Alex grinned as he leaped off the edge of the cliff, the cockatrices screeching in surprise as they watched him fall.
The creatures scrambled to the edge, expecting to see his body plummet toward the rocky abyss below.
But what greeted them wasn't a helpless descent.
Alex's back arched, and from his shoulders, a sleek, shimmering cloak unfolded on activation.
The air around him shifted, and in an instant, he wasn't falling anymore.
He was soaring.
The human with no physical features that could possible enable him fly was soaring through the air.
The cockatrices froze in stunned silence, their talons scraping against the rocky edge of the cliff as they wondered how Grey got wings all of a sudden.
The answer was the [Glider's Cloak], an accessory Alex had equipped.
The wind whipped around him as a pair of shimmering, wings extended from his back.
