"Hey, are you really not getting the wrong direction?"

"Rest assured"

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Saying...... This is the second time we've seen this view on a flying boat.

The sun, which looked heavy and slowly sinking from the sky, no longer felt warm when it shone on the body.

The wind in the air was a little dry and a little cool.

Fortunately, Liu Xiao was not brought, because-

Underneath the flying ship, everything was black.

Boundless black.

Not only the stone and sand are black, but even the dirt is black.

There are few plants, but there are many geysers.

From time to time, you can see a column of water gushing up with flames in your field of vision, leaving a mist behind and a small rainbow in the golden sunlight.

Blackfire Mountain Range...... It lives up to its name.

This kind of environment is probably not the type that Liu Xiao likes.

We left the Dawn Mountains yesterday and flew over the western border and the Blackfire Plateau in the darkness of the night.

The Black Fire Plateau is the narrow plateau where the elven army and the troglodyte army fought before.

Now we have crossed the plateau and come to the mountains where the ridges arch.

The air wasn't fresh, but it wasn't humid at all, so the view was very open and clear.

In the distance, there is a very, very high mountain in front of you.

It's so high that you can't see where the top is when you plug it directly into the cloud.

The base of the mountain is connected to the countless mountains of the Black Fire Mountains, which become lighter and whiter the higher you go, and eventually merge with the clouds.

'That's the spine of the world'

'Some people call it the Pillar of the World'

Ellie blew the wind, letting her hair swing in the wind.

The little one raised his hand and pointed to the mountain and said to me.

"I heard that in ancient times it was a dragon's lair"

"The holy thing that once saved your life, the 'Roof Ice Flower' was picked from there"

Oooh...... A strong sense of magic poured out all at once.

Looking up at the place where the mountain peaks melted into the clouds, the shadows of the mountain peaks slowly became thicker and thicker, almost like the reflection of the foundation of the mountain in the sky.

With the mountainside as the middle point, the top and bottom are almost symmetrical, except for the color, of course.

This towering object looks like a link that connects the sky and the land.

Only at this moment when people's hearts are shocked, can they suddenly realize that I am in a different world.

This made me wonder - I don't know when I seemed to have integrated into life here and taken the world here for granted.

Is it because I got the name of the elf?

I don't know......

"Look!"

Look in the direction that Ellie is pointing in.

On a relatively gentle ridge, there stood a strange mass.

Like some animal with barbs all over it.

No, no, that's ...... A city?

The exterior wall built against the hill is not perfectly round, nor is it boxy.

Some places are concave and some places are protruding, making it look very irregular.

The spurs, which resemble the spines of a hedgehog, are actually countless giant pillars shaped like swords and spears, glowing with a reflection of metal.

As the ship approached the city, its true face became clear—as if it had been built with countless large and small steel plates and knives.

The reason why it is not immediately recognizable from a distance is that there seem to be no streets within its walls.

Buildings are next to each other, leaning against each other, and even overlapping each other.

The square or cylindrical houses look like they were welded together by welding countless heavy steel plates.

It feels like it's full of patches, and it feels shabby.

However, without exception, it has the smoothness and calmness that is characteristic of finely polished metal.

So the whole city looks more like a huge fortress than a city.

The walls were not immediately bordered by black dirt.

Instead, it is surrounded by a circle of black, steel-plated metal flooring.

It makes the whole city look like a straw hat buttoned to the top of the mountain.

The roads around the city are very wide and wide, and you can see large vehicles lining up on the roads.

The human vehicle has a simple and elegant appearance, and these things seem to be ordinary steel boxes on wheels.

It's just that size...... Much bigger than the largest flying ship I've ever seen.

They are being towed by some kind of bulky machine, and they are moving at a speed that is unimaginable.

Then they stopped at the edge of the city, and then the goods were unloaded by small cars and transported into small gates in the city walls.

"Is this ......?"

As the flying ship gets closer, the size of the city becomes more real.

At this distance, the heavy black walls gave me an unbearable sense of oppression.

Nails to the city wall, densely packed with countless sharp prismatic metal thorns, look like the bow angle of an ancient warship, if upright, even higher than the city wall.

Is the whole city made of steel?

I have to suspect that the steel floor on the outskirts of the city must have been laid specifically to spread the pressure generated by the weight of the city.

Don't let the whole city sink directly into the ground.

"Well, that's Karsta"

"Oh...... Oh......"

Seeing me stunned, Ellie burst out laughing.

"Don't be so surprised"

"It's also a city that survives under the claws of the dragon, how can you do it without this shelf?"

By the way, speaking of which, the barbarians have lived in the Black Fire Mountains since the dragon still existed in this world.

In other words, the city is not only their place of residence, but also a bulwark against dragons.

So this kind of ...... in front of you It's not uncommon for a city that dominates the field of vision with black oppression.

The flying ship slowly approached the port on the outskirts of the city, moored next to a steel tower.

Like Seganger, it's just a simple tower for people to get on and off ships, but the architecture of the Kasta is super rugged.

The steel frame is so thick that it doesn't seem to shake even if you hit it with a flying boat.

Although it is used for personnel to get on and off the ship, not for goods, the steel plate on the tower is very wide.

It's almost time to catch up with the kind of circular stone platform harbor in Chiya City.

Hey, I jumped off the side of the boat, and I imagined that the platform would make a metal-specific clang.

But there wasn't even the slightest sound other than the sound of the soles of my shoes rubbing.

This thing...... How thick it is.

"As you can see, Kasta trades mainly by land transport"

Elle pointed to the busy unloading point in the distance.

"The only one who can use magic to maintain a huge air transportation network is our Dawn Mountains, hum~"

As he spoke, the little one raised his head and boasted to me.

"Uh...... What's next?"

I didn't know what to do with the mountain-like walls.

"Come along, just leave two to watch the boat."

Ellie beckoned to the guards behind her.

Anyway, when we visited Seganger, Elle didn't bring any guards.

A visit to Kasta, on the other hand, called most of the guards, and it seems that behind the walls of the city may well be as unhospitable as it appears to be.

Follow the main road to the city walls.

The gates, which looked small from a distance, now need to look up to see the top.

The road was filled with busy barbarians.

Their size, their muscles as wide as rocks, and the thump they emitted when they walked made people feel a sense of intimidation.

Because of their tall stature, they are quite sluggish when carrying or hunching all kinds of goods.

I am afraid that it is precisely for this reason that a large number of barbarians lined up at the city gate.

In other words, only a small amount of the goods they unloaded from the cart were food and daily necessities, and more were -

Weapons, equipment, and cases.

The large chests made of heavy wood made of wood made of thick wood could not be seen clearly.

Elle read the feeling of concern in my heart, and said to me in her heart.

'Don't worry, that's what they look like'

'Do you usually stock up on a lot of weapons?'

'Well, not to mention that it's the time of the war with the cavemen'

Think of the army of the barbarians that day when they were fighting the troglodyte army.

They don't seem to lack the look of weapons.

If hoarding weapons is just their interest, that's fine......

Although Ellie disagreed, I was slightly confused.

"Yo, Ellie Heranna, isn't this an elf princess"

A large man at the gate glanced over the side and recognized Ellie.

Of course, in a group of big bodies, Elle's little dot that is about to be ignored is certainly eye-catching.

"Kuola, who's the little one!"

Ellie angrily threw a tantrum at me.

Woo, this soul connection is really inconvenient......

Knock Knock......

The ground was shaking as the big man walked over.

Compared to other Kastas, he is even taller.

The costumes are also more elaborate than the others, although most of them are animal skins.

But the iron chain around his neck was particularly eye-catching, and each ring was inlaid with beautiful gems.

Presumably this guy is a character.

"Well, I'm here to see Yurga."

"Oh~!"

The big man nodded, as if he suddenly understood something.

It seems that he already knows the news?

He turned back and waved at the group of barbarians at the door.

"Get out of the way!"

His voice was as loud as a trumpet.

At his order, the barbarians who were waiting in line to enter the city at the 'narrow' gate came to a halt.

"Well, thank you."

Elle smiled at the big man in thanks.

And the barbarian didn't have such a changeable expression on the face of Ellie.

His dark eyes were as steady as graphite - the type who was good at keeping secrets.

I don't like this guy.

So he took Ellie and walked into the city gate quickly.