Boundless oases stretch out in the southern part of the Rebelo Desert.

Flocks of sheep, villages, trees, lakes, and oases are full of life, so that every traveler who passes by can't help but stop here. This oasis is called "Arcatia" because it is located on the ancient city of Alcatia, which means "isolated fantasy land".

In fact, the city of Arcatia is not isolated from the rest of the world. Crossing the desert to reach this oasis is no easy task, but it is not impossible to do, and if you have a map of Arcatia in hand, you can find it. But it is believed that this place is special. A long time ago, the "Heavenly Kingdom" Romisa Continent floating in the sky fell into the sea, and the disaster swept the Paran Continent, and the surviving Yu clan settled down on the Rebelo Desert. The heavenly goblins also stayed here, and it is believed that the land has been blessed by the gods.

The city of Arcatia is the royal city of this holy land.

From a distance, the city of Arcatia looks fantastic, with small islands in the middle of the city resembling colorful mushroom bushes. When the Feather Clan first built the city, they used some floating stones from Romesa. Although Romesa has long been destroyed, some floating stones with their own floating ability have floated up from the sea, and most of them have been collected by the feather tribe as the tsunami scattered in all directions. The island was supported by towers, and the floating stones were not enough to keep the island suspended in mid-air. Each island has at least one sturdy tower, and the peculiar Tallinn forms a unique part of the city of Arcatia.

The girl stepped on the stepped suspension bridge, holding the iron rope and looking into the distance.

There are many of these thick wooden suspension bridges between the islands, and iron cables hold them to the edges of the islands, so that there is no need to climb up and down the high towers to get between them. Actually, the Feathers don't usually need such drawbridges, and their innate wings are enough to fly over, but the inhabitants of Arcatia are not just Feathers. There are a lot of humans here, there are merchants, explorers, mercenaries, scholars. Not long ago, another group of wizards came. The Feather Clan governs the city. Here, as long as you follow the rules set by the Yu clan, no matter who you are, you can live peacefully and worry-free.

The girl was a feathered man, but she didn't spread her wings. Instead, he stepped onto the slightly swaying wooden suspension bridge like a person. She looked to be about fifteen years old, if she were human, with long brilliant blond hair. The desert sun poured down on her golden hair. The wind curled her long hair. Like golden waves, a pair of pure white ear feathers stretch in the wind. The girl tied her long sideburns back and tied a thin sky-blue ribbon. On the left side of her hair is a delicate hairpin, a delicately carved ruby with blue and green vines entwined around it, and the whole pattern is shaped like a feather.

Her light blue dress is also gorgeous and unforgettable. There was no lace or ruffles on the long skirt of the aristocratic human dress, it was as light as a cloud, embroidered with symmetrical vines, decorated with jeweled buttons, and matched with snow-white yarn. But the most memorable thing is the elegant and dignified face of the girl, there is an otherworldly charm, even according to the standards of the Yu clan, she is an out-and-out beauty.

"Mother, I'm in Arcatia right now, it's beautiful, it's like a dream. ”

The Feather Girl smiled and stretched, her sapphire eyes shining, and she spoke to the sky as if her mother could hear it. She wore a small carved silver bracelet on her left wrist, and her right hand was clutched at it as she stretched out.

"Hmm...... How about going to nǎ next?" the girl said to herself with a curious expression, "There aren't many humans, because it's too close to the Sky Mansion?"

The girl turned her head to look at the highest point of the whole city of Arcatia, built on the highest floating island, the white manor. The Sky Mansion is the residence of the lord of Arcatia, as well as the place of office, and the silver-faced guards of the Feather Clan faithfully guard the manor. There were no humans there, and the maiden had already visited.

She smiled and lowered her head, and under the drawbridge was the sparkling lake—one hundred and twenty meters below. She folded her legs, jumped onto the next plank, and bounced across the drawbridge to a floating island.

"Huh, is there a market over there?" The girl looked at the colorful glazed roof, and she became happy, and ran a few paces quickly, as if suddenly realizing something, and slowed down again, puffing up her chest as she went, and deliberately clearing her throat.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh...... Well, that's what it looks like. Those humans must not have imagined that the queen of the Feather Clan would go to the market to inspect it, and she would be alone!

While the girl was immersed in an inexplicable fantasy, several dark shadows approached silently.

There were not many buildings on the edge of the island, and they seemed to have been hiding under the coconut trees by the side of the road since the beginning, waiting for the girl to come along the drawbridge. One of the shadows pulled out a hunting crossbow from under the black cloak and aimed the tip of the arrow at the girl's back.

Boom.

With a sound of strings, the stubby bolt flew towards the girl. The girl who heard the sound subconsciously turned around, and the crossbow arrow pierced her shoulder, and she jerked back, gasping hard. The wound suddenly came with a dramatic pain, the girl's face twisted, she gritted her teeth, stretched out her left hand in front of her, and a strange white longbow appeared in her hand.

“...... Who's coming out for me!" The girl changed her lingua franca. She had been speaking in the ancient Romesan language.

The Shadows came out honestly. Two on the left and two on the right, both wearing black cloaks with hoods, two with crossbows and two with wooden staffs. The girl couldn't see their faces clearly, and couldn't even tell if they were humans or feathers, only that they had bad intentions. She retreated to the edge of the island, her left hand holding the bow and grasping her right arm, but it didn't alleviate the sharp pain in her shoulder.

At this time, she smelled a rotting stench.

It was her wound! That arrow was poisonous!

"You ...... Report your name!" The Feather Girl screamed, "Don't you know the 'Divine Wings' in my hand? I am the Queen of the Feather Clan from the continent of Kadolissa!"

The girl's tears were about to come out, and her feet trembled with fear, but she did not dare to show her fear in front of these people.

The attacker on the other side seemed to laugh.

Then, another poisoned arrow flew out from the crossbow in the other attacker's hand, and the girl reflexively dodged back, and the white longbow with a complex pattern in her left hand swung in the direction where the short arrow flew, and the impact of the crossbow arrow stabbing the longbow made the girl can't help but let go of her hand.

I stepped on the slippery blades of grass on the edge of the island.

She let out a scream and fell from the sky, her blue eyes wide open, staring at the clear blue sky she couldn't touch with a look of disbelief.

ps:p.s. I wish you all a happy new year in advance!New Year's greeting cards will be sent before the Spring Festival, thank you for your support over the past year~