Chapter 335 Two-Foot Dragon
Lady Muriel was just starting to recover. When she heard what Carrie said to Abel, she couldnāt help but to call out.
āBelieve in us, captain! Bring us with you!ā she shouted.
āYeah, donāt go alone! Thatās too dangerous!ā Lady Marianne said as well.
Jenny agreed, too, āWe elves are naturally inferior to the dragons, captain! If that pseudo-dragon sees you, itās going to be very difficult to make an escape!ā
Lady Muriel was even trying to keep Carrie still by hugging her, āJennyās right. If weāre going to die, weāll die together!ā
Oops. That didnāt sound right. After realizing that everyone was staring at her, Lady Muriel quickly hid behind Carrieās back.
Carrie said after shaking her head, āI am the captain here, and I have made my decision. Listen to me, team. Since Iām giving you a direct order to stay here, make sure you listen to Bennettās instructions when Iām not here. Jenny, make sure you help Bennett when he needs you.ā
Abel raised his hand, āI think I should be the one to scout.ā
Carrie almost spoke out without giving any second thoughts, āNo, Bennett! This is something that the elves have to deal with themselves!ā
That was not worded very well. For a moment there, Carrie thought that she was alone with Abel. Now that sheās phrased herself like this, Jenny was starting to raise her brow. Luckily, the other three elven ladies didnāt seem to notice.
Abel didnāt agree with the team leaderās decision, āYouāve seen how fast Black Wind is, Carrie. Even if the pseudo-dragon sees me, Iām pretty sure that Iāll be able to make a safe escape.ā
Unlike Carrie, Abel was very confident in what heās saying. It was really easy for him to do the scouting. He just needed to get on top of White Cloudās back. It was fast and safe. He just had to make sure that no one else in the team saw him doing this.
Since she never knew how skilled Abel actually was, Carrie couldnāt help but re-confirm, āBennett, are you sure that you can guarantee your own safety?ā
āYes, yes,ā Abel smiled, āI wouldnāt joke about sacrificing myself, would I?ā
Still, Carrie felt like she couldnāt just let Abel be. After looking at him and Black Wind, she took out a scroll from her portal bag.
āHere,ā Carrie passed the scroll to Abel, āOne day. If you donāt come back in a day, Iāll look for you myself.ā
Abel took the scroll. He was very familiar with it. It was a top-level āinstantaneous movementā scroll. Apart from wizards of intermediate level or above, no one could perform an āinstantaneous movementā spell without this scroll.
That just showed how powerful wizards were. Druids protected themselves by summoning creatures. Priest fought with curses and an army of skeletons. Wizards were very different from these classes. Instead of creating a barrier of summoned beings to protect themselves, they used their speed to draw their distance from danger.
Abel didnāt decline. After placing the scroll in his portal bracelet, heās now had two āinstantaneous scrollsā in his arsenal. Until he became an intermediate wizard, they were going to be his secret escape tool.
Abel smiled at the five elven ladies. After recovering his five crows and the poisonous ivy underground, he got on top of Black Wind and disappeared. He didnāt even let the others try to persuade him to stay.
Lady Jenny felt like she had to ask, āSo captain, was Bennett fine after hearing that dragonās roar?ā
Carrie said as she looked towards the direction that Abel left, āYes. Actually, his mount was the same.ā
āWhat?ā Jenny gasped in a voice that only Carrie could hear, āJust who is he?ā
Carrie said plainly, āYouāll know eventually. Maybe now, maybe twenty years later, but youāll know.ā
As soon as Abel left team Lawland, he contacted White Cloud to make a landing towards him. Instead of using āinstantaneous movementā to let Black Wind get on top of it, he told it to jump on after climbing on top of a tree. Since it was the first time he was facing a pseudo-dragon, he had to make sure that he was fully prepared.
Speaking of which, White Cloud should be fleeing away right now since sky sparrows were supposed to be very timid, but Abelās already fed it many soul potions. White Cloud was a brave bird. Since it needed much more soul potions than Black Wind did, it also had much more potential to strengthen itself towards the next level.
Abel said to White Cloud and Black Wind through the soul chain, āOnce Iām done with this, my main goal will be to find more soul potions for you guys.ā
White Cloud and Black Wind were very pleased to know that. Still, right now, Abelās priority was on doing the scouting. He was up in the sky right now, and his eyes were looking down for anything that could look like a pseudo-dragon.
White Cloud was flying 500 meters off the ground. Abel could see the ground very clearly from here. Itās also very safe for him, in case he was attacked.
From what he could see, the region was already starting to look a lot different than usual. There was a short hill and some valleys that were splitting the forest apart. That was still the same as usual, but there were no living beings to be seen.
Abel could also see Lila Valley from where he was at. That was supposed to be the destination of team Lawland. They were supposed to take two to three days to get there, but if he wanted to, White Cloud could get there in two hours.
At the crossing area where the Lila Valleyās edge was at, and there was a pond to be seen. Abel could see the only living thing that was there. It was a two-foot dragon.
The two-foot dragon looked very much the same as a giant dragon. Actually, it was a miniature replica of a giant dragon. It was only (only, yeah) four meters long. As the only feature that was different from a giant dragon, it had two legs instead of four. Other than that, it was the same. Its claws were like eagles, its scales like lizards and there were thorns growing out of its tails.
According to the myths, two-foot dragons got their genes from giant dragons and the griffins. Depending on the type of giant dragons that they inherited from, they would possess various types of elemental ability. Apart from that, they had sharp claws and teeth that allowed them to attack their enemies.
While studying the appearance of the two-foot dragon, Abel saw that it was suddenly raising its head. He then felt the power of the Will that was spreading in all directions. Nothing menacing could be sensed from it. Instead, it was repeatedly trying to send the same message.
āHelp. Real dragon.ā the message stated. Abel could see that the two-foot dragon was pleading for help. It was not intelligent enough to speak in full sentences, but it was certainly mature enough to develop low-tier intelligence.
āReal dragonsā was what the dragons referred to the giant dragons as. Obviously, giant dragons did not consider pseudo-dragons as their own kind. They only acknowledged other giant dragons as the āreal dragons,ā which was not the way that most other species classified dragons.
For the two-foot dragon to call for help from a real dragon, there must be a real concern. Abel was getting worried. Was a giant dragon nearby?
After telling White Cloud to go up to a higher altitude, Abel took a more careful look in all directions. Since there werenāt a lot of trees in this area, he could see the area below very clearly. That being said, he couldnāt find any living thing other than the two-foot dragon.
Could it be? After thinking about it, Abel realized one possibility that he hadnāt thought of. Since heās absorbed a dragonās crystal before, maybe the pseudo-dragon had misidentified him.
Abel couldnāt take too many risks. If he was confronting the two-foot dragon, he had to make sure that he knew what was going on. Why was the two-foot dragon risking to call for help? Not all giant dragons treated pseudo-dragons kindly. If the giant dragon happened to be easily aggravated, it might just kill the pseudo-dragon for trying to talk to it.
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