On this matter, the academy had no intention of consulting with either the Holy Church or the Northern Lands. Dark summoned Cutemon again, had it super-evolve into Piximon, then deployed the Fairy Barrier. Together with the two professors, he quietly left the temporary camp on a flying carpet, bringing Ergane along.
Though the fog was dense, Dark and the others had recorded a memory coordinate when they left the mountain-belly nest. Now, using the entrance to Heavenly Court as a reference, they could pinpoint their location precisely.
Moreover, nighttime on this mountain was entirely the domain of the Mist Beasts. As long as Professor Sylph deployed the Wind Domain, they could detect and avoid the Mist Beasts.
Though the Mist Beasts' abilities were strange, once thoroughly understood, one would find that they only had a few tricks up their sleeves and were not particularly difficult to deal with.
With the unknown factor eliminated, Dark and the others made their way through without much hindrance.
But before they had even entered the nest, that giant whale-like Mist Beast appeared before them of its own accord!
Just as Professor Sylph could sense the Mist Beasts through the wind, that Mist Beast... could sense them through the fog as well!
And once a single Mist Beast discovered them, that giant whale would immediately discover them too!
Professor Sylph frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "In the name of Sarah Sylph, Magic Guidance Summon—Wind Threadworm."
The one-star Magic Spirit Wind Threadworm, upon being summoned, spat a strand of worm silk at each person present. Once the silk stuck to their temples, it granted them a certain degree of empathy with the "wind."
This meant that, under Professor Sylph's guidance, they could roughly perceive the giant whale's form as well.
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