Leaving those words behind, he turned and walked away.
The Nine-Winged Beast swiftly departed Mount Veridia, darting through the sea of clouds at breakneck speed. Kian Sterling stood atop its back, nine fox tails unfurling in the wind.
As they neared The Redstone Gorge, he suddenly squinted his eyes. In the distant dawn, the silhouette of an Aethel Serpent floated in the sky above the dense forest, its purple-black scales gleaming coldly, clearly not an ordinary beastman.
Looking closer, the nine tails behind him bristled in alarm—this Aethel Serpent crowd was encircling Rhys Blackwood, Zeke Veridian, and the rest.
He furrowed his brow, "Did they cross The Endless Sea and find Luna? But how did they end up provoking the Aethel Serpent Clan?"
