(80) Runes (Yufi Stanmidz, II)
"I'm not a monster, I'm a dragon!" Lin puffed out her cheeks and protested half-jokingly, "Then again, you don't look like a youkai, are you the Inils who live around here?" ”
"Huh? With which eye do you see that I look like an Inil? The short man blew his beard and glared, "I'm going to change the Gurno people of the whole continent!" Inir ...... How can the stupid big men of the Inil understand our great quest! ”
"That's right. www.biquge.info"Yuffie looked at the man in front of him with interest, "You really don't speak the language of the Inil, do you know where it comes from?" ”
"Needless to say!" The man clasped his hands to his chest and raised his head slightly in triumph, "This is the language handed down by our ancestors, and legend has it that it was brought here from the other side of the ocean. I think it's much more elegant than the language of the Inils and youkai! ”
Sure enough, the 'Gernor' in front of them is not the natives of this continent, but immigrants who came here from the El continent. However, on the El continent where they are located, there is no so-called Gernor clan at all. Kamal cannot be used to judge the origin of the other party, and when it was their time, the language had the status of almost a 'continental lingua franca'.
Is this an inherent difference between the two worlds, or is there something in the river of time that she doesn't yet know about?
"If that's the case...... the girl looked at the man earnestly and asked the next question, "Do you know when and how your people got here from another continent?" And why? ”
"Then I don't know, anyway...... It must have been before I was born! The man spread his hands with an innocent expression, "You have a lot of questions—well, now I want to find a place to rest, where is the nearest village?" ”
"It's about fifty miles to the north, but it's not clear to the south." Lin replied lightly, she was using the distance unit of the Far Eastern Continent, each mile was about the same as six hundred meters of the El Continent, "Are you going to just walk over there?" ”
"Of course—it's not!" Noka smiled proudly, looked up at the sky, and shook his head again, "But it's too late now, and accidents are likely to occur on the way, so I'd better get together here for the night." He held his chin and thought for a moment, "By the way, thank you for doing me a favor." My name is Noka Bulb Main and I'm a rune craftsman! What do you want in return? ”
This is the first time they have heard the word. Obviously, it had some connection to the 'rune tracks' that the two had heard of.
"Sounds good." Lynn raised an eyebrow curiously, "What does that do?" For example...... Did you make the thing you were sitting on and exploded? ”
"It's called an airplane!" Noka jumped on the ground in dissatisfaction, "That's the latest product of rune technology, it's not something that has exploded - of course, it needs further refinement and experimentation before it can be put into practice!" ”
"So, what exactly is the benefit of 'airplanes'? Teleportation spells are more convenient than that, right? Lynn blinked and asked. She didn't mention the possibility of the Astral Plane being sealed, as the continent had never experienced anything like that.
"Teleportation can only be used by a sorcerer, or a gifted youkai. A hand-held teleportation device is being developed, but progress is slow! Noka immediately replied, obviously quite concerned about the evaluation of his work, "And once this 'plane' is completed, anyone can fly it or take it to travel around quickly, three times faster than the current rune train!" Not...... Of course, the consumption is also much higher. ”
It seemed that this was one of the forms she expected to see after the spread of arcane magic. Yuffie looked at Lynn, and the blonde girl quickly understood what she meant, nodding slightly in agreement.
"We want to be rewarded with—" Lynn snuffed out a little, waiting for Noka to turn her gaze before continuing, "You're going back to the South, aren't you?" We happen to be traveling, so how about we walk with you for a while? ”
"Oh...... I see, you're interested in rune technology, aren't you? No wonder, you're a magician. Noka nodded in realization, "Okay, no problem. But I'm flying when I'm in a hurry, as long as you can keep up! ”
"Don't worry—rest then, Mr. Noka. Let's go tomorrow. Lynn replied satisfied.
……
The next morning, the three of them simply ate some dry food and packed their bags. Immediately, Yuffie and Lynn saw what Noka was talking about 'flying'.
He pulled out a folded, strange-looking metal frame from his backpack - it was said to also use rune technology, similar to the dimensional bags made by wizards, and could hold objects much larger than they looked. Noka carried it behind his back, tied the straps to his body, then lifted his hand and pressed a button on the left stand.
The metal frame suddenly unfolded outward, and Yuffie could see that between each two adjacent metal strips, a tough, light film was covered. The frame stretched out into bat-like wings, but with more angular shapes, and then flapped vigorously, carrying the little Guerno, quickly and steadily rising into the air.
"I'm leaving!" Noka shouted in the air, "Hurry up! ”
This is not difficult for Yuffie and Lynn. They climbed on Grace's back, and the griffin took a few steps into the air and rose into the air, following Norka steadily. The flying device was much slower than yesterday's machine—of course, the reason for yesterday's fall—and Grace didn't need much effort to follow the other man's path.
"It's pretty good!" Noka looked at the two and the griffon beside him with satisfaction, "So, in what direction is the village to the south?" ”
"Probably this way." Lin pointed to the south-southeast location, "However, I heard that there seems to be something wrong with the southern part of the alliance recently, and we are here to investigate that." You need to be careful. ”
"Don't worry!" Noka patted his chest, which made his flying device sway from side to side, "In the name of Master Zu, the Geno people are never afraid of danger!" Well, if you happen to encounter it, let me help you solve the so-called problem, and also treat it as a favor from yesterday! ”
Although Noka used a term full of the atmosphere of the Far Eastern continent, he was obviously referring to the founder of 'rune technology'. Whoever it is, in the girl's eyes, it means that what he has achieved is enough to be remembered by history forever.
"Who is your 'grandfather'?" The pink girl couldn't help asking, "Is it also from Gernor?" ”
"Not really." Noka shrugged, seeming a little regretful about it, "His name is Alphonse. That's right, the legendary Great Craftsman, Alphonse Bleistain, the original creator of the Rune Circuit—"