Chapter 205 Preparations
“Yes, Master Abel!” the ten black-armored knights lined up and greeted.
“Thank you, soldiers. It’s been a while since you’ve served under me. Since you’ve proven your loyalty to me, I’m thinking about taking you all in as my knight servants. So, what do you think?”
As Abel said that, a strong aura started appearing out of his body. While there wasn’t any imposing pressure in it, it was enough to make everyone in the room bow down to him.
All ten of these black-armored warriors were experienced fighters. Just by sensing Abel’s presence, they could tell that their young master was already an advanced knight.
As the sole purpose of these warriors was to die for their master, they had never thought that they would be recognized by Abel like this. Knight servants? That was definitely several times better than where they were currently at.
“We’ll pledge our lives to you, master!” the ten black-armored warriors said as they knelt on one knee.
“Very well,” Abel said solemnly, “On behalf of the Abel Castle, I shall accept your service!”
Abel took out ten-round s.h.i.+elds and swords from his kong kong spiritual portal bag. Just like the other ones he has prepared for his twenty knight servants, they were all strengthened with magic.
One by one, Abel handed the s.h.i.+elds and sword to each of the black-armored warriors. Since they were all there back at the Harry Castle, they knew that these gears had magic on them.
“Thank you, Master!” the ten black-armored knights said as they stood up from the ground.
Abel nodded in satisfaction, “I want you all to protect Ken, understood? Make sure he returns to the Abel Castle safely.”
Abel turned to Ken, “You people are leaving Bakong City right now. Remember, don’t make any stops. You are going straight back to Harvest City!”
Suddenly, with one of her hands behind her back, Loraine walked into the yard. “Do we have to leave now, Abel?” she asked.
Abel said gently as he told the black-armored knights to back away, “I’ve offended an advanced wizard, Loraine. I’m sorry, but you’ll have to go back to Abel Castle with Ken. Don’t worry about me. I’ll come to pick you up after a few months.”
With a stubbornness she rarely possessed, Loraine suddenly increased her volume, “Abel, I don’t want to be alone in the Abel Castle! Take me with you!”
“Are you sure?” Abel asked again, “It’s going to be very dangerous for you if you decide to come with me.”
Loraine replied with a softer voice, “Yes, Abel! Anywhere you go, I’ll come along with you!”
“Ha!” Abel couldn’t help but chuckle for a bit, “You can go pack up then, Loraine. We’ll be leaving very soon.”
“It’s all here, Abel!” Loraine said as she revealed a small bag from behind her.
Abel shook his head and sighed, “Very clever of you.”
Suddenly, Abel sensed a danger that was coming from over the distance. Did Wizard Cliff change his mind?
“We’re leaving, Loraine!” Abel called out as he picked up Loraine with his arm. He then jumped on top of Black Wind’s back.
“Sprint out of Bakong City, Black Wind!” Abel commanded, to which Black Wind complied as it ran straight towards the castle gate.
Black Wind did not take any turns at all. No matter how tall the buildings in front of it were, it just kept jumping over them like a black streak of lightning. Soon, the castle gate was right in front of them.
Abel could leave now if he wanted to, but for reasons he wasn’t sure of, he could tell that the real danger was behind the castle gate. Thus, he decided to give a telepathic command to Black Wind.
“Not the castle gate! Get up the castle walls, Black Wind,” Abel told Black Wind from his mind. Immediately, Black Wind s.h.i.+fted its direction and ran towards a fifty-meter tall wall.
Fifty meters. While it was too tall for any ordinary mounts, but it wasn’t too much of a trouble for Black Wind. It was a spiritual beast that’s been upgraded two times. Jumping at this height was pretty easy for it.
With Abel and Loraine on its back, Black Wind made its jump when it was about ten meters (horizontally) away from the castle wall. As a beautiful arc-shaped line appeared in midair, it dug its claws in a spot somewhere about ten meters above the bottom of the wall.
Black Wind’s body was literally parallel to the castle wall. Even with Loraine and Abel on its back, its claws were still strong enough to cling onto the bricks. After gaining a firmer grasp, it quickly made a vertical climb upward.
“My spirits! What am I looking at?’ one of the guards widened his eyes, and he accidentally saw this.
Another guard came and replied, “That’s Master Abel’s mount wolf! It must be Master Abel that’s riding it!”
“Well, we didn’t see any of that, did we?” the guard who spoke quickly turned his head around. As soon as he heard the name “Master Abel,” he knew that he didn’t want anything to do with it.
After climbing over the castle wall, Abel could see two red-cloaked wizards in front of him. A nervous smile appeared from the edge of his cheeks. After tapping Black Wind on its neck, Abel decided to stop moving.
Black Wind stood still on top of the castle wall. As eye-catching as its large body was, all the nearby guards were looking in other directions. No one was looking at where Abel
was.
Abel shook his head. As it turned out, these guards haven’t recovered from the status card incident last time (see earlier chapters). Out of fear of getting executed, these men didn’t want to affiliate themselves with Abel. It was a good thing for Abel, actually. At least no one was going to take the risk to rat him out.
“Where do we go, Abel?” Loraine asked. She, too, noticed the two red-cloaked wizards standing at the castle gate.
“Don’t worry about it,” Abel smiled as he patted Loraine on the head. After contacting White Cloud with his soul chain, he was able to know which co-ordination that it was flying at. After that, he sent this location to Black Wind with his telepathic ability.
Black Wind suddenly looked towards the sky. After lowering its body for a bit, it bounced off the castle wall and jumped for about twenty meters into the sky. That’s about seventy meters off the ground.
Loraine almost screamed because of this. If she didn’t cover her mouth in time, those wizards would’ve figured out where they were going. Abel decided to hug her a little tighter, and because of this, she felt a lot better very quickly.
As though stretching out its wings (if wolves actually had wings), Black Wind stretched out its body while it was in the air. After going through a barrier, it made a landing on top of White Cloud’s giant back.
White Cloud was here. It was using its camouflage ability to pick up Abel and Loraine. Wizard Cliff was lying about capturing Abel himself. While he did order two extra wizards to come to a.s.sist him, that’s not going to do much to arrest someone who was literally flying away.
“White Cloud!” Loraine said in awe as she saw the giant sparrow. Even though the eyes of the elves could look far further than the humans, she was certain that she didn’t see any birds in the sky just then.
After carrying Loraine to the carriage seat on White Cloud’s back, Abel began to explain to her.
Abel said as he could see the obvious confusion on Loraine’s face, “White Cloud’s a spiritual beast now! Camouflage is its new ability.”
“That’s awesome!” Loraine exclaimed. After noticing the barrier that was around White Cloud’s body, she realized that it was the reason she couldn’t see the giant sky sparrow before.
After hearing Loraine’s compliments, White Cloud made a cooing voice in response. It was always nice to have someone praise you for your improvements.
While looking at the land below him, Abel couldn’t help but feel very emotional right now. After coming into this world, he has spent his entire life living here. Families. Friends. Teachers. Brothers. They all lived here, but now he had to leave to go somewhere far away.
Just when White Cloud was about to fly away from Bakong City, a giant road appeared from the ground. It was the ground that Abel used when he first came to Bakong City. He didn’t expect to see the same road when he was about to leave.
Abel didn’t have a goal now. If he did, it’d be to get as far away as he could from the Duchy of Carmel. That being said, though, Loraine was with him now. Since he couldn’t allow her to be in any danger, maybe it’s for the best if he sent her back home right now.
Yes, now’s the time to send her back to her real home. She must be with her real family. She must be sent back to the other elves.