Chapter 597: Sea Folk Curse (1/2)
Travelling from the edge of Mystic Meadows all the way back to the wilderness between U.N.U. and Lycantopia was going to take too long. Zero was currently in a hurry to get Pocky back so that the Sea Hand brothers could start working on the sinking ship.
”Must I really agree to this oath?” Pocky asked nervously. He stared at the hunting knife in his hand and back to the magic scroll.
As a shipwright, he didn't study magic. To place his life in the hands of strangers who saved him was a huge risk. If Zero wasn't the Chosen One, Pocky would never agree to it.
Zero nodded. It was the fastest way back to Pocky's village. However, it was also something Zero and Truen thought of beforehand. Pocky wouldn't be satisfied to make up with his brother after that dispute about the world's shape. Hence, they decided to cast strong illusion magic to convince him in the shortest time possible that the world was indeed round. The globe Zero prepared beforehand would be his gift to sweeten the deal.
Cutting his finger a little too deeply with his unskilled paws, Pocky winced as the blood fell onto the magic scroll. With a flash of light, the scroll burned up, sealing the deal. Zero smiled happily and healed Pocky's finger with simple healing magic, much to the shipwright's astonishment.
”Remember,” Zero put a finger to his lip. ”Anything that happens from now on until you reach your village remains a secret.”
Pocky nodded his head, amazed by just how many secrets Zero had. On top of powerful void magic, Zero could heal too! What kind of magician was he?
With no time to ponder about Zero's magic, Pocky shrieked when Bob transformed before his beady eyes. The creature from legends stood before him and eyed the shipwright lazily. Truen hopped on quickly without hesitation, and Zero laughed at the shipwright's frozen expression.
”This is the Eternal Dragon from Endow Hill. Meet Bobbinskrier! We call him Bob for short.”
Bob looked at Pocky with the same intense gaze, and the shipwright didn't question further. This was the same person he saw earlier. No wonder he could break apart those boulders blocking the cave's entrance so easily! It was a miracle the cave didn't collapse when Bob shattered those rocks.
”Let's find out what you couldn't find out all those years ago,” Zero told Pocky as they took off into the air.
Bob flew at a lower altitude than normal. Truen was in charge of weaving an illusion of cloud. At the same time, Wii took care of making the sun's illusion according to Mii's instructions. The plan was to chase the sun constantly over the ocean to see if they could find another land and reach the same land if they travelled directly in one straight line. Conveniently enough, Pocky already did half the hard work by walking to the border of mystic meadows. Their current location was almost directly opposite of Pocky's village. Hence, if they reached Pocky's village after chasing the sun, Pocky should be convinced that the world was round and didn't fall off the edges of the sea.
From the sky, Pocky didn't think they were going very fast. He didn't feel the wind in his face and wondered how it was possible until he noticed how Bob's head was constantly raised to block the strong winds. Touched by the dragon's thoughtfulness, Pocky changed his opinion of Bob. The dragon might look scary in both his human and dragon form, but he might be a nice person on the inside.