Chapter 22 : Almost to the Capital
The maid moved in the direction Satoshi had pointed, and after a few steps she saw a kid covered with shit and tied to a tree. Could this be the young master ? What had happened here, was that barbarian really so reckless as to lay a finger on the next heir ?! let alone laying a finger on him, it looked more like torture.
The maid immediately rushed over to the young master and cast a combination of air and water magic,
The kid's body got covered with a layer of water and the air penetrated inwards, drawing all the shit on him into the water, then she threw all the collected shit to the ground.
She leaned down and gently slapped his cheeks and said ''Young master, young master, are you all right?''
Since the young master did not wake up, she checked his pulse and breathing. It seemed to be fine, he must just be unconscious. She stood up and looked in the direction Satoshi had gone.
She had a appearance of A strong and capable young woman, with golden hair and eyes, stands in her tidy maid uniform. Her piercing gaze reveals a hint of her cat-like heritage. It was really strange someone like her to be maid…
She had failed in her duty to protect the young master. Now at the least now she must go and catch the person who had wronged the young master and make him pay with his life.
She looked down at the kid and said sarcastically with a sadistic smile on her face,
''I guess I don't know who did this to you young master… and I will not able to know, until you wake up from your beauty sleep''
She picked him up roughly by the collar of his clothes and carried him to his room in the tavern. There was no trace of her politeness from a few minutes ago, it was like she was just pretending. After she threw him on the bed, she walked out of the tavern.
The merchants' wagons were leaving and Satoshi and Rosie could be seen in the back of the wagon. They were arguing about something again…
Satoshi, noticed the cat girl's stare, turned towards her and slowly waved with a nervous smile from back of the wagon. She sincerely smiled back then bowed her head and made a thumbs up. It was as if she was grateful for what he had done to brat...
Satoshi was surprised, he thought she was going to come after him and catch him, but I guess it was his lucky day.
After they departed, Satoshi along the way in their stops for supplies and rest in villages, he used tricks to catch the people that talked badly about him and Rosie. He bullied them with different methods… actually it is hard to call it bullying anymore it was more like a torture at this point. In time his appearance became a myth among the villagers...
*One month later*
Finally, Arcadia City was only a few hours away… but a few meters away from here, there was the sound of battle, so the wagons slowed down... What was going on up ahead?
*Eleanore*
Hi, I'm Eleanore Victoria, I'm not going to go into detail about how we got here, the short version is that we got a report of a Wyvern flying near the city, and although it's not quite possible to see a Wyvern this close to the capital, just in case we're searching the area with 10 different groups and i am leading a force of 100 units.
*Her unit consisted of 50 sorcerers and 50 vanguards*
Honestly I don't understand what all this fuss about on a lizard with an average size of 1.5-3 meters.
After scouting around for hours, we decided to stop for the rest for a couple of minutes. While I was resting on the ground, I saw something in the sky, I narrowed my eyes and focused my mana on my eyes to have a clear vision on that thing. We finally found it! It's a Wyvern! I called out to the troops,
"Wyvern is above us! move your lazy asses and get in position for battle!!''
The heavily armored vanguard surrounded the sorcerers troop and they formed a magic barrier around us by hitting once on the ground with their shields in synchronization.
*This barrier allows magic to be fired from inside to outside, but stops attacks from outside*
The Wyvern's attention wasn't on us, so I pointed to the three mages and said,
"You three cast the taunt spell, the rest of you be ready to shoot an ice spear spell!''
After sorcerers drew the patterns for the taunt magic on the land and activated it, the Wyvern noticed our presence. It started diving down from the sky, and as the Wyvern got closer, I realized how big mistake I had made...
It was not an average-sized Wyvern, it was a Giant Wyvern that grew at least five times larger than normal ones.
We're doomed. I should have drawn a patterns for more powerful ice attacks. Ice spears won't even scratch his hard skin. Damn it! What are you doing this close to the capital? It doesn't make any sense!! Anyway, panic will not save our lives,
"Wizards!! Be ready to throw ice spears when he opens his mouth to burn us with its breath!''
When he was close enough, he opened his mouth to burn us, I shouted with all my strength
"Fire!!!!''
Each mage cast at least three one meter spears, dozens of ice spears were flying towards Wyvern, and it fired through its mouth, When its fire and ice spears met in the air, the spears instantly disappeared from the heat of the fire…
And people say ice strong against fire, What a bullshit!
The fire was still coming towards us, I called out to the mages,
''Reinforce the barrier with water element or we'll be burned alive!''
Even though barrier stopped its breath, we could still feel the heat of that fire, What a beast! I can't even imagine the power of a real dragon… Looks like I have to get in on the action, I drew my family treasured sword the Caliburn and gave my orders to the unit.
''Vanguards create barriers for attacks from my blind spots with your gears, mages enchant my body with water element''
Even though I have the highest level gear and hundred people helping me with their mana, I feel that my chance of winning this is really low…
The Wyvern circled around above us for a couple times and looked at us with contemptuous eyes. I guess it was checking our mana levels…
It landed a few meters in front of us, What a massive creature… but I have no time to be afraid, the fate of these hundred people depends on me…
I raised my shield and held my ground against that mighty beast.
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