The Inverted Temple (I)

"Shit!" Bran cursed, yanking his axe free.

"Form up!" the dark-armored adventurer barked, his spear already glowing with energy. "Don't let them scatter us!"

Zayn didn't hesitate. 

He kicked his griffin forward, his sword flaring with golden light as he swung at the nearest creature. 

His blade sliced through its wing, severing the bony appendage. 

The monster screeched, spiraling wildly before crashing into another one of its kind.

Tobias swung his blade at another, crackling lightning arcing from the blade as it cleaved through bone. 

"Keep moving! We don't want to get stuck in one place!"

More monsters came.

They didn't fly like normal bats — they twisted and spun erratically, as if the laws of physics barely applied to them. 

One shot past Kara, its claws barely missing her as she hurled a massive rock projectile at it, sending it tumbling backward.