Oliphant had just settled into his small room and was lying in bed in a long while when three colored lights started flickering on his body.
Someone was at the cave I was in, its probably the people from the academy or maybe its some wild beasts in the area, but I can't just write it off as wild beasts, too bad the spell cannot allow me to receive a live feed of who or what is there, anyway this reaction from the spell can allow me to gauge how far those people after me are, as well as know how fast they are traveling as I can now act faster to recover some information about Zakia's plans and leave this place as soon as I can. Oliphant thought as he was on the bed and started calculating the distance and speed his pursuers were from him.
During Oliphant's stay in the cave he had time to form a trap spell to which when touched it could interlink with him and know there was a wild beast in a particular area, this idea came about in a way that, as he had to hunt for food in the wilderness, he had to lay traps for the mud swordfish and as well as know their general locations to find them easier if any swordfish moved into any of the said traps he would go to that area and killed them, he named this spell, Binding Circumspection Spell.
This is bad, they are not that far away from me if they move at this speed they will be upon me in a few weeks time. Oliphant went outside to clear his head as the pressure from his pursuers was starting to take a toll on him. That did not help much though, as in his vision it was still heavy rainfall which restricted his vision so no scenery outside could give him peace of mind. The ship he was on didn't have complex mechanisms like the one he knew of in his previous world. This one looked like a large ship made of wood with no sails but instead had buildings built on it with one huge rooftop, which was the area where all facilities of the ship were at, including his room, it had no control room as it was driven forward by huge self rowing oars at the bottom. The whole ship looked like it had a thin membrane layer all around it, one could not see this membrane unless they carefully inspect the ship. Oliphant did not see it too until this moment.
What is this? Is it some kind of shielding enchantment or Spell? , its probably an enchantment used to conceal this ship from the lurking underwater beasts which may be too strong for normal practioners to cross on their own provided they don't have sea creature bloodline, only people like the High Elders in the academy could cross this place without a need for a ship to help them across as they have strong enough methods or power to conceal or forcibly suppress any incoming danger ,I should observe it carefully maybe I might comprehend something from it and try forming a spell that can hide me from anyone who may try to know of my whereabouts. While Oliphant was thinking of his next course of action his thoughts were interrupted.
"No use observing the Concealing Shield, only Spell Casters or enchantment masters can learn it, but I don't think you fall under that category of practitioners do you? This one was put up by one the Enchanters in the Valley of Sirens." a man with a blue and white raincoat said to Oliphant as he passed by him, he seemed to be doing a patrol around the ship even though it was a safe trip with close to zero danger it was part of the safety protocols of the ship.
At first Oliphant did not want to converse with people too much as his trackers might ask questions about him by finding people he interacted with. "Really? But have a question, isn't this a river why are we taking so long to cross over judging by the distance while we were on the jetty it would take no more than an hour to cross over so what is going on?"
"Ah, I see its your first time arriving here, all I can tell you is, here everything is not what it seems, just ponder this, why is this place called Valley of Sirens but is not a valley but a mountain range? , same logic applies with this river you may see a river but it also can actually not be a river. " the patroller said to Oliphant." Why is that? " the confused Oliphant asked as he felt like the man was telling him something in a cryptic way." Lad, you shouldn't ask too many questions if you want to live long, don't trouble yourself with such as you will learn of them as you grow up, that will be all I tell you, go and rest like the other kids your age. " the patroller said as he walked faster not intending to say more.
Lad? , man I'm about the same age as you what do you mean kid, Oliphant thought as he let out a sigh, he chose to give up on pressing further, he was even thinking of bribing the man for information but he thought this would cause him to be suspected and bring unnecessary trouble for him, so he chose to let the man leave.
Oliphant did not heed the mans advice to go to sleep and continued to observe the membrane covering the ship.
The ship traveled for two days and finally reached it's destination, Oliphant met the young lord from two days ago right before the ship arrived and discussed further on how they were going to meet if he ever decided to go with them. When he got off the ship he saw that it was no longer raining anymore, like it was on his journey to this place and while on the ship, it was clear blue skies with a few clouds and a gentle radiating sun and he could smell and feel the fresh air after a long time of having to wear a raincoat if he wanted to go outside.
The ship docked and people departed as groups or in their lonesome, when Oliphant got off he saw that the harbor was like a market bustling with people, he was not sure even saying people was the right term as there were some people who had humanoid forms bit one could clearly see they were not human, he even saw a person who was six meters tall among the crowd.
What is that? A giant, it definitely must be, this world really is a fascinating place, things like giants exist? Oliphant thought as he walked and also merged into the bustling crowd of people.