Chapter 275: The Storm
The reapers descended on Stormtop amongst the rainfall, darkening the already cloudy skies with their black wings. Before they first reached the walls, alarm bells rang throughout the city, emanating from several towers further within the walls. The sound of the bells caused Kelik’radanir to shoot its neck straight up to peer over the city walls and glare toward the nearest bell tower.
He then extended his monstrous black wings, which emanated dark mist from their edges. Their sheer size knocked several Stormtop guards off the top of the walls that were anxiously watching with crossbows drawn and causing more destruction to the nearest pier on the Skyport by which Seraxus and his companions stood.
Kelik’radanir then let out a ferocious roar and launched himself up off the edge of the mountain’s Skyport and flapped his wings, causing powerful gusts of winds to blow outward onto Yumily as both Kaito and Kenji ran to her sides.
“Run into the city, find shelter!” Yumily ordered the NPCs from her ship, some of which were crewmembers of the ship and others members of her musical group. They didn’t need to be told twice - they began fleeing frantically towards the open gates leading into the city from the Skyport.
“Yo, Seraxus, you serious?” Xiao said with wide eyes as he watched the dragon take off. “Call that thing off, man. You ain’t supposed to be starting shit here.”
Seraxus didn’t reply but smiled smugly at Xaio as his full party gathered around him, and the large number of Vindicators that crowded the Skyport opposite Seraxus looked on nervously.
“You realize we’re gonna have to kill you if you don’t stop, right?” Xaio warned him, but the nervousness in Xaio’s voice was audible by even Yumily. Unlike her NPCs, she remained standing near Xaio, and drew out all of her instruments from her inventory. They began glowing pink and hovering around her.
“He’s already planning to kill us all,” Yumily explained to Xaio as she saw the look in Seraxus’ eyes and his party. Hajax, Zuon, Gambit, and Sylvie shared his devilish grin.
“Hah. You’re underestimating us a lot. You’re pissing off the top players in the vindicator’s guild. You realize that, right? Hundreds of us, five of you, plus some reapers.” Xaio motioned half-heartedly up towards the swarms descending on them. At this time, the soldiers manning the walls were already firing their crossbows up at the swarm, but they were vastly outnumbered. Many reapers fell, but many got through and began swooping down, grabbing the guards off the walls, and then flying them up into the sky to drop them from fatal heights.