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With wide, horrified eyes, Beata watched as the Zimivian machine relentlessly moved towards the shore, dropping deadly projectiles. An explosion, then another, and another! Her head was ringing from the noise, and her eyes were blurring. When one of the projectiles exploded just half a meter from Gion, her heart leaped into her throat, but fortunately, he managed to stay on his feet. The others were less lucky... The bloodied body of Garret and the piercing scream of Aiko would haunt her nightmares for a long time. Even Merel couldn't be saved, although she thought that the cunning mage would have some trick up his sleeve.
All she could do was grip her crossbow tightly and furiously fire at the zeppelin, peppering its hull with bolts and praying that this monstrosity wouldn't fall on them.
The mages did a good job – they managed to set this behemoth on fire. Even after death, Aiko remained a leader, guiding and striving for the good of the squad.
The burning zeppelin finally began to fall, but the accursed blizzard, with its unpredictable gusts of wind, carried it away...
“Girls, no! Kalina, Nora, Mellen! ZORITSA!!!”
Beata's cry couldn't stop the nightmare unfolding before her eyes. She ran with all her might towards the crash site.
Upon arriving, she was relieved to see that the wreckage of the zeppelin had stopped burning – everything that could burn had already burned – and Kalina had somehow managed to survive. Desperately looking around for Zoritza, she found her friend pinned under some debris. Fiercely pushing it aside, she laid her still-warm body down more comfortably and called for Kalina.
“Please, help her,” Beata's voice trembled; she was on the verge of tears. “She’s a healer. She’ll help you bring our people back to life; it’s too much work for you alone...” A tear rolled down her cheek.
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Gion had never felt so useless.
He knew he could survive a bomb, or even two; he was confident in the strength of his armor and his physical fitness. But no matter how much he jumped, no matter how much he shouted, calling the fire upon himself, the zeppelin ignored him. All he could do was helplessly watch as the accursed revolutionaries bombed his friends, as Beata and Kilika furiously fired from their crossbows, and finally, as the disaster unfolded.
His heart sank when the machine began to fall directly on the weakest part of their group.
He ran towards the crash site, but noticed that Beata was already there. After hesitating, Gion approached the boat where Merel and Aiko had met their end. Gently taking the small body of the dwarf in his arms, he ran to find the healers. They couldn't be left without a leader...