Azeroth's Grand Arcanist
Chapter 57

The calm before the great battle

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Herad put away his long-handled blade, left the arsenal, and rode his White Hawkstrider toward the sea.

With Slow Fall cast on it, the White Hawkstrider flapped its wings and raced across the sea, leaving passing ships far behind.

People found it incredible that this White Hawkstrider could run across the waves.

White Hawkstriders were extremely rare. There were only a handful in all of Quel'Thalas.

Yet this rare breed was not much stronger than a well-bred Hawkstrider.

Its ability to race across the water was mainly thanks to the World Tree's blessing.

At this rate, it might even become capable of flight!

The White Hawkstrider raced across the waves and soon reached the outskirts of Sunsail Anchorage.

It beat its wings hard to accelerate, completing a short flight of just over thirty meters.

Though the flight was rather short, it successfully landed on a pier used for docking seagoing ships.

Back on solid ground, the White Hawkstrider swept along like a gale skimming the earth and soon ran out of the harbor.

Once it left the bustling harbor and its heavy foot traffic, its speed instantly increased by a considerable margin.

The legend of White Lightning that had circulated over the past few months came from witnesses who had seen it racing along the forest roads.

Whenever it roared past, passersby felt a chill down their backs.

If it accidentally crashed into someone, both sides would surely die!

But the White Hawkstrider had always been very clever.

After receiving the World Tree's blessing, not only had its physical abilities improved dramatically, but its intelligence had also increased somewhat.

It adjusted its speed and direction according to the conditions on the road.

In that respect, it was absolutely on the level of a seasoned professional driver!

After racing all the

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