The treatment of the tree is truly unjust. It was standing there, just minding its business when its truck was pierced through. Then its truck was shattered by the metallic feather as it drilled out of it. A trunk about 5 meters thick shattered. The thickness of the trunk is even more than his height. He will not get away unscathed if one of those feathers finds its way into his body. Those feathers are lethal and also silent. They make for very deadly projectiles.
Anyone using sound to track the birds would have received a nasty surprise when a feather pierces their body only for them to hear its sounds of movement after the act. The feather projectiles are faster than sound. The Ravens are capable of shooting out their metallic feathers as projectiles with speed faster than sound itself. With the way the feather penetrated that tree trunk, whoever gets hit by it would have something more important on their minds than the sound of its passage.
More projectiles came after that. It became very dangerous to be a target for them since his divine sense has been suppressed to 200 meters. 200 meters can be crossed in less than a second by something moving faster than the speed of sound which is at 340 meters per second. So he took a long way around to avoid them by using the trees to block the projectiles. The trees suffered as they took the brunt of the attacks. Explosions occurred regularly and trees fell down en mass.
eαglesnovel`c,om He protected himself with the trees but it slowed him down for the first bird to catch up to him.
A large claw embellished with sharp metallic blades in the same black color as the feathers swooped down on his back as he flew. He would have let the claw try itself against his shield but his intuition of danger told him it will be a very bad idea. Unfortunately for him, it is not his decision to make. The birds are much faster than him so there is no escaping the physical intimacy that the raven is offering him.
The giant evil Raven swooped in on him and opened up its claw. The blades on it spread wide into a sort of umbrella capable of covering him. It is as if the bird wants to hug him in a deadly embrace. He decided to confront the problem since he can't avoid it. He swung around and twisted his body to try and avoid the blades.
He didn't avoid the claw entirely. The blades of the claw ripped into his shield. It was a mere glancing touch but the shield of momentum tore open as if he clad himself in wet paper. The terrifying image of what could happen to his own body if that claw reaches it flashed in his mind several times and in very high resolution. He didn't let that unnerve him as he turned around quickly and grabbed the leg of the bird that sought to shred him. His grip on the leg crushed it immediately. The flesh and the bone within were crushed into paste by a terrifying strength and the claw was rendered useless.
The Raven cried. It raised its beak into the sky and screeched a painful scream. It became understandably furious and it tried to cut Soverick with its wings and its other claw but he pulled on the leg and swung the bird to the side. The bird slammed into a branch of a tree with a satisfying crunch.
The trees are not weak or soft. The metallic feathers might have made them look like that but the collision of bird and branch redeemed the image of the trees. The bird broke its back and couldn't fly anymore. Something about a broken spine disagreed with its rage and need for revenge.
The broken spine blocked most of the damage so not a lot of ribs were forced out of its rib cage. Only 5 blood-covered rib bones protruded out of its chest into the air. Unfortunately, that is more than the bird can tolerate. It died with its red-tinted eyes trained on Soverick. That red tint faded away as it drew its last breath.
Something flew out of the dead bird to him. He couldn't dodge it and he didn't need to. His brand absorbed the thing and it empowered him a little. He heard a chime in his ear notifying him of something. He went over it quickly as he faced the repercussions of his actions.
More birds bore down on him with increased fury for killing one of them. One of them sailed headfirst and tried to peck him with its beak. Its head flashed downward to gorge him with it. He dodged to the side and grabbed the neck of the bird. He had to wrap both of his hands around the neck like he is hugging it to get a good hold of the neck. Then he twisted the neck by moving his entire body and broke its spine. Another thing left the bird's body and entered his brand.
He swung around with the same twisting motion that he used to snap the neck of the bird and threw the bird against his next assailants. He had to heave but he managed to throw the heavy bird. He threw the bird so hard that its head came off from where he broke the neck. Then he flew back up to strike the one that became disoriented with the head in his hands.
He wielded the detached head like a club and smashed it against the head of another Raven. The two heads exploded in a shower of blood and flesh. Then a high-speed scuffle took place in the air. Soverick and the birds moved so fast that it looked like they are glitching. They become invisible and difficult to track when they are moving. Then they suddenly become visible when they stop for anything.