Chapter 78 A Familiar Beast
<Just what I like to hear>
With that, Raiken began to flap its wings with a low roar.
'Be careful!' Nix nodded his head, still maintaining his communication with him.
It made a large arc in the direction of the guards. The noise from the sound of the wings echoed in the air.
Whoosh!
Swiftly evading the beams shot at him by the guards, it made several turns and spins.
Bam!
There was a sneak attack which had managed to have caught Raiken unawares. Temporarily stunning Raiken, the feel of its wings stiffened. Crashing down, it searched its surrounding area on who had done that as it gradually recovered its feel.
'Raiken!' Nix stared in horror at what he was witnessing, he had managed to see the guard who had done it.
<Human, I can't be subdued by such lame trick>
'To your right, that was who played it dirty.' He alerted, he had been able to successfully pass through an opening in the gates that he had created.
Raiken had its eyes fixed on the very guard in question. Pretending to still be affected by the beam, it let free fall take effect for some while.
"Yes! We finally caught a dragon!"
"Our days of fear are finally…"
"Watch out!" One of the guards alerted as it realized there was something oddly strange with its fall.
Whoosh!
It took him under its claws, tearing a huge chunk out of the ground where he was standing. It continued flying past other guards, each time they reacted by trying to run in the opposite direction. Raiken had no interest in them, he was just meant to cause a scene like he was instructed to.
Letting out a wave of flame at them, they all jumped out of the way, with some managing to protect themselves by creating a magical seal to protect those who couldn't react in time.
"Let me go, you vile beast!" The guard struggled to break free from the dragon's claws on his upper body.
<Beast?!> Raiken's roar of fury echoed throughout the forest. It continued to fly, dragging the guard underneath it's claws.
Intentionally, gliding through the trees of the forest like a bat. He made several sharp turns and rotation.
The guard was left in a state of daze and the nauseous feeling strong.
'Raiken, that's enough.' Nix ordered.
Reluctantly, it let go of the guard on a tree branch, leaving him to fend for himself.
Shaking his head, Nix turned his attention back to the academy, using his hood to conceal himself, he walked through the forest path.
The students and teachers had all gathered by the window and were watching with anticipation. Seeing Raiken fly by, they all ducked in fear.
This was the first time they had come in close range with a dragon, let alone seeing one in the flesh.
They were just about to begin to relax, when a cry of alarm broke the silence.
"Run!!!" A guard yelled. The students looked around in confusion. They had all expected the dragon to make a huge impact when it landed, but it was missing. The only thing that could be seen was a cloud of black smoke.
Then it suddenly disappeared, as though it had just been created out of thin air. The crowd fell silent. They were all wondering if they had all just experienced something unexplainable.
Nix let out a sigh, it had been a close call, but when the dragon had locked its gaze on Mr Zhao, it had nearly broken free from his control. The reason for this was something he would have to figure out later.
<Let me out!> Raiken raged, angered that his summoning was canceled.
'Like I would listen to you, weren't you the one who didn't want to be out before? Consider this my apologies for letting you out in the first place.' Nix retorted.
He had sensed a killing intent from Raiken, there was no way he would allow him kill Mr Zhao, not while he was still important to his plans, that would be done at a different time, and by his hands.
'I don't know what he did to you or why you want to kill him, but I appreciate the effort. When the time is right, I will dig further into this mystery, but for now, just rest!'
With that, he cut off the communication in his subconscious, there was no way he would allow the dragon's voice to override his thoughts.
Fortunately, his distraction was enough so that his plan had been successful.
He had successfully made it through the gates into the academy without being seen.
The crowd suddenly started talking once more, it was safe to say that they had recovered from their shock and were ordered to return to their dorms.
Looking down at the forest path, Lumia immediately spotted Nix walking, her sensory level had been heightened and could effectively pinpoint his location, her eyes narrowed in suspicion.
'What exactly are you?!' Her hands were tightly clutched on the window sill. She could clearly tell whatever had just happened was likely linked with him.
"Why are you staring into the forest path so intently?" Fae wrapped her hand around Lumina, looking back at her. She seemed to be more curious than anything else. "Is there something out there? A dragon? A beast?" She was clearly in doubt. Fae looked around the classroom, as she whispered.
Rolling her eyes, she turned her attention away from the window, "I thought I saw a familiar beast."
"A familiar beast? What does that even mean?" Fae questioned, wondering why Lumina was suddenly leaving without another word.
"Hey!" Fae called after her.
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Climbing in through the window, he lightly dropped in with a thud. Closing the window right away.
"That was a close call." He let out a sigh of relief, stretching out his limbs.
"If I had not watched that myself, I would have thought our academy's security was lacking." Lumina's voice broke through the silence.