In the Giffin Forest, it is usually only possible to dig a hundred feet into the ground to find high-grade magic crystals the size of fingernails, but here they grow on the ground in the form of crystals, but no one dares to touch them.

However, in this Giffen Forest, which can be called the desperate state of mankind, there is a magical holy place surrounded by mountains - Giffen City.

Giffen City is the hometown of the god Faro, and the aborigines there are descendants of the god Faro, and there is never a shortage of extremely strong magicians, and the people who come from the outside world are all strong people at the level of purple-robed mages or above.

And only those who are famous in each province or small country can be issued a pass by the king of the kingdom to go to Giffin City to cultivate, and the duration of each pass is only one week. It can be said that it is a holy place for all the strong.

In the city of Giffen, there is a spiral Giffin Tower that has existed since ancient times, and its age is even before the birth of the god Faro, and no one knows who built this tower. But everyone knows that this tower contains a library of Elrath's most advanced magical texts, some of which are more than 10,000 years old.

Moreover, the lowest level of Giffentia leads to an extremely large underground ruin, where all evil spirits and demons haunt, and basically no one dares to enter it. It is said that the ruins are inhabited by the ultimate demon god of this world, the demon Bafengte, and its minions, the evil spirit swordsman Gerst, but no one has ever seen them.

The huge magical power contained in Giffin Tower suppressed this mysterious underground ruin, and the architectural layout of Giffin City was originally a circular magic array, which was a double seal.

Hale recalled what Arno had told him, and he couldn't help but yearn for the mysterious Giffentium, and as long as he could go there, even a glance, he would be extremely satisfied.

But this was not the time to think about this, Hale shook his confused head and said to Shakira, who was looking at the illustrated book, "Tonight we will cross the Giffen Mountains. ”

Shakira was stunned for a moment, pointed to the extremely vicious three-headed dragon Stiheim on the illustrated book and said, "You mean, this guy's hometown?"

Hall nodded and said, "Now our height is about a thousand feet, and the average height of the Giffen Mountains is three thousand feet, so we have to keep climbing now." ”

When Shakira heard this, she immediately became excited and said, "Three thousand feet! That means we may meet the handsome Sky Hunter!"

Hall pursed his lips and said, "The Sky Rangers are guarding the Dragon Layer, which is generally above five thousand feet, how can it be possible to meet them when they reach three thousand feet?" and there are only seven Sky Rangers in the entire Principality of Run, each of them guarding a huge area, even if they reach the Dragon Layer, the chance of meeting them is very slim. (The sky of the continent of Elras is divided into the breeze layer, the hurricane layer, the airship layer, the dragon layer, and the starry sky layer according to the altitude.) Among them, there are occasional floating islands in the dragon layer, which are relatively small in area, and live with high-level magical beasts with flying ability, which is the main area where flying dragons appear)

As soon as Wolf heard about the Sky Hunters, he also seemed to be in a hurry, and said, "Are you talking about the only seven dragon knights in Lune? These are the seven knights who guarded the airship's path from flying demons, Goldwing Gushart, Firewing Shuyz, ......"

Hall hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Okay, don't pronounce it, everyone knows the names of these people by heart." But it's rare for even you, a goblin, to worship them like this. ”

Wolf touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said: "All strong people are worthy of respect, those seven people can tame wurm, they are the strongest representatives of human beings, and everyone has a distinct personality, and they are sung like heroes by people, so I also have a little yearning." (Wulong, a demonic beast with a dragon form, is mostly at the ninth level, and the strength of the dragon knight is equivalent to the intermediate level of the gray-robed mage.) ）

Hall shrugged his shoulders and said, "No matter how you yearn for it, if we go up to three thousand feet at most, we will only reach the airship level, and it is impossible to meet those seven people." ”

Hearing this, Wolf's face was slightly depressed, and Shakira said to Hall coquettishly: "Second brother, since it has risen to 3,000 feet, then I don't care about going up a little more, go to 5,000 feet to have a look!"

Hall said solemnly: "Don't talk nonsense, Shakira, even the airships equipped with magic weapons on the Dragonwalking Layer don't dare to approach it. And even if you are a magician who can fly, you must get permission from the principality to enter, and if we break in like this and get caught, we will go to prison!"

As soon as Shakira heard Hale say this, she pursed her lips and looked unhappy.

Hale ignored her, and instead used object movement to increase the flight altitude of the balloon technique.

In fact, Hale still had a concern in his heart, that is, when he came to the academy before, the gray-robed elder also crossed the Giffen Mountains, but at that time, he specially chose to pass through the sky above Giffen City, where the altitude is low, which happens to be a gap in the mountains, and it is the best passage to cross the mountains.

But now, it is very difficult to change the course of the balloon technique, so the direction of his travel is basically following the direction of the west wind, so that he cannot pass through the gap in the sky over Giffen City, and I don't know if there will be any danger.

While there may be too many unknowns ahead, Hall doesn't regret his decision to fly with balloons.

Because if you choose chocobos, not to mention when you will be able to reach the foot of the Giffen Mountains, the key is that the Giffen Forest is full of dangers, and it is impossible to choose a route across the mountains, and you must detour about 1,500 miles to the east to get around the mountains, so that another month or two has passed.

It was a very difficult task to increase the altitude of flight with object movement, and Hall had lunch with the two of them while maneuvering the balloon technique, and it was not until the sun was about to set that their altitude reached the airship level at 3,000 meters.

The airship layer, as the name suggests, is the altitude at which the airship sails. The airship is a unique flying machine on the continent of Elras, powered by steam and powered by magic crystals as energy.

However, the magic crystal energy is very precious, and the huge energy consumed during take-off is mainly provided by the magic crystal, but after entering the airship layer, most of them use the huge two gliding wings of the airship to glide, which requires the stability of the airflow to be very high.

The airflow in the airship layer is the most stable of all levels, which is very suitable for airship flight.

Airships are mostly similar in shape to warships sailing on the sea, and there are also sails to increase power, but they make loud noises due to the urging of steam engines.

The cost of airships is extremely expensive, a small country like the Duchy of Lune only has four ships, one of which is dedicated to the royal service, two are used for the transportation of materials between the provinces, and only one is used as a passenger ship, but the route is only from the northern royal city to Delaplon, and there is only one round trip in three days, and it is very difficult to ask for a vote.

Hall had a flight in an airship as a child, and that time left an indelible memory on him, so he had a very good impression of the airship.

However, although they entered the airship level today, it was impossible for them to meet the airship, because it was not a route for merchant ships, and it was impossible for passenger ships to pass here, let alone the royal family.

It is precisely because of this that Hall dares to enter the airship layer with confidence and boldness, otherwise he will be shot down as an unknown flying object once discovered.

After ascending to the airship level, the three of them seemed to be in their spirits again, because the huge black shadow in front of them that reached into the sky had gradually appeared in front of them.

The height of 3,000 feet is already extremely high for a human being, but even at this height, the Integral Mountain Range is still like a wall of gods that divides the world in half, towering under the canopy of heaven, as if it is impassable.

In front of this majestic mountain barrier, the Wind Fairy carried by the three of them was like a firefly that had strayed into the primeval forest under the dark and gloomy sky, and it was like a point in the starry sky, emitting an extremely faint light.

Obscured by the hesitant mountains, the sky, which was already close to dusk, darkened even more, almost like night.

The black clouds are like a quilt hanging in the sky, thick and heavy, making people a little breathless.

The Wind Fairy was moving slowly not far from the black "quilt", as if it would be extinguished at any moment.

This spectacle is imprinted in the eyes, which makes people have to sigh that the world is vast, the mountains are towering, and human beings are just a drop in the ocean, small and ignorant.

However, it is precisely because of this that human beings must continue to explore, fight with the heavens and the earth, pursue the truth, and stimulate their potential, so that they can emit a more intense and shining light and illuminate a corner of the infinite universe.

So in the face of such a vast and magnificent scenery, Hall's face was more excited.

At this time, Shakira said to Hall: "Second brother, how do I feel that the current altitude is still unpassable? The mountain seems to be higher than we imagined. ”

Hall nodded and said, "The average height of the Giffen Mountains is three thousand feet, but the highest place, that is, near the main peak, is more than five thousand feet, especially the main peak, Rum Peak (named because it resembles a rum bottle), which is as high as five thousand six hundred feet. It seems that we have had bad luck this time, and we have to pass near the main peak, and we will have to continue to raise the height, at least 5,000 feet, and then we can pass through the gap between the peaks. ”

At this time, Shakira said: "No, second brother, I have heard my father say that the very high peaks will have extremely strong winds passing through the valleys, and the strength of the wind will be enough to blow the whole town away, and if we encounter it, we will definitely be blown down on the mountain wall and shattered to pieces." ”

When Hall heard this, he frowned slightly, then took out a worn-out book from his luggage and said: "The wind you said is actually not so terrible, I remember seeing in this book, the kind of wind that travels between the peaks is actually called the wind tunnel, when the airship sails, it will occasionally use the power of the wind tunnel to quickly pass through the mountain peaks." With a little manoeuvring, passing through the air duct is much faster and safer than freesailing. ”