Chapter 4: The Home of the Winged Humans
The red arrows on the map finally crossed the Thunderlight Plain, and the group of four resisted the drought and heat of the desert before finally seeing the towering mountain in front of them. This mountain is called "Storms Peak", and in ancient times people did not have the ability to climb to the top, so they could only worship it from afar, believing that it was a sacred pillar that was located on the earth and carried the blue sky.
Later, the Winged Terran learned human science and technology, knew how to make goggles and antifreeze breathing devices, and finally was able to break through the middle layer of the wind and snow with their wings, but they did not expect that the place at a higher altitude had a warm and pleasant climate and a relatively gentle plateau area, the grass was delicious and the sun was warm, and all kinds of small wildflowers were in full bloom, and the Winged Terran believed that the reason for the existence of this blessed land was because of the benevolent protection of the Goddess of Storms, so they sighed at the greatness and sacredness of the gods, and then settled here, and since then established a firm belief in the Storm Goddess Eruch, calling themselves"Children of the Wind".
Gradually, as the Winged Terran prospered, large and small villages and city-states were built on the peak of the Heavenly Pillar, the highest of which is said to be connected to the plane of the gods where Lord Eruch is located, and is the place where the priests and leaders of the Winged Humans live.
To reach the Stronghold, Montrute, a small town at the foot of the mountain, is a must-see for adventurers.
Unlike the elegant and gorgeous elven capital, the town of the Winged People is built on the mountain, full of a more primitive and wild atmosphere. The caves carved out of the mountain walls were the dwellings of the people, and in the wide canyons floated many aerial platforms pulled by hot air balloons, whether they were merchants' stalls, pterosaur pens, or places where the winged people gathered their wings to rest. Many of the hot air balloon platforms are connected by complex pipes, and from time to time scorching white steam erupts from the holes in the pipes. Steam drives the various equipment on the platform, such as a steel mill for grinding flour or an air hammer for a blacksmith. There are also many pipelines that transport gas, which is the source of energy for the aerodynamic force of the hot air balloon.
The most courageous game for children to wear goggles on their heads is the air race. The Winged Terran child leaps from a high rock face, but keeps his wings tightly tightened and falls freely. The princess screamed in fright as they fell to the ground, but they could at once spread their wings, skimmed a perfect arc, and rose into the air a moment before they landed, and swept past the princess, and the wind lifted the soft hem of her skirt.
Allan laughed, "Whoever can hold out until the lowest point above the earth before ascending is qualified to be the eldest of the children." When I was a child, I was also very good at playing this game, but I would trick and condense the atmosphere under my body into a dense air cushion, so I dared to hit the ground directly and bounce up, and my friends have always admired me. ”
The princess blushed and stamped her feet and said, "What a bunch of rude children!"
The flying winged human child flew to great heights by the lifting force of the scorching steam, hovered quietly in the dazzling colorful sunlight with the cloud of steam, and then swooped down sharply, passing through the roaring air hammer of the blacksmith's shop, and then speeding through the rotating fan blades of the windmill, almost crashing into the oncoming giant eagle, which frightened the giant eagle into a messy feather. Eventually, the children bumped into the postman who was speeding up on a jet rocket, and spun around in the air, and was about to crash into the ground when they were gently wrapped in a cloud feather and landed on the ground.
"It's Lord Arlan!" the children cried out with excitement as they bubbled their noses and rubbed their dirty faces.
Arlan put his waist in his waist and deliberately said with a straight face, "Be careful. Although it is good to hone your flying skills, if you don't have enough strength to engage in dangerous maneuvers, you will definitely be scolded. ”
"Yes!" the children replied in unison, then grinning.
Yuri said lightly: "I didn't expect Arlan to be so popular, and I thought that the Seven Holy Horsemen couldn't be so close to the people. ”
"Teacher Qiao Luya always mingles with the people, so it's not surprising that Lord Yarlan can become close friends with her. Vicky squinted and smiled.
The princess looked at the pillar of heaven with no end in sight in amazement: "But how are we going to go up?"
Arlan took out a few colorful feathers from his bosom: "Boys, go and rent us a jet rocket." ”
The children stood up straight and saluted, and then flew away with a whimper, and went to help Arlan with his errands. The princess was curious and asked, "Can the Winged Terrans use feathers as currency?"
"All feathers embody the floating power of the Storm Goddess, and their value varies depending on the amount of power they contain. Arlan took out various feathers from his pocket, "For example, the feathers of the giant eagle have ten times the levitation power of the feathers of the golden eagle, and the value is equal to ten golden eagle feathers. The feathers of each bird can be used as currency, but the value is different. ”
The princess was surprised and said, "What about Lord Arlan's own feathers?"
Arlan proudly shook his wings and blue feathers: "My feathers are worth ten times more than the giant eagle's!"
The princess was amazed: "Doesn't that mean that Arlanta was born a millionaire? It's a pity that the hair of our elves is worthless if it is beautiful in vain. ”
Yuri and Virgi flattened their mouths, thinking that luckily your blonde hair can't be exchanged for money, otherwise you will tell us one day, in fact, I think this hairstyle is very sharp.
The teenagers sat on the rocket, and Yuri reached out and banged on the thin iron shell, full of uneasiness.
"Don't worry, don't look at the jet rocket rampage, the safety factor is very high, the casualty rate has been zero for ten years, and there will be no accidents. ”
The teenagers had to restlessly lean firmly on the backrest, and they couldn't have any confidence in the vehicles of the winged terrans who were optimistic and adventurous by nature, and finally Arlan threw a feather on fire at the tail end of the rocket, and with a violent tremble, the rocket roared, erupting a fierce tail flame that was several times longer than itself, and then Yuri and they didn't even have time to scream loudly, and their bodies were pushed against the backrest by the huge inertia, only to feel that the oncoming air not only blew their faces ripples, but also pressed them like a mountain so that they could not breathe, as if the air in their bodies was still desperately draining out。
The three teenagers swayed up in the wind and wept, and they did not know how many clouds they had broken through, and they saw the rock-walled villages approaching and then moving away, and the music played by the village and town organs showed a strange out of tune because of the rapid change of relative position, and the hot air balloons in the sky passed by them like hailstones, and the impact and fear made them unable to make a sound, and they could only soar violently in a tortured posture in a series of laughter scattered by Arlan.
Yuri yelled, "I thought the Karenitz Academy's walking through the paintings was the worst way to move in the world!"
Yarlan said lightly: "Peace of mind, there will be no problem, feel the supreme refreshment brought by this strong wind!"
The iron sheet of the rocket suddenly collapsed after shaking violently, and the flames became suffocating, and black smoke came out of the hole.
The princess burst into tears: "Is it really okay?"
Yuri and Virgi looked at Arlan's silent and solemn expression as they waved their wings, and they were also so panicked that they burst into tears: "Hey, don't you suddenly stop talking at this time, okay!"
As soon as the words fell, the rocket exploded, and the three Yuri were instantly smoked into blacks, the main body of the rocket shattered, and the teenagers spun and threw into the air. Luckily, when they hit the rock wall or fell freely, Arlan's eyes sparkled like falcons, and she threw out three long feathers, which landed under the teenagers and caused a whirlwind to lift them flat, and finally they were swept into the updraft set off by Arlan, and were smoothly thrown halfway up the mountainside in the snowstorm.
Yuri couldn't tell if it was because of the cold or because of fear, and he asked while shaking: "Didn't you say that the safety factor is very high, and the casualty rate has been zero for ten years?"
Arlan slowly scratched his head with his wings, and smiled guiltily for a long time: "Hahaha, but are you injured or wounded?"
"Huh?"
"The casualty rate is zero, but it doesn't mean that the failure rate is zero. Jet rockets have a 20% chance of breaking. But for the Winged Terrans, there is no problem, if it is broken, it will escape from the cockpit and spread its wings, so there will be no casualties. Still smiling lazily, Arlan said, "I just forgot that you can't fly." ”
Yuri and the princess pointed at Arlan together: "You're too unreliable!"
Virgy remained calm: "However, we fell into a very troublesome place. ”
The middle section of Stoneshorn, a wind-swept area.
The climate here is thick all year round, the wind and snow roar, and the temperature is so low that the water turns into ice, and it is a world of ice and snow. Ice shoots and ice hanging dogs are intertwined, and the whirlwind rolls up the white snow mist, and the distant mountains loom through the snow mist. The largest hexagonal snowflake was the size of a palm, and the princess reached out to hold up a piece, and felt that her body temperature was quickly sucked away by this beautiful crystal.
The princess said optimistically, "It doesn't matter, don't forget that my hidden space has all kinds of secret medicines. There is a secret elixir called 'Fire Spirit' that can help us resist the cold, and I remember it was on the far left of the third level of the medicine shelf. ”
The princess waved her finger to summon Starlight and opened the entrance to the hidden space, but her face was suddenly covered with black lines.
I saw that the medicine shelves were empty, and the bottles and cans were slowly floating in the boundless space.
"It's good that I can still wear this. The princess grabbed a cute fluffy rabbit fur cloak and wrapped it around her.