[center][h2]Esther von Degraff[/h2][/center]
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Esther grabbed the rope as hard as she could as she waited for the roc to get into position. She could feel her heart beating heavily, both from her previous encounter with the roc and from the nervousness of waiting. What if her strength (and the wall) weren't enough? What if the roc just flew through their rope like it was nothing? What if her hands froze and she ended up being pulled to the ground below as the roc pulled the rope with it?

She had to be thankful at Viola's presence. Her cheerful attitude lessened her nervousness somewhat. Unfortunately, she didn't realize Regina's presence at all. She was too focused on the task at hand to look around.

"T-the Knights of Legends?" Esther replied to her question. "I-I don't think I've ever heard of them." Whether she really hadn't heard of them or it was her nervousness making her forget things, she didn't really know, and she really had no time to think about such a trivial thing at an important time like this.

Just as she was thinking about it, she could feel a tug on the rope. Quickly she looked to the source and saw that Leblanc was clinging on the rope, and that a roc was sweeping towards her.

"W-watch out!" Esther shouted.

Leblanc didn't need her warning however as she had intentionally baited the roc to strike at her. With an impressive feat of acrobatics, she used the rope to jump towards the roc. And without losing a moment, she stabbed her knife at the roc's eyes, making it screech in pain as it lost control of its own flight.

She also saw Tzi taking one down on himself using his trident, pulling the roc down after his trident stabbed the creature in its wings. And that roc crashed into Leblanc's roc. And to Natus' burning roc. And then there were the other rocs following behind. Just as the princess had predicted, hey all crashed with each other before falling down to the ground in a dazed state. She heard Gradon shouting from the other building to attack now. He was right. This was the perfect moment to strike!

Without anymore thinking, Esther jumped off the church towards the dazed rocs below. Choosing one to strike that hadn't been occupied by the others, she then transformed her shoes into its active mode. And then, she gathered wind below them, creating a sharp blade to strike the roc with. The roc simply had no chance as the blade severed its neck clean like cutting through butter. Esther cringed at the bird's blood spurting and dirtying her dress. She had to change after this.

She landed perfectly safely, thanks to her wind manipulation once again. Quickly, she returned her vessel to its dormant state, using its ability to leap away from the other rocs. She would be in danger of one of them hitting her as they trashed around after all.