Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 417 - 417 197 Revisiting Old Places_2

417: Chapter 197 Revisiting Old Places_2 417: Chapter 197 Revisiting Old Places_2 This scruffy beast, it didn’t get harmed along with its owner?

No wonder Death Claw couldn’t hold back its anger and hatred, seeing the flying mount often used by the Mage Athias, it must have reminded it of the experience of being hunted and chased by those mages.

“My Lord, the Stormhawk is a very loyal creature, even if its owner has perished, it will still linger around for a long time, this place…

might not be far from where we battled Emmon,” Kovis speculated aloud.

Leon couldn’t help but recall more memories.

Back then, unwittingly falling into a trap and waking up from unconsciousness confused, he hastily fled into the Nightmare Forest with an unconscious Kovis to hide.

Only later did he learn from Lola that his actions were unnecessary, as the pursuers had already suffered backlash from their careless use of Spirit Realm Magic, resulting in accidental harm…

…wait….

Leon realized the key point, since this Stormhawk appeared here not by coincidence, could it be that the Cursed Land Ines encountered was the mess left by the Mage Athias?

Well, he rather took pleasure in letting the Lord of Kantadar fuss over that trouble, and after making a full circle…

that trouble has come back to him.

Taking a deep breath, Leon compared the view before him with the path he fled from Kantadar’s territory several months ago.

The view from the ground and the sky looked very different, but this speculation was very likely correct.

Leon couldn’t help but silently seek confirmation from Miss Mage: “Lola…did you, perhaps, already guess this?”

Miss Mage responded to his speculation.

“…As you thought, the troubles here, should indeed be caused by that overconfident Rodoc Mage.”

With the definite answer from his own teacher, Leon fell into contemplation.

Initially, when he fled through the Nightmare Forest back to Selva, the tracking rune on Kovis’s back, he had to wash away with Magic Power for a good amount of time by himself.

This meant, at least during that period, Emmon did not die from the backlash of the Spirit Realm Magic.

Now it seems, that guy is still alive in the Cursed Domain he created…

just not sure in what form.

The threat of the “Spirit Realm,” Lola had always been very secretive about it, but it could be certain that the dangerous evil spirits within would not let go of a mage’s soul.

Leon remembered the twisted appearance of Lokhak after being possessed by the “Angry Demon.”

That fierce Spirit Realm Demon could give an ordinary, slightly robust young man the terrifying strength surpassing a Knight of Valor.

If a Proper Position Mage were possessed, how dangerous would it become?

So much time has passed, Emmon’s human body may have completely transformed into the Demon Body after its descent, he wondered if he could handle it.

But Leon thought again, since Lola judged he could handle this hazard and accompanied him, it should still be within his capacity.

He was no longer the feeble fleeing youth he was back then.

Besides, even if he couldn’t resolve the root cause of the Spirit Realm rift and eradicate the spiritual field disturbance caused by Emmon like the past Nightmare Forest, establishing a warning area around the Cursed Land to prevent accidental entry and leaving it unattended might be feasible after all?

Leon shrugged, let’s take a look inside, he could try to find Orad and help Ines.

If the risk is too high, abandoning the mission and escaping is also an option…

He patted the body in front of the Griffin’s saddle, calming down Death Claw’s resentment towards the Stormhawk, and continued to search for Ines’s location.

…

Luthanshire.

On the not-so-high city wall, the old sergeant dressed in blue and white cloaks yawned.

But he suddenly felt a heavy pat from a comrade next to him.

“…Hey!

Look, something is flying this way, it has limbs, that doesn’t look like a hawk, could that be the Stormhawk Loman mentioned?” the young sergeant dressed in a blue and white quartered battle robe pointed to the sky and asked.

“Is that thing stealing cattle and sheep again?

Doesn’t it prefer to come at night?” the old soldier looked up where his comrade pointed and squinted: “…Looks a bit like it, but didn’t Loman say that a Stormhawk is the front half of a hawk plus the hind half of a horse?

Why is this tail so long, it doesn’t look like a horse’s tail to me?…”

However, only when the outlined silhouette from the horizon drew closer and became clearer, the old soldier realized something was wrong.

His years of experience in archery gauged the distance and corresponding size immediately, making his back chill with fear, that’s way too huge!?

Loman said a Stormhawk would just be slightly larger than a warhorse, but this giant creature flying in the sky might be bigger than a Urian War Elephant!

“Griffin!!!”

A roar erupted from the other side of the city, followed simultaneously by the harsh, piercing sound of a military whistle.

On the ramparts, a more knowledgeable West Bay Knight recognized that legendary creature and hastily yelled vulgarly towards the tower above where the Crossbowmen were stationed: “All crossbow machines load—!”

The knights guarding the wall knew that there might be a noble from the Thorny Flower Family coming, either riding a horse or a Griffin.

But without confirming the identity of the giant creature in the sky, he feared mistaking the enemy for an ally and did not dare to relax his vigilance, still preparing his warriors to face the enemy, especially since the esteemed Princess was within the city.

The startled camp within the town poured out a large number of soldiers converging.

Above the tower, the crossbow machines cranked up, rotating their platforms to aim at the approaching giant creature, and rows of longbowmen lining the wall prepared their bows for firing.

Fortunately, that Griffin ultimately did not directly breach the city wall into the town but landed not far from the city suburbs.