The moment the monster bird showed signs of moving, Malachi and David's bodies flinched.
Even though they had reacted as such, among the two of them, it was only Malachi who was able to move. David could only shake or flinch; moving his legs was a whole level of movement in his current state, even though danger was right in front of him.
He was that exhausted.
The moment the monster bird moved, Malachi immediately rushed to stand in front of David with a defensive stance. What he did not expect was that Leo would appear immediately by his side.
Malachi could not react this time, nor did he turn to look at Leo, even though he could feel his presence and the fact he stood a little bit in front of him that Malachi could see in his peripheral vision. Everything was moving too fast, and the exhaustion from David's incident made it difficult to react properly.
