Chapter 742

• All the angels spun and faced the rider as the man sat up and got back to his feet. Even dressed in armor thick enough to survive a wrecking ball, he wasn't as big as the angels, but in that moment, he looked huge.
• The angels stabbed him. Spears drove into his armor, and some slipped in between the joints to get whatever was hidden beneath. Arrows crashed against him, each unleashing little gold explosions. Moriah and her fellow mikalim dove for him, both with glowing swords, dashed between rapholem shields, and brought their weapons down.
• The rider's back erupted with wings of pure fire, sending all nearby fog away in a burst of wind. He brought his axes down, and both mikalim's swords went down with them, both angels landing on the ground at his sides. He flapped his fire wings, and launched forward toward the rapholem. They blocked with their shields, but the rider came at them too fast, too hard, and his axes broke through the shining metal. The spears lodged in his joints didn't slow him down.