Clearing the Skies

Crushed by their triple advantage in speed, numbers, and equipment, this historic aerial battle officially ended in just five minutes.

Of the Winged Legion's ten-man squad, nine were killed on the spot. Once their dragonbirds' wings were ensnared by flying ropes and their Magic Circuits locked down, they had no means of fighting back. They could only be finished off as they glided helplessly toward the ground in a half-controlled, half-forced landing.

The last one—whether he was unlucky or lucky was hard to say—was captured along with his dragonbird after the flight squadron threw everything it had at him.

After their complete victory, the flight squadron wasted no time. Under Cisilia's lead, they turned north and headed home at once, eventually making it safely back to Rizos.

After circling above the northern city wall for a while and watching the squad members land one by one without incident, Cisilia was the last to land, bringing the prisoner with her.

She took off her mask and dismissed the squad. After briefly calming Cloud Plume, who was still eager for more, she led the prisoner away from the northern tower.

Cisilia remained silent the whole way. The prisoner following behind her seemed ready to face death, looking prepared for whatever brutal punishment might await him.

"I won't tell you anything!"

But the torture the prisoner had expected never came.

After the Northern People failed to get anything out of him, they quickly confined him in a temporary prison in Rizos.

Then they seemed to forget about him, ignoring him completely.

The Winged Legion first noticed when one of its squads inexplicably vanished. A ten-man squad had disappeared without warning—a serious matter even by the Winged Legion's standards.

To find the missing squad, the Winged Legion sent out three squads to comb