Kaelen activated the Serpent-Demon's Grasp, the artifact bestowed upon him by Orion, to meet the enemy head-on.
Thwip!
Azhur hurled his trident. The weapon screamed through the air, tearing a vacuum in its wake.
Kaelen's wings snapped open, propelling him through a bizarre, jagged flight path that left the trident striking nothing but air. Then, Kaelen banked and dove, plummeting like a divine hawk hunting its prey.
On the ground, Azhur, the Insectoid warlord, launched himself from the head of a massive beetle. As he rose, his exoskeleton shifted grotesquely; bone spears erupted from his arms, thighs, and spine. Azhur snapped them off in rapid succession, flinging them upward. The bone spears formed a lethal phalanx, intended to shred the diving Kaelen into ribbons.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
