Life didn't get easier, even in another world.

The eyes of the statues were glowing red.

The two pairs of eyes looked as if they were alive and were searching for their prey.

"W-were they like t-that?"

Kairen shuddered as he asked once again, but everyone else was also as confused as himself.

Crack

Then, everyone heard a clear sound.

Crack

Crackle

Crack

They didn't need to search for the source of the sound as they could clearly see it with their eyes.

The eagle statues were cracking.

Right in front of them, the stone statues cracked all over and pieces of stone started to fall apart.

"Gather here everyone!"

Team leader Dains shouted towards the others.

"I... I will cast some shield-"

KIEEEEE

Before she could even start casting the spell, a deafening shriek made everyone freeze in their spot and clench their ears.

KIEEEEE

KIEEEEE

WOSHHHH

The shriek continued as a huge pressure of air hit the frozen people, sending them all back.

"Whoaaahh!"

"Asa!"

Kairen grabbed Asa as they were all flung away, trying to prevent her from hitting the wall that was far away from them. Kairen knew that she would get seriously hurt if she was to hit the wall with such force, so he hurried to grab her.

Just after grabbing her and pulling her towards himself was that he realized that it wasn't a good idea at all.

"AAAHHH!!"

"AAAAHHH!"

Because now, both of them were going to hit the wall.

GRAB

But before they were flung away too far, not even getting close to the wall or the pillar in front of it, someone grabbed Kairen from behind and pulled him back. As a result, Asa was also pulled back by him.

Kairen opened his eye with much difficulty against the wind pressure, only to see Reyan grabbing them with one hand and grabbing his sword, which was dug into the ground, with the other hand.

"Damn! Where did this wind come from!"

The wind continued to push them back.

KIEEEEEE

Another loud shriek was heard.

Once they turned towards the source of the sound, they could see a shadow standing amidst the dust and wind.

KIEEEE

KIEEE

No, actually it was two shadows. 

Two shadows, with two shiny red dots visible on each one of them, were standing firm on the other side of the yard.

Kairen could make out the shape of the shadows after looking at them for a few seconds.

"T-the eagles..."

The shadows were the shadows of two eagles.

"How did those statues... come to life???"

Asa shouted with a shaking voice.

"Do they have wind attribute?? Fuck!"

What Reyan said was also what Kairen was thinking. This wind... It must be because the eagles had an attribute.

Tap

With the sound of something moving, one of the shadows disappeared from sight in an instant.

TAPPP

The next second, the eagle was right in front of the group of three people who were doing their best not to be pushed away by the wind.

KIEEEE

The eagle opened its beak to the fullest before lowering it towards the boy in the middle of the group of three.

BANNGG

The beak collided with a shield before it could hit Kairen.

"Seriously, it's becoming a cliche!"

Kairen yelled towards the monster while casting another shield around the three of them.

"Every single one of you shits keeps attacking me! It's not cool at all anymore you ugly piece of shit!"

Kairen didn't know why he was yelling at a monster, but he just felt like yelling at the monster so who cares. They already thought that he was crazy so let's add up to it a little bit.

"Ah you are not actually ugly though-"

KIEEEE!!!

The eagle fluttered its wings before lowering its beak once again. 

BANNGGG

The second time that the beak and the shield collided, small and big cracks appeared on the surface of the shield.

KIEEE

At that moment, the other eagle slammed against the shield with its body.

BANGGG

This time the shield broke and disappeared completely.

"Ack! This damned wind!"

Kairen looked at Reyan who cursed as he clenched his sword tougher. He couldn't pick up his sword and attack the monster as the three of them would be pushed back if he did so.

'Wait, maybe...'

Kairen yelled towards Reyan.

"Let go of me!"

"What?"

Kairen looked at the monsters who were about to attack him again with their beaks wide open.

"Let go now!"

"...."

Reyan looked hesitant, but he didn't have the time to think about what he had to do so he just decided to trust his fool friend.

KIEEEEE

"Alright!"

Just before the monsters' attacks landed on Kairen, Reyan let go of him. 

"AAHHH!"

Asa screamed as she and Kairen were sent away due to the pressure of the wind, and at that moment.

BAAANGG

The monsters slammed against the empty ground. 

Reyan, who was just beside the monsters, took out his sword from the ground and flipped his body using the wind pressure to stab his sword on the back of one of the eagles.

KIEEE

A pained shriek was heard as one of the eagles' backs was torn by the blade of the sword. Reyan grabbed his sword and stuck it deep into the back of the monster, using it to hold himself on the monster's back.

While watching that happen, Kairen wrapped his arms around the screaming Asa and moved her to the front of his body. She was only a healer, and she was attacked by those monsters because of Kairen. Kairen couldn't let her get hurt because of him. He would see nightmares for three months if he did so.

By the time Reyan finally fixed his steps on the monster and turned towards Kairen and Asa, the two of them were far away from the monsters and Reyan. 

Asa, now her back to Reyan, could see the behind that Kairen was unable to see. With a gasp, she clenched her eyes and screamed again.

"We are going to hit-"

POOOFFFFF

The two of them slammed to a half-broken pillar. 

"GAH!"

Actually, it was only Kairen who hit the pillar as Asa was being held in his embrace. As a teenager with a small body, Kairen's body completely shielded her. 

Kairen gasped due to the pain that spread all around his body after hitting the pillar. 

He was sure now, even if they were intact after falling from the stairs and getting hit by the explosion, his bones were now broken for sure.

"Cough! Huff!"

Blood burst out of his mouth as he gasped and coughed. His grasp on Asa loosened and the girl fell out of his arm.

But it was fine. There was no need to worry.

"Ah- A- Asa!"

While clenching his eyes due to the pain, Kairen called out the healer girl's name.

"O-Okay! Don't move!"

Now that they had hit a pillar, the wind couldn't push them back further. Aware of that fact, Asa hurriedly sat up and placed her hands on Kairen's chest.

"Huff... Cough!"

"W-wait a minute!"

Asa activated her power as soon as she said that. Kairen could feel a strange sensation in his body before breathing slowly became easier for him once again.

Although he still had some pain and his chest felt heavy, his wounds were mostly healed. 

"Thank you..."

Kairen opened his eyes again and thanked Asa while thinking that he had to befriend a healer as soon as possible if he had to keep getting beaten to a pulp in every mission. 

He could see the girl looking at him with a strange face, but he didn't care. There were two monsters trying to kill him so he didn't have time to waste. 

As soon as he moved his body and sat again, he cast another shield against Asa and himself although he knew that it wouldn't be able to do much. 

He could see Reyan wrapping his sword in his golden aura and stabbing the back of the monster again. After swinging his word and slashing the monster one last time, Reyan was forced to jump down from the back of the monster as the eagle started moving up in the air while shrieking.

SWOOSHHHHH

It was at that moment that Kairen felt a harsh gust of wind pass through him. However, the wind was moving in the opposite direction from the air pressure caused by the monsters. It was almost as if the second wind was trying to fight against the first one.

'Rai!'

Kairen knew that it was Rai's doing. As a result of his action, the wind pressure on the group reduced significantly.

KIEEEEE

The monsters were also not sitting still. As one of the monsters who was injured by Reyan moved up and turned around to attack Reyan, the other one ran towards the original prey, Kairen.

"Stand behind!"

Kairen pushed Asa behind his back and hurried to cast a spell. By the time the eagle was about to slam into the shield with its sharp claws, the mana balls in Kairen's hands had already turned into spheres of flames.

BANNNNGGG

Kairen threw the fire spheres at the monster. The eagle was fast and flexible. As soon as it saw the spell charging at it, it flipped the huge wings on its back. 

SWOSH

In the blink of an eye, the eagle moved tens of meters in the air, dodging the fire spheres without even one of its feathers getting burnt. However, it couldn't run away that easily from that spell. If it could, then what was the point of Kairen using such a high-level spell instead of his beloved energy beams?

WROMMM

As the eagle moved in the air, the fire spheres also changed trajectory and moved, chasing the monster wherever it flew. 

'The fire spheres will disappear in a few seconds after their duration ends.'

Not taking his eyes off of the monster, Kairen cast two other spells at the same time. 

BANNGGG

He could see dust rising into the air from the other side of the yard. There, Reyan was stopping the eagle, that had clenched his sword with its two claws, from snatching his sword. 

"YAAAAHH!"

With a loud yell, something black jumped at the monster at a high speed.