Abel got up early the next morning, even before the first rays of the sun appeared on the horizon, stretched out a bit and sat cross-legged on his bed, looking at the small bag that he had left to one side in front of him.
Without thinking too much, Abel took the small bag and studied it, it was a purple color with some strange patterns on it and it easily fit in his hand, also it did not weigh much, so he began to throw it and pick it up with his hand from top to bottom.
"It's quite surprising that there is 3 cubic meters of storage inside this thing."
The bag Abel was holding was none other than the storage bag that he requested yesterday from the lady of the Burning Blood sect, furthermore, it seemed that it was quite generous, as it gave him one with a large storage capacity.
"From what little I read and know about the storage bags, actually, they are not very difficult to create, apparently, they use as their main object a certain organ of a beast called the void serpent, which has spatial attributes, it is just that After so much hunting, they are almost extinct, so their hunting was restricted, leaving few specimens to be able to obtain said organ and create more storage bags."
Thinking up to this point Abel could not help but sigh, unlike the storage rings that were in Kunlun, which needed the so-called "space stones" that were only found in places where there were disturbances or spatial screams, here in the Azur continent they used a certain organ of said snake to achieve the same effect, only to a lesser degree.
"Although compared to the space rings that had a large space inside, the storage bags are very primitive, but this 3 cubic meter space is more than enough for me for now."
While thinking this, Abel used a thread of his spiritual sense and connected with the storage bag, being able to "see" the contents of it, for now, he had only placed a set of clothes and the rank 3 beast core in his interior, making the space inside your storage bag look pretty empty.
Shortly after, Abel thought about removing the rank 3 core, focusing his spiritual sense on it, immediately afterwards, a small sphere that fit inside his hand appeared out of nowhere, furthermore this small sphere was quite particular, since it was of a vermilion red with purple sparks, even giving small discharges on Abel's palm.
Abel played with the sphere for a moment until later, with a single thought, the sphere disappeared, leaving Abel quite fascinated by this fact.
"If I were to bring this back to my previous world, it could easily pass for a magic trick."
Finding this thought amusing, Abel got up and went to a somewhat secluded area of the cabin.
Shortly after, he reached an area of the forest that did not stand out for anything, Abel looked around, soon, he located a not very large rock that was near a tree, Abel approached and carefully, he moved the rock, doing so, It was possible to observe a hole not very wide, but quite deep, to which Abel put his hand and took out a large package, at first glance, it could be said that it was the skin of a fairly large animal, perhaps because of the place where it was In storage, it had turned blacker rather than midnight blue, it was now almost completely black.
This was none other than the fur of the purple fire and thunder lion that Abel had hidden back then, how now he had his storage bag, Abel did not find more sense to leave it in this place, so, thinking that today he would leave for the Burning Blood Sect, it was better to take this skin with you, after all, it was from a rank 3 mutated beast, it was also a good material to make quite resistant clothes.
Abel was a bit surprised to find the skin a shade blacker, so he analyzed it and looked further, but found no anomalies other than that fact, so, helplessly, he just kept it inside his storage bag.
"Although I did not find anything strange, it seems quite strange to me that the skin has darkened more, well, I should already go to the village, after all, today they will take those who passed the tests towards our respective sects, although I did not they said the exact time..."
Thinking about this, Abel raised his head and looked at the horizon, it seemed that in a few minutes it would fully dawn, so, to avoid unnecessary problems and with a light sigh when seeing the place, he decided to leave early to the village.
So Abel took one last look at the hut he had been in these past weeks before turning in the direction of the village.
"Who would have thought that the 2 years that he estimated in this place would only be a couple of weeks? Fate is really unpredictable."
While reflecting on it, Abel came to the village, which was quite bustling, apparently almost the entire village came to see off their respective juniors who were leaving today.
Seeing this, a strange feeling grew within Abel's heart, which was quickly quelled by him, then, he used his concealment technique to go unnoticed by the villagers, he did not want to make too much fuss.
"Well, since I'm leaving, I suppose I should at least say goodbye to old Grant and Lucy, after all, they are the people I related the most to in the village."
Thinking about this, Abel moved like a ghost through the crowd, looking for these two people in particular, soon, he found Lucy, and was about to get closer when he noticed that he was surrounded by several people, he was also dismissing a couple as children, he tactfully decided not to disturb her and began looking for Elder Grant.
Abel looked for the old man throughout the village, he even looked in the library, but could not find him, so in the end, somewhat dejected, he returned to the place where all the children had gathered, he found a good place, something secluded and secret while he waited for the envoys to arrive.
Abel did not wait long, but what he never expected is that each of the envoys would appear mounted on a kind of huge eagle, which intimidated the children present, making them take a few steps back.
The villagers didn't seem overly alarmed by the sight, but they still took a few steps back, giving them room for the eagles to land.
Once on the ground, the envoys came down and without worrying about the children's mood, they began to call them one by one, gesturing for them to accompany them, it seemed that they did not want to wait long in the village.
The children, with some distrust, and looking for the last time at their families, approached the eagles, who seemed quite docile, soon, one by one they were raising the eagle of their respective sect.
Among these children was Abel, who upon seeing the eagles and after thinking for a moment, managed to identify them:
"Those eagles are rank 3 beasts, whose full name is red crowned head eagle, I had read that they are quite tame and obedient once tamed, but it's quite rare, I don't feel the presence or aura of a rank 3 beast, like the time I faced the lion of fire and blue thunder."
Approaching the bird, Abel took a deeper look at it, suddenly, the eagle that was calm and with closed eyes opened them suddenly, looking in the direction of Abel.
This sudden change alarmed Abel and made him quickly move away a couple of steps, carefully observing the beast in front of him, which after a moment, closed his eyes again, apparently ignoring Abel.
This small exchange was noticed by the envoys, especially the lady of the Burning Blood sect, who looked at Abel strangely.
"Interesting, the eagle does not react unless he has felt a threat to his life, do you mean that this child has the power to kill the eagle?"
Not only did she have that question on her mind, the other two envoys Fred and Clark had the same thought on her mind, once again looking at the boy who had already climbed on the eagle's back.
"I have to report this to the sect master, that child is quite special and even I feel a sense of apprehension, it will be better to be careful with him."
Clark thought about this for a moment, before turning and telling the children behind him to hold on.
A similar scene happened from Fred's side, who immediately waved the crowd away.
On the other hand, the lady looked at Abel for a moment before addressing the eagle, which, with a gesture from her, took flight at the same time as the others.
Thus, before the shouts, cries, and cheers of the crowd, the 10 children set out mounted on the respective eagles of their sects.
By the time the eagle was already in the air, Abel couldn't help standing up and extending his arms, almost reminiscent of a certain movie, only that he was not in a boat, but flying over an eagle.
Feeling the wind hitting his face, Abel couldn't help feeling a rush of joy and satisfaction over him, as an indescribable feeling rose in his chest.
"Although I have never traveled in an airplane, I am almost sure that this feeling is incomparable, perhaps only the one who pilots an airplane for the first time can feel the same."
The lady did not say anything when she saw the state in which Abel was, she only looked at him for a moment and outlined a slight smile, while she guided the eagle in a different direction from the others.
Shortly after, Abel's mental state calmed down, he looked for a moment over the back of the eagle at the landscape that was blurring below him with tranquility, he knew that, sooner or later, he himself could achieve the same with his own strength.
Thinking about this, Abel remembered that he had not asked the lady how long it would take them to reach the sect, although he had already read information about how far the sect was, he did not have the eagle, so, somewhat embarrassed, he turned in her direction, and asked:
"Emm, excuse me senior, but how long will it take us to get to the sect?"
Hearing this, the lady turned in Abel's direction, and with a mocking tone, she replied:
"Just now you ask that? It seems like you calmed down then."
Seeing Abel's embarrassed expression, the lady seemed amused, so she made fun of him a little more, it was only after a while that she decided to answer him:
"With the speed of the eagle, we will arrive before dark."
Hearing this, Abel nodded, before sitting cross-legged on the bird and meditating a bit, after all it had barely dawned so it was almost a whole day's travel.
The lady seeing this, she too sat cross-legged at some distance, surveying the place from time to time to make sure not to get lost.
Thus, she passed the time and it was noon, by then, Abel realized that they had reached an area of plains, with a large open field, but Abel noticed that the speed of the eagle had begun to decrease
Looking in the direction of the lady to ask her about it, he found her frowning deeply, seemingly lost in thought of her.
Suddenly, she ran towards Abel, grabbing him and jumping off the eagle, which seconds later, was hit by a powerful attack, killing her on the spot.
This sight surprised Abel, everything had happened so fast, that he hardly reacted.
"What the hell is going on?"