Chapter 1077: Arrival II
No signs of life surrounded the ingress point. Everywhere around it was wild and untamed, without so much as a shack to reveal the presence of human life.
To Leon’s eyes, it was perfect. Hardly the dense forests of his childhood, but the grassy plains, rocky mountains, and sparse forests of stubby trees that he could sense around them brought such a feeling of serenity to him that he managed to put the three missing arks out of his mind for a few seconds.
The fleet followed Bolt in Shadow through the portal and assembled into their formation about a mile above it. From that vantage point, Leon didn’t even need his magic senses to see for thousands of miles. Despite the lack of signs of human habitation, he could see that the place was teeming with life.
He could see a flock of multicolored birds dispersing in panic as the magic from his fleet washed over them.
He could sense maneless lions hunting amidst the plains and forests, with rabbits, foxes, and deer giving the hunters a wide berth.
In the rivers, he could sense fish of all sizes, and a few bears swatting some out of the air as they tried to jump over a line of rocks.
All of this reminded him of Aeterna. This was hardly all he sensed, however.
The birds radiated fifth-tier magic, each and every one of them. And as they flew away, Leon saw a few taking shelter amongst the trees, only to be grabbed by multi-headed snakes waiting in the branches.
While the lions were hunting smaller prey, Leon saw rock-skinned monsters with six legs and horns like mountains eating the lions in turn.