Jacob used all the effort he could to keep the monsters from jumping up and grabbing Maria. He flapped his wings with incredible force. The wind created from them even managed to push some monsters away when they were close enough. However, he couldn't keep flying for long, and the horde beneath him didn't seem to have an end.
As if to further his troubles more, the baby dragon kept trying to bite at the passing heads below him. Maria kept pulling her little head back as best as she could, but it kept slipping through her grasp.
"Jacob, she keeps trying to grab a road snack! How much longer?!"
Jacob could hardly talk through his haggard breaths.
"I can't... I'm running out of energy... too heavy."
Maria looked around her in horror. There was simply far too many for them to take at once. Their only chance if Jacob dropped them was getting lucky. However, luck was going to have to be what they relied on, because Jacob slowly started descending.
"Brace yourself!"
