“I…I won’t go down this time!” Kassa spoke out from the side as he shivered.
“Fine then!” Leylin gestured to the rest to follow him out the carriage.
Landing softly on the grass, Leylin couldn’t help but to stretch comfortably outside. A beautiful scenery stretched far beyond what his eye could see. If it weren’t for the amount of danger in here, Leylin would have loved this sight.
“How beautiful!” George spoke out as he watched the setting sun.
“How beautiful indeed, but also dangerous!” Leylin muttered.
“There’s danger everywhere my friend! Sickness, famine, war, the world is filled with dangers like these. To us, this area is a threat to our lives, but to the white-robed Magus, this is nothing more than like the garden back home!” George clenched at his sword.
“Are you trying to say that as long as you have strength, then you can obtain both freedom and safety?”
“Exactly! Take a look at Kassa, he has already lost his courage. On this road to power, he is lacking the spirit to face danger. Even if he were to safely arrive at the Magus academy, it is unlikely that he can become a Magus. After all, studying magic is a treacherous path that is a hundred times more difficult than this plain!”
George threw a rock far into the plains, “It’s time to protect our beautiful treasures now!”
Seeing George walk away, Leylin had a smile on his face, “Courage? But for those chasing the truth, prudence is also a necessity!”
“A.I Chip! Initialize scanning!” Leylin thought.
Following the order, a three-dimensional scenery began to visualize within Leylin’s head, showing off the vicinity of the nearby area.
Within the light blue geographical image, a cluster of white stars. These stars symbolized the students; not a single one of them seemed to be hurt.
As for the black robed Knight, he was a flashing red light. After the A.I Chip’s analysis, it had recognized him as an existence that could threaten his host.
The final few carriages had the white-robed Magus within. Leylin didn’t dare to try to use his A.I Chip to scan it in case its energy was detected and cause troubles for him.
Not too long after, every single nearby source of danger appeared within Leylin’s mind.
“Even if it’s a poisonous insect, they won’t be able to escape the A.I Chip’s scan! As of right now, this area is safe!”
This was a guarantee that Leylin could make.
Although he was a member of the guard, he would never do anything to put himself in harm’s way.
With the A.I Chip, he had a firm grasp of everything happening in a 20 li radius, and this would be the biggest guarantee to their safety.
Chapter 10 – Direwolf Pack
Direwolf Pack
“Perfect! I’ve used up all the Flowerless Snake Fruits again, and I can take this chance to gather some more. But I’m not sure if the plains even have this type of plant…”
Leylin thought to himself as he gradually walked further from the party.
“A.I. Chip! Check my body’s stats!”
[Beep! Leylin Farlier. Strength: 1.6, Agility: 1.7, Vitality: 1.5, Status: Healthy.]
A.I. Chip transmitted back the information.
“There isn’t much improvement, only around 0.1!” Leylin furrowed his brows, “Ever since everyone started resting in the carriage, I can no longer find a suitable place to cultivate the breathing techniques. Furthermore, the effects of the medicines are decreasing. According to the calculations, the optimized cross blade breathing technique should allow me to increase my basic physical stats to 1.9 before hitting the limit. After that, I can only improve after stimulating my inner life energy and becoming a Knight…”
Leylin kept watch on the girl from the Furze Alliance from afar, as he also kept an eye out for useful herbs and materials.
After a long time, he finally looked up in disappointment.
“It is as I had feared! The conditions are too different, and the Flowerless Snake Fruits are not able to survive on these grassy plains. I can’t even find any suitable substitute herbs!”
“Hey! Leylin! It’s time to get on the carriage!” George’s loud shout came from the distance.
“Got it!” Wandering afar by himself was not only attention drawing but also very dangerous. As such, Leylin could only give up on his plan, and return to the horse carriage.
[Warning! Warning! Dangerous creatures are approaching!]
Just at that moment, the A.I Chip’s mechanical voice sounded out, and red warning words appeared in front of Leylin’s eyes, attracting his attention instantly.
“Quick! Show the map now!”
Leylin’s facial expression did not change, but he hastened his movement, reaching the limits of his body, and his right hand grasped his cross blade firmly.
On the virtual map that was projected in front of his eyes, there was a large group of red dots closing in on their group of carriages. The dots were slowly encircling and surrounding them.
[Beep! According to the databanks, these dangerous lifeforms have a 97.8% similarity to Direwolves!]
“Direwolves!” Leylin’s eyes narrowed as he recalled the data that had been collected earlier. “Direwolf: A kind of wolf inhabiting the Great Plains of Death. Savage and cruel, they mostly hunt in packs. Their strength is estimated to be around 2-3, agility around 3-4, and vitality around 3-4.”
“Such strength, they are definitely not creatures that I, a mere Knight-in-training, can handle!”
Leylin’s footsteps hastened once more, and he rushed towards George, saying in a low tone: “We have company. Trouble is afoot!”
George looked around at the surrounding crowd and saw that most of the students were still minding their own business. He quickly retrieved his water bottle in order to hide their actions: “What’s the situation?”
“A pack of direwolves! I noticed their tracks!” Leylin said quickly and urgently.
“I got it!” George drank a few gulps of water, then gave out a few simple hand signals.
The youths from their team who had been chosen as escorts were momentarily startled, but they still remembered their predesignated hand signals. Instantly, they all got moving, pushing the younger girls ahead, and whispering into their ears. The entire process was done swiftly and silently. Although some of the other Magus apprentices also noticed something was wrong and followed their retreat, most of them were still oblivious.
Sometimes, when danger arose, the only thing you needed to do was to ensure that you ran faster than your companions!
“Let’s go!” Seeing that most of the members of their alliance had successfully retreated, George and Leylin quickly followed suit.
“Leylin, you’re unexpectedly even good at scouting!” George said in a low voice to Leylin. After all, they had spent quite some time and were familiar with each other, and he knew that Leylin would not lie to him about something like that.
Although the members of the Furze Alliance were quiet and retreating in an orderly manner to refrain from alarming the rest, some of the other acolytes were very discerning, and they quickly joined in the retreat.
Bang Bang!
A loud piercing gong sounded out, “The Lord Magus has sensed danger! All acolytes are to retreat back to the horse carriages!”
One of the black robed men’s voice sounded out, thundering in all the acolytes’ ears.
The acolytes who were resting on the grass were all stunned into silence, before they all swarmed into motion, fleeing crazily for the horse carriages.
“No need for hiding anymore! Let’s run!” George shouted as he drew his sword.
By now, all the members of the Furze Alliance had been alerted, and were already quite a distance, and the fastest amongst them had already reached the horse carriages.
“Aaawoooooo!”
At this moment, a long and drawn out howl sounded out, filled with ruthless bloodlust.
All around, the wolf howls sounded; since the prey had discovered their stealth attack, they would just charge forth!
Streak after streak of black shadowy wolves charged after the fleeing acolytes; they were about 2-3 metres long, and their speeds were such that a shimmering black afterimage followed them.
“A direwolf pack!” One of the acolytes at the back cried out in despair.
Just as he cried out, a black shadow pounced onto her, the large impact causing this young girl to fall to the ground. In the next instant, the merciless huge jaw filled with sharp teeth bit down viciously, tearing out her throat as she died with a despairing look on her face.
Some of the fleeing acolytes were attracted by the cries and turned their heads to look before they cried out in alarm as they witnessed the grisly sight and hastened their pace.
Another young girl whose face was full of tears was running and shouting: “Mummy! Mummy! I want my mummy…!”
“These pitiful youngsters, they are already beginning to lose it?” By now, Leylin had already reached the horse carriages, and could see the entire scene in front of him.
Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 1-Chapter 150)
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