A Flying Broomstick streaked through the air, the wizard riding it narrowing his eyes as he scanned the islands below.
Johnson had received orders from the clan chief, Louis. Someone had infiltrated the Hebrides Islands, apparently with their sights set on the Fire Dragons.
However, the intruders seemed weak, so Louis had only dispatched eight wizards to investigate separately. Johnson was one of them.
They worked in pairs, divided into four teams. After Johnson finished searching the island beneath him, he gestured to his companion nearby. The latter nodded, then changed direction and flew toward the next location.
"They actually dared to set their sights on the MacFasty family and the Fire Dragons. They're courting death." Johnson snorted coldly.
From the education he had received since childhood, every Hebridean Black Dragon belonged to the MacFasty family. Anyone who coveted the Fire Dragons was robbing their family.
As for what the Fire Dragons thought, that was unimportant.
Johnson cast another Eagle Eye Charm on himself and swept his sharp gaze over the island below once more. Only after confirming there was nothing unusual did he ride away on his Flying Broomstick.
Not long after the Flying Broomstick left, a patch of soil on the island shifted. Several filthy figures crawled out, clutching their Flying Broomsticks.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey—" Bram Laid spat out the dirt in his mouth. Their Disillusionment Charms were not good enough yet, so they had used Transfiguration to dig a hole and bury themselves in it. As long as they left an opening to observe the outside, that was enough.
"That wizard just now should have been one of the pursuers. He seemed to be using the Eagle Eye Charm the whole time, and he had a teammate too," Capen, who was traveling with Bram's group, said.
"Judging