Act 339. Visitors in the clouds
Regular ships shuttle through the clouds, and huge ships located in the stratosphere leave huge shadows on the clouds.
Reiner sat in his place, looking out the window at the receding clouds, he looked back and looked at the people around him.
Claire is asleep, covered in Reiner's coat, and she is excited when she first gets on the boat, but soon becomes swept away by sleepiness and falls asleep in the clouds.
The two of them set off the morning before yesterday to the city of Priest, where they took a train to Toorondo, and then took a regular boat from Toroto to Camilo, the capital of the kingdom of Aster, and from there, they actually set foot on the road to the Rainbow Tower.
This section of the journey is very long, and of course, it also indirectly reflects that the location of the Crescent Academy is indeed very remote.
The regular boat has been on the road for two hours, and according to the schedule, it should be almost at its destination.
At this moment, a huge black shadow suddenly flashed outside the window, causing some passengers who were going to the Rainbow Tower for the first time to become a little panicked.
Reiner narrowed his eyes, taking a closer look at where the shadow had vanished.
It was a sea of clouds, at first glance there was nothing special, but gradually, a black shadow appeared in the white cloud, this shadow became bigger and darker, and the next moment, a huge creature broke through the sea.
At the same time, there was a low chirp.
It was a whale.
The whale was much larger than Reiner's regular boat, and after it broke out of the sea of clouds, it fell back into it, swimming freely, and it could be seen that this whale was markedly different from its close relatives in the sea, its back was covered with brown rocks that formed a hard armor, and the whale's fins were even larger, like two wings, slowly swaying between the white clouds.
The chirp just now was a whale song, long and low, as if it came from an ancient ballad.
In Where Are the Magical Creatures? Native to a sparse half-plane on land, this creature is called the Cloud Whale, and is the largest creature in the sky.
The cloud whale is a magical creature, in addition to the very light tissues that make up the body, it is also able to use magic to fly, according to calculations, the ability of the cloud whale to instinctively use magic is close to the five rings, in other words, it is born with the magic casting level of a human five-ring mage, otherwise it will fall to death.
Due to its large size, the cloud whale needs a wide airspace to move, and it will not even notice the regular ships coming and going, so only the cloud whale lives near the Rainbow Tower in the main plane.
The huge whale didn't notice the tiny regular boat beside it, which wagged its fins and glided to the other side, quickly disappearing into a thick cumulus cloud.
Seeing the cloud whale and hearing the whale song means that it is very close to the Rainbow Tower.
Before people could recover from the shock of the majestic behemoth, a black cloud spread rapidly in front of the regular ship, enveloping everything.
In the dark clouds, lightning and thunder were so close that some timid passengers covered their eyes in fright and shivered in their seats.
Between the thundering clouds, Reiner also caught a glimpse of some large shadows, which were much smaller and faster than cloud whales.
The downpour enveloped the regular vessels, and in the midst of the rocking, the vessels continued to move forward, as if the storm would not have any effect on the regular vessels.
The lightning bolts were connected into a net, spreading in the sky not far away, and the huge thunder roared and made people tremble.
Reiner subconsciously glanced at Claire, originally he thought that Claire would be awakened by this movement, but unexpectedly, Claire still slept soundly, unmoved by the outside world, and Reiner didn't know whether to praise or criticize this ability.
Just as the howling winds and furious thunder reached their peak, all sounds were gone.
In the midst of the black clouds, a regular ship rushed out, and behind it, an extremely bad storm.
In front of it, there is a clear and transparent airspace.
The entire airspace is surrounded by a continuous stream of storms, cutting it off from the outside world, and in the very center of the airspace, there is an archipelago.
This is a floating island floating in mid-air.
The great work that the mages had spent hundreds of years to accomplish was right in front of Reiner's eyes.
Each island covers a large area and can be seen covering the surface of the island with a large amount of vegetation, among which there are some oddly shaped buildings.
Reiner saw a tall tower twisting and spiraling upwards in the midst of a lush forest, and quaint buildings beside a quiet lake.
He also saw a tower whose outline was unclear and covered in a cloud of mist, and a tall tower that stood majestically white and flawless.
The Rainbow Tower, the seat of the Magical Guild and the center of the mage world, is located in the middle of the continent, above the Serimya Inland Sea, a unique floating continent.
Historically, the floating island where the Rainbow Tower is located was originally the capital of the ancient Magic Empire, and the traces of that great war can still be seen today.
The most obvious of these is that there were originally as many as thirty islands in this archipelago, and at this time, there are only nine left, and there is no need to repeat what happened to the other islands.
The regular boat slowly sailed towards the middle island, at this time, people noticed that there were figures floating in the sky from time to time, that is the mages who have learned to fly, between the islands of the Rainbow Tower, although there are small floating boats coming and going, but for the high-level mages, flying is not a difficult thing, they are more accustomed to doing it themselves.
The float boat docked, the whistle sounded, and Reiner gently patted Claire beside her, and the girl slowly opened her violet-colored eyes and looked at Reiner.
"I can't eat anymore."
“...... Well, it looks like you had a good dream. ”
Reiner shrugged and beckoned Claire to stand up.
"You didn't react at all to such a big storm just now, I really envy the quality of your sleep."
Hearing Reiner's words, Claire was even more confused.
"Storm? Why didn't I notice it at all? ”
Claire didn't know why, and followed Reiner off the scheduled ship.
"Look, it's over there, such a big ...... Hey? ”
Reiner had wanted to point out the route they had just taken, but as far as the eye could see, there were still storms, and the sky was clear in the Serimya Inland Sea, and the dark clouds from before were long gone.
"Hallucinations, or yet?"
Somewhat confused, Reiner glanced at Claire, who was puffing out her cheeks, as if thinking that Reiner had deliberately played tricks on her.
"Forget it, let's go eat some rainbow tower specialties first."
Reiner had no choice but to move out of the killer feature.
"Good, good!"
Claire nodded vigorously and kept up with Reiner.