Chapter 53: Top Escort (4)
"Everyone, prepare for battle!"
Tris urgently called out to all the adventurers, even those who had been resting. The thunderbirds were that much of a threat. Five massive monsters with golden wings approached, their every flap resonating with a sound like rolling thunder.
The thunderbirds circled above the carriages, casting immense shadows below. Instinctively, Tris glanced toward the young magician.
Leon had just stepped out of the carriage and was calmly watching the five thunderbirds. Suddenly, the monsters swerved in mid-air, abruptly turning around and fleeing back in the direction they had come from.
The adventurers, who had already drawn their weapons, stood dumbfounded. Was this the work of that young magician again?
Though it was fortunate that the thunderbirds had retreated, Tris’s expression remained grim.
He turned to one of the adventurers beside him.
“Has there ever been a case where thunderbirds have come down this low?”
“None that I’ve ever heard of.”
After a moment of hesitation, Tris approached the young magician and explained the situation frankly.
When Leon first cast a detection spell toward the thunderbirds, he noticed an electric attribute of magic flowing around their wings. As he pondered how best to bring them down, he made eye contact with one of the thunderbirds. More precisely, the thunderbird locked eyes with Kito, who was perched on Leon’s head.
The next thing he knew, the thunderbird turned tail and bolted, fleeing as if in a panic.