"Bang—"
Angel was the first to spot the incoming enemy with Dark Vision. She raised the Good Luck revolver and fired the first round, hammer already cocked.
The accuracy enhanced by the Mystical Item let her directly hit the first diving Azure Shadow Falcon. Unfortunately, the power-boosting effect did not trigger. It only blasted away a tuft of blue feathers, making the "bird of luck" screech as it flapped its wings and leveled out, swiftly circling around Angel's position.
The gunshot was like a starting pistol, spurring the other two Beyonders into action. Klein narrowed his eyes at the sky and quickly locked onto the other adult giant bird beneath the moonlight. He raised both hands and repeatedly fired Air Bullets. Compared to a Magician, a Sequence 6 Faceless wielded this ability with greater force. Invisible bullets shot from his fingertips. Though they lacked accuracy, their numbers made up for it, making the diving Azure Shadow Falcon seem as though it had plunged into a torrential rain of bullets. Blue blood and feathers scattered through the air.
However, unlike the juvenile bird drawn in by the bait piglet, the two adult Azure Shadow Falcons were tough and thick-skinned. The bullets could not inflict fatal injuries. After a brief fright, they climbed back into the air, spread apart, and circled the patch of grass, searching for an opportunity to attack.
"Into the woods!"
Hanged Man Alger shouted. Ignoring the Azure Shadow Falcon corpse, where specks of light flickered as Beyonder Characteristics slowly condensed, he took the lead in running toward the dense forest ahead. Because of his fighting style, he had brought only a curved saber suited for close-range slashing. He had no way to deal with enemies circling overhead.
Yet his movement seemed to become some kind of signal. The