247 Episode 229: Abandoned Skies
We finally got on a floating continent, and we were coming by the city in the middle of the island.
Bright sunshine falls on the fields around the city.
I saw the shadow of the cabin in the corner of the field with a thousand eyes.
Certainly there was a man-shaped thing moving in the shadow of the cabin.
"You're not a person - probably a golem"
"Well, is it true"
Surprised as Celica put her hand on the fine sword she lowered to her waist.
Seen in The Eye of Truth.
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[Status]
Name: Gnome
Race: Magic Doll
Class: Agricultural Work LV99
Attributes: [Land] [Land]
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"You don't seem to have combat or surveillance skills. It's just a golem dedicated to farming."
"Really... I can't believe I plowed this many fields by myself. What a hard worker."
I also felt subtly different where I was impressed, but it was a celica-like feeling.
"More than that. So there's someone who needs food."
"Again... the Demon King is resurrected..."
I nodded. I feel my face get rough.
"Do you want me to knock you down? - No, is it possible to be noticed? We'll take a detour into the city so the Golem won't find us."
"Yes, Kaika."
We bowed our hips and lowered ourselves, rushing through the fields.
With the magical power of the wind, he quickly reached the outer wall surrounding the city.
High walls. No rock joints whatsoever.
Similar to Lapisia handmade walls in Kaika village.
Was it created by magic?
The city gate was wide open, so I went from there into the city.
Once that happened, Celica took a breath next door.
"This is the city"
A wide boulevard ran from the city gate to the center of the city. Paved with a single rock.
On either side of the road stands buildings over ten stories tall.
A group of skyscrapers, but architectural styles are like ancient Egypt.
A completely different atmosphere from the city I've traveled to.
And there was no sign of any people.
"I didn't expect it to go to ruins with all this skill. The end of the city where the gods lived."
"There's something very sad about it..."
Celica moaned with a sadly shaped frown.
"The exorcism of the Demon King is now a prerequisite. We'll see about that later."
"Yes."
- Well, it could collapse like a Raputa.
That's the time.
I cast my magic, turn off my footsteps, and then run out. It's cobblestone, so the waste sounds too loud.
"Don't get too close to the building. An attack could come from above."
Be so careful and then rush through the boulevard fast.
I hurried to the castle, which should be in the center.
- and.
"Kaika, brother, that's crazy"
"What? - The enemy?
I watch with caution in Chirii Eye, but my sight just keeps ruining.
"There are shops and lodgings in this city"
Migna running in witch clothes. The black eyes were soaked in a building facing the boulevard.
I can't read the letters on the sign, but there were shelves and showcases lined up in the store visible through the glass window.
The inn has a temple-like pillar and looks like a large lounge right after entering.
That's the inn's daughter. They were concerned about the other store.
"Hmm? That's about all there would be in the city, right?
Takaten Plains were similar.
But Mea shook her head.
"Tens of thousands of people can live in this city - God, there aren't that many"
- Oh, the very number of gods is very different?
"Lapisia, you know something?
I looked back to Lapisia running right behind me and asked.
Answer the blue twin tail rocking like a wave.
"I don't. I've never been here before."
"Is that true, too? It's long after Lapisia was born."
I thought about asking Lilliel or Livia, but I stopped thinking that my heart might tell me where she was.
Think as you run down the boulevard, while paying attention to your surroundings.
"I don't know the details... but during the Genesis, when there were a lot of gods, they probably lived their men and their squire. The early days of the stars are like hot fireballs, because the weak can't live."
Said Celica as she snuggled her blonde hair back.
"You're going to be in that state. That's Kaika. I can't believe you even know that."
"Sort of. - Well, Lily could have followed Eye as a squire, too. The number for sure is 100. There must have been at least a hundred biholder gels alone. You said the elves were called from another world, too. Maybe my original elf used to live here too."
"I see. Creating the world is still a big job involving a lot of gods and beasts."
Celica was surprised with her blue eyes round.
I snort.
"I'm sure it used to flourish. There's not a single person. It's very different from how it's drenched right now."
"It must have been a gorgeous, lively life...... I kind of miss you"
While we were talking about that, we came to the center of the city.
A cubic building made of obsidian lustrous stone.
It also looks like a huge cube of about thirty meters on one side is placed in a pong.
On both sides of the building and on the rear side, a tall cylinder swept towards the blue sky like a radio tower.
"Is this the castle?
"... sounds like a temple... you have a very unusual shape"
When the cylinders next to the building were viewed with the "Truth Eye", they were labeled [Magic Barrier Generator Tower] [Physical Barrier Generator Tower] [Phantom Barrier Generator Tower].
- Let's break it after we bring out the petrified gods.
Up a wide range of stairs in front of the entrance and close to both open doors.
Megna comes forward refreshed and checks the door.
"Well, it's not locked."
I saw inside in Chiriko, but no sign or appearance of a person.
"We're going in quietly."
"Yes," "Okay," "Yeah."
Celica sipped cocklessly and Mea buzzed her tail upside down.
Lapisia also has a cute crease between her eyebrows.
I opened the door and went inside.
A whole lot of space, about 30 meters per side, just like the outside. I don't even have a pillar.
The interior was made of black stone, both walls and floors. Magic light is embedded in walls and floors, blurry and glowing.
When they all entered, they closed the door, but their feet were bright.
Stand silently at the entrance.
Activate the Thousand Eyes looking for stairs or signs of enemies.
At that moment, I took a breath.
- It's a hierarchical dungeon upstairs and underground!
Is that true? Genesis God made Aurora a dungeon master.
Then Genesis God himself should have been able to create a dungeon.
A hierarchical dungeon cannot be foreseen by a thousand eyes because its existence has not been determined until it enters that floor.
The neighbor Celica notices an anomaly and whispers in a whisper.
"What have you done? Kaika."
"It is a hierarchical dungeon, the same as the tower of trials and dragon dungeons. I don't know what it is."
"Well! It did have that chance. I'm sorry I didn't realize."
"No, that's okay. For now, if Lily is right, the petrified gods are underground - is there a staircase?"
There was a staircase down to the basement on the left side of the wider center. Up stairs on the right.
When I saw it in "Truth Eye," it was labeled [Hierarchical Staircase], so I'm pretty sure.
When I tried to make my way over, Megna, who was next door, pulled my sleeve hard.
"Kaika, brother, there's also a staircase on the back wall"
Point to the left back of the hall with a slender, thin finger.
There are definitely downstairs.
The central staircase is wide and large, but the back staircase is a little small.
But that was [hierarchical staircase] too.
"Which one? - No, if we're going to bring in the stone statue, we need width. Let's get down the center."
"Okay."
The footsteps were magically erased, but I still walked sneaky.
Both Celica and Megna walk with their hands on the sword they put on their hips, killing their footsteps.
And I went down the stairs.
There is a magical light, so it is not dangerous.
It was just creepy to be too quiet.
It is also intimidating because all the surroundings are black walls.
Are you sure you haven't noticed yet?
Or is it a trap?
It turns out that was when the hierarchy switched.
The moment it connected to the first basement floor, a status window by the "Truth Eye" appeared.
Put your hands on the knife.
"Celica, Mea, stop. Me and Lapisia are going."
"Yes," "Okay."
I rocked my Japanese clothes and went down the stairs.
Lapisia jumps from a few steps up and lands with a wide hem of the piece.
The first basement floor was the same as the one above, in a large room with black walls and floors.
The difference is that there are many giant mirrors installed on the wall.
Suspiciously shimmering with magical light placed on floors and walls transferred to mirrors.
And behind the room, there was a ghost sitting quietly.
A skeletal knight across a skeletal horse. He has a spear and is dressed like a nobleman.
When he took his hat, he greeted him with a grumpy greeting.
"Brave man. We didn't want to get this far on our own. That was unexpected even for me."
"Falcon. Long time no see."
Necromancer Falcan. One of the former Four Heavenly Kings, with many instant death attacks.
Lapisia clenches her fist next door.
I also opened my legs and dropped my hips so I could attack at any time.
But inside, he was tongue-in-cheek.
- Shit! Have I seen you before you brought out the gods?
Stared at the Falcon while activating the Truth Eye.