"If I really had tried to destroy the drone I wouldn't have missed," I gave her a withering look.
"I understand that you don't like being followed, but you can't threaten the drones," She reopened her side of the bond slowly, "Not if you want to keep up this image of peaceful cooperation."
"He really shouldn't have sent a drone I could easily see after I destroyed that invisible one," I shrugged as I leaned into the post that held the tent up.
She thought I was being a bit too cocky. I didn't really care what she thought. I didn't want them following me. I didn't have time to deal with this paranoid bullshit. I would protect the humans from the wyverns as asked, but that didn't mean I needed to kill the all the wyverns.
The more reasonable ones would probably take my deal. A new world that wasn't ruled by humans. One with warmer weather. The cold didn't really bother me but that didn't mean I liked it. My fusion with my water affinity made me more resistant then the average creature.
The wyverns probably had a stronghold not far from where that farm was. It wouldn't be difficult for them to find enough fuel to keep a fire burning within with their appetites. Keeping it burning constantly would warm a good sized cavern. Even a network of caverns might stay warm between the fire, and the warmth of the wyverns bodies. The alpha female would be at the center of whatever settlement they'd chosen.
These hybrids weren't the same as normal wyverns so I doubted they were on the same reproductive cycle as the original wyverns. The worst possibility would be a monthly cycle. Like humans. If these wyverns were on a monthly cycle, and capable of reproducing regularly like humans then the numbers they could have amassed would be far more then Eric suspected. If the reading up I'd done was on point then normal wyverns produced eight to twelve eggs every ten years.
Eric would assume that most of the males I'd already taken down were the vast majority of her one clutch of eggs. His confidence in his ability to take down me alone would skyrocket over time. Unless he had a bigger enemy to worry about he would target me after I killed a few more wyverns. I needed his eyes to be pointed northward soon. The nest couldn't be small if she was willing to send her offspring so far.
I'd already killed seven wyverns with minimal effort, and yet there were at least six more around. Those were just the ones I'd seen. If she really was thinking of striking back then those thirteen couldn't be all the males she had under her command. Ethan was following my line of reasoning closely. Nodding along in agreement.
{This alliance with Eric, and the guild won't last much longer,} I turned my thoughts outward.
Allowing Savannah, and Ethan to hear my thoughts as clearly as if I were speaking aloud.
{I agree,} Savannah answered, {Eric has been sending offers to us daily. He probably thinks that the wyvern alphas will kill you. Offering us support after the death of our pet.}
That thought made her, and Ethan both snarl mentally. Savannah was mentally taken aback by the mental snarl. She didn't know she could think that way. Then the mental shock was followed by mental relief that she didn't snarl aloud. I would have flicked my tail if I had it at the moment.
{Do you plan on just keeping enough mana to create a portal with you at all times?} Ethan asked mentally.
{No,} I pulled the tent flap back, {I can't see far enough into the future to know for sure what will happen. Saving mana is a smart plan, but if I'm forced to spend even half of my reserve then I won't be able to make a portal to another planet. We should look for a natural portal. I've detected multiple spatial anomalies. Passing through a natural portal would be cheaper then creating one.}
{That's not a bad idea,} Savannah smirked, {Should we go look for a natural portal now.}
{Why don't we let the drone follow us north this time?} Ethan asked suddenly.
"Why would I let that pesky device follow me?" I snarled aloud.
"If you don't let it follow you then it won't see the number of wyverns we've been coming into contact with," Ethan shrugged, "That stupid guild leader will cause us problems if he thinks we're out there doing nothing."
He was talking much louder then necessary, and more harshly then he might normally.
{You're being loud on purpose,} I smirked, {You want them to follow us into the pits of hell.}
"You might be right," I switched to speaking aloud, "If a few more of those drones get destroyed in the process then bonus."
Savannah was a little more hesitant to celebrate the destruction of high end drones. Her father had stressed the importance of money so she could see the dollar signs burning now.
"Relax," I smirked, "It's not your money that'll be burning."
"That doesn't make me feel any better," Savannah frowned at me.
I patted Savannah, and Ethan on the back simultaneously. I'd rushed around behind them using my lightning fusion. The movement was as quick as a flash of lightning. I still didn't like moving that way because it was relatively expensive considering the amount of distance traveled. That, and the fact that I couldn't drag my bonded along with me whenever I moved that fast for multiple reasons.
The main one being the fact that my bonded weren't protected from the world around me unless I made it so. If I took off at lightning speed with them attached the wind alone would be enough to tear them apart. Sure they were safe from my mana, but the air around us wasn't made of my mana. They wouldn't be safe from it. Sure I could take control of the wind around me, but that took focus I didn't have.