Yun Feng looked at the bats, which were a bunch of domesticated Magic Beasts. On one of the big bats stood a man who seemed rather wild and unrestrained with all his stubble. His clothes were unclean and of a mixed style too.
The man who stood on the bat laughed delightedly when he saw Ted. Then, all the bats flew to him and landed steadily. The dozen bats behind him obediently stood on the ground with their eyes blindfolded.
“Old guy!” The unkempt man leaped off of the bat, walked to Ted, and hugged him warmly. As for the other teachers, the man simply glanced at them.
Ted laughed and introduced him to the students. “He is a famous tamer in the Masang School of Magic, by the name of Dely. You may call him Uncle Dely.”
Dely laughed. His face that was full of stubble was hardly awe-inspiring. Tamers were a famous and popular profession. It was quite unusual for a magic school to have one of them! The Masang School of Magic deserved to be the best magic school in the Karan Empire. It had so many Magic Beasts as mounts!
“How slovenly.” Mi Lingli glanced at him and mumbled. Dely didn’t seem to hear it, or at least, he didn’t show any reaction on his face. On the other hand, Yun Feng said with a smile, “Uncle Dely.”
Dely glanced at Yun Feng with glittering eyes. “You must be one of the two double-element mages Ted mentioned, right?”
Yun Feng nodded.
“Alright. It’s about time. You will board on the bats in groups of two. The bats are all under Dely’s control. Don’t worry.” Under Ted’s instruction, the students were soon divided into groups of two. Yun Feng wasn’t in a hurry, as Mu Xiaojin was staying by her side.
The twenty students were divided into groups, but Mi Lingli stood alone awkwardly. The last student would rather die than stay with Mi Lingli.
“You, go with that boy.” Dely suddenly pointed at Mu Xiaojin. Yun Feng’s eyes glittered, and she held Mu Xiaojin even more tightly. “We’re in the same group.”
Dely suddenly laughed and put on a weird smile at her. “You don’t know? The best and second best students are always divided in the same group every year.”
What Dely said made Yun Feng and Mi Lingli look at each other. Mi Lingli suddenly turned her head in disdain, and Mu Xiaojin looked at Yun Feng worriedly. Yun Feng smiled at her. “I’m fine. You can go with him. This is an annoying rule, but there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Dely couldn’t help but chuckle when he heard that. Mu Xiaojin nodded obediently. She completely trusted Yun Feng, and knew that she was ten times stronger than Mi Lingli. She let go of Yun Feng’s hand and walked to the male student, before she looked back at Yun Feng.
“Alright! Now that you’re all in groups, board the bats! Chop, chop!” Dely shouted. The teachers all leaped to the bats’ backs, whereas the students crawled on the bats carefully. They were too weak to jump onto the bats easily. Yun Feng, on the other hand, stomped and rose to a bat’s back agilely. Mi Lingli couldn’t help but gnash her teeth after seeing that.
She wanted to go up as agilely, but she was no stronger than the other students. Infuriated, she pulled the bat’s ear. “Lower your body!” The bat, pulled by Mi Lingli, jerked and stood up. Mi Lingli was scared and stepped back. Seeing that, Dely made a weird sound, making the bat lower its body again.
Yun Feng coldly stared at Mi Lingli on the bat’s back. Mi Lingli clumsily crawled her way to the bat’s back, before she murmured, “How snobbish. Humph!” Yun Feng ignored her and looked at Mu Xiaojin who wasn’t far away. With the male student’s help, she had managed to make it to the bat’s back too, and looked back at Yun Feng. Yun Feng smiled, hinting that she didn’t need to worry.
Everybody was standing on the bats’ backs in groups of two, and ready to go. Dely made another weird sound. Then, all dozen bats rose and flapped their wings, preparing to take off. Mi Lingli quickly grabbed a spine on the bat’s back. Looking at the ground that was getting further and further away in fear, she fell to the bat’s back.
Yun Feng, on the other hand, stood steadily, and laughed at Mi Lingli’s awkwardness. Mi Lingli glared back at her. Yun Feng stopped looking at her and fixed her eyes on Mu Xiaojin, ensuring her safety.
The bats flew together in an ordered and organized manner. Dely stood on the bat in the lead as the captain, and the other bats behind him obediently followed. It was quite a splendid scene as the group of bats slowly slid across the sky. The students were actually accustomed to the flight and overcame their fear. There were protruding spines on the bats’ backs that prevented them from falling as long as they held onto them. Besides, the bat’s back was not small at all, and they could even walk on it.
Many students boldly looked down. They had never flown before. Gradually, they whispered to each other in excitement. Unlike them, Yun Feng stood there quietly and glanced at the scenery down below, while she secretly compared the bat with Lan Yi.
Their gap was quite huge. Lan Yi was five times faster than the bat!
Mi Lingli overcame her initial fear too, and stood up. After seeing Yun Feng’s natural expression, she looked at her in disdain again. “What a hypocritical bumpkin!”
Yun Feng considered her words bulls*it, and didn’t argue with her at this moment. The bats flew in the sky, and the view she saw changed again and again. There was no telling how far they had crossed, but they hadn’t reached their destination yet after a whole day.
“How much further must we go?” one of the students couldn’t help but mumble. He was starving…