Salvation

When Crystal Eagle exploded, he killed himself, but he also wounded Evan badly. His postmortem blast was powerful enough to destroy a small rock and leave a deep crater in the ground.

Evan tried to defend himself, but his skin burned, and he suffered many serious wounds. Moreover, his bloody wings were partially destroyed, and from the force of the blast, he flew like a projectile into the ground. He thought this would be his end, but when he was less than a hundred meters from the ground, Reykar emerged from his Nirvana.

The raven was not big enough for Evan to fly it as a riding beast, but Reykar could slow Evan's fall. He spread his wings, and Evan fell on them as if on a tension net.

In a way, it helped because Evan fell to the ground and stayed alive, though he had a few broken bones, as did Reykar's two wings.