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Blake seemed to share the same sentiments that Rowan had, her arm wrapped around his as they leisurely rode the wolves down the mountainside. Was this what peace felt like? It had been so long since the man had experienced it... that the idea of it had slowly faded away from his thoughts. Between dying, the witches, and war on the horizon, Rowan never thought he would see days of peace like this once again. The two of them had to actively seek out danger to even find anything threatening in this world. Abelid was continents away too, preventing them from carrying out their war efforts to destroy Carmillion. Who knew the witches would end up saving the world by transporting everyone to a different place. Carmillion's probably the safest its been in centuries. The only problem is that we're so far away from Eldrin now. Travel's been simplified... but it's still too far away to consider it an allied nation that will defend us effectively. For the first time in a while, we're almost completely by ourselves with very little military to show for ourselves. Rowan thought to himself as he contemplated the world's current state of affairs.

This peace was almost ruined by some giant boulders began to roll down towards their dire wolf. The others had been somewhat ahead, so they were safe, but he, Blake, and the one they were riding were in a direct collision course with these rocks. Sighing slightly, Rowan simply rested his chin on Blake's head as the three of them disappeared and reappeared a little ways away, completely safe from harm. Due to his third eye, they could have easily avoided the rocks a different way... but this one progressed their journey a little bit faster and kept the from making any detours. At first, the terrified wolf would not move... but Rowan eventually spurred it into action after it saw that it was no longer in any danger. "Traps, getting lost, ambushes, it's kind of strange for them to be so ineffective now. I remember the days where I used to fall into pitfalls and get frustrated. Now I see them miles before I would ever get tricked into falling into one." Rowan muttered to Blake, almost regretful about how knowledgeable he was now when it came to being outside.

Their journey continued as the two of them reached the bottom portion of the mountain, the rocky surface flattening off more and making it easier to push the wolves to run instead. "I wish there had been a Knight academy when I was growing up. Something like that would have been absolutely amazing for my dreams. Instead of becoming a soldier, I could have trained to be a Knight instead. The kids of this new world, they're going to have it far better than we ever dreamed of. Specialized schools to train them in their respective fields, guaranteed work once they become full-fledged Mages and Knights, and they get to live around the people that they're a part of. The fact that Eldrin's even building the school in another country shows how much they want Knights and Mages to become a standard part of this world. They're pretty much sacrificing having guaranteed fighters for their kingdom by letting another place host the school grounds." Rowan commented, trying to make small talk about what was going on with Eldrin's school. It was pretty obvious that Rowan was looking forward to visiting the place.

As the two of them managed to make it quite a ways down the mountain, Rowan noticed the hand of one of the skeletons he had fought a while back. Apparently some creature had snatched up the arm and carried it down the mountainside with it. What was peculiar about it, however, was that it was holding onto some sort of paper. Was that a map to the treasure they were talking about? Rowan knew that they were searching for something... so one of them had to have some kind of map. As they approached it, Rowan casually got off of the wolf and walked over towards the arm, crouching down and observing it for a few seconds. Seeing as how his third eye did not trigger, Rowan could tell this was not a trap of any kind. "It's safe to touch. It's a bit disgusting... but I guess that's the price you pay for adventure. Maybe it's a map for that treasure they were talking about earlier." Rowan called out, plucking the parchment from its grasp and looking it over real quick. Unfortunately, a familiar sensation hit Rowan as his eyes scanned the intricate runes and marks that lined the paper, a glow issuing forth as he dropped the parchment and fell backwards.

This whole even was very similar to when he suddenly gained the third eye ability. Rowan had been reading a scroll that suddenly burned the skills into his mind, allowing him access to the ability. It was almost like reading an instruction manual that only he could observe. Getting to his feet, the young man watched as the parchment burned away, signifying that it had accomplished its goal in placing an ability on another. Rowan, however, did not feel too well after being knocked backwards by the spell. His mind was full of information that suddenly singled out one ability that would remain, the rest of it fading away. Like an instruction manual, Rowan's mind became completely aware of how to invoke the ability that was written about in the scroll. It had been an ancient ability used before the time of the Knight and Mage system, something that people found to be quite effective even after the dawn of the system. "I see... I'll have to keep that in mind next time I go adventuring with someone then." Rowan muttered to himself as he picked himself up off the ground.

The man casually moved over to the wolf and climbed on top of it, putting an arm around Blake to keep her from falling off the wolf. "Don't worry, it didn't do anything weird to me. Those kinds of scrolls always knock you off your feet when they hit you." Rowan commented to her, trying to reassure the young woman that he was perfectly fine despite what had occurred. "Anyway, I think I'll give a few of these gold coins to Lucy and take her to Japan. I'm sure she's already started watching all the television she could after coming to this world." Rowan was pretty sure what kind of shows his little sister watched as well. She was incredibly fascinated with magic, so the anime culture probably trapped his little sister in a never-ending spiral of television viewing. "I just hope Nat doesn't let her sit in front of the television all day instead of getting her out of the house." Rowan commented, not too sure if Natalia took her duty very seriously when it came to his sister. Lucy needed to be watched quite a bit or else she would get into all sorts of trouble... and Rowan was not sure how well Natalia kept Lucy out of trouble.

As Rowan and Blake neared the base of the mountain, Rowan caught sight of a similar dragon to the one he slew yesterday. It did not seem to notice him and continued flying a little ways to the east. Following its flight, Rowan's eyes widened slightly when he saw another range of mountains off in the distance. At first, he had dismissed them as nothing more than some of Japan's mountains before Carmillion simply dropped into the middle of the continent. Instead, however, he started realizing just what the range was as many black dots seemed to be flying around it in the distance. "So that's where they come from... I've always wondered why Carmillion's forests were filled to the brim with dragons. It's because it's right next to a massive dragon nest. An entire mountain full of dragons..." Rowan muttered, looking on at the sight in absolute horror. There was a reason no one had mapped out such an area before. If they had not unveiled this mountain, the two of them would not have even had a vantage point for which to see the other mountains off in the distance.

"Whenever someone got too close to them, they'd just eat them and fly off back to their nests. They've gone unnoticed by Carmillion because you can't see the mountain range from the forest... and Carmillion is too far to see them over the horizon. Not to mention the mirage this thing was making obscured the mountains behind it. It was the perfect spot to set up a nest and simply populate over time. It must be swarming with thousands of dragons..." Rowan muttered, not sure what to think of such a thing existing. "It's probably as densely populate as the Sky Platform. We haven't even finished exploring that place and we're already finding dangerous places similar to it." Rowan commented to Blake, slowly urging the wolf to begin moving forward again. "We're definitely going to have to report that to the Carmillion council. That'll probably close a lot of missing person cases too. If we had known that was right there then we would have never ventured this far out into the forest. Well... most of us wouldn't have." Rowan corrected himself, realizing that he had very little to fear from the environment at this point.

As the wolf's paws touched down on the grass in front of the mountain, Rowan turned his attention back towards Blake. "Maybe they'll eventually give you a spot on the council if you discover any more of the world. Satellites have trouble picking up places filled with magic energy, so information like this is in very high demand. They can set up no-fly zones now too." Rowan commented, kind of happy that Blake might get even more recognition from the world with their discoveries. Bringing honor to him always made him feel like he was properly doing his job. "Let's stick to the roads though. I want to get home before the week's up. We already have another day of travel ahead of us." Rowan commented, not wanting to run into anymore trouble while they were out on the road. Even if they mostly ran into nothing on their way back, it was better than being stopped every hour or two to fight some creature or pick up another magical item. It took them nearly two days just to reach this mountain and scale it properly. "Home..." Rowan repeated as he stared forward.