50 Entering Skyview City (1/2)
Unfortunately for Jonathan, he was promptly defeated once more. In fact, Jonathan seemed to perform worse than last time despite having broke through to the Spirit Rank. This made sense though, as it had yet to be even a day since his breakthrough took place and he had not had enough time to fully adjust himself to his new state.
Amidst Uncle Kil's torturous bragging, everyone worked their way onto either of the two White Furred Mountain Dog's and set off. Delayed by Jonathan and Uncle Kil's little scuffle, morning had now long passed.
While riding one of the White Furred Mountain Dog's, the little kitten spent her time thanking the gods when she didn't experience any motion sickness like she always would when teleporting.
At a steady but quick pace, the Wilderwolf party traveled the hills of Falcio's Northern region in a peaceful manner. To her right, the little kitten could see an endless landscape of mountains and to her left, grassy and rocky hills with a few forests darting the horizon. Every hour or so, the little kitten would also notice small towns and cities every now and then with rocky houses and farmland.
Finally, after the sun had long set and a crescent moon had risen amongs grey clouds, the little kitten's eyes saw their first glimpse of a large, sprawling city off into the horizon.
”It's quite different to Evergale City, isn't it?” Jonathan spoke up as he stroked hr soft, silver fur.
The little kitten looked on dazed for a few seconds before nodding.
The city before them, Skyview City, was situated upon a massive hill. Buildings of various sizes and shapes flowed up its curvature, coloured in earthly colours. The city was definitely as big, if not bigger than Falcio's biggest city in the Eastern regions, Evergale City. At the tip of the cities large hill, a large tower stood, pointing towards the sky, looking majestic and breathtaking.
At the cities rim was a long wall that seemed to be made out of stone, quite the contrast to the metallic walls of Evergale. Meanwhile, outside of the cities stone walls were long stretches of farmland, covering as far as the eye can see all around Skyview City.
As the little kitten and the rest got closer and closer to the city, they passed several fields which grew a variety of goods that the little kitten couldn't name. They looked both similar to some of the food she had seen in her old world while also looking bizarrely different at the same time. Such as trees that grew an apple like fruit, except it was yellow with pink spots or she saw a farm that herded an animal that looked alike to a cow, but was of a bronze colour and had a fiery red mane upon its head and down its obtuse back.
”It's been a while since I've been here.” Jonathan smiled. ”I remember the Academy took us on a tour of these farms when I was really young. I also remember seeing the Caves of the Mother.”
”?” The little kitten turned to face Jonathan, who was sat just behind her and tilted her head in his direction. 'What are the Caves of the Mother?'
”Ah, the Caves of the Mother is the most famous landscape of Skyview City.” Jonathan quickly understood the kitten's inquiry.
”I've always found it rather funny how the biggest feature of a place called Skyview City is located underground. Weird that.” Uncle Kil interrupted, chuckling.
”As Uncle hinted at, the Caves of the Mother are a series of tunnels beneath Skyview City that has a long stretch of ancient text that act much like an Echo Stone, showing its viewers mystical visions that has yet to be fully understood, even by the most powerful of Magician's. The place is most useful for Magician's who prioritize the Earth Element.” Jonathan helpfully explained.
”The Element of Earth is often compared to a mother figure, as soil births fruit, trees, crops and so on. This is where the name, Cave of Mother originates from.” Uncle Kil further explained. ”In fact, there are quite a few elements which are often compared to being like a mother, like the elements of wood, nature and even the Holy Element of Creation.”
”Alright, enough chit chat. We're about there.” Jonathan cut the conversation to a close as he pointed forward.
Looking ahead, the little kitten noticed that indeed, they were now quite near the stone walls that surrounded the perimeter of Skyview City.