219 Return (2/2)

”Ah, how envious.” Anne sighed, ”I literally had to shoot hundreds upon hundreds of monsters each day. You guys had it easy.”

”I would rather have that to be honest.” Mark commented.

All of them turned their gazes on the Luna and Raven. They wanted to know their experiences but they were being silent and didn't even noticed their gazes. They only saw them looking at the horizon with somber expressions on their faces.

”You feel it?” Raven asked after a moment of silence. Luna bit her lips and nodded, she grasped her spear and her sharp aura was soaring ever so slightly.

The rest was confused with their behaviors so they tried following their gazes, they also spread out their senses to check what the two was referring to.

While their sense couldn't reach beyond the Royal Palace, they were able to pick up some intense fluctuation happening a the southern part of the kingdom. It took them a moment to realize what was happening and when they did, their expressions changed as well.

Mark's body instantly erupted with sparkles of orange thunder. He gave his friends a look and said: ”Meet you guys there.” Then his body turned into a flash of orange lightning that flew with an astonishing speed.

”Someone's eager.” Anne whispered in a chuckle. She took a step forward and wind suddenly whistled around her. Astonishingly, a falcon made out of pure air condensed beneath her feet and carried her slightly off the ground, she then asked the rest; ”Want to hop on?”

Ellen unhesitatingly jumped on as well as Paul. Anne then looked at Luna but she saw her shook her head. Instead she whistled and from her shadow, a creature suddenly emerged.

The creature was a horse. It had a pristine white fur and a muscular body, on it's back there are two large golden wings that flapped with stunning vigor. The horse let out a pitched neigh as it inched towards Luna, who gave it a loving pat on the face.

Seeing this Anne smiled and soared through the skies with Ellen and Paul. Meanwhile, Luna looked back at Raven and saw him smiling at her. She tilted her head in confusion as she asked him; ”You're not coming?”

”I'll check the other sides. I'll make sure that there would be no breaches.” Raven smiled and answered her question.

”I'll come with you.” Luna said determined.

Raven chuckled and shook his head, he took a step forward and pulled Luna into a tight hug. Luna was of course startled, but she didn't struggle from his hug, in fact she could feel herself melting on his embrace.

”I missed you.” Raven whispered in her ears. Luna shivered and blushed fiercely, inwardly she was thinking;

'This guy! Taking some liberties with me! I don't remember giving him any consent!'

'But this feels good. I feel safe.'

”I-I missed you too…” Luna whispered.

Out of nowhere, she felt something on her forehead. It didn't take her long to realize what happened and it caused her heart to beat furiously inside her chest. Raven kissed her there.

Before she could even say anything, she heard him say: ”Go with them. I, alone would be enough as a reinforcement. Have faith in me will you?”

Luna couldn't say anything, she could only nod in agreement. Raven broke the hug, much to Luna's disappointment. He then said: ”Go. Remember to pay attention to your safety.”

”Mn.” Luna nodded as she jumped on the back of the Pegasus. ”You should do the same.”

Raven nodded and watched as the Pegasus soared through the skies. Once he was left all alone, Raven's expression changed. His smile disappeared and was replaced by a chilling expression.

”Now then…” A black and suffocating aura enveloped his body, his chilling gaze turned towards the western gate as he whispered: ”Let's deal with some worms, shall we?”