Avatar: The Gamer

34 - Sage

“Intruders, Intruders, surrender or you will face the consequences of your trespassing.” the voice kept saying as if it was a record on repeat.

Levi, noticing the sound coming from above, looked up only to see colorful birds circling above them and shouting, at a closer look their forms became more visible, they appeared to be parrots?

Levi shot a questioning look at his companion hoping for an answer but there wasn't any luck, all he could see was confusion on his face as much as him.

“You're trespassing on the Territory of lord sage, the one and only of his kind, the merciful, the mightiest of us all, the greatest bird to ever exist, the breaker of mountains, and the drainer of seas…..”

Levi didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he listened to the birds singing praise after praise to their so-called “Sage”, Acnologia just sat there and looked up not seeing them as a threat at all and deciding not to do anything, apparently his stomach was full from all the berries they ate along the way or else he would have definitely bounced on them.

And so they just stood there not knowing what to do, the birds kept singing praise after praise to their lord, only deciding after ten minutes that it was enough before a yellow parrot flew down to them and landed looking them up and down before saying, “As you have behaved yourselves and listen to the glorious name of our lord you're pardoned for you initial mistake, but you will follow me to meet our lord so that he can decide what to do with you.” said the yellow parrot with the most arrogant tone of voice that Levi had ever heard.

He had thought that nothing could annoy him more than Acnologia had done when he was following him, apparently he was wrong.

Looking at Acnologia he saw that the dragon was giving him a look that said “Want me to take care of it.”, he was even licking his lips while staring at the clueless birds who were completely ignoring him, shaking his head at him Levi turned towards the parrot before saying, “Of course, lead us to your lord please.” said Levi smiling.

Hearing him the yellow parrot seemed pleased with his answer before replying, “Good good at least you have a good head over your shoulders to appreciate our Lord's glory, now follow me.”

Levi was about to counter that he didn't say anything about their lord that might suggest that before giving up and following the bird, he couldn't miss this chance, these birds were the second intelligent life form he encountered since he was stranded here the first one being Acnologia who couldn't even speak, and they might help him find his way back so he couldn't miss this opportunity.

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After a short five minutes, the yellow bird landed on a lake that was hidden between mountains, almost impossible to reach for anyone that couldn't fly, Acnologia landed right after him in his big form that was as big as an adult human with Levi on his back, Levi had thought that the dragon will have an issue with him riding him due to dragon pride or something of that sort but it seemed that he was mistaken.

One thing that shocked Levi however was that none of the parrots reacted to Acnologia suddenly multiplying in size, they seemed to have no instinct of self-preservation whatsoever, Levi had to wonder how they could survive until now.

‘Although a place like this certainly helped.’ thought Levi as he observed his surroundings, there were small wooden and stone houses all around with small baby parrots and other kinds of parrots going about their business, a giant stone house that was more fit to be called a castle was erected at the far end of the lake, levi guessed that that was the place their so-called lord was staying.

‘How did they build all of this?’ thought Levi as he observed the wooden and rock structures, he couldn't for the life of him figure out how they had built all of this with their small forms and only relying on their wings and legs, there were even some iron tools laying around.