On Journey

"We are ready to go " declared Elven as he entered the hall. He had changed from his normal professional Mercenary corp robes to the traveling jacketed robe with a Bamboo hat on his head.

Zeph was astounded with the total change of his appearance. He finally got his thoughts under his control and walked out with him to the road.

They traveled straight outside the city with further moving forward in the Southwestern direction. After traveling some miles, Zeph asked the important question,

"Actually where are we headed to?"

"We are going to Pitlog city. It is a small city famous for rearing aerial beasts. We will buy a Bird beast from them to travel onward to Capital, the 'Dragon City'."

"We are going to Dragon city, is the person we are going to meet part of the council " For the second, his hopes were crushed by this information. A person from the council, why would he select an almost ill warrior as his disciple.

"Hey well It's awkward but he is not from the council. Hehe….He lives in the city running a weapons shop in the city."

Contrary to thoughts of Elven, Zeph was relieved by this information. He never thought he needed a super monster teacher for him to teach. He believed in himself more than any other person probably due to the teaching style of his Grandfather who always insisted on training and learning by himself.

Therefore, he was good to find a reliable and helpful teacher who can point the right way to him. He can then push himself towards that path through his hard work.

"It's time to talk about him. His name is 'Adonis'. We were together in the Frontlines and to summarise him in one sentence 'He was best among all of us '. He was good by nature, a strict follower of discipline.

He was the one who saved our team several times from sure jaws of death. There were more Demons claimed by his sword than any of us.

I will continue rest when traveling on the beast"

Said Elven as he pointed to the small city visible ahead.

Elven with Zeph in his tow smoothly entered the city after paying tax. He led Zeph further deep into the city without paying any attention to flocking merchants yelling about their on sale beasts, all due to his rich experience.

"They are selling below standards beasts, therefore, they try to make customers first time entering city trick that Beasts famous of this city can be purchased through them.

An experienced Traveller will never fall into this scam. It is a simple mantra, 'Quality goods need no advertisement ' always remember that."

He took Zeph into an unassuming building near the town residential. He knocked into the door and waited for a reply.

"All locals here specialize in beast taming. These are their ancestral training techniques. Thus, Beasts that are famous nationwide are tamed and sold by locals. Merchants are simply rubbing off their glory."

He chuckled.

The door opened and a man with a mustache and animal fur coat came out. He looked at the guest for a moment then abruptly laughed and gave a hug to Boss.

"Haha….and here I thought who would visit here at my home instead of my farm. It is Elven! .Come on, come inside My wife will prepare the best egg curry you will ever eat in your life."

"No worries James, But not today. I am in hurry to travel somewhere thus came here in search of the beast which can take two of us to Capital."

"Ok ok work first, You want Black eagle fast speed but a little less space to sit. Or ever-favorite of long-distance travelers 'Rock swan '.It has a huge backspace to even house ten people together, comfortable for you two but it will be a little slow."

"Thanks, my friend for understanding. Rock Swan will do. Can you call it here?"

"Here will be a problem you know city rules and all that. Let's go outside the city."

Three of them went back to city gates and from there to a widespread area of the plain field. James sat down began concentrating to channel his technique. After some time he stood up and began watching towards the sky in anticipation.

Zeph asked, "He can communicate with the beast from so far?"

James laughed, "Everyone asks the same thing boy when they see our technique for the first time. These beasts are not of that race that can cultivate up to the level of human intelligence, thus we can tame them.

Using my technique I create a fault in the natural magnetic lines of the earth thus creating an anomaly at this point. Ariel Bird beasts have inbuilt magnetic lines perceiver in their brains. Thus they detect such anomaly over large distances and according to trained by us tamers respond to us. In this case, coming from my farm to this location.

Soon after few minutes, a large brown bird appeared in the sky. It squeaked to announce its arrival and landed in front of James who lovingly stroked its head. It was a huge bird of over ten meters in height. It had a flat beak and rocky uneven feather on its body thus its name.

This fellaw is Toop. He is responsible and takes you to your destination and after reaching there, you can feed it some meat as a reward. Afterward, It will go somewhere to play. When you will blow that whistle which I gave you Elven, it will come back to pick you up when you ready to travel back.

" Thanks, buddy. Here take this advance "

Elven gave the black card to James and signaled Zeph to jump on the back of the bird. He took hold of the leather saddle over the bird and climbed to sit over it.

"James postpone that curry till I return we will feast together then. Ok Bye "

James waved his hand and Bird took off to the sky. It was the first time experience of Zeph riding the beast in the sky. Thus he was quite curious, soon they were above the clouds in the sky. The bird was flying silently without any vigorous flapping and temperature began to plummet soon at that height. Elven snapped his fingers and a cover of energy covered both of them forming some of the energy over them preserving temperature and saving them from fierce winds.