With a loud snap one of Osten's wings broke and his body crumpled to the ground.
It was only a moment later, though, that he forced himself back up, and it was clear that like it had done with its last host, the parasitic vine tangle was pushing the body it had taken over beyond its physical limits.
Essentially, as long as its nervous system was not damaged to the point of being unresponsive, it could force even a broken body to move.
Still, no bird was going to be flying with a broken wing no matter how hard it tried to, and this prevented the parasitic vine from even attempting to take off again.
'Now comes the most dangerous part.' Evelyn thought as she flew above Osten's body.
She needed to somehow get the parasite to leave Osten and try to latch onto her, but even though he was injured, it could still use his magic and would attack anything that got close.
