Watching the city

Once in the tent, I glanced at the mirror, which showed my right side, which was all black and there was no hair.

Anticipating questions from Keirin and the girls, I began to feel a headache. I doubted that they would believe that a wyvern accidentally appeared on my way and I had to fight it. What's done is done, lying down on the bed, I felt my body begin to relax.

Closing my eyes, I began to fall asleep, fatigue from the battle with the wyvern and the consequences took its toll.

Waking up from the noise coming from the entrance to the tent, I stood up with quick movements, fearing that one of the monsters had attacked us.

Traces of sleep disappeared almost immediately, listening to the noise that came from below the tent. Looking down towards the noise, I saw the black face of a wyvern that was trying to penetrate more and more into the tent.

Not understanding what the wyvern was trying to do, I began to walk towards the exit from the tent. Hearing my steps, the wyvern removed its muzzle, hearing nothing, frowning, I left the tent.

A wyvern appeared before my eyes, lying with its muzzle towards the entrance to the tent, and in its eyes I saw that it was not sleeping.

- Are you kidding? I was sleeping, you know? - I turned to her irritably, but without observing any reaction from her, I could only wave my hand at the wyvern.

Sighing and looking around the cave, I didn't notice anyone else, calming down and noticing that sunlight began to enter the cave.

Turning my gaze to the wyvern, which was also lying in front of the tent, I shook my head, stretching and thinking about the plan for today.

I needed to watch the robbers who settled in the capital of the Avels and try to inspect the city itself from the air and find the sanctuary. And it is possible to try to penetrate it at night when the night can hide the wyvern.

There would be noise from its wings, I had no doubt, I hoped that in this place it was not uncommon for a wyvern to fly over the city.

First, I needed to eat; the experience I had after I left the other city of Avel was still in my memory. As I was about to get food to cook, I glanced at the wyvern who was staring at me.

In her gaze, I saw that she was also hungry, and I had doubts that she was full of yesterday's food.

Shaking my head, I hoped that the provisions would last us until the end. Having gotten food for myself and the wyvern, I saw how she did not take her eyes off the food, it even seemed to me that she stopped breathing for a while.

Having prepared food for myself and her, watching as she immediately swallowed the food, just like at night, and looked at me with her black eyes.

Snickering at her behavior, who was to blame for her swallowing it so quickly? Having finished eating and putting away the tent, I headed towards the exit from the cave.

Behind me I heard the steps of a wyvern, the closer I came to the exit of the cave, the more noticeably the sun's rays began to blind me.

Covering my eyes and leaving the cave, I began to look around and giving my eyes the opportunity to get used to the sunlight, the sounds of the forest were clearly audible, breathing in the fresh air, I heard the wyverns spreading their wings.

Removing my hand and squinting, I looked back at the wyvern that was looking into the sky, its wings lightly touching the ground.

Approaching her and running my hand over her scales and resting my hand on her, I began to climb on top of her.

The wyvern, feeling me trying to climb onto it, sank onto its front paws, touching its chest to the ground.

Her actions helped me climb onto her, finding myself in the same place as yesterday and ordering me to follow to the city where we were yesterday, she began to rise into the sky.

Once in the air, I began to regret my decision to eat, I felt like I was starting to feel sick, the cold wind was still causing me discomfort just like yesterday.

As far as I understood, the wyvern was happy with everything, but for me it was stupid to eat.

Holding her neck and pressing her legs against the bottom of her neck, feeling the same way as scales dig into my body.

I could only hope that there were seats for air monsters, otherwise I had a presentiment of how my body would constantly ache from flying on a wyvern.

The wyvern began to slow down its flight speed and hovered in place, I had hope that we were already near the city.

Looking out from behind her neck, the city that I saw yesterday really appeared to my eyes. At night it did not look impressive, but in daylight its white walls that stretched in a circle covering the city behind it looked impressive. Figures were visible moving along the wall, gates were visible which, as I suspected, were closed.

Behind the wall I saw houses the same as in the city I was in. Above most of the city there was another wall, even higher, to which the road from the lower city led and abutted against the open gate. I could hardly see what was behind the second wall, but I saw a large semicircular building.

Is it possible that the building was just a sanctuary of the gods? Turning my gaze to the lower part of the city, I was surprised to see how many figures were moving along the streets.

It reminded me of how in cities residents and visitors walked around the city or looked for something.

How big was the gang that settled in the city? It will be difficult for even an army of trained warriors to take it.

Due to the fact that the city was on a hill and the trees ended early, the attackers would be seen early.

The Aveli knew how to choose a place for their capital; I doubted that they foresaw that bandits would settle in their city.

I saw how the figures began to gather and in a large group walked towards the first gate. The bandits decided to attack someone?

I hoped that they would not go towards the camp where Keirin remained, otherwise she would be in danger.

Based on the figures, I counted about fifteen, when the figures approached the gate they disappeared from my line of sight.

Frowning and contemplating attacking this group as they moved away from the city, I didn't want to risk the possibility of them attacking Keirin's camp.

The gates began to slowly open and figures gradually began to emerge. The bandits who came out were waiting for the others, as I understood.

When all the figures began to move towards the forest, I was surprised to see that they were divided into two figures. They decided not to attack then what?

I didn't know how strong the bandits living here were, but I had doubts that their strength would be enough to attack the caravans.

Inspecting the figures, I saw one without a partner walking in the other direction from the others, I ordered the wyvern to slowly follow the lone figure.

Thanks to the clouds that hid our presence, we flew after the figure and gradually descended. The lower we flew, the more clearly I saw the figure until, to my surprise, I realized that it was a girl.

On her back hung a cloak made most likely from the skins of the monsters of this forest. Short black hair that was not burdensome for her, flying over her I noticed a weapon in her hands that reminded me of a spear.

She was hunting, but why alone? Remembering the camp where Keirin remained, I did not see the girl bandits. Frowning and wondering what to do.

Should he watch or should he go down and try to talk to her and find out more about her gang? Deciding to watch the girl, I stayed above her and hoped that she would not hear the sound of the wings.