With great difficulty, I'd managed to change my Pheonix form into a smaller bird, with System's help, and spent three weeks traversing the Western Empire alone.
Cautiously approaching the mountain, where the main Draconian forces were supposedly hiding, I rested on a tree branch to observe.
Being a bird, instead of a human, was a weird experience at first. I would constantly make subconscious human movements finding wings instead of hands. Using a beak to pick things up took some practice.
In time, my body began to move appropriately. However, this delayed my arrival by a day. The council had promised to notify him in advance, but would he still be waiting for me?
The blazing sun was blinding as I lifted back into the air, following the sound of running water. His campsite should be just ahead.
Nothing like genocide to bring people together...
It was hard forcing myself to write out this route for Luna. In a perfect world, she'd be the kind of female lead that finds a nonviolent way to create world peace and bring together all the races in perfect harmony. However, that's not the tale I have to tell...