CHAPTER 60
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CHAPTER 60
After getting farther from town, we stopped in a wooded area.
"Everyone, wait for me here and stay away from people. Try not to attract attention; I'll return to you after the morning. Until then, everyone will listen to Poe while I'm gone. She is in charge. Does everyone understand this?"
I returned to the city without any problems, and when I entered my room, then thought of turning back to myself. Again, I lost all sense of touch for a while, but it came back when the transformation was complete. Does this happen because transforming is an excruciating process?
It makes sense that all of my bones and muscles are changing form. Then I realized something astonishing; I wasn't naked after I became human again. My clothes were on me without any damage. It's fascinating; I wonder where my clothes go when I transform.
I decided to rest for a few more hours until morning and fell asleep. as soon as I awoke, I went to Sir Rodrik's house and waited in front of his house. Half an hour later, Sir Rodrik left the house and saw me.
"What happened? Did you see me in your dream? What are you doing here at the crack of dawn?"
"Sir, I want to go camping again."
"No!"
"I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. I started chanting in my head. Don't be an edge lord, don't be an edge lord. This is not a Chinese novel; there is no need to do face-slapping. Be calm, and don't throw a tantrum like a child. He will treat me like a child if I act irresponsibly and immaturely.
"Sir, I must have proven it when I've dealt with so many bandits; I'm not like the other kids. I have only one place I can feel free and relaxed, and that is when I'm camping and hunting in the woods. If I ever thought for a second that I was in danger, I wouldn't have intervened, and no bandit group would ever sneak up on me."
"Why they can't ambush you?"
"Thanks to Poe and Erebus, I trained them to be scouts. They always circle me when I'm out, and when they see a person, they come over to my shoulder and point in which direction they are. I found the bandits from last time, thanks to them."
"How can you teach animals to do so many things?"
"I don't know; I have a talent for this kind of thing. It was very challenging, and it took me three years to teach it, but I did."
"Can I please go, sir?"
He put one hand on his neck and the other on the hilt of his sword and began to think while scratching his neck. he sighed heavily and said.
"Okay, you can go, but only for a week."
after getting my permission, I left the castle immediately and met with my familiars. When I get close, they come out of the woods.
It will take us about two days to get to the weirwood tree of Wolfswood, and it will take me two days to come back. Four days of my seven days are wasted. I need to find a way to make this trip shorter but how? One of the biggest reasons why the journey takes so long is the horses.
Even though I want to continue on the road, I have to take a break because the horse needs to rest. Westeros horses can travel approximately 55 to 65 kilometers (34 to 40 miles) daily. I don't think earth's horses were able to run for that long. But I need them faster, or need them to run longer, or need something with better speed or stamina.
When I thought about that, it was like lightning bolts struck my head.
"I'm an idiot. Why didn't I think about this before? I need something with better speed or stamina, so why should I search for it while I can give things better speed and stamina." I slapped my head for being this stupid. I just have the dominate the horse and then buff it with speed and stamina buffs. Speed buff wouldn't do that much because horses, on average, have 30 to 40 speeds. 2.5 from the buff is a small effect, but the stamina buff is different. This buff doesn't add; it multiplies by 4; with this, on paper, I can travel all the way to the weirwood tree in 12 hours.
So, I dominate the horse, buff it with both buffs, and get on the road. of course, I buffed my familiars too. Such distance in a day would be impossible for Poe and Berus. But our muscle head can do that much distance in a day without buffs.
When we reached the Wolfswood, I had to slow down because, in the woods, my running and the horse's running were not the same. With Inanis motu (traceless movement) spell, I can make a path in the woods, but it is a bit slow for a horse's max speed hence the slowing down. By the time I reached the weirwood tree, it had already been 14 hours.
It was a long journey, and we were tired, so I got into my hut and slept for a while.
After taking a nap, I got to work and started to surround my hut with trees in a large area using Formoheba ( mold plants) spell so that when I returned to town, Berus would be safe. I just need him to stay here for a few moons. After that, it will not be that weird for him to be this size. It took me four days to shape the trees and build my wall, but I finally finished it. There was still one day before I had to return, and I wanted to use this day to gain combat experience. It's time to face my fear. I closed my eyes and entered the training space with my familiars.