The raid soared above the burning Crimson Briar Patch on massive crows; the heat from below rose in waves that made the air shimmer.
Smoke billowed upward in thick columns, obscuring the Crimson Briar patch and spreading ashes into the valley.
Reidar led the raid, seated on his crow's broad back as the creature's wings beat powerful strokes.
Behind him, the entire raid followed. Each member rode their own rhino-sized crow. They had them thanks to Reidar, of course.
"There," Kara said, pointing down. "The trail continues through the forest."
They were big enough to be noticed easily, even more so from the sky.
Reidar looked down. Even from this height, the destruction was obvious. A path of flattened trees and crushed vegetation cut through the burning landscape like a scar. The trail was wide enough for a convoy of vehicles to pass through, marked by craters where impossibly heavy feet had struck the earth.
