It has been months since Ery last heard of anything regarding sightings of Maeve. The last ti he heard anything, the witch was seen skulking around at the north barbarians' territory, across the border.
At that mont, Arthur sent him the letter to ask for his presence in Calot.
The letter ca right on ti, as this could be a good ti for Ery to start helping Arthur progress on his spirit force training as well.
"You are going to Calot then, it seems?" The red-haired girl next to him asked. "Can I co?"
Surely, Ery had no plans to bring her with him.
This girl clearly had no persuasion-related talents, but on the contrary, her gaze was enough for him to reconsider his decision. It reminded him of the fact he did not dedicate much ti to train her in the last six months.
Unfortunately, if he brought her along, he would waste too much ti on the road. Besides, he couldn't bring her through the [Spatial Gate]…
Or could he?
With his improvent in the darkness elent, plus his stage 5 dark core advancent, perhaps he would be strong enough to take soone else with him this ti??
"Alright," Ery nodded, while Morgana stared at him in confusion. "Let's give it a try."
First, Ery concentrated and opened a gate sowhere close.
If he was traveling by himself, it would be easier to interact with the gate, as his dark core and the gate would channel together. This ti, he would need more energy and concentration to maintain the stability of the gate for soone else to get through.
He asked Morgana to follow him and the girl entered without hesitation. They arrived in the middle of the woods, a few ters away from the village.
As he thought, this ti he really was able to. He smiled and cast another gate further away, connecting to the stone formation he set near the edge of Calot Forest.
"Let's go!"
Again, it was a successful cast, and both of them arrived in the Calot Forest together.
The first ti Ery tried it, Morgana had already looked at him in amazent, but the second ti, she took in her surroundings with wide eyes full of wonder, still unable to believe she had arrived in Calot.
Ery and Morgana went to the hall of the Divine Order Knights, as written in the letter.
He knocked the door, peeked in and walked inside along with Morgana, to the shock of Gaious and Arthur.
"I just sent the ssage this morning! Damn, you must be using so sort of magic spell, aren't you?"
Ery rely shrugged. He had no obligation to explain. Instead, he changed the topic and quickly inquired about Maeve.
Arthur and Gaious looked at each other, nodded, and brought Ery to another room. The room was small, in the middle there was a table with three things covered in white sheets. The foul sll from them made Ery scrunch his nose and made Morgana turn away from the sight.
Gaious uncovered the white sheet and showed three corpses and, as suspected, all three of them had the mark of the witch's attack. Their body had turned into a pile of skin and bone.
"This is Sir Robert, Logress' golden knight and these two are his silver knights."
There was no doubt, their deaths were the work of the witch. Ery asked for the place where they were found. It was on the border between Logress and Norgales.
As of now, it was a long shot and there was no reason to believe the witch would linger around there. Nonetheless, Ery still decided to check on that place.
This ti, he decided to take Morgana with him. Leaving her in Logress would probably be safer, but on the other hand, it also brought back a lot of bad mories.
Besides, Morgana had improved a lot ever since Ery kept giving her the Gaia serum.
Just like their trip here, Ery took Morgana using his [Spatial Gate]. Due to the distance, it will take multiple casts, but Ery could feel that, since he reached rank 8, his spirit sense range jumped three tis further than before.
In three jumps, they arrived at the place marked on their map.
As the corpses were found four days ago, there was probably nothing else left for him to find.
With the help of his spirit sense, he could pinpoint the location of the fight. Though it has largely faded, he could still sll the light iron from blood in the place.
After finding the exact spot of the fight, Ery had another way to track her.
[Fey Transformation]
Morgana looked at him transform and followed suit.
With the innate skill [Wild Hunt], Ery was able to track the witch. The scent trail looked similar to a glowing smoke-like aura in his vision, and the distinct scent felt sharper than ever due to his enhanced nose.
The two started running through the woods following the sll. It was supposed to be impossible to track a 4-days old sll, especially one that has been washed with mud, leaves and animals, but to his surprise it seed his recent bloodline purification really helped to make it possible. Beside Maeve was also a fey and those of the fey race carried a distinct scent, hence, it was much easier to follow.
The two raced through the woods for around half a day, crossed the border, and arrived at the Norgales capital city of Sterlingard, right as the sun started to set.
Unfortunately, the track was lost around here, as it was mixed with hundreds to thousands of Norgales citizens wandering around. The capital city was just beginning to stop their activities for the day, with shops preparing to close down and citizens walking ho carrying their tools. Guards had started their night patrol and so people started lighting their torches.
Ery and Morgana returned to their human form and quietly entered the city.
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