By this time, Elion and Alexander had long since departed from the base, completely unaware, and since they were riding on mounts, they were already quite a ways off.
As expected, they were not flying in the sky, but rather riding beneath the cover of the forest.
The birds and Alexander's wyvern moved quickly using their feet and fins, and Elion had been concerned about the pace at first, but it seemed he had been worried for nothing. They were rather quick and agile, almost like he was riding on a horse.
He also noted that since they had arrived in this forest, no beasts had dared to attack them. Apart from the distant howls at night, he had not heard or seen any other signs of them. Now that they were moving quickly, though, he did see the occasional beast running away from them as soon as they came within its view.
It seemed beasts had good senses, and evading predators was a way of life for them.
They didn't want to become the hunted.
