Klein did not try to descend. He used the Repulsion Aura again, but this time under both of his feet, and he walked on the air. He leaped from invisible platform to invisible platform, spiraling upward toward the cloud. His agility defied gravity: with each impulse, he changed direction, avoiding the harpies' claws by only a few centimeters.
With each pass of his blades, harpy heads flew, wings were cleanly severed, bodies emptied of their blood in the air. A rain of corrupted blood began to saturate Tenebris's atmosphere. Thick black drops stained his jacket, but he did not slow down.
Below, Amaera Castillon observed the carnage. She had still not moved an inch. Her long cyan-blue hair rippled slightly under the effect of her own magical pressure, but that was the only sign of activity.
