As the door opened, I saw a hazy light and shadow, and then as the light and shadow expanded, I gradually blended in, and Rutubata's voice appeared in my ears. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Congratulations, my lord, for your excellent proof of strength and wisdom. I've lived a long time and met many smart people, but you still surprise and admire me. It must be a very interesting experience to work for you, and I am looking forward to waking up from the underground, so rest assured, I am not yet fully capable of it. ”

【Ding! The system will indicate that you have completed the Tier 2 Arena Challenge, and since you have successfully challenged Rutubata, the Heroic Skeleton Giant, you will be able to ride the balloon to the podium to claim your special reward. 】

"What?"

I heard a special system prompt and some special terms, but I can confirm from the description of the system that I did pass it.

The blurred light and shadow gradually became clearer, and I felt my feet on something, something like a wooden plank, but it was a little floating. My eyes became clear, and all I saw were white clouds and balloons floating in the air, and many undead spirits flying back and forth in the air, though not at all beautiful.

I looked around and found myself in a very large basket, and above my head was a massive balloon powered by heat and simple air magic drives, much larger than the entire roof of my lord's bedroom. Orange and black make up the main colors of this balloon, which is basically the same as the balloon in the game, except that my balloon is much larger and more delicate than the balloons that have flown nearby. Next to me, a short skeleton with a flying helmet and a very simple rudder console, and nearby, three skeleton soldiers with the same appearance but hats of other colors were busy with their work. One of them was looking around with a telescope, presumably navigators, while the other two were standing guard by two short but special bronze cannons on the sides of the balloons, surrounded by a whole pile of bombs. This big basket looks sturdy

I looked around and saw the tall tower in the distance next to the spectator stand, and at the top of the tower there was a wide platform, where many people had gathered, and it was probably the podium. Remembering the prompt from the previous system, I also relieved myself and knew that I was on the way to the podium, and the balloon I was riding in was the one that sent me there. My injuries have healed, not even a single scar has been left, and the negative effects of the forcible elemental fusion have been removed, and my body has once again returned to the state it was in when I first entered, which makes me very satisfied. But in addition to being satisfied and rejoicing, I also have a question.

''Artillery? Aren't balloons used for bombing? ‘’

I looked at the two cannons on either side of the balloon in confusion, very puzzled. I've never seen a balloon with a cannon in the game. In reality, this design is also very unreasonable, as long as a balloon of this size is shot, it will be uncontrolled by the recoil, and even roll over. I am also very puzzled by this situation.

"Greetings to you, my lord, and welcome to the Invincible Vic, I am the captain of this battleship." Just as I was thinking, the skeleton that was controlling the console suddenly turned its head and took off its helmet with the Valkyrie's head and the big axe (for skeletons, the nightmarish presence of a Valkyrie) and saluted me, and I saluted back appropriately, and then I saw that the skeleton still had a pirate's beard on the corner of its mouth, although it was dry.

"Hello, Captain, is this your ship?" I glanced at the balloon I was riding in and asked with a little bit of a smile.

"Of course, sir! This is my beautiful ship, the best battleship in our village! I have always felt honored to be her manager. "The skeleton captain named Vic seems to be very proud of his balloon. I also have respect for this proud thought.

"Very well, my lord, please do a good job, because we are going to break through the past, please see how we can pop their balloons and those undead!"

"What do you say?"

Hearing his words, I was stunned for a moment, but the other party didn't seem to have considered my thoughts at all, and turned the rudder fiercely, and then the whole balloon drifted a little, and the two guns quickly protruded from the side of the balloon, and the two gunners quickly filled those special shells into the barrel, with the pull of the rope, accompanied by a vibration of the balloon, the two shells shot out of the artillery, and the two balloons that leaned over directly pierced through, the wood fragments continued to fall, and the balloon began to rise rapidly, The skeletons that had been blown up in several pieces also fell from the sky.

"Boys, give me a hard beating!" Vic seemed excited about his actions, yelling in a skeleton fashion, and the skeleton gunners began to reload their cannons more quickly.

The rest of the balloons seemed to be ready for a long time, and they all approached us, and the artillery on the bunkers began to fire at us, without giving us any chance of explanation. The undead wandering nearby also rushed over quickly, and the black water in their hands began to throw from a long distance. This was not a dispute that Vic hastily provoked, because judging from the unified actions of the other side and the way they encircled us, it seemed that they were ready to attack us, and they did not think of letting us go from the beginning.

"Little Zero, what's going on!?"

I was also completely blindsided at this time, this sudden change of form made me a little confused, a minute ago the system said to let me sit in a balloon to receive the prize, but now there is an air battle, it seems that it doesn't want me to go there at all.

【Ding! The system prompts that the Tier 2 Arena is divided into two battlefields, the ground and the sky, and you have passed the ground battlefield very well, now please ride this battle balloon to break through the obstacles and reach the podium on the other side to claim your reward. As a friendly reminder, if you fail in the air, you will not be able to get the rewards for the second part. 】

I didn't wait for Xiao Ling's prompt, but waited for the system's "friendly prompt", and was told that I was going to have an air battle again, and I had to face dozens of times more enemies, no matter how I looked at it, I didn't have an advantage. I was speechless, and I was very dissatisfied with the arrangement of the system. But I couldn't do anything, and I couldn't express my dissatisfaction with the system, so I just grabbed the frame of the balloon basket and watched how this kind of battle, which was completely different from the ground, would develop.