The setting sun resembled blood, and the afterglow stretched across the western horizon like a blazing fire.
Beneath the sunset, the Footless Bird, which had been flying for the better part of the day, began to descend slowly.
Following a series of limit-pushing climbs and dives, and having endured the explosion of the Fire Man, its entire body was covered in cracks and it no longer had the strength to fly.
Chapter 228