It was the fifth day of the trial. The jagged mountain they had crashed on offered natural protection—steep cliffs and sheer drops made it difficult for ordinary monsters to reach them—but the sky remained dangerous. Eagles circled overhead, their sharp eyes scanning for prey. The trio had grown wary, and Kian had stationed small animals as sentries, using his Beast Taming magic to alert them of approaching threats.
The first wave of eagles descended. Ren activated Sky Jet, forming a sturdy ice platform beneath them, powered by his wind currents for stabilization. The trio hoped on the jet .Lira gripped her vine slingshot, ready to fire, while Kian held his sword, scanning the sky.
The battle was intense. Eagles dove, claws extended, forcing Ren to maneuver the Sky Jet sharply. Lira fired vine bullets, snaring the attackers, while Kian slashed with his sword, deflecting anything that comes close. Ren threw a fire spear at a eagle's wings rendering it motionless. lira shot a vine bullet at an unbelievable amazing speed at a eagle's neck, killing a eagle with a shot. Kian impressed slahes his sword at a eagle head ripping it off, ren finishing his unfinished business luanchs a icicle at his injured eagles neck. Ren checks his mana and was shocked because he thought it was a easy fight ,ren's mana was depleting, and the Sky Jet platform began to falter, wobbling and breaking apart under their combined weight.
"Hold on!" Ren shouted as he struggled to stabilize the jet. But it was too late—the platform shattered and crashed towards a incoming eagle "a guardian", sending all three plummeting toward the mountain slope.
Reacting instinctively, Ren activated Ice Domain beneath them, forming a protective semi-circle wall with small openings for attacks. Lira immediately started firing vine bullets through the openings, while Kian swung his sword from both vertical and horizontal slits, targeting the guardian that had appeared behind the eagle swarm.
The guardian, massive and terrifying, advanced relentlessly. Its claws glinted, and its presence radiated sheer power. Ren adjusted the ice domain and focused on movement rather than raw force, keeping the platform stable enough for them to maneuver.
Through coordinated strikes, they engaged the guardian strategically. Lira's vines restrained its movements while Kian attacked exposed joints with precise sword slashes. Ren launched icicles from the domain's gaps, piercing the guardian's shoulder and distracting it. Each attack was timed perfectly; any misstep could have meant death.
Minutes felt like hours, but the strategy worked. The guardian stumbled, weakened by their synchronized assault. Exhausted and battered, the three finally managed to force the creature down, vines and ice holding it in place.
The guardian screams and they pull all their mana together to kill it before it alarms other monsters ren launches a condensed fire needle amplifying it with wind magic and lira launches her vine bullet using her slingshot with her last mana and kian slashes horizontally with all his might eventually claiming a guardian's life .
Breathing heavily, Ren surveyed the aftermath. Their Sky Jet was destroyed, but they had survived the onslaught—not through individual strength, but through perfect timing, coordination, and teamwork.
They rested briefly within the protective Ice Domain, aware that the trial's next challenge could come at any moment. The mountains remained silent, a fleeting reprieve before the inevitable continuation of the trial.
Lira cautious faced ren saying we should leave , that scream might have alerted something." Yeah my scouts reports a monster on it way "kian said supporting lira. Ren drained of strength faced lira and said let's go west . Ren and his friends start walking west