Yarra’s Adventure Notes
Chapter 985 - 102: Flying in Dreams

Chapter 985: Chapter 102: Flying in Dreams

When the Horned Eagle Beasts flapped their wings and soared into the sky, the knight girl suddenly felt an urge to cry. Most people, from their childhood, often fantasize about freely flying in the sky while looking up at it. To break free from the bonds of the ground, to glide in the unbound heavens, with the earth swiftly passing beneath and clouds snuggling close by, letting the piercing wind carry one to every corner of the world. Such dreams always linger in the depths of people’s hearts and, although they may seem to be worn away by the dull reality on the surface, they always peek out from the depths of the soul in the night’s sleep, allowing one to soar in the wind in dreams. Especially for Catherine, Knight Catherine, the girl who loved to race at high speeds, was utterly unable to resist such dreams, having traveled through the clouds countless times in her dreams, letting the strong winds whip her long black hair.

Unfortunately, dreams are just dreams, and no one can break the rules of the world on dreams alone. Thus, the girl could only look up at the sky with regret and sigh. Although she had flown twice in the sky with the help of a Skyboat, such floating couldn’t really be counted as flying at all—it was merely changing her confinement from the ground to a skyboat, with no essential difference.

Therefore, when the Horned Eagle Beasts left the deck and began to circle around the Skyboat, Catherine couldn’t help but let out a deafening cheer with the knight’s battle cry. The sound of her Legendary Rank battle cry spread far and wide in every direction. Even at the edge of the forest hundreds of meters away, many small beasts were disturbed by her cry. The little animals hiding at the roots of the trees to avoid the Horned Eagle Beasts hid even more carefully under the stimulus of the scream. In addition, the thunderous cry also attracted many gazes. Whether or not passengers had already taken to the sky, they all looked at the girl in surprise, but after understanding the reason, they only showed knowing smiles. For these Demigods, most had experienced riding flying mounts and soaring in the sky, but they all had been young once and had gone through the stage Catherine was in now; they were very clear about the girl’s feelings at the moment, and many even saw themselves in the past in her actions.

"Little girl, be careful," Conaida of the Boulder Family, a Mountain Dwarf, teased kindly: "These birds really like those who shout and scream. They enjoy roaring themselves, especially in the mating spring. If you use a battle cry again, be careful they might think you’re calling out for a mate with your cries, and then you’ll really be in trouble."

"Damn it, don’t talk nonsense," Pannis had known how to control the Horned Eagle Beasts for many years. Before Conaida had even finished his words, Pannis had already accelerated suddenly, blocking him from the girls and threatened with a waved fist: "The mating period of the Horned Eagle Beasts is reversed; they only mate in the fall, and they are very grumpy during that time, completely unrideable. You know this very well and yet deliberately confuse concepts, it’s utterly heinous."

"Hahahaha, someone’s getting angry," Conaida seemed especially cheerful compared to other dwarfs. It was hard to find such an extroverted member in the usually composed dwarf race. Just like Pannis, Conaida’s friends were spread in every corner of Yarran World, thanks to his cheerful and outgoing personality. After spending some time with him, it was hard not to be infected by his laughter and eventually become friends with him. Now he laughed heartily just like before and said loudly, "Alright, alright, no teasing from me anymore. These Horned Eagle Beasts may look fierce, but they are actually very obedient. Plus, they fly really fast, which will definitely meet your expectations."

"Ahh~~~," the one who screamed was Lina with her head covered. As soon as her Horned Eagle Beast took off, the priestess girl lay on the beast’s back, tightly grasping the handles of the saddle with her hands and screaming shrilly with her eyes closed, not daring to take even a glance downwards.

"Hiss, is she afraid of heights?" Alcmene, leaving the swamp, wasn’t riding the Horned Eagle Beasts for the first time, but still felt uncomfortable flicking her tail around as the Elven saddles didn’t have a designated notch for tails. The Lizardman High Priest had protested more than once, but regrettably, it seemed that no one took her protests seriously, which made her quite dissatisfied. However, she didn’t want to discuss her discontent now, but was startled by Lina’s reaction and asked doubtfully, "That might be a bit troublesome. It takes at least ten hours to fly from here to the Elven Royal Court. If she really is that afraid of heights, she might not be able to hold on. Maybe we should think of another way to take her with us."

"Afraid of heights? Her?" Catherine’s expression was oddly sinister as she glared at Lina and said, "Hey, are you really afraid of heights? If so, great, I’ll take my armor off, and then you come over so we can sit on the same Horned Eagle Beast, how does that sound?"

"Tsch." Lina immediately recovered and straightened up, curling her lip as she said, "Big sister, how can you do this? We should be uniting right now to confront the formidable enemy together. How can you sneakily sabotage my plan from behind?"

"This is no time for playing around. Are you all familiar now?" Fula, riding her Horned Eagle Beast, also flew over. She didn’t bring her own animal partner; her Black Panther would enter the jungle by itself after she left and return to the Elven Royal Court via land. Given the Black Panther’s speed, it should complete the distance within three days. Although slower than flying, the nature of the Horned Eagle Beast magical creatures is hard to change – they wouldn’t allow a powerful Demigod magical beast to lie close on their backs, so the slower method was the only option.

"Has everyone already taken off?" Catherine looked down and sure enough, all the Horned Eagle Beasts had already taken to the sky. About twenty of them had no riders on their backs. These were reserved as replacement mounts for those carrying heavy equipment, like Conaida who was a heavily armored Shield Guard, Catherine herself covered in thick scale armor and carrying two shields, and also Freya whose package was filled with various metal parts. Of course, even without the metal parts, the beautiful princess insisted she should not be included in the list that needed to change mounts, although she vehemently denied it. Seeing that everyone was ready to go, the knight girl looked at her teammates, including the little skeleton that Vivian was holding in her arms, all securely fastened onto the saddles. Only then did Catherine nod to Fula, "We should be good to go, let’s set off."

The next moment, as if there was no command given, all the Horned Eagle Beasts issued a loud cry simultaneously and spread their broad wings. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote and support me at qidian.com. Your encouragement is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)