Chapter 52 - 52 : Ma Clan (2/2)

He would even occasionally play with her or show her some tricks with his lightning and each time she would clap non-stop and stare at him with excitement with her big round eyes.

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After these two weeks passed, Belic and the rest finally arrived, some of the nobles presents went to the city, as for the city, they accompanied Robin and Belic to the HQ of the company. It was located several kilometers away from the elven city.

Arthur went to find Belic and informed him that he will go back again and at that time he will use that favour from the elven chief as he was no longer interested in it now, right now it's time to go to the Ma Clan, his blood was boiling as he could not wait any longer.

Surprisingly, Mary had a house in the elven city, she said that she bought it in the past and would stay there when she visited Sonia, she invited Arthur, Lucy, and Saly to the house and they stayed two days before they were finally ready to head off.

As for the 7 kids, Mary told them to stay there and wait until she comes back, she left some gold for them and there was enough space in the house for them to live together.

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It was finally the day, Lucy and Mary were chatting together as Marry narrated what happened in that long trip, as for Saly, she was on Astrith's back, sitting on Arthur's lap, she enjoyed staying close to him, especially in his embrace as she felt warm and comfortable laying there.

Mary and Lucy also sat on Astrith's back and enjoying the beautiful view, although Mary was a bit distressed as she still couldn't believe the black wolf not only can fly at immense speed, he could also talk and is a lightning beast.

There was just too much to grasp and she needed a couple of minutes to comprehend what's happening.

They were all on Astrith's back as he was speeding in the sky and looked like a streak of blue lightning, one would see a mountain far away and the next second they would already bypass that mountain, it was really a god-like speed.

Mary said that the Ma Clan is situated in the eastern part of the continent, so if they travelled by foot, it would take them a long time, especially since Mary is slow compared to Lucy and Arthur, however, fortunately, there was Astrith, as even if Arthur used the bone dragon, it would still take more time.

Mary also added that the Ma Clan used a very powerful illusion seal to confuse the enemy, there was also a strong barrier, so she said that it's pretty much impossible to break through it, they had to wait for someone to come out of the Clan to talk to them and either force him to let them in or ask him.

Arthur was not so sure about what she said, illusion or barrier, he judged them to be useless against his demonic lightning but he still had some doubts, the notification indicated seals and not illusions so maybe it wouldn't work, in any case, a meager illusion is not going to stop him.

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The trip passed peacefully, Saly fell asleep in Arthur's lap and Lucy kept Mary company as for Arthur, he leisurely read a book as there was nothing he could do in this current situation.

After 15 hours of continuous flying, Mary finally told them to stop as they appeared to have reached their destination, as for Astrith, he didn't seem to be the least bit tired, something like this is nothing to him.

The place they stopped at was normal, nothing special about it, Arthur didn't even know how Mary could precisely know the place but he didn't say anything and got down from Astrith along with the others.

Arthur put the sleeping Saly on Astrith and instructed him to take care of her as he didn't know what kind of power did the clan possessed, however, he was not that worried, but being a bit cautious would not hurt him.

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Apparently, Mary can pinpoint the exact location is because there is large bolder, very noticeable from afar, it was the edge of the illusion and the barrier, so she remembered it from before.

”This is it... I'm sure of it, now we have to wait for the-”

Just as she was finishing her sentence, a black streak of lightning came out of nowhere and struck the boulder and the air around it.

When the lightning touched the huge boulder, a shattering sounded from it, actually, Arthur wasn't sure if it would work, but seeing the notification telling him he shattered a part of the illusion and barrier, he smirked and felt happy.

He purposely didn't use that much lightning, he didn't want to completely destroy them as he wanted to sneak in. A part of the big boulder seemed shattered as if it was a mirror and a piece was taken from it, it looked very strange.

Soon enough, all of them entered through that small entrance which could fit only one person, and Mary followed behind with a look of disbelief in her eyes.

The illusion put around the Clan or the barrier was not some basic spells but they were very high-leveled skills and spells, too much effort was put to create them and with just a shot from his strange lightning, he opened a crack in both of them, so how could she not be dumbfounded?

Just as Arthur passed by the crack, the surroundings changed, the trees looked completely different and some of them bore strange symbols, there were also those pink cherry trees which looked absolutely stunning, it was like stepping into another world, this forest looked extremely breath-taking and the atmosphere seemed calm.

From afar, Arthur could see a very tall pagoda, it was like a big mountain, there were also few others shorter than it but it was the most eye-catching, it was red with some black bricks on its roof.

Mary noticed his surprised look so she hurriedly said

”Actually, the Ma Clan has a very big territory, approximately a radius of 500 kilometers, there are scattered villages and secluded mountains to train in, there is even an exclusive dungeon, they have great resources and powerful experts, that tall pagoda is the main HQ of the clan”

Hearing her explain everything with details, Arthur was very pleased, his face showed an evil smirk, he held Lucy's waist and jumped on Astrith.

Mary silently followed and yet again they were on the beast's back.

”Astrith, go to that tall pagoda, fast”

”This one obeys”

Astrith then sped toward that pagoda, all that could be seen is a blue streak of lightning. Arthur saw several robed individuals rushing toward where they came from and when they saw the lightning they turned around and chased it, Arthur didn't want to bother with them and told Astrith to just ignore them.

In no time, they were already near the pagoda, they entered an extremely big yard, it was very beautiful, a small bridge with a clear river running under it, some medicine aroma lingered in the air and it looked very peaceful, but the appearance of Arthur and the others disturbed this peace.

Just as they arrived, dozens of people soon arrived too, they were staring at the big beast and the individuals on it, they circled around them and blocked all their way, they basically left them no way to flee from here unless they fly.

Arthur looked at them with a grin on his face, he already appraised most of them and saw how high-leveled they are.

Of course, it was compared to normal people, as for him, they were crawling ants.

An old man also came out from the Pagoda entrance, he wore a yellow robe with a golden dragon symbol on it, he emanated a strong pressure and gazed at Arthur with a bit of alert and anger.

Seeing this current situation, Arthur couldn't help but say

”It's Showtime...”