章節 20: Destiny begins I

Having heard of Don's plan, the elves were visibly startled.

"Relax. The Dragon King wanted us to have that castle, so that's what we're going to do," said Knight after pondering for a moment.

"Are you sure you want to go there?" Uncle Dior hesitated as he asked. He was shivering inside as he knew about the power the Dragon King possessed. If he hid his castle, it won't be a simple task to find it.

Don didn't mind Uncle Dior's hesitation. He never knew much about this Dragon King, and he wanted a safe base to operate on without fearing for the safety of the elves for a time.

"Yes, I'm sure. And we're going tomorrow morning at the first light."

Uncle Dior knew that he can't change Don's mind. He just sighed heavily and grabbed the map from Amaryll to study for a moment. "Alright. If we're going there by walking, it'll take almost a whole day to reach it,"

Uncle Dior said as he looked to Don for confirmation. What he received, however, was a huge boulder to the heart.

"Ah no no no no!" Uncle Dior almost shouted and shook his head vigorously.

The Elf siblings were unable to see why Uncle Dior was acting this way. They were watching Don and Uncle Dior with confused faces. As for Knight, he already had an idea regarding Uncle Dior's behavior.

Seeing the clever and fancy pants Uncle Dior acting like this, Knight curled up a smile, "Oh don't be a baby. Flying's not that bad."

At that moment, Uncle Dior almost coughed up blood when he heard Knight. He experienced the torture of flying with Don. He was fast, almost too fast as Uncle Dior threw up a couple of times on the way to the camp from the Slave city.

Uncle Dior was still a mid-apprentice-level mage, so he couldn't fly even if he used magical brooms. And flying on the broom was not the same as flying without the support of anything.

He vividly remembered the moment Don took off at the Slave city carrying the half-elf girl with him. His heart almost jumped out. He was a calm man, but flying made him scream like a child who saw a giant snake on his bed.

He promised himself that he will never act the way he did then. But now, the same scenario was going to happen, and now this arrogant lion was telling him that flying was not that bad. It made him angry and shiver in terror at the same time

"Don, I don't like flying so you should get that thought out of your mind if you want me to tag along."

"No. Flying is the best way. We don't know how many black panthers we'll face this time," Don said in a firm tone. He felt that the guards of Minister Brian will soon start the full investigation of the murder, so he needed a safe and secure place to lie low and increase his strength.

"Yes, you and Don need to go and check that place out immediately. We don't need someone coming and knocking down here," Knight agreed with Don as he always does.

"I thought killing Minister Brian would end all the trouble?" Amaryll couldn't help but ask when she heard Knight.

Knight sighed again. Amaryll was too innocent and naive of a girl, but Knight knew there was no place for innocence in this world or in Divine Continent. Knight wanted to work hard towards Don's goal every time he saw Amaryll. A Kingdom for an innocent girl like her to live without fear, without being discriminated against.

"You are too naive, Amaryll. Even if the city law doesn't conduct an investigation, the Empire would. Come that time, we won't want to be here."

"Bu-but, how could they find us? Don, did you leave any witnesses?"

"No. The only witness to the kill was the girl I brought with us."

"Don, what about those personal guards? Can they find out that it's you that killed Brian?" Uncle Dior questioned Don. He wanted to ask it on the way to camp, but he was too busy screaming and throwing up.

Everyone looked baffled when they heard about the personal guards as they stared at Don for an answer. But the one that answered them was Knight, "Why are you looking at him like that? There is no perfect crime."

"So are you saying that they will find us?"

"Maybe"

Amaryll didn't say anything as she pondered about something god knows what in her mind.

"We go there tomorrow and check the place out. If we find the castle, we'll come and bring you all there," Don explained the plan to the group.

"But what if you don't find it?" Arwen asked with a worried face.

"Then we find another place to settle."

"No, we don't," Amaryll suddenly interrupted Don. "Why do we have to run? Yes, you saved us and I'm grateful for that. But it's you that wanted to kill Minister Brian. It's you who brought that witness girl here, so WHY DO WE HAVE TO RUN WITH YOU?"

The group was shocked to see Amaryll's behavior. They knew why Don killed Minister Brian. It was for their good, but now Amaryll was questioning him. Knight knew her paranoia and fear had turned into anger. She didn't know the reason behind Brian's murder, so from her perspective, Don was in the wrong. He didn't mind the elf talking like that, however, if not, she would be dead by now.

"AMARYLL!!" Arwen gritted his teeth in anger as Amaryll immediately closed her mouth at Arwen's voice. She turned pale. She had never seen her brother being angry at her.

"Amaryll, we need to talk," Uncle Dior quickly stepped forward and grabbed Amaryll's elbow. "Excuse us for a moment, Don." As he said that, Uncle Dior brought Amaryll away with Arwen, to tell the truth about Minister Brian's killing.

"Don't mind her, Don she's just afraid of everything."

"Yes, I know. But we should have told her about the mysterious mage."

Knight didn't disagree with him. He just nodded his head, "Yes. This girl needs to know about the reality of the world. She is too innocent and naive. The sooner she learned about the world, the better."

Don nodded his head lightly and looked around the camp like he was searching for someone, "Knight, where is Elrond?"

Knight let out a small smile, "That boy is quite something. After you went to the Slave city, he came to me and asked me to train him."

"What?" Don was a little surprised.

"I couldn't simply reject him. He was so adamant, so I just gave him the first page of the Asura Archer book."

"Asura Archer, huh? Good. If he worked hard, he can be a deadly archer with that book, but..." Don pondered about something in his mind.

"He's a hard-working kid just like when we were children," Knight said as they both started to recall their childhood. The lion smiled, "And don't worry. We can do something about the Battle Energy when he reaches the 4th volume of the book."

"I think we might have something," Don said.

"What do you mean?"

"It's easier to show."

As he said that, Don opened the telepathic connection between him and Knight to show what he saw in Brian's manor. Knight could see what Don saw, and Don could see what Knight as if sharing each other's senses.

When Knight was in Don's mind, he felt everything that Don felt. He was seeing everything that Don saw.

After a moment, Knight's eyes opened wide. He saw that the magic light merged with Don. As soon as Don broke the connection, they came back to reality.

"So the magic in that spell merged with your Battle Energy. That's a hell of a thing, Don"

"Yes, so there has to be a way to replace Battle Energy with magic and magic with Battle Energy, right?" Don asked Knight who was still in amazement.

"Ah yes. If not, how could that magic merge with your Battle Energy? If we can find someone with knowledge about the magic we can trust, we can use many things in this storage ring," Knight raised his front leg and looked at the ring.

"What about the girl you brought with you? You can control her using Battle Energy just like with magic?"

"I don't know about using magic, but yeah. I can control her with my Battle Energy. It's like having another hand. But enough about me. How do you feel reaching the Moon realm?" Don asked Knight.

"Hahaha! I thought you forgot about that... I'm feeling pretty great, actually. I can't wait to face some mages here." As he said that, Knight ruffled his white mane in a kingly manner and laughed.

"Soon, you will," Don declared as he thought about the five personal guards of Minister Brian. His face showed a calm expression, but his eyes betrayed him. They had pure killing intent in them.

"I'm waiting..." Knight's mouth curved up into an evil smile. But after a moment, he turned to his usual self as he stared at Amaryll's hut.

"The half-elf girl. What are you gonna do about her?"

Don sighed, "She has to come with me on this trip. The only connection between me and Brian is her, so leaving her might bring some problems."

"What if they still find you through her even after we settled in the castle?"

"I don't think so. Seeing Arwen and Uncle Dior's reaction, I bet the Dragon King was a big shot in the magic world. So how could his castle be found so easily by mere great masters?"

"Hmm, it makes sense... Anyway, we must find this castle before anyone else does. But what are we going to do after we find the castle, Don? "

"We are going to train an army."

Simple words, but they showed Don's confidence, arrogance, and dominance.

At this moment, the war for the continent has begun.