Once they were out of sight of the village, and Karl had ensured that there was nobody trying to follow them, he turned to the Naga.
"I will transform and bring Remi with me to the city of Khathar. This is becoming too much of a nuisance, and if we don't change methods, we're guaranteed to get into an unnecessary fight." Karl insisted.
The Naga sighed, then nodded. "I won't argue. The Lizardmen control the first part of this region, and they hold a grudge against the Naga, so they won't make it easy for us."
Karl opened the Tiny World's entrance for him, and called for Thor to escort him to the others, as they were spread out through the swamp area in the Tiny World.
Then he transformed and went for a swim in the river as Remi climbed on his back and put away the boat. Once that was done and the golems were dismissed, Karl flapped up into the air with Remi stretched out flat on his back.
Water Control let her create a loop to hold herself in place, though the World Dragon form had ridges on its back that would make for a fairly sturdy grip, even without [Eternal Lightning] over them both, keeping the wind off her.
Karl didn't go as high as Hawk usually did, as the air got cold up there, and Remi wasn't a fire element creature. But flying lower gave them an excellent view of the territories that they passed over, and let Karl memorize a few new spots to add to his list of possible Portal destinations.
Every few minutes, he could see that someone had noticed them and pointed up at where he was flying overhead, but Karl was moving so fast that none of them put in the effort to try to intercept him.
It simply wasn't worth it.
{This is so much better. Wandering around the swamp on a boat was not only slow, but there were annoying people everywhere. Flying over populated areas is better.
Look, they're even waving hello at us.} Remi narrated as they flew.
{I think that they're actually trying to cast a spell to knock us out of the sky, but they don't have the range to make it this high.} Karl laughed.
They were definitely using magic, he could feel it, even from this distance.
{Should we go tell them to behave?} Remi asked.
She could probably hit them with a potion from here, but she left all the randomly exploding ones in the Tiny World, not in her own space, where she could more conveniently grab them.
What Karl could not have known was that the mere presence of an Avatar of the World Dragon was enough to influence the System, and that they were not casting hostile spells at him, they were casting celebratory blessings on the children who had just awakened their classes.
Some of the waving was hostile or annoyed, but only when they hadn't linked his presence to what was happening in the villages.
Karl followed the river to the border, then circled for a moment when he saw the ruins of an ancient wall.
It would have once been a mighty defensive fortification between Gabil and Nulnalgat, but now, it had gone thousands of years without maintenance, and most of it had collapsed or had been deconstructed to reuse the stones for housing.
That was what Mira had feared would happen to the Temple when she was gone, but there was no sign of the temple at all when the change happened. freewebnoveℓ.com
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The First Legendary Beast Master