"What is our enemy this time?!"

"Ugh.. This looks like a lot of trouble.. Are they from the 15th Tower?"

"Who knows.. Perhaps they were just asking for a direction?"

They noticed that the small bird-like airship stopped several meters away from the carriage. As they were blocking their path, they had no choice but to stop and ready themselves in case a battle broke out.

,m Of course, they were also afraid of the unknown thing in front of them. This is not something within their expectations after all.

Will they be facing a Grand Magus or a Grand Knight this time? Is this the Black Tower's newest police force?

Their only hope was for the Celestial to get them out of here alive in case the situation turned for worse.

Shoosh~

With a puff of air together with the sound of mechanical gears, the airship landed steadily followed by its hatch opening. The airship was probably just the size of five carriages excluding its wings.

Unlike the normal airship that uses a balloon-like floating device, this airship uses a different engine as it seems.

Lar and the others raised their guard as they waited for someone to come out and face them.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, they noticed that Celestial Tara was approaching the ship without any hint of wariness at all. It was as if she knows the people inside this thing..

They looked at each other confused by what was happening. They could only stare at her for now. After all, it's also possible that the opponent this time might be someone they can't possibly defeat so she decided not to wait and act herself.

However, to their surprise, they saw a familiar man getting out of the airship! It was Yasin, one of the people who had received help from Qheglena and joined their group with 9 more people.

He was supposed to be with Vincent right now..historical

"Wait—Does it mean.."

They suddenly realized something as another figure came out, it was Celestial Rem!

Well, it seems that she just wanted to breathe some fresh air as she just ignored all of them.

"It's good that everyone is safe. Pack all your things and let's return to our home with this airship.." Yasin said as he urged everyone to board the Vermilion Hawk..

Tara, on the other hand, took a brief moment to observe the exterior design of the ship before entering.

She didn't seem to hesitate at all as if she was aware that this thing was coming here. Or perhaps, she was already used to seeing this kind of flying vehicle.

The inside of the Vermilion Hawk wasn't too spacious. There were just enough passenger seats with a little space to move around. Nevertheless, there is still a bit of room to place their baggage in case they don't have an interspatial ring or any dimensional storage space like what Vincent has.

"Are you piloting this thing?" Tara asked after seeing Vincent inside the cockpit.

She had never seen any blind person that could do that at all. Unless this aircraft is fully autonomous or just requires some voice commands to function.

Well, that sound possible as well since this aircraft doesn't seem to be used for combat. It's more like a luxury flying vehicle as she saw it.

"It was Rem.. I just felt like sitting here as a co-pilot..." Vincent said but he still felt Tara was staring at him so he added. "Uhm. It was my dream to be a pilot when I was young."

He shyly said as he recalled what he had written in his yearbook when he was in elementary school.

It was unfortunate that he can't see the view outside but at the very least, he can still experience being a co-pilot.

Tara nodded in understanding as she sat on the pilot seat. At this time, Rem and the others also started entering the aircraft.

"Hmm?"

Vincent noticed that Lar and the others were so silent. He then recalled Rem and Tara's presence. They might not feel comfortable being with Celestial Beings that they were worshipping at some point.

He then decided to ask Lar about what happened in their mission to ease their nervous minds. He also asked what happened to the carriage and learned that they let the horses take it away somewhere. If these horses survived the night, they might be seen by the villagers ahead of the next morning.

"It seems that piloting this thing isn't that complicated, there are not too many controls. This control crystal made it a lot easier."

Tara muttered after inspecting the controls of the aircraft.

Tara and Rem didn't even talk to each other but it seems that they have already agreed that she will be the one piloting the Vermilion Hawk this time.

As soon as they confirmed everyone is ready, Tara controlled the Vermillion Hawk as they took off steadily.

It was much smoother than when Rem was controlling the aircraft.

"Sir Vincent, is it alright to get us out here? We were planning to fake our traces inside the forest, right?" Lar asked as they traveled across the sky.

Well, aside from the cockpit's side, the windows are currently closed so none of them felt scared being so high in the sky. Lar may have not even noticed that they were already flying.

Currently, the passenger seats and the cockpit was only separated by a single partition. The door is also open so Vincent heard the question clearly.

"It's fine.. You already made the impression that you're going to the Martial Arts Alliance. The mortality rate within the Heinen Fog Forest is quite high so even if you permanently disappeared now, they'll just think that you've been killed and eaten by the Magic Beasts inside." Vincent answered confidently.

He wasn't too worried about leaving tracks either since he had already arranged for someone to take care of it.

Anyway, As a student within the First Tower, he had access to premium information regarding the forest so he didn't really want Lar and the others to enter it.

After thinking for a moment, he added. "That forest is very dangerous but it's also mysterious and filled with opportunities. There are thousands of people entering that place every year and only less than a hundred return alive or could go to the other side. It's better not to take that risk."