58 Episode 58: The Sky Continent and the Sky Man (2/2)
”” ”” ”Ohhhhhhhhh!” ””
As the ten knights, feathering from their backs and wrapped in silver armor, slowly approach the ground, cheer from all over town.
”Can I help you?
What Mr. Liliera wondered would be the large disc in their center.
The skymen formed a circle, each supporting a disc with its inner hand in the circle.
And when the Knights of the Astronauts approached the earth, the voice was heard.
”In accordance with the covenant of heaven, we fulfill our covenant. And according to the covenant of the earth, you give us the testimony of abundance. This is the covenant of heaven and earth!
”Is this, like, loud magic?
I deduce the voice that probably sounded all over town to be caused by magic.
And when the skymen radially put the spear in their hands in the air, the light drifted from the tip of that spear, and the lines of light colored the sky.
”” ”” ”Ohhhhhhhhh!” ””
The light emitted from the light pouring down from the slices of the clouds looked like a very majestic glow.
”Oh, great heavenly servant! Follow the covenant and receive and pay more than we do!
When the priest and his muffled grandfather raise their voices out loud, the skymen descend to near the altar.
Then the people who climbed the altar lined up their contributions one after the other on the discs of the skymen.
”That's a lot of power.”
It is the hands of the skymen that support the disc.
With more and more contributions on that disc, its weight would be considerable.
Though we all have it, it's surprisingly powerful to support it with one hand.
The question of the heavenly man and the priest continues even while the tribute is listed.
”And there's so much food”
The contributions placed on the altar were all groceries such as vegetables, dried meat, and fish.
Although there are other items, there are few hardware items.
”You just said it was proof of abundance, and I wonder if that's what food is about?
”Oh, there could be that”
Hmm, is it like a ritual to give the earth's god the best harvested crop of the year?
Thus, when the question-like conversation between the skyman and the priest ended, they also finished putting up their contributions, and the skymen went up to the sky again.
Yeah, Cheng Cheng, the question now is, how are you going to perform until you finish putting your contributions on the list?
And when the heavenly man who rose to the sky put up his spear again, he emitted the light of earlier, this time slowly spinning and ascending to the sky.
Once again there was cheer from all over town, and the voice continued until the figure of the sky men disappeared on the clouds.
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”Nevertheless, there was no such thing as an astronaut.”
Yeah, I was surprised by that, too.
Once a hero, I met most people.
That was varied by being allies or enemies, but still it's the first time I've met a species called the Sky Man.
Besides, I've only seen about a demon race with feathers growing from their backs.
Well, I've seen feathered demons that resemble humans, because they can't have a conversation.
”The use of God on the side of man. It's like a myth.”
”Hey.”
I mean, if such a presence exists, why didn't you help me in the battle against demons in my previous life?
I feel the question is bigger as to why than it is awesome.
Um, I'm curious.
Skyman, who the hell are you?
That question fills my head. I come to one conclusion.
”... All right, let's go to the land of the astronauts!
Yes, until you find out if you were wondering.
Previous masters also told me to storm whether that was female water or not if I wanted to know, peeking into female water and getting half-killed eyes.
... Yeah, with no memory of it now.
Anyway, if you were interested in the unknown, it's only natural to investigate the habitat in order to examine its ecology.
”Huh? Are you okay?!? They must be using you from the sacred sky!?”
Liliera gives a shock to my suggestion.
”That's why. Honestly, I don't know I exist in the sky. Besides, I'm also concerned that I don't see a sky continent. If they'd lived in the sky for a long time, I'm sure they'd know about it.”
”Well, maybe...”
”And don't you really care about the country further above the empty island?
When I ask her that question, Liliera puts her arms together and thinks, um...
And what a hard look to say I said this.
”Well, that doesn't bother me.”
”Right!
Yes, we are adventurers.
A profession that puts its life at risk to earn a dime and dangerously jumps in to see the unknown!
If there's such a sight in front of us that we've never seen before, there's no reason not to get up!
Finally, let's also ask why you didn't cooperate in the battle of demons in your previous life!
”Then tomorrow we go to the kingdom of the astronauts!
”Oh...!
”Cu!”
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”That's pretty chilly.”
We fly to the sky for the kingdom of the skyman.
The aim is on the waterfall that comes down from above the clouds.
”It's time to get closer to the clouds. Once inside, you will go up as you circle the clouds as you risk hitting below the empty island”
”Okay.”
We rise, being careful not to enter the clouds.
”Clouds interrupt. We're up there.”
We jumped over the clouds and reached over the clouds.
”Awesome...”
Mr. Liliera complains about the sight of the cloud sea from above.
Further above the sky, there is only the blue sky and the sunlight illuminates.
And under sight, a sea of white clouds on one side.
And some of them...
”There it is. It's an empty island. That's huge too!
The sky islands that were in the clouds were among the sky islands we have seen before.
Not as big as a continent, but still, isn't it about the size of a small country?
”The earth is really spreading even though it's on the sky. It's not the same as an empty island packed all over a small island.”
As Ms Liliera put it, this empty island looked like it had cut off a sight on the ground and floated on a cloud.
Should I say it's fantastic but not fantastic?
”Now let's go”
”Yeah, yeah.”
Taking Liliera's hand, confused by the sight of the empty island, we began to fly towards the centre of the empty island.
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”I've never seen an animal before.”
Mr. Liliera gives a voice to Daw Aung Kyung when she sees the animals on the empty island.
”That's a ball rabbit, isn't it? As you can see, it's a round rabbit, like a ball, and instead of running, it jumps and moves.”
”Cucumber!?”
Moffmoff's excited about something, but that's not your relative.
Because it does look moffy, but it's obviously not ecological like you.
Mr. Liliera is obsessed with empty island animals, so I'll observe the surroundings instead.
And after flying for a while, I discovered something that was clearly not a natural thing.
”Ah, look. You can see the village over there, right?
I discover a village on an empty island that is an artifact.
”It's true. It's a village... a village?
”What's up?
”No, you're more heavenly than the people on earth, aren't you?
”Apparently.”
I think it's actually amazing because the people downstairs said so.
”But why the village? And I don't even look so amazing when I see it.”
”Indeed.”
It's really a village, if you ask me.
It usually feels like an earthly village.
”Maybe not if I saw it nearby, and why don't we just go?
”Right.”
We fly to the Sky Man village.
”I tried to get close, but it's usually a village”
”It's a village.”
It's a normal house to see.
If it's strong enough to make a difference, do you mean there's no fence in the Sky Man village?
I think this is probably because, unlike the ground, there are no werewolves.
”Would you like to come down for now”
We descend into the Sky Man village.
There are no fences or gates in the village, so there will be no need to go down outside once.
Then on earth, or from the village of the astronauts, you hear the blurring.
Looks like the villagers are pointing this way and making some noise.
”Is that it?”
The sight made me uncomfortable. [M]
”What's going on?
”No, that's an astronaut village, and they don't all have wings.”
”Huh?”
Yes, the skymen didn't have wings on their backs like the skymen they saw on Earth.
What do you mean?
”Really. I don't have wings.”
Um, I don't know why, but let's just try to be friendly at first.
When I landed in the village, I smiled and greeted the villagers.
”Hello, skinheads”
Then the villagers round their eyes and harden.
”Is that it? What's up, guys?
”” ”” ”To, man came down from the sky without wings - whoa!?” ””
That? Why are you surprised?
I mean, you all don't have wings, do you?