everyone started attacking again, but with less vigor now. There was also no Arlcard anymore. The drake's HP went down at a snail pace.
Jack was just about to feed his amulet a hundred mana cores when Jeanny shouted her order, "Retreat! Retreat! That's it for today. Let's try again tomorrow."
No one objected. Although their game bodies were not tired, their minds were. Each of the drake's attacks was deadly, one wrong move would cause casualties. Being on edge all the time caused them to feel fatigued. Experiencing failure twice added the exhaustion.