The maiden is curious about the change of day and night in the world under the clouds. It took her a great deal to figure out what Joe meant: that a sea of clouds was radiating a warm glow above their heads, and that it would be dim when it was "night," and that darkness would cover the land, and that it would be extremely dangerous to travel in that environment.

If it weren't for the complete inability to activate arcane and divine arts, the girl would have wanted to delve into the nature of the light of the sea of clouds and the light of the sun. And the rain, when it rains in the sea of clouds, does it fall together as a whole? Or will only part of it be down?

The questions are really piling up......

Forget it, the girl thought helplessly. Mr. Palamedes must have been to this place, and he must have studied such a thing. Just ask him when you see him......

Dimi is also paying attention to his surroundings.

"It's desolate." The young prince sighed. He couldn't imagine what life was like for the inhabitants of the world beneath the clouds. Joe and Adam, who didn't even have shoes on, walked across the rough sand. And when Dimi said that he could lend them shoes, they even said that they actually had shoes, but they didn't need them for this part of the road......

Finally, at Dimi's insistence, the two finally changed into their straw sandals.

……

Everyone hurried non-stop, and even the dry food was eaten while walking. Joe and Adam, accustomed to two meals a day, are flattered by the dry food that the girl and Dimi give them (the girl still has a lot of hidden in her dimensional bag), and finally accept the offer.

It's a big deal to eat one less meal in the evening...... With that in mind, Adam hid the rest of the dry food close to him. The girl and Dimi tried to act as if they didn't see it. Dimi found several herbs he knew along the way, and if Joe hadn't been in a hurry to move forward, he would have been eager to gather some for a rainy day.

It's true that there are still some medicines in the backpack, but considering the possibility of the two of them being stranded under the clouds for a long time, the better the preparation, Dimi thought.

Look, Victoria is also looking at the plants in the wilderness. She seems to be interested in these things too?

Dimi didn't know: he was interested in plants he knew and could come in handy, while the maiden was interested in plants she didn't know and couldn't name......

Maybe the changes in species reveal the secrets of some world, and if you take 10,000 steps back, maybe there are high-quality spell casting materials hidden in them?

So far, the world under the clouds has shown her only sandy beaches and saline land, abandoned roads, and impoverished inhabitants. But the girl still realized the value behind these things.

"If Mr. Palamedes really keeps in touch with this cloudless world," thought the girl, "then he is really enjoying a treasure mountain to himself." ”

……

In the evening, the group finally arrived at their destination, which was what Joe called "the city."

Actually, it's just a village......

It's just that Joe doesn't know what the word "village" says at all.

Dimi looked at the two rows of low, earthy yellow houses in the village and sighed. Even the poorest mountain villages in the empire were slightly richer than here.

Not to mention someone who can communicate, I'm afraid you can't even find an inn or tavern where you can rest in this kind of place, Dimi said to himself. Dimi is still quite wary of staying in the homes of villagers who don't understand the language.

However, when everyone entered the village, Dimi's face softened slightly.

It was getting late, but there were many more men, women and children walking back and forth at the entrance of the village than Dimi expected. He saw a horse-drawn cart and three ox carts, and some goods—such as shoddy pots and pheasants in cages—lying scattered on the ground.

Maybe there's a market going on here, Dimi thought. People from nearby villages and towns have gathered.

As if to confirm Dimi's guess, when he saw the four approaching, several men surrounded him. Unlike the surrounding villagers, they don't have patches on their shirts, and their faces are much more ruddy. But when they saw the weapons that the girl and Dimi were carrying, they showed confused looks.

"Warriors of the North?" They looked at the girl and Dimi suspiciously.

The crowds were all merchants who had set up stalls in the bazaar, eager to sell their remaining goods before it was completely dark. As soon as they saw the girl and Dimi's dress, they realized that these two were by no means locals. Like Adam and Joe, they also think of Maiden and Dimi as fellow pirates of the North.

Just the leather armor and hammer spear on this little girl's body, as well as this young man's long sword, are all first-class appearances...... Many pirate captains are no more than equipped like this.

The merchants were not too afraid. Many of them had dealt with pirates.

Moreover, the girl and Dimi are too young to be vigilant......

……

In recent years, piracy has been rampant, but there are also some northern warriors who have not had a good time in their hometowns to look for work.

At first, the merchants were worried that these strong overseas warriors would collude with their fellow pirates and loot them all. But soon, the merchants found that in addition to asking for more wine and meat, the northern mercenaries were no different from the local guards, and even worked harder in battle.

In addition to treating employers who don't pay them, the "pirates who leave the team" are basically honest. Maybe those pirates with muscles in their brains don't know what stratagem is......

So the merchants gradually relaxed. Now they see the armed visitors from the north and the locals, and although they are still vigilant, they no longer feel that the locals have been kidnapped by them, as they did in the past.

They looked at the girl and Dimi with their eyes.

These two "warriors of the north" are so young, but their temperament is extremely outstanding, and their weapons are even more exquisite (Dimi's imperial longsword is already the top equipment in their hearts, and they can't see that the girl's hammer spear is made of mythril and elemental core), maybe they also want to ask for a buddy?

"It was these two great warriors who saved my life and Adam's! From the hands of a pirate! Joe was unashamed to panic. This is the best way to let people down.

"No kidding, Joe, can you afford to hire them?" A businessman who knew Joe well asked suspiciously.

"They've just come to us!" "Now they're tired and want to find a place to rest!" ”

Dimi and the girl couldn't understand what they were saying, so they could only pretend to be dumb on the spot.

"I want to hire them, you can help me ask, how much does it cost?" The merchant asked, wondering how Joe got into a relationship with the two, and even more so when Joe learned to speak North Island......

The merchant didn't take a fancy to Dimi and the girl's martial arts: in his opinion, even if they were fierce overseas warriors, how strong could these two imps be? It's just that none of the other small businessmen present have hired overseas soldiers, and look at the appearance of these two young men...... They also don't necessarily know the market price......

The man is extremely handsome, and the woman is beautiful and heroic, such two warriors, as long as the price is cheap, just supporting the façade is enough, this businessman said.

"I'll talk about it tomorrow...... Let them rest today......" Joe pushed Dimi and the girl forward, sweating in his heart.

Thanks to the merchants here, there are no northern guards. If a man suddenly appeared who could speak the North Island dialect of the pirates, he thought, the two noble heavenly men would surely be recognized......

"You'd better receive the goods first! It's getting dark! Jo shouted at the top of his voice, and left the crowd with the girl and Dimi. There are no hotels in the village, but most of the villagers are willing to accept accommodation from outsiders – as long as they pay for it. But I don't know if there is a market today, and many merchants and people from nearby villages will be able to squeeze in enough cover......

Joe didn't want to take these two guests to set up a tent......

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Meanwhile.

The top of the Black Floating City of Palamedes, a deep black dome.

"Haven't you found it yet?" There was a faint evil aura in the eyes of the Lord of Darkness.

"Yes." The Cloud Sea-level mage kneeling down looked cowering in front of the Black Lord's might.

"Let's go down." The Lord of Darkness sighed. The young mage, who was kneeling on the ground, crawled away.

The Black Lord shook his head slightly.

The girl actually tore the bracelet she gave in two...... He can still save the lives of the girl and Dimi, but the landing point is uncontrollable. If one is unlucky, it is also possible that the two will fall into the sea together.

What's worse is that the world under the clouds is not like the ...... above the clouds His control over the world under the clouds is extremely limited.

If the girl is lost in the cloud world, even in Nicholas's base camp, Palamedes can think of a rescue.

Can be ...... in the world under the clouds

"It's useless to worry." The Black Lord shook his head and continued to set up a new search.

"As long as they're alive......"