Chapter 358: Lucky Star of the Kingdom of the Vale
Staff-wielding hunter, number of people in the team, attitude towards magical beasts, average physical quality...
Not a single thing was right.
Recalling the sneaky actions and guilty conscience Aura of this group just now...
"Are these guys people from the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles?"
Will raised his eyebrows, seemingly guessing the identity of this group.
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
Originally Will thought they were afraid of encountering other magical beasts.
Thinking about it now, they were clearly afraid of encountering people from the Kingdom of the Vale.
"Really bold."
Will pursed his lips.
The southern forest they are in is right on the edge of Eindoak Town, the capital of the Kingdom of the Vale.
Looking out from the forest, one can see the city walls of Eindoak.
If these people were really sent by the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles, then have to say they really ate a bear's heart and a leopard's gall (idiom for very audacious), daring to act wildly under the nose of the Kingdom of the Vale.
In the hunter team.
"Hm? Catch that magical beast."
The "Mage Hunter" holding the staff focused his gaze on Will, raised the staff in his hand and ordered.
The hunters around who originally didn't plan to chase were stunned first, then put away the long bows in their hands, switched to the machetes on their backs, and chased after him.
"Tsk, targeted me?"
Will turned his head and glanced at that Mage Hunter, feeling somewhat baffled.
Not to mention he didn't use Aura Power.
Even if he used it, it shouldn't be recognized by a Unova native.
Why catch him?
Just because he is a magical beast never seen before?
'Really possible.'
Will was somewhat speechless.
Suddenly.
He felt his body subjected to an inexplicable force, and the continuously receding environment around him also stopped abruptly.
"What the hell?"
Will tried to move his body.
Could move.
But moving was indeed quite laborious.
"Roar?!"
Druddigon under him made a terrified sound.
With poor strength, he was completely unable to move now.
"Psychic power?!"
Will looked at the faint pink light glowing on his body, eyes widening suddenly.
Only now did he react.
Turns out the one holding the staff is actually a Psychic!
This is not the first time Will encountered a Psychic.
Previously following Lorelei to challenge Gyms everywhere, some Psychic Gym Leaders were also Psychics.
For example, the Gym Leader of Saffron Gym.
But the Saffron Gym Leader at that time wasn't the future genius Psychic girl Sabrina, but Sabrina's father.
Hurried footsteps behind were getting closer.
Druddigon under him was anxious on the spot.
Will glanced back.
Raised his hand to condense an Aura Sphere and pressed it against his chest.
The next moment.
The Aura in his body was like an ignited bomb, rushing out of the body with a boom.
Saw the fur all over Will's body suddenly explode.
Then the pink energy acting on him was instantly dispersed.
On the other side.
"Ahhh!!"
The Psychic concentrating on casting the ability suddenly hugged his head with both hands and knelt on the ground, face full of hideous expression.
At the same time.
The pink glow covering Druddigon also dissipated completely.
He started running wildly again without stopping.
This time faster than before.
"Lord Priest?!"
People around were startled, squatting down hurriedly to check his condition.
"Don't worry about me; go catch that blue magical beast, must catch him! If can't catch, kill him! Absolutely can't let the Kingdom of the Vale take him away."
The Priest pushed away the subordinate beside him, staring at Will with bloodshot eyes.
This isn't the first time he encountered such a situation.
When casting abilities on some magical beasts, occasionally backlash would occur due to inexplicable reasons.
But such cases are very few.
In recent ten years, he might have encountered only two or three cases.
Precisely because of this.
He felt even more that he should catch this magical beast never seen before, take it back to study what was going on. "Attack together!"
The remaining thirty or so people raised their knives together and rushed towards Will and Druddigon.
That speed simply didn't look like the speed ordinary humans should have.
To put it bluntly.
Put these people in the future, each is an amazing veteran martial artist, the kind who can open a dojo to accept apprentices.
"Tsk, first time confronting a Psychic."
Will reached out and pressed on his chest.
He used Aura Power to stabilize his emotions, thereby slowing down the heartbeat speed.
That move just now caused his heart rate to surge, now showing symptoms of palpitation and dizziness.
Although it was a collision of energy.
But his energy was obviously stronger than that Psychic, so the reaction was smaller.
Moreover.
Psychic energy, telekinesis, is accurately a kind of mental energy; suffering backlash affects the mental level first.
And Aura Power energy, Aura, is a kind of physical energy; suffering backlash affects the physical body first.
Physical pain.
Will can still insist on enduring, after all, he is used to it.
But mental pain is really hard to endure, definitely greatly affecting his own combat power and thinking ability.
Right now.
Druddigon's running speed is obviously inferior to those chasing behind.
If Will loses combat power, then within a minute they will be caught up.
Druddigon definitely doesn't have the combat power to deal with these people; after all, even Will himself finds it a bit tricky to deal with them.
Maybe this cowardly dragon will abandon him and run away by himself.
But Will isn't panicked at all now.
His gaze casually scanned the Psychic getting farther and farther away.
As long as that guy doesn't interfere.
Then Will isn't worried a bit.
He withdrew his gaze, scanning his personal panel.
[Sea Crown].
Without Psychic obstruction.
He can fly away with Druddigon anytime.
'Emmm, let's go now; delay leads to change.'
Will considered for a moment, preparing to use the power of the Sea Crown immediately.
Just as streams of water gushed out from the ground, wrapping Druddigon's feet.
Not far away, an army wearing brown armor actually appeared, rushing here at full speed.
"Looks like they have been nearby just now, now attracted by the commotion here."
Will stopped continuing to use the power of the Sea Crown.
But he didn't stop Druddigon from continuing to run.
Right now Druddigon is panicked.
Probably can't listen to what he says, mind full of running away.
And the reason for giving up using the Sea Crown to escape immediately.
Is because he saw the hunter saved a few days ago at the forefront of that army.
Now the other party is no longer wearing worn-out cloth clothes, but a bright golden armor.
Obviously not at the same level as those somewhat dim brown armors around.
"Status is higher than I imagined; this is good news."
Will raised his hand and rubbed his chin.
This human has no malice towards him; on the contrary, there is a lot of respect in his heart, at most generating some "greed" Aura towards him.
This can be considered human nature.
Usually walking on the streets of Unova cities with Cynthia, at least five out of ten people generate this kind of Aura towards him.
This doesn't mean he is a bad guy.
The higher this person's status, the more beneficial it is to him.
Nothing else.
At least that army must listen to him; when inviting him, it should be a real invitation, not "invitation" (forced).
Distance getting farther and farther.
Gradually Will couldn't see the situation over there.
Only knew finally the army of the Kingdom of the Vale went to chase those suspicious hunters.
Although Will didn't see what happened later.
But actually not hard to guess.
The army of the Vale came with hundreds of people, while the Psychic's team only had thirty or so.
The four directions east, west, south, and north of this forest are...
Open view, steep and dangerous rocky mountains.
Difficult to tread plain wetlands.
Another town of the Kingdom of the Vale.
And the capital of the Kingdom of the Vale, Eindoak.
They simply have nowhere to escape.
Even dealing with them in this forest for a while might let them live longer.
But only just.
As for whether those people commit suicide or get captured for interrogation, Will can't guess.
Originally that Psychic might have used Teleport or Psychic (Telekinesis) to escape.
But just now his spirit nearly collapsed from Will's hit; now probably powerless to use Psychic power again.
Such a Psychic.
Must be a rare talent for the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles too.
And those powerful warriors, presumably also very difficult to cultivate.
Plus since the other party came to such a dangerous place, there must be some hidden and necessary conspiracy.
Now considered shattered.
Will accidentally gave the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles a deep stab, making the other party lose the lady and break the soldiers (double loss idiom).
But this is also what those people asked for.
If that Psychic didn't have ideas about Will at the beginning, their plan might really have succeeded.
In a few minutes.
Will and Druddigon returned to the rocky mountain.
Big Silly was scared bad.
Once back, shrank in the deepest part of the cave, pointing his big butt at the cave entrance.
While Will sat on a small hill on the rocky mountain, staring at the distant forest to watch.
On the other side.
Dresa led a group of subordinates to chase those suspicious people non-stop, arresting them all in a few minutes.
"Daring to attack the Sage, seeking death."
Dresa was expressionless, but really angry in his heart.
Enduring the pain in his chest, he raised the long knife in his hand intending to hack this group to death with one strike.
"Your Majesty! Wait!"
A soldier ran over hurriedly and hugged his arm.
Dresa looked at this person, waiting for his reason to stop.
"I have an impression of that person; he is the Priest of the Kingdom of the Blessed Isles! Too pity to kill just like this; better take back for interrogation."
Dresa frowned, didn't expect this person to have such an identity.
Then nodded, a look of joy appearing in his eyes.
Didn't expect coming out to find the Sage.
Actually accidentally arrested the enemy country's Priest and a group of strong soldiers.
Regardless of the other party's purpose in coming to this forest, anyway, no good for their Kingdom of the Vale.
Now don't need to worry about these.
Have to say.
That Sage is really his lucky star.
No.
Lucky star of the Kingdom of the Vale!
Dresa clenched his fist, looking at the direction Will and Druddigon left, determined in his heart.
No matter what, he must invite this Sage back to the royal palace to help him govern the country.
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