Bounty Collected

"Stop it! Don't let it reach me!"

Sterling's voice cracked as Thunder Roc dropped out of the clouds, a golden streak with its talons already open. His officers had never seen him move so fast.

He knew the rules of a return scroll better than anyone alive. Five seconds of channeling, and any hit that landed inside that window shattered the spell and left you standing right where you started.

Five seconds was all he needed, and the sky was trying to steal them.The men around him were Ironclad's hardened core, and they didn't hesitate.

A volley of control skills rose to meet the diving bird. Thunder Roc's attributes were monstrous, but it had none of Kael's immunity.

The first snare caught a wing. The second landed before it could recover. The great eagle shuddered in midair, dazed, and tumbled off its line.

Sterling had barely drawn breath to laugh.

A dozen yards away, the Void Colossus threw back its head and roared.