Yeon-woo quickly scooped Chirpy out and the barrier quietly faded away. Chirpy’s condition was critical, his breath faint and his chest barely moving. Yeon-woo began to pour his magic power over him, activating his heat skill at the same time to warm him. He thought that the heat might help since Chirpy was of the fire element.

After some time, Chirpy’s breathing grew steady, and Yeon-woo set his skill to constantly feed warmth into Chirpy as he looked around. ‘What kind of battle happened here? And where’s the Phoenix?’ The traces of the fight weren’t enough to give him the information he wanted. He couldn’t even tell if the attackers had successfully killed the Phoenix. She was enormous, and there was no sign of her body in the nest, nor were there any traces of it being dragged away.

He’d only be able to get the entire story when Chirpy woke up. After ten minutes, Chirpy’s eyelashes began to flutter. “Chirpy.”

“Tweet.” As soon as Chirpy saw Yeon-woo, he made a...