While Lancey was trying to zoom in the mirror to get a closer look, the massive Kary Vulture seemed to notice her presence and let out an angry screech.
“Ga Ga!”
It sounded like a crow, but somehow unexplainably different. Suddenly, the surrounding Kary Vultures in the flock were agitated and stirred up.
Following the angry cry, a terrifying sonic wave swept towards all four directions.
“No way! It discovered my presence!” Lancey’s complexion changed for the worse.
*Pa!* The mirror shattered into pieces like a broken crystal. It turned into a blue glow and dropped onto the floor.
“Ga Ga!” The Kary Vulture King’s screech echoed from the distance. The Kary Vultures shook their large red wings, and like trained soldiers split up into sections. They spread out like carpet that covered the sky and searched the surroundings, not missing a single area.
“Sorry!” Lancey apologised with a look of embarrassment on her face.
“No problem! At least we saw the situation clearly, didn’t we?” The night shift Magus replied quickly.
“That’s right! That’s right!? The old geezer replied with a brief flash of shame across his face. It was him that allowed Lancey to search for the Kary Vulture King.
“Ga Ga!” The large Kary Vultures patrolled the sky for a long period of time, but it was to no avail. At last, they violently attacked some of the land creatures in the area. The Kary Vultures swooped up what looked appeared to be large lizards, and flew back into the oasis.
For Leylin and the official Magi, it was an easy task to hide from the pursuit of the Kary Vultures.
“Ok! Let’s discuss how we should deal with that goddamn flock of bastard birds.
Below the ground, in a temporary hut crafted using magic, the six Magi regrouped.
“A hundred Kary Vultures with power levels similar to level 2 or level 3 acolytes, plus a Vulture King whose power is far beyond what we expected!”
The old geezer looked at the other Magi.
“What else is there to do? Let’s follow the earlier plan and observe their hunting paths and patterns. We will then kill off the small hunting packs before mounting an assault into the oasis!” The big bloke was the not even the least bit concerned as he waved them off with his hands.
This was the plan that was discussed earlier — simple and practical.
However, after the incident with the Golden Giant, the people in the party started to have a pressing sense of urgency and were unwilling to waste time on such plans.
Furthermore, the Golden Desert was the Golden Giant’s habitat, and they did not wish to bump into it again.
“Alright! However, we have to increase the frequency of our attacks, and get through here quickly!”
Having observed Leylin and the rest of the party approving this plan, the old geezer grudgingly agreed to it…
A black scorpion-like creature guided by the darkness stealthily crawled along the desert floor. Its hooked tail swung from side to side as it moved along. There was an unusual bright red colouring on it, which was obviously an indication of it being poisonous.
*Shuck!*
All of a sudden, a muddy yellow tongue lashed across at speed unseen by the naked eye and pulled the scorpion into a sand dune.
*Boom!* The sand dune split open, revealing a muddy yellow lizard. The lizard was covered by bits and pieces of fish scales and had a large beautiful comb growing on its head.
*Zi Zi!* The lizard opened his mouth, and with one gulp and a movement of its neck muscles, the scorpion was eaten.
After ingesting its food, the lizard swayed its stocky body and used its front limbs to rapidly dig into the sand and bury itself in it.
“Ga Ga!’
Almost immediately after the lizard buried itself, an unpleasant vulture screeching echoed in the night sky.
*Whoosh!* Following the vulture’s cry, a violent gust of wind swept by.
The large Kary Vulture swooped from midair, and using its black talons, it knocked the sand dune apart and clenched its claws.
*Kacha!* The sharp black talons directly hooked into the flesh of the lizard, and the lizard let out a howl of pain violently flipping its stocky body.
“GaGa!” The Kary Vulture let out a screech of delight and pecked at the lizard with its hooked beak.
*Pu!* The mud yellow lizard’s skull had been split. Its brain matter and blood left a mess on the sands.
The Kary Vulture grabbed onto its prey tightly and began to fly back to its den.
Although normal vultures liked rotting meat, the Kary Vultures obviously preferred to ingest fresh and living mammals.
The mud yellow lizard was two metres long, but in comparison to the Kary Vulture’s stature, the bird looked like it was grabbing a small fish.
“Latent Fireball!”
Somewhere from within the darkness, several black colored fireballs suddenly appeared and struck the Kary Vulture that was carrying its prey.
In a flash, the black fireballs were all over the Kary Vultures body.