Arc Royale [Ch. 27]

Grimm panted from atop the largest Nevermore as it flapped its wings to stay in the air. Gunfire rained down from above from the Atlesian battleships, intercepted and caught by smaller Nevermore that loyally threw their bodies in the way to absorb hits meant for him. They exploded into feathers; more took their places. Hundreds of thousands of them swarming in great masses to clog the weapons and explode inside, causing the dust shells to detonate inside the weaponry and render it useless.

[...]

"Open a path," he said instead. Remy reacted immediately, causing a hole to open in the swarm of Nevermore, effectively turning them into a cyclone centred on Beacon. He could see the students below staring up in panic and confusion. They had no idea of this war. They were victims.

[...]

The Nevermore veered suddenly. Both his and the smaller ones. The smaller threw themselves into the path of a fist-sized stone. They exploded. They burst harder than Grimm struck by detonating shells, and the stone continued through, punching up through the air past Grimm's face at the speed of a bullet. He traced its trajectory down to see Knight on the ground, flanked by Ironwood and Ozpin. The other champion's arm was forward, having thrown the rock at such speeds.

—Arc Royale [Ch. 27]