An Owl's Rise

Chapter 358 Silas to the Rescue

Evelyn craned her neck which was the only part of her body she could freely move in order to view the individual that had just swooped in and freed Melisandre from Diomed's clutches.

Jutting out of his back were two wings that were pitch-black save for several white dots that made them look like the night sky.

He was the first owl that Evelyn met inside of the Roost, and one that had been antagonistic towards her since the day she arrived.

However, seeing him now, Evelyn did not feel the normal reversion she reserved for her enemies, but grateful that a strong ally had arrived.

'He may not like me. He may have even tried to kill me in the past, but right now, I am glad Silas is here.' Evelyn thought, as tears of relief fell down her face.

"You insufferable beasts keep coming and getting in my way! Just die!" Diomed shouted.

He then raised his golden glaive above his head and swung down towards Silas who was cradling Melisandre and using his life magic to heal her.

The thin line of light that split through space flew through the air and was only moments away from cleaving Silas and Melisandre in two.

"No. You are the one who is going to die for what you did to her." Silas whispered to himself.

The space rending slash grew ever closer to him, but Silas made no move to dodge.

Diomed thought for sure that his magic would end this fight in one hit, but to his surprise a dark flash impacted against his magic and the fabric of the world cracked in the area where these two forces met.

"There won't even by dust left of you!" Silas shouted as he tossed Melisandre behind him and erected a protective barrier around him.

With fury in his eyes Silas flew directly towards Diomed with a dark storm of pure destruction swirling around him.

Several black beams fired from Silas and trailed after Diomed who began flying away from Silas.

After his battle against Melisandre, Diomed was quite exhausted, and it would be impossible for him to take on another opponent of the same strength head on. Especially when Silas's destruction magic was capable of blocking his space magic.

Yet, as the two of them continued to zip across the sky, Silas eventually managed to hit his targets.

The cages of warped space that Diomed had created around Evelyn's companions exploded with a flash of black light before they were set free.

"Go and save your friend and get Melisandre to safety. If you let anything happen to her, I will be coming to find you after I am done with this guy." Silas said menacingly to Bylur, Rehni, Verrader, and Aralee as he passed by them.

Now freed from their bonds, the four of them flew as fast as they could away from the battle that was far out of their league.

"Evelyn, I am sorry that we were not strong enough." Bylur said with his head hung low when he reached where she was suspended in the air.

"I-it is fine. There was nothing any of us could do." Evelyn choked out.

Having watched Otis die made her want to simply retreat within herself and shut off her mind, but her other companions still needed her, so she forced herself together the best she could to continue to be their leader.

For several seconds Bylur, Rehni, Verrader, and Aralee, tried to destroy the dozen rods that had pierced through Evelyn, but their efforts were in vain.

They could not put a single scratch on the powerful magic items, nor make them budge a millimeter.

"If you can't damage or move the rods. You are going to have to remove me from them instead."

Evelyn winced as she suggested this, knowing how excruciating the pain was going to be, but there was no other option.

Her companions looked hesitant at first, until Rehni stepped up and used her metal magic to brace Evelyn and created several scalpel-like blades.

Wearing a pained expression, Rehni sliced into Evelyn's legs and wings and cut around where the rods had pierced her.

As Evelyn expected, this hurt like hell.

Still, it was not the worst pain she had ever experienced, and she kept her beak shut tight and endured.

It did not take long for Rehni to open up a dozen holes in Evelyn's wings and legs and slid her off of the rods that had impaled her.

Unfortunately, the procedure had left Evelyn in terrible shape with blood pouring out of her at an alarming rate.

Bylur did what he could with his life magic to heal the wounds as Evelyn laid on his back, but his skills would not be enough to make a full recovery. Evelyn was going to need more powerful magic, or she likely would never fly or walk again.

Not long after Evelyn had been freed, Verrader and Aralee came back with Melisandre who was still sealed within a protective barrier created by Silas.

Luckily the barrier was able to be moved and the two of them carefully guided it around.

"We need to head to the nearest fortification and ask for protection. There is nothing more we can do here." Evelyn said, her head turned to look at the intense battle raging on between Silas and Diomed.

With a bitter taste in their mouths, Evelyn's companions began flying towards the nearest Hall where the members of the Roost were putting up a staunch resistance against their attackers.

But they did not get far before the next unexpected event occurred.

Each of their identification cuffs that proved they were members of the Roost began to glow brightly.

For a moment all of them was baffled by what was going on, before Rehni realized what was happening.

"They must have finally finished. The group that got away and is reestablishing the Roost's link to a separate dimension must have succeeded! We are going to be able to escape!"