Crash and Burn

Asher stared at the clump of creatures coming to him, holding his sword out at them, getting ready to fight when he heard someone shout. 

"Dodge!" 

Quickly jumping to the side, he watched as a bright red line sliced through the cloud of creatures, obliterating them immediately. 

"What the-" 

"Asher!" A familiar red-head boy appeared in front of him, standing on top of a ... leopard?? Wait. Isn't that the Best of the Seven Seas?

"Your highness?" Asher asked, looking at the boy casually sitting on the creature's head. "Is that-?" 

"We can talk about this later," he said, the sworn in his hands disappearing. "Where are the others?" 

"They are in there." He said, pointing to the clump of flapping wings in front of them. 

"There?" Ace asked, looking at the creatures and then at Asher. "You are badly injured."