Chapter 371: Shoot Me (1/2)

“No can do. There’s an unseen wall in the skies that block us when we reach certain altitude. We can’t continue rising.”

Edward told the Players gathering around him as he landed his Blackfire Dragon. “But the higher I go, the more I could feel that the sun is abnormal…”

“How abnormal? Too hot?” Joe asked in curiosity.

“It’s not a matter of hotness, it is just that sort of stuff you rarely see…” Edward racked his brains as he tried to describe the feeling, only saying uncertainly after he hesitated for a while, “Well… have you been to the churches of major religions?”.

“I’ve been to a few, since the churches would set up shop in most major cities. Although they would always claim that they ‘don’t charge believers of other churches extra’, they would bother you when you leave your city if you don’t go into their church and pay them taxes.”

Marni answered, after having been a traveling merchant for a long time. “But what does that have to do with the sun?”

“Aren’t there statues of gods in those city churches? Even if there aren’t any, there would at least be some cross, totem or whatnot that represents their deity.”

Being no longer the village boy who rarely leaves his own dwelling, Edward had visited many cities and gained rich experiences, and had a broader perspective compared to the middle-class citizens of this world.

That was the exact reason why he would realize that something was not right. “And when it comes to the gods or the things that represent them, wouldn’t you feel… an overwhelmed pressure? Even if it isn’t the god you believe in, you would lower your head by reflex when you stand before such objects.”

“You mean…” Marni, who was rather quick on the uptake immediately understood Edward’s meaning. “Yes, that sun has feelings too, and that sense of pressure feels stronger compared to the idols in churches.” Edward nodded, confirming Marni’s hunch.

“A symbol of a god’s presence in this world… no, if what you say is real, it just might be possible that the ‘sun’is a relic that other gods left in our world!” Marni mused, lowering his head.

“Although I’m not sure what you guys are talking about, is there actually a way to clear the last floor now?” Joe asked impatiently, scratching his head. “There isn’t much time left!”

“Edward, can’t your skill break the unseen wall?” Gou Dan asked curiously as well.

Although he was not the strongest Player there was, the devastation of Edward’s black flames was already quite stunning. Even Eleena might not match his potential for damage even though she was stronger. “Nope. My skills don’t work much against the wall, but I did think of something.” Edward nodded. “If our damage isn’t powerful enough, why not we use something even more devastating?”

“Are you talking about…” Mufasa’s flatfish fins twitched as he asked hesitantly, “The Pyrocrystal Cannon?”

Although the Pyrocrystal Cannon did not exactly inflict the highest damage according to what the Players had encountered so far, it was the strongest tool that the Players could control.

With there being no other options anyway, once the idea was mentioned, the Players dismantled the two Pyrocrystal Cannons outside the main entrance of the Elven Synchronized Intellect Nation (SIN) with help from Eleena, who holds the clearance of the first stratum. After that, they teleported the Steel Earth Key down to the fourth stratum.

Since the Players who had learnt alchemy (mainly magitek) as a Life Skill from Kinley were lower in level and could not enter the fourth stratum, they could only instruct the combat-class Players in how to assemble and control the cannons through the Player Forums.

It was fortunate that just like back on Earth, the more modern the technology, the more user-friendly products such as mobile phones were.

Even though the humans did not know much about the high elves’ historical developments, it was more or less obvious that their creation would be useful even in the near future after surviving through the ages-aside from being easily damaged…

Naturally, the Pyrocrystal Cannons were a little different since they are non-civilian objects, although said difference was that it can be easily used and would work when plugged into an energy source.