Battered and down

Neither of the two of them however realized that they had flown into the range of zorah's front claws however until the massive black palm swatted them both into the canyon wall. For nergigante this was enough damage to make it flee from the area with several broken bones and a shattered horn. But for Alex he was in horrible condition with both of his wings broken in multiple places while his tail was missing entirely. most of his ribs were broken in several spots and his claws were in no better shape while both of his new horns had snapped off and several teeth had been knocked out of his broken jaws.

Were he not breathing roughly and occasionally coughing up blood every one there would have thought Alex was dead. Besides the worry for his safety a single unified emotion rang through the entirety of the people gathered today , RAGE. Anger at nergigante for interfering and distracting Alex and anger at zorah for blindsiding him while he was distracted. Zorah broke through the first barricade after that and the second phase of the operation began. unlike before however those aiming the cannons started to exact vengeance on zorah by purposefully aiming at extremely sensitive parts of the elder like it's claws and head.

When zorah was struck with the binders after getting near the last barricade most of the cannons nailed the elder with no mercy. Had it not used it's full weight to shatter the barricade and break free of the binders everyone there may have skipped trying to capture it and went directly for killing it. "Zorah's gotten away , I need every available medic to get to a hitching post and go help sid! That's an order move it!" The commander barked out loudly snapping everyone out of it and making the medic's move in a hurry to the hitching post.

When the majority of the medics arrived near Alex they had grave expressions as they saw the shards of metal from his armor stuck in his side. It was clear to them however that even though this was bad that it was very likely the armor saved his life. The blow from zorah was mitigated to a large degree thanks to the armor so even though the shards of it were aggravating the wounds it was a small price to pay for survival.

"First things first , we need to get those shards out of him safely." The medical leader said seriously earning serious nods from the others. Multiple people got to work on the pierced area carefully cutting the swollen flesh and splintered scales away from Alex's side to remove the metal shards without their jagged edges making the wounds worse. Much to their surprise and joy Alex's [enhanced healing] rabidly allowed the wounds to clot and close under the medics skillful hands. While many facets of this world could be considered backwards on earth the medical field was actual very advanced despite not having the same technology.

Each and every medic had the skills to put many surgeons on earth to shame thanks to the very much superhuman control and senses they possessed thanks to this worlds hunter ascension ritual. Once the metal was removed and Alex was no longer dealing with it inside him the medics carefully removed what was left of his armor and thoroughly checked his body for anything more serious than broken bones. Besides the bruised organs inside him they found nothing of real note besides the complete loss of his tail. Carefully the medics splinted up Alex's broken bones with the ribs taking internal surgery to right.

The commander arrived shortly afterwards alongside the field leader and Zain , each with serious expressions. "What's he looking like doc?" the commander asked the medic leader who walked over to report. "Complete loss of the tail , seventy eight breaks in his bones , ten lost teeth , both horns snapped , metal fragments imbedded in his flank and multiple bruised organs. Thankfully he seems to naturally possess a powerful regenerative property which is likely one of the only reasons he was still alive when we got here." the man said seriously.

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