Chapter 20: Expedition 02
aurora
The wind galloping through the frozen soil, the clear blue sky, and the endless white world. The North is always like this, in fact, there is no good scenery, far less than the flowery South, the only special thing is probably a contradictory beauty of tranquility and cruelty in one place.
However, if this is said from a happy meeting, it will be too underdrawn.
As a guide and sick man, he can be said to be the most laid-back presence of the entire expedition. Adhering to the principle of resolutely paddling as long as someone else takes him, he dodged all the work that he could dodge. He didn't even cook the food, which made Sumesmart and Allen complain.
He's just a group of kobolds, lizardmen, frost-blooded orcs, and dragon lions that Sumesmart brought to him every day to "endure environmental damage" so that they won't be affected by low temperatures, or he just uses chained "rejuvenation" to heal the wounded, but in general, he is like a background wall quest NPC, reading books or looking at scenery on the flying carpet.
For this lazy landscape party, the rest of the expedition team can only choose to be convinced, after all, no one knows where to go or how to go without a happy meeting.
"Oh, that'...... How did I learn Heras's mantra. Look, Alan, isn't that the aurora?"
Since the expedition has been getting closer and closer to the North Pole, Xi Xiangyu has long seen the unchanging scenery of the Northland. Until today, he finally noticed a pleasantly surprised change in the sky - the aurora.
This is the first time in my life that I have seen the aurora borealis, it shines brightly in the night sky, sometimes it is monochrome, sometimes it is colorful, sometimes it is a ribbon of light, sometimes it is a halo, sometimes it is like a colorful oil painting. This splendid scenery that changes all the time is the most joyful to meet, and his mood becomes extremely excited.
"O nature, O goddess of the forest, Elona, please bless those souls to go to the kingdom of God where they should go, your ......"
At this time, Eren closed her eyes and prayed intently to the goddess of the forest she believed in, ignoring the colorful aurora in front of her.
No, she prayed when she saw it, maybe the druids had a different view of the aurora, like they thought the aurora was made of spirits?
"Oh, then let me witness it with my own eyes and experience it for myself. 」
Ignoring the warnings from his intuition, Xi Xiangyu took control of the flying carpet and rushed towards the aurora.
According to scientists on Earth, the aurora is actually a phenomenon caused by the solar wind entering the Earth's magnetic field. But Golantia's understanding of the aurora seems to remain at the level of primitive legends or paranormal phenomena. What the hell is the Aurora of Golantia, it's hard to make up his mind when he meets, so he decides to try it out for himself.
"Hello...... Stop, we're about to crash into the aurora, and the souls we're disturbing will punish us. ”
The wind caused Eren to stop praying, and she was soon surprised to find that Xi Xiangyu was riding the magic carpet and carrying her towards the aurora, and fell into a panic.
"If I disturb anyone, don't you apologize and apologize, and don't be so stingy when you're dead. 」
The happy encounter stopped in the air hundreds of feet away from the aurora.
"I don't feel anything at all, and I'm feeling wrong again?"
At this time, the happy encounter could only feel that he should not be close to the aurora, but he could not feel the reason at all.
"Alright, let's get closer and take a look here, let's go back...... Huh?"
Alan was about to persuade the happy encounter to return to the surface, but in the corner of his eye, he noticed that the aurora was approaching them.
"Interesting, the Aurora of Corantia has a very strong magical aura, and it seems that this is a magical phenomenon. 」
Using similar spells, he used the mage's "Flying Technique" and "Resistance to Energy Damage" and the Druid's "Rejuvenation Technique", and at the same time, he controlled the flying carpet to fly towards the ground and rushed into the aurora at the same time.
The moment he rushed into the aurora, he was hit by a powerful electric current, but because he had prepared a protective spell and a strong body in advance, he could still withstand this electric shock for a minute and a half.
After flying into the aurora, he saw that there was magic aura everywhere, but there was light and darkness under the premise that it was very strong overall, and he felt the pattern: the closer to the "core" of the aurora, the stronger the magic aura.
Enduring intense pain and paralysis, the happy encounter flew to the core at full speed......
"Happy meeting!"
Allen, who stayed on the flying carpet, could only watch the happy encounter rush into the aurora and land downward, Alan had never heard of someone who was so bold to enter the aurora directly, there were too many people who fell out after being scorched black by electricity after straying into the aurora, and the aurora is inviolable.
But after a short time together, Xi Xiangyu is already an important friend of Allen, and she can't just watch Xi Xiangyu die in the aurora......
There was nothing at the core but a stronger electric current, a more dazzling magical aura.
"(But if there's something wrong, even a magical phenomenon doesn't happen for no reason.) Just as a region with dense magic power will produce a super-magic storm, there must be some reason why the magical aurora appeared. )」
There is nothing here but magic currents, but this is impossible. In the concept of happy encounters, there has never been chance, coincidence, or chance in this world, everything is "inevitable", but the reason is "unknown".
[Idiot, you haven't even found the core yet, take a good look with your eyes!]
After ignoring the other voice as usual, Xi Xiangyu began to endure severe pain to observe the law of the change of the aurora.
The aurora is constantly changing, so its core will not stay in one place forever, but will continue to change. Then just find the pattern of its change......
But it seemed that it was too late, and the sound of protest had already begun to be heard from the body of the happy encounter, and the damage of the electric shock would soon reach the upper limit of what he could bear.
"(Let's go back, I'll forget it this time, and I'll have time to study it later.) )」
"Roar!"
Just then, a polar bear with wings flew over. Obviously, this polar bear is Allen, who has cast a spell and naturally transformed.
Note: Ehlonna
Alona, the goddess of the forest, is neutral and good. His common title is Alona of the Forest. Alona is a good companion to all the good people who live, love or depend on the forest for their livelihood. He is often depicted as an elf or a human. He has the closest relationship with elves, gnomes, half-elves, and halflings. Some rangers and druids were also his followers. Her fields of interest are: Animals, Kindness, Plants, and the Sun, and her preferred weapon is the longbow.