Richard's instincts told him that he wouldn't stand a chance if he were to fight that enormous black serpent.
But that wasn't his goal — and the serpent already had a tougher opponent waiting for it.
Sterling. He only knew the man's name and that he was somewhere in this area.
He couldn't say he could find him easily, though — the lake was far too vast, even for his spiritual waves.
As he pondered over how to search, he was suddenly startled by the royal butler, who leapt from his airship onto Richard's.
"Sir Richard, I've spotted your horse," the butler said.
Those words shocked Richard more than anything else.
"Where?" he asked immediately.
It seemed this butler had an extraordinary detection ability.
"Down there — that tree!" The man pointed toward a massive tree.
