79: Back to the train with his asset!

On the flip side, the guardians fought back with a ferocity that was almost equal to the beasts'. Steel met flesh in brutal counterattacks. Swords plunged into their bodies, spears tore through their wings, and shields of the guardians were used to smash their faces with relentless force so many times that their faces turned into paste.

Many Guardians alike fell, their bodies brutally mangled, but not without taking some of the winged beasts with them.

Every fallen guardian was a tragic loss, but every beast that fell marked a small victory in their desperate fight.

Dun!

Morthos order came once again, and the winged reapers tried to recapture Eliana and kill Val, but each attempt was met with a hail of arrows, bullets, and elemental bloodline skills from those who had accepted Leroy's call to action after Val motivated them.