58 Episode 58: The Sky Continent and the Sky Man (1/2)
”Wow, what is that!?”
Mr. Liliera looks at the sky and gives a surprise.
That too, because it was not the clouds but the islands that were floating in the sky.
It is also a massive island.
”It's an empty island.”
”An empty island?
”Yeah, it's an island that floats in the sky, as you can see. Some of them are the same size as continents.”
”Flying continent!? How the hell are you flying!?”
Haha, Mr. Liliera has looked at the empty island many times in surprise.
We decided to change the base of our activities, and we decided to explore rare lands around the world.
As its first place, I brought Mr. Liliera to this Skyland.
”The soil and rocks of an empty island contain a substance called gravium that reacts to magic and floats in the universe.”
Gravium is only in the matter of empty islands, sensitive enough to react to airborne magic and the magic emitted by nature's creatures, so even deserted islands can fly in this way.
”Hey, what's that!? If there's something like that, you don't have to use magic to fly all you want?
Yes, Mr. Liliera is right.
In the past, many flying magic items were developed when gravium was taken from empty islands and sky continents in order to extract gravium.
However, the development of flight magic eliminated the need for Gravium, and the excessive mining of Gravium put the islands and continents in danger of collapse, so the excavation of Gravium was prohibited.
”No, either magic item or flying magic requires magic, so flying magic that can move freely is more convenient, so the Gravium-based magic item was abandoned a long time ago.”
Since the power of gravium extracted from the island becomes almost exclusively human magic, it was decided that the type of flight magic would be easier to control.
”I wonder how you know that, but, well, it's Mr. Rex.”
He sighs like he gave up for some reason.
No, no, I think you can find out what's going on around there if you go to the library.
By the way, I may be the one who developed the magic items that work with flying magic and flying magic.
My boss ordered me to make a magic item that didn't have to use gravium to protect an empty island.
”But I don't see the sky continent. I thought it was around here.”
”Isn't it somewhere else?
”No, if it's that size, even if it's pretty far away, you'll soon find out.”
Even so, all I see are empty islands.
And I was wondering if there were so many empty islands?
And there's a strangely large empty island that I don't recognize.
”Hmm, because of that, why don't you go to an empty island for a second?
”Well, I'd love to see it.”
I just agree with you that Mr. Liliera was waiting for you.
”Cu!”
Moffmoff also agrees with interest.
We fly up to the sky with flying magic and fly towards the empty island.
”Beautiful...”
Mr. Liliera, approaching the empty island, leaks his sigh.
From the edge of a large, empty island, a great deal of water flows down, and it looks like a sky waterfall.
Furthermore, the water had fallen to the empty island below, giving it a big bump, and making a small rainbow in the air.
Falls descending from the sky gave us a fantastic sight to enjoy.
”Wow, it's floating in the sky, but it's a proper island”
As Ms Liliera says, trees and grasses grow on empty islands, and springs and rivers are visible.
The water flowing from it was going toward the edge of the island, making sky waterfalls.
”Cu!”
When I saw it, Mohmov was attacking the beast on the empty island and eating it.
Cheng Cheng, you wanted to have dinner and you followed me, right?
”Hey Mr. Rex, is there an empty island on that cloud too?
Seeing the waterfall descending from the clouds above the empty island, Mr. Liliera asks about that.
”I think maybe I am. Because the altitude of an empty island varies depending on the content of gravium and the number of creatures living on the island.”
”An island on a cloud...”
Mr. Liliera is staring at the sky above the empty island with her sparkling eyes.
”Oh, there's a town nearby. Let's spend the night there today!
Just when I saw the ground from the sky, I realized there was a town nearby.
”Well, I mean, it's time for me to be hungry too, come on. The magic sucks. You're a little too shabby.”
Oops. Mr. Liliera's magic is pinching.
”Shall we go then?”
After our tour of the island, we went back to the ground to find a place to stay.
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”Welcome Customer”
The counter clerk greets us well when we come into the inn.
”Would you like two one-person rooms and one more pet?
”Sorry, it's crowded today, so we only have one room for two. And pets don't have to pee or poop.”
A room for two.
”I don't mind. I used to have no money, and I used to spend a lot of time in my room with men and women.”
Hmm, if Mr. Liliera is good, okay?
”Okay. In a room for two, then. And it's all right because it's still here.”
”Cu!”
I raise my hand if Moffmoff has no problem.
”Haha, I don't know what it is, but it's cute. And the room for two is a piece of silver coin a night. 4 copper coins per meal if you want to serve a meal.
”That's pretty expensive.”
When I hear of a piece of silver coin, Mr. Liliera frowns.
”Oh? Didn't the customers come to see the skyman descend?
”” The descent of the skyman?
What's that?
”Did you come here without knowing? Hmmm... that would be lucky”
”Lucky?
”This town is protected by the skyman who emerged from the sky.”
”” The skyman who emerged from the sky?
Uh, is it some kind of legend?
”Whoa, you don't believe that face, do you? But the skyman is real.”
”Uh, what's going on? Or what's a skyman?
Honestly, it's a chimp camp.
”This town was originally a pioneer village that had escaped the war, but was it a landscape or had been attacked by many demons for a long time”
”... eh”
I hear you were attacked by demons, and Mr. Liliera looks bitter.
”Our ancestors resisted desperately and sometimes hired adventurers to defend the village.”
The clerk tells us the old story with a familiar narrative.
Maybe we're talking about this every time a customer comes.
”That's how the village developed into a town, and our ancestors built walls to counter demons and set up massive vigilantes. One day like that, a very large, horrible bunch of demons attacked the town. Everyone fought desperately, but the walls were destroyed and the vigilante warriors were defeated one after the other. The country abandoned its ancestors, and the adventurers ran away if they didn't fit in very well.”
I feel bitter when I hear that the adventurers have fled.
”No more, the miracle happened when everyone gave up. A glowing spear was unleashed from the sky, and the herd of demons was quickly swept away. And your ancestors, looking up into the sky, saw the winged knights descend from the sky.”
”” Knights with feathers!? ”
I've never heard of a race like that!
”When the Winged Knights went down to earth, they treated the wounded and drove away the remnants of the demons. They said they were gods and skymen.”
”The use of God...”
Isn't that like an angel of myth?
”Besides, the skyman can come down from heaven today.”
”” Today!? ”
Yeah? Wait a minute!? Isn't that a legend!?
”Are you sure Sky Man is here?”
Mr. Liliera also has her eyes rounded that she can't believe it.
”I'm here. I watch it every year, too.”
”Every year!?”
”Yes, our ancestors and the Sky Man made a pact. Instead of making a contribution to the skyman every year, he promises to protect our town.”
”Is today the day you send that contribution?
”That's the thing! That's why every inn is so expensive today!
……
When I look at Liliera, Liliera looks at me, too.
”I'll stay”
”Every time!”
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”Uh, is this the altar of the ritual?”
”That's a lot of people.”
We took the room, and we just headed to the altar of the ritual where the clerk told us that the ritual of the tribute would take place.
At times like this, magic bags that don't need to be left behind are handy.
”Um, this is gonna take a while. Shall we go through the roof?”
”... well, that's the only way.”
The clerk also said that if you want to see the ritual, you should hurry, so Liliera agrees to go from above.
”But there's no flying, if you fly here, you'll make a scene in many ways.”
”I know.”
Yeah, sure, if we fly through the sky on the day that the astronauts come from the sky, they can make a nasty mistake, right?
Well, we don't have wings, so you can't go wrong.
”Yo!”
We jump onto the roof of a nearby house with body strengthening magic to improve our jumping power.
Then we found a ritual altar-like place from the top of the roof, and we ran the roof, leaping between the house and the house towards the altar.
And when I approached the altar, a loud cheer boiled down from the front.
”What!?”
”Mr. Liliera, on the altar!
When we stopped on the roof of the halfway house, we saw over the altar.
”Shh...”
Mr. Liliera leaks his voice unexpectedly.
That was a very majestic sight.
There is a large circular hole between the clouds above, from which the sun's light leaks.
And from that hole, ten wings slowly descended
”There are really feathers growing...”
”Is that the skyman?