Chapter 784 - 784 Following the Bird

784 Following the Bird

“Well, what do we do?” Spot asked.

I brought him here to help me follow where the bird is trying to go. Hoping that it will lead us to somewhere the cult is hiding.

“We will follow a bird who is being affected by calming gas and see if it will lead us somewhere,” I said.

“Where’s the bird?” Spot asked as he transformed into a smaller version of himself which I can still ride by myself.

“Over there. That place is called Magicless Area. Where magic use is blocked and you can’t use magic at all. The bird can use wind magic so it flies very fast. But I think it’s still slower than you. With your camouflage ability, we can follow the bird without the bird knowing it,” I said.

The bird will be calm after I used calming gas on it. Or should I maybe use depressing gas? Making the bird feel depressed, then its emotion will be transmitted to its master via telepathy. That will possibly make its master to make a move as soon as possible instead of me having to wait for a long time.

Then the master will open a portal to the bird’s location and I can ambush whoever it is.

But that will only work if the master is a summoner. Because when we asked the bird about whether its master is a summoner or a tamer, the bird doesn’t know. What a stupid bird.

I guess the safest way to go is by using the calming gas.

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We will release the bird in the area inside the Magicless Area. The destroyed city. Not outside of the Magicless Area where it’s closest to Cassau.

If the master of the bird noticed that the bird is calm, the master should react by telling the others to open a portal to this location. To the destroyed city. And we an go there if I someone throw a Blobby inside the portal as soon as possible, contacted me, and I will open a portal there right away. To make sure that there will be a transfer point over there.

The times that I got some Blobbies inside the portals, they were destroyed for some reason. So I need to be quick. But I will do it while following the bird, so it will still be delayed in the end. And by the time I opened a portal, something could happen.

We already decided what to do. I’ll just follow their decision.

“It took a while to interrogate the bird but we can go now,” I said.

At the edge of the Magicless Area, the bird is still there. Being held in a cage.

I grabbed the cage and use Aura to make the cage stronger. So that the bird won’t be able to destroy it with wind magic.

Then I used air magic to create calming gas as soon as we got out of the Magicless Area, and waited until the effect shows.

When the bird look calm enough and seem like it wanted to sleep, it suddenly started flapping its wings. Trying to move.

“Alright, we’ll follow the bird as soon as it got out of the cage. Spot, keep your eyes on the bird and get close enough to it so I can still use my magic on it. Meanwhile, I will look at where its moving to,” I said to Spot.

“That’s easy. Though I know that you can focus on everything at once,” Spot said.

That might be true. But if I want to be safe, I need to focus on things other than the bird. Everywhere around us at once. So if Spot just focus on following the bird, I don’t have to focus on the bird. I just need Spot to make sure that the bird is still within the range of my air magic.

And since the bird is moving fast, using air magic from behind the bird won’t affect the bird so much. So I need Spot to fly beside the bird.

I released the bird and it flew off instantly. Stopping mid-air for a bit before moving to its destination. To the destroyed city.

“Whoa, that was quick. I can also float mid-air, but I can’t stop all of a sudden like that. the bird is quite good. But my top speed is still faster than that bird even with its wind magic,” Spot said proudly.

After meeting Ray, I realized Spot’s personality. He loves to race. And I think once in a while, when both of them are together, they would race without even asking for my permission.

Well, it’s not like they needed my permission.

And now that Spot meet another fast creature, he was thinking of racing the bird. Though I told him to stop that. Unless the bird will join us. Which I don’t think it will.

...Unless I threaten the bird with its partner. Like how the bird is being forced to obey its master. Not only because of the contract, but also for the other reason. Which was its partner that got captured.

And if its partner is not really captured and instead pretending to be captured since it is moving by its own will, then I don’t think that it will be possible for this bird to join me.

How do I find out if a bird is cheating on its partner or not? And how do I show the evidence to a bird?

Am I really going to investigate birds’ affairs?

The bird didn’t go to the city. The bird flies over the city. Seems like its destination is way to the north. Maybe Varadis? We’ll check it.

We passed over the city and reached the other side of the Magicless Area. The area I haven’t been to.

So I captured the bird again and put it in a cage.

“Spot, can you fly without magic?” I asked.

“That’s impossible,” he replied.

“I guess I’ll carry you all the way to the other side then.”

“But my small form is using magic. So I might return to my original form if I enter,” Spot said.

...I don’t think that carrying Spot in his original form all the way to the other side, with possibilities of encountering other monsters, is a good idea.

“Then I will leave you here. Once I’m out of the Magicless Area, I’ll open a portal for you. Stay in your small form so I don’t have to open a large portal for you,” I said.

This time, I run past the Magicless Area without caring about anything. I encountered some monsters, but I’m already prepared with my sword-cane. So those in the way, I killed them. And those who are too slow, I ignored them.

Again, after reaching the exit, I opened a portal for Spot to come. Then I used calming magic again on the bird before freeing it and then we follow the bird again.

“Even if I can’t fly, I can still slither quite fast. Though I don’t think I can chase a bird flying in the sky,” Spot said.

“Yeah. Good for you. And your strength alone is enough to defeat all the monsters you encountered. Probably. Oh, right! You haven’t met the weretigers yet, right? Want to meet them after this?” I asked.

“Have they decided to join? If so, then you will probably ask for their help if we get into battle on our destination. We can meet at that time. Oh, the bird stopped again. Is it checking where the bird need to go?” Spot then stopped and stay floating mid-air.

I looked at the bird who has stopped and floating in the sky. Then it just continue flying toward its original destination. As if the bird had just been getting some new order by its master while it’s flying.

“Maybe it’s getting new orders from its master. And the master is checking its emotion right now. Do you think that being calm is suspicious?” I asked Spot and Victoria.

“Don’t ask me. I just got here. Ask Victoria,” Spot said.

“Whatever will be, will be. Even if it’s an ambush, we might still be able to get something out of it. And I think you should be fine facing multiple master level mages at once,” Victoria said.

That makes sense. No matter what happened, it will be fine for me.

Even if we got transported to a Magicless Area and can’t use magic, I will still be fine. As for Spot, he is large and strong. He will be fine for a while.

This time, I’m already prepared with a sword-cane in my hand. Even the cane is strong enough as long as I use Aura to cover it.

“I guess you’re right. Spot, just get ready to fight in any situation. Even if it’s a place where you can’t use magic, if you just keep moving your body, no one will be able to get close to you. And we have something that we can eat so we will still be able to use magic in that place for a while.”

Just in case, since I don’t know how long we’re going to travel, I wear my armor to cover my identity. And now, we just continue following the bird.