04 The Age of the Sky

In other words, although there are considerable differences in appearance and performance between airships and airriders, in fact, the principles of the two are exactly the same, and they are both the heritage of an ancient civilization.

It was an ancient civilization known as the "Sky Civilization", and the ancient people who created the ZĂ o Sky Civilization were called "Celestial People".

In the atmosphere of this world, there is a kind of magical energy called "air current", and in the heyday of the sky civilization, the celestial people used this magical energy to build huge floating cities in the sky far from the ground. At that time, flying machines such as airships and air rides could be seen everywhere in the sky, and the celestials dominated the sky, looking down proudly on the floating city, as if for them, there was nothing in the world that they could no longer look at.

But, like everything else, the end of the civilization in the sky is inevitable.

What destroys the civilization of the sky is war.

It is a war between the celestial and the rising dragons.

The catastrophe, known as the "Dragonman War", ended in the defeat of the Celestials, and the rising Dragons replaced the Celestials as the new rulers of the sky, standing at the apex of all food chains. The floating city built by the celestials became the lair of the dragons, and the monsters became the retainers of the dragons. The dragons monopolized the favor of the sky, and the monsters regarded the earth as a hunting ground and everything on the earth as food, and the history of the earth entered a brutal dark age.

In the face of the overwhelming power of the monsters, for a long time, the people on the ground had no way to fight at all.

However, fortunately, although the Sky Civilization was destroyed by the Dragon Clan, the Celestial Beings themselves did not completely perish. Before the destruction of the Sky Civilization, a small number of celestial beings descended to the ground to escape the catastrophe that burned the sky. After the dragons dominated the sky, some of them began to pass on the knowledge of the sky civilization to the people on earth. After hundreds of years of hard work, the people on the earth digested this part of the legacy of the sky civilization and used them to exhibit revolutionary flying technology.

Since the birth of the first airship, it has taken more than a century for the airrider to gradually appear in the sky of the earthly realm, and people have only gained the power to fight against monsters.

The birth of the Air Rider allows humans to have a local advantage in fighting monsters, but that is a rather fragile force. In fact, until now, human beings have not been able to shake the absolute domination of the dragon clan over the sky.

It's just that although it can't shake the throne of the dragon clan, the birth of flying technology has greatly changed the territory of the earthly realm. The distances between countries, which were originally out of reach, have become close in the face of flight technology. Then, either driven by panic or ambition, countries that had mastered the technology of flying in the air threw wars to their compatriots around them, and by the time the flames of war burned every corner of the world, more than 300 years had passed.

In the long span of these three centuries, hundreds of nations have been born and died, and among them, the kingdom of La Velis is only an inconspicuous name on the Great 6 of the South. And the larger, more expansive area around it is a lawless zone where monsters are rampant and air thieves are rampant.

As for the "*Plunder" air pirate group that the two of them encountered today, it was just one of the many air pirates that were wreaking havoc in the skies of La Velis.

...... Yi spent a full two hours telling Kirin about the world, and Kirin was dazed when he heard it.

For the people who have lived in seclusion in the Great Wilderness Village for generations, whether it is "floating city" or "sky civilization", it is an unheard of name, compared to those distant history, air thieves and monsters are the scourge they encounter in their lives. In fact, Kirin often wondered where the air thieves came from, and consulted the sages of the border towns, but all he received were vague answers. When he told Erie about these things, the young man in white shrugged his shoulders and explained in a tone of distraction.

"I don't think they know? After all, it's all three hundred years ago. And in this day and age, most people have to do their best just to survive, and who has the leisure to care about those things that are not there? Erie seems to understand the Kirin's problem this way.

"But do you know that very well?" said Kirin, looking at Erie in admiration.

"Well, after all, I'm also from a merchant family, so there's no harm in knowing more...... " Yili scratched his head embarrassedly and changed the subject.

"Then again, the airship is about to land, what are you going to do?"

During the attack of the air thieves, the airship, which lost two engines, was unable to move in the air for a time. It wasn't until Wang ** sent a working boat that the scarred airship flew towards the air base in the city of Wanglinger under the traction of the working boat.

At this moment, the Kirin stood on the side of the ship and looked down, and he could already see the vast apron of the air base. A corner of the tarmac was full of heavily armed soldiers, and he guessed that when the previous crew reported to Wang **, they may not have reported the news that all the air thieves had been defeated, but the three air horsemen had always been vigilant on the left and right sides of the airship, which was an unexpected gain for him.

The scarred airship was towed to a predetermined position by the workboat, the control tower flashed a light signal, the crew turned off the float mechanism, and the buoyant airship slowly descended to the tarmac. When the waiting soldiers quickly took over the airship, the three airriders slowly folded their wings and landed on the flat ground near the airship.

"Yili, those empty horses are the 'Sky King Cavalry', right?" Looking at the landed air horses, Qilin asked Yili.

"Speaking of the 'Sky King Rider', it's the most elite of the Kingdom's Air Force. They mainly govern the airspace near the royal capital, but they are often involved in crusades against the air thieves in other regions, and they are said to have eliminated more than 200 air bandits, and are known as the 'patron saints of the kingdom' among the people of La Velis. Even for us merchants, it is a very grateful army, but ......" Yili gave a very high opinion of the "Sky King Rider", but shook his head helplessly at the end. "It would be better if the pilots weren't so rigid in their heads...... It's a pity that there are no perfect people in the world......"

"I see, Chechen is in there......" Kirin felt excited. He recalled a letter sent home by his brother Che Chen, who had said in the letter that he was serving in a certain unit of Wang **, and the name of that unit was "Cangkong King Cavalry".

"The Sky Rider, that guy Chechen, is actually piloting such a great thing......" Recalling the scene of the cyan air rider destroying the air pirate ship, Kirin was so excited that he couldn't help himself. He secretly guessed that the person driving the overhead ride might not be able to be Chechen, even if it was not Chechen himself, at least he was also a colleague of the "Sky King Rider", and it was the fastest to ask directly from them if he wanted to know where Chechen was in the royal capital.

"Hey, don't be stunned, the army is coming on board for inspection. Ely's voice interrupted Kirin's thoughts.

At this time, Wang **, who entered the airship, had taken over all parts of the airship. Originally, they were ready to encounter fierce resistance from the remnants of the air thieves, but in fact, the few surviving air thieves from the leader Loki and below were all in a state of inaction. They looked like they had been attacked by some kind of terrifying monster, which was quite miserable, and it was easier for Wang ** to catch them than to catch chickens. After all the air thieves were arrested, Wang ** turned to check the identity of the passengers, because this was also a necessary measure considering the possibility of air thieves escaping as victims.

Of course, the injured passengers lying on the deck were also effectively treated, and among those who were carried away on a stretcher, Kirin was slightly regretful about the figure of the aristocratic young master who claimed to be the nephew of the prime minister.

Several soldiers on deck never dared to approach the bow of the ship where the Kirin was, but watched the movements of the two with vigilant eyes from behind, as if they were planning to wait for their superiors to deal with the matter.

“...... I said, "Doesn't it seem like this is going on?" While Kirin's unsavory violence did have a reason to make the soldiers nervous, he was the son of a powerless merchant, and it wouldn't be a good thing for him to be treated as a dangerous person of the same level.

"Well, I'll go over and say hi......" Erie said to Kirin, feeling obligated to tell the soldiers the correct facts before a senseless misunderstanding arises.

"Alright, let's say goodbye here, I'll go down first. Kirin patted Erie on the shoulder, then jumped out of the ship's side.

"Wait, wait! it's the top ......of the ship," Erie watched as he jumped from the top of the twenty-meter-high ship, without holding the Kirin. The frightened Ilima chased down to the side of the ship, and then, with a dazed gaze, watched the unicorn step on the horns of the hull one by one, and fell to the ground in a few jumps, and turned back and waved his hand at him easily.

"I can't stand it...... Who the hell is this guy......" Erie let out a long breath and sat down on the ground a little limply.

However, in the next second, with a surging murderous aura, a sound of a sword coming out of its sheath sounded behind him. The young merchant's son turned slowly, trembling and raising his hands, his face pale, and a very innocent smile at the soldiers who were eyeing him.

"That, Ben...... I am a good citizen, please ...... Please don't use violence......"

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