Kary Vultures
*Whoosh Whoosh!*
A gale carried up the sand, bringing about a glittering gold color.
On the endless Golden Desert filled with death and danger, a pack of six large wolves padded across the soft sands at a relentless speed.
Upon the backs of the wolves, there sat a couple human silhouettes.
“We are here! Before us is the Golden Oasis!” The old geezer studied the map and exclaimed brightly.
“Are we here at last?” the rider of a Seated Lupin Wolf raised his head slightly and said. With his astonishingly powerful eyesight, he looked into the distance and saw a blanket of green.
Ever since their encounter with the Golden Giant, Leylin, and his party had been on edge, and had been easily startled by the slightest of things. They had only just started to relax after having been on the run for more than ten days. As a result, they also reached their destination at a faster time than they had originally planned.
This was the Golden Oasis, the only large water source in the Golden Desert.
Also, it was the only traversable path through the Grand Canyon Margaret. The other paths were wrought with dangers that far surpassed the capabilities of a rank 1 Magus.
Leylin spotted a few large bird-like creatures in the far distance that were taking off and landing at the oasis.
They were the Kary Vultures, the main culprits that occupied the land.
The six Magi stopped and stationed their Seated Lupin Wolves at a sand dune not far from the Golden Oasis.
The Seated Lupin Wolves were great against some of the lower level life forms in the Golden Oasis. However, against the adult Kary Vultures, which were comparable to a rank 3 Acolyte, they had no chance of surviving once trapped in their kill zone.
The Seated Lupin Wolves were still needed for the journey ahead. Furthermore, the wolves were borrowed. If the Wolves perished, a huge sum of magic crystals would be needed to compensate the handlers who were supposed to take back the wolves on the other side of the Grand Canyon.
“We can’t press on anymore! The Kary Vultures are capable of flight. We will surely be spotted by them from the air!”
The old geezer surveyed the surroundings, “We need to conceal the position at which the Seated Lupin Wolves are situated as well!”
“I might be able to help in this aspect!” Leylin let out a faint smile and waved his two hands at the shadow of the sand dune.
Under Leylin’s hand, the black shadow warped and swiveled. As if a giant behemoth hiding in the shadows, it opened its maw and swallowed the entire sand dune.
“Darkness is the natural friend of concealment.” In the shadow of the darkness, the large wolves vanished.
“Good job!” Lancey praised Leylin.
In her eyes, although Leylin was still just a budding Magus, she admired his nimble mind and weak, but practical spells.
However, this was just a false front by Leylin.
Upon hearing Lancey’s compliment, the big bloke incessantly let out a cold snort, “If it were up to me to do it….”
“Ok, ok! We are a party after all, why the need for that?”
The old geezer interrupted the big bloke, “Our enemies at the moment are the Kary Vulture flock and their King!”
“Lancey, you shall explain the situation to the party!”
Lancey stepped to the middle of the party and produced a blue gem from a small crevice in her chest region.
“This magic artifact is modelled to act as a spying eye, and can examine images within a ten kilometre radius!”
Lancey finished her explanation and placed the gem in her hands. She dripped a few drops of water from her water pouch onto it and chanted a few incantations.
A beam of light blue light was emitted from the gem. The light warped and stretched until it looked like a mirror’s surface.
On the mirror like surface, a beautiful lake could be seen. Green shrubbery and coconut trees grew around it. Occasionally, large red birds could be seen ascending and descending from the forest.
The vision on the mirror surface continued to pan in. Leylin could see the true appearance of the Kary Vultures.
The Kary Vulture’s wingspan spanned 5 metres and was covered in scarlet feathers. Its talons looked cold and sharp. The pink bald patches on its head were a disgusting sight. A tumor-like muscle bulged on its curved and completely bald head.
There were more than a hundred of these Kary Vultures in the oasis. If they were all fully grown and under the leadership of an official Magus-like Kary Vulture King, the band of Magi stood no chance.
“More than a hundred? This amount is too much! Can we see the Kary Vulture King?”
The old geezer hastily questioned.
“I will try my best!” Lancey was uncertain but continued to pan the mirror in the direction of the flock of Kary Vultures.
Over yonder, there stood a gigantic tree with a peculiar hollow that looked like a den. Hidden in it was an incomparably massive Kary Vulture.