Chapter Ninety-Six: The Sealed and Broken Island
Miracle Canyon is a huge basin surrounded by a ring of towering snow-capped mountains, rich land, dense rivers, and spring-like all year round, once the largest grain base in the north, but now it is a paradise of monsters.
Through the windows of the airship, you can see a torrent of monsters below!
Soon, the airship approached the middle of the canyon, and a fragmented island could be faintly seen in midair.
In the cab of the airship, two pilots are in charge of controlling the direction of the airship, and an elf in a green uniform is holding a telescope, observing the island in the distance.
The shattered island is littered with black gargoyles.
"It's almost the distance, stop moving!" Captain Elf commanded.
Under the pilot's control, the airship slowly stopped moving forward and stopped in mid-air.
Elven Captain: "The target location has arrived, open the hatch!" ”
At the same time, seven knights in blue uniforms and flying cloaks were standing in the airship's sortie cabin, waiting for an attack.
Suddenly, the hatch in front of me slowly opened.
"Your Excellency Viscount, we will be responsible for luring those gargoyles away later, and when we send out the blue signal, you and my two subordinates will be responsible for escorting the priest of Intot, with the flame of order, straight to the lair, sealing the lair, is it okay?" The Cavaliers captain stared at Green.
"No problem." Green nodded.
"Okay, then we're going!"
After the airship's hatch was completely opened, except for the two knights who were responsible for protecting the priests, the rest of the knights activated their flying cloaks and flew out of the cabin, heading straight for the broken island in the distance.
When the knights approached a certain distance, the gargoyles on the Shattered Island came to life, flapping their wings and swarming towards the knights like flies with raw meat.
After getting close enough, the knights suddenly scattered, luring the gargoyles in other directions, making way for the passage between the airship and the floating island.
Looking at the knights' skillful way of attracting monsters, Green was a little surprised: "These knights are really professional, it doesn't feel like the first time to do this kind of thing." ”
Beside Green, the old priest held a shrine and stepped forward: "It's almost us." ”
"Hmm." Green activated his floating shield, took his bow, and was ready to go.
At this moment, a blue signal flare suddenly flew in the distance.
"It's done! Let's go! The old priest activated the flying cloak on his back and rushed out first! Green and the two knights who were responsible for protecting the priesthood followed.
The gargoyles on the island were all lured away, so Grimm and his party approached the floating island very smoothly.
The floating islands have long been in tatters, looking like several large pieces of space junk, and some buildings and fortifications can be seen on some of the larger islands.
Grimm and his party ignored the others and headed straight for the largest floating island!
In the midst of a ruined castle, a huge whirlpool rises.
"This is the monster's lair." Green stared at the swirl in front of him.
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Gargoyle Lair: A distorted space-time anomaly that projects gargoyles that once existed there into the current world.
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"Very good, there are no monsters around, take advantage of now!" The old priest flew directly to the whirlpool, knelt down, prayed for a while, and opened the shrine that he held on his chest.
There is a milky flame in the shrine.
The priest prayed as he took out the white flame and sent it into the whirlpool in front of him.
The black swirls are dyed white, as if milk is added to coffee, and the black is getting lighter and lighter, and the color of the swirls changes from black to gray.
"It's done! The lair has been sealed, and I signal the captain that they can launch a counterattack! A knight pulled a ball out of his bosom and opened it.
A red flare goes straight into the sky!
The praying priest ignored the knights and was still praying to the whirlpool while holding the shrine in his hand high and slowly approaching the gray vortex in front of him.
The gray vortex was sucked into the shrine like a tidal wave.
Soon after, the vortex disappeared. The shrine floated in midair, and inside the shrine, a gray flame was burning.
The priest closed the shrine and placed a seal on it.
"The seal is complete. Please be sure to protect this box and never let it be damaged. Once the box is broken, the monster lair will reappear! The priest said to Grimm.
"Hmm." Green stared curiously at the shrine in front of him as he examined it.
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Order Seal: A seal box filled with the power of order, which seals a distorted space-time anomaly.
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The old priest looked at Green and couldn't help but sigh: "There are still two weeks until the demonic night, I hope you can lead the first batch of immigrants and keep this seal." After the night of magic, we will send a second batch of immigrants and supplies within a week. ”
Green withdrew his gaze from the shrine, "Hmm. Can you help me reinforce this seal? For example, cover it with an iron cover to avoid being accidentally damaged. ”
"It's just the initial process now, we'll help you deal with the seal before leaving." The old priest looked a little worried, "But no matter how strong the seal is, if it is constantly corroded by monsters, it will be broken sooner or later. You can take a look around now, and if there's anything you need our help with or what we need us to bring for you next time, you can pick it up now. ”
The old priest didn't want this realm to be taken away by monsters again.
"Hmm~ Okay, then I'll go out and have a look."
The floating island was very dilapidated and looked crumbling, but it floated very firmly in the air.
The island is cold, full of ruins and ruins, as well as ruined defenses and barren fields. And below the floating city, there is a lake with rippling blue waves, and in the lake, several giant water snakes emerge from the water from time to time, staring at the floating islands in the sky, and let out a "hissing" roar. Not only are the lakes home to dangerous water snakes, but there are also a herd of grumpy horned sheep and chocobos roaming around the lake.
This floating city is an island, an island surrounded by monsters, but at the same time, it is also an oasis in the network of monsters.
"I don't know if there are any fish in the water." Green stood on the edge of the island, looking at the lake below.
Monsters have a strong desire to attack like undead spirits, and will attack all living beings within their range of perception, but some creatures with a low sense of presence will be ignored by them - such as small insects, such as some microorganisms in the water, and small fish and shrimp.
As Grimm wandered around, the knights who had been in charge of luring away the gargoyles returned to the island, and transport airships arrived on the island, bringing supplies and the first settlers.