Chapter 437: North
"Keep distance, keep distance." Booker exhaled. "God dammit."
To run away meant to compromise the mission. If this had been him, Jules, and Matty, this mission would have gone off without a hitch. If this had been Kazi, Jules, and Matty, it would have been even easier.
Bang, bang, bang!
Here he was with his twin guns, killing away and getting a giant demon whale to follow him on a lake. A lake. In his old life, he learned to not underestimate the size of lakes. They could be deceptively huge.
Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!
The Ibong Adarna suddenly jerked back. A fireball nearly struck its left wing. Shit, the monster birds were getting through...!
The Anostos Birds fought valiantly. They appeared to act on instinct rather than with a strong mind like the rainbow bird of the Philippines. The dark birds tore through the swarm. However...the sheer number of enemies was too overwhelming. One fell—
Bang, bang, bang!
He tried to cover up for their mistakes. He tried to kill faster. Alas, even Booker Davis Jr could not stop the second Anostos Bird from passing, the body torn apart by beaks and becoming one with the wind. That left one Anostos bird. Like it mattered. The scales had officially tipped. The Japanese monster birds could attack him directly now. The Bake-kujira could focus on him now.
Five seconds. Five seconds later and the last Anostos Bird vanished within the storm. If it died, he wouldn’t have been able to tell.
The Ibong Adarna let out a piercing cry and hurled itself up. It was suddenly faster and stronger and glowing with colours. It let out a shriek and spat on the enemies below.