"Why are you and Robyn joining us, again?" I asked Gilbert as I worked on the Humvee.
It had been a day since I returned to Terraria and received the mission from the stream.
In these two days, with Stark's help, I managed to fix most of the internal parts of the Humvee, replacing pieces and adapting the car to be more specific.
I also finished painting the Mystical Symbols on the inside of the car and a good portion of the outside, which were the most complicated, as they would make the Humvee function like my tank.
"I'm going because I'll negotiate silk and other goods. I can also assist in long-range combat if necessary." The rchant pounded his chest as he exclaid.
"And Robyn?" I asked briefly as I finished mixing the paint I would use on the Humvee's wheels.
I wasn't against Gilbert coming; the old man wasn't the strongest person in the world, but from what I saw of him, even injured, he knew how to take care of himself. I would be more comfortable with him and Dylan covering than other people.
Of course, him saving money was also good. After all, he was the rchant; bargaining was basically ingrained in his DNA at this point.
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[Blue-Aqua Paint]
Type: Material
Rarity: Light Red
Description: Paint made from the hair strands of a goddess from another world with a great affinity for water and sacred elents.
Materials:
Aqua's hair strands. (37 strands per cauldron)
Blue sli gel. (182 ml per cauldron)
Green sli gel. (38 ml per cauldron)
Waterleaf stem. (18 grams per cauldron)
Waterleaf petals. (6 grams per cauldron)
Aquamarine powder. (73 grams per cauldron)
[…]
-//-
I feel like the rarity of this paint should be higher; what prevented that was simply the lack of materials I had. I felt that if the materials used alongside Aqua's hair were better, the rarity of this thing should be higher.
Still, it was good enough for my goal: making the Humvee waterproof and with aquatic mobility. The aquatic mobility part was even simpler, as the Humvee was already amphibious; I would just be improving that aspect of it.
"My daughter is... Wild, to say the least." He laughed as he watched work. He had offered help, but I declined. If it were Dylan, it would be a different story, but Gilbert had no experience with Mystical Symbols, his words, not mine.
"A lot of that is due to her fox side, but I admit it's my fault too. I wasn't the calst person in my youth; I must have passed that on to her." He comnted briefly before continuing.
"The way she acts, I wouldn't be surprised if she simply tried to follow us and ended up getting into trouble or worse..." He said with a heavy voice before sighing. "I'll take care of her, don't worry; she won't be a burden or anything." He apologized while explaining.
"I'm not worried about that, old man." I said as I picked up one of the Humvee's tires. I'll paint four central matrices, one on each tire, and go up, painting the Humvee on the side.
"I'm worried in case she gets hurt; she's not a contractor, is she?" I asked, rembering that she had said sothing like that the first ti I t her, when she attacked by mistake.
Dylan, as inexperienced as he was, was a tough guy, courageous, and knew how to improvise well.
Gilbert, I didn't even need to think; the guy had shown his Guild emblem; at his peak, he was a Gold-ranked contractor. Even old, I had no doubt that he still knew how to throw a punch or two.
But Robyn was a different story; the fox woman was a civilian, even though she was stronger than a normal Terrarian thanks to the curse she had, she still had basically zero battle experience.
I may not have known her for long, damn, not even two hours actually, but I didn't want her to co with us out of concern for her father and end up dying or sothing.
"No, she's not, she never had an interest in the Guild, always preferred taking care of animals and studying them." Gilbert explained before continuing. "But she's not defenseless either, especially since she has her pets to protect her." He sighed before sitting on the clearing floor.
"I, of all people, know how much I worry about her, but I'm not a fool, as you and the Oakwood kid found out, things are about to get ugly in the realm..." He said with regret.
"It's better for her to have so fighting experience now than when shit hits the fan." I completed his sentence, already knowing what he was going to say. His nod of agreent confird that I was right.
Gilbert had a point there; as much as I felt like this mission was going to go sideways and get very dangerous, sothing told that, compared to what was coming, it would be easy, basically a walk in the park in comparison.
After this short conversation, we fell into silence for a few minutes, with finishing painting the Mystical Symbols on the underside of the Humvee and Gilbert finishing organizing the preparations he had made.
"And Dylan, where did he go?" I asked, breaking the silence. It would be good to have the guide here; with him helping paint the Mystical Symbols, the Humvee would be ready even before the day ended.
"The Oakwood kid?" Gilbert asked rhetorically. "If I were to guess, he's probably gathering as much information about WinterHord as he can. That or finishing the preparations for the mission." Gilbert pointed to the boxes he was organizing.
"These are ready. All yours." I didn't even need to move; with a thought, all the boxes were in my inventory.
"I still find it ridiculous how you use your Travel Space." He pointed to the VoidBag at my waist. "Is there a backup or sothing?"
"I'm afraid I only have this one." I said playfully as I tapped the VoidBag with my hand. "And what about what I asked you?" I asked the rchant as I went back to work on the Humvee.
"About buying the land in this clearing?" He said rhetorically once again. "It's possible, but it would be complicated, as the crown handles that. I can see if I can schedule an audience or sothing, pull so favors from so people in high places, but I can't promise anything."
"Hmm..." I humd as I lay down, going under the Humvee.
I hoped it would be sothing like that; if it were so land within the realm, it would be easier, as it would only be necessary to talk to the landowner and finalize things later.
But in my case here, where I wanted to buy land outside the realm and a large piece of land, dealing with the crown was expected, aning dealing with Charlotte, since, from what I had discovered, she was the only one left from the main royal lineage.
Funny how the king and queen had died in an accident on one of the trips out of the realm, leaving only an inexperienced princess to keep the whole realm in order...
Damn, if that "accident" wasn't set up, I might as well be an anteater instead of a human.
I'm sure that if it weren't for Alalia and Dylan's mom, the kingdom would have gone to hell a long ti ago.
"Ignore that for now; it's not really necessary." I comnted to the rchant, my voice coming from under the Humvee where I was.
Buying this part of the forest along with the clearing was more of a formality than anything else; it wasn't really urgent.
After that, except for a few words here and there, we didn't have many more conversations.
I focused on working on the Humvee, and Gilbert on getting used to his bow again.
The only thing that struck was: Ruby and her team didn't enter the stream yesterday. If it weren't for Ruby's quick ssage saying everything was fine, I would have started to worry.
What the hell happened at that ball?...
[…]
Two days later, with the Humvee almost finished, I told the three of them, Dylan, Gilbert, and Robyn, that I would be out all day and probably wouldn't answer the EcoMirror, but I made it clear that we would leave in a day, two at most.
When they asked where I was going to stay out all day, I simply said that I would take care of so things on my end before we left.
It wasn't a lie, as I really would do that, just in another dinsion, to be more specific, in the dungeon.
"It would be nice if I could bring so of them with to the dungeon, it would be easier..." I comnted lightly as I looked at the stats of my new armor.
I was sure that this would be possible in the future, but for now, that option didn't exist in the stream, and I didn't want to risk trying to force soone into the dungeon and end up tearing them in half because of teleportation.
-//-
[Rune-Symbol Armor: Runes: Resistance (Corrosion) - Resistance (Acid) - Defense]
Type: Armor
Modifier: None
Mystical Symbols (Human): Protection against corrosion (dium-dium), Protection against acid (dium-dium), Protection against burns (Low-High) ( )
Defense: 224
Durability: 1637/1684
Rarity: Green
Set Effect: When all pieces are worn together, creates a resonance that protects the user against acids and any type of corrosion (Minor), reducing the effects of any acid or corrosion (dium), and being ineffective against anything larger.
Description: Armor focused entirely on resisting acids and corrosion of all kinds.
Created by "The Strear" with the intention of protecting against slis and their variants.
-//-
It was much weaker compared to my other armor, but in terms of resistance to acid and any type of corrosion, it was infinitely superior.
It wasn't my best work, but it was sothing I found acceptable.
The initial plan was to create armor entirely made of tungsten and gold, but that idea went to hell quickly.
Ignoring the fact that armor made of these materials would normally be sothing uselessly heavy, even though at this point sothing like that wouldn't bother , and fragile without the enhancents of Mystical Symbols and Runes.
I wasn't a blacksmith, and Markus said that any armor like that would take at least a month to be ready, as gold was a very malleable tal, and forging armor from scratch using it and tungsten as a base was sothing he wasn't confident in.
So, I ended up just coating an iron armor in a tungsten-made paint and painting the Mystical Symbols with a gold-based paint.
As I said, it wasn't what I had in mind, but it was sothing acceptable.
Interestingly, I didn't even need to think about how to create these paints myself; I simply used the ones that already existed in Terraria as a base and adapted them.
In terms of appearance, the armor, surprisingly, did not disappoint either.
It was basically a full dieval plate armor, but in a silver-green color, with hundreds of Mystical Symbols in a gold-white color.
It had a futuristic look that wasn't flashy, but still, it was pleasing to the eyes. Funny how this "Improvised" armor was prettier than my main armor.
Before entering the dungeon, I took a few seconds to stretch and read the (CHAT).
I also took the opportunity to provoke so people...
"Are you still sure that no one will try anything at the Vytal Festival?" I comnted provocatively. "Do you think I'm still overthinking? Too paranoid?"
I had done this all day yesterday, and I'm going to continue today as well. It was too funny for to miss the opportunity!
[(MOD)WhiteHuntressLive]: (Snow White emote raising her finger and then lowering it)... I'll refrain from comnting. The ball was already horrible; being interrogated all night was even worse. I won't write anything that could get a chat punishnt...
[(MOD)GeniusBillionairePlayboy]: Maybe if another mysterious woman invades the planet's only communication network a second ti, they'll start believing you. Until then, keep going, it's funny. I can almost hear the screams of rage from here. (Iron Man emote eating popcorn)
[(MOD)RedHuntressLive]: I always believed in you! I even prepared in case sothing happened at the ball! If I had been able to use my eyes faster, I'm sure I would have been able to catch that woman! (Little Red Riding Hood emote sighing in frustration).
[AdvocateOfGenderEquality]: I t the paladin you ntioned before. Can I get a refund sowhere? I trade the three for a full set of armor and a at pie. (Generic guy emote sighing tiredly).
[YellowHuntressLive]: How could I have imagined that soone was crazy enough to invade the CCT on the eve of the Vytal Festival? (Yellow bear emote scoffing in disbelief).
[BlakeHuntressLive]: I understand his side. The CCT is sothing very important, but still. Interrogating every student at the ball systematically all night might have been too much. (Black cat emote sighing in exhaustion).
[TohsakaHeiress]: What do you expect to find on this second level of the dungeon besides, of course, slis? Any stronger variants or sothing like that? A mutation perhaps? (Chibi Rin emote drinking coffee).
I let out a good laugh at Weiss's ssage and stretched, finishing my warm-up.
Who would've thought her dance partner for the ball was a cowardly guy who wouldn't have the courage to show up because he didn't know how to dance? It had to have the na of a half-assed god.
At least Blake's partner had the na of the Monkey King; that was cool, much better than "Neptune."
The only more concerning part was that when Ruby fought the "Mysterious Woman" at the CCT, she ended up using the power of her eyes, which I was sure would be a problem later...
At least now the girls were on alert, and their school headmaster, the guy I was sure was a magician just by the na, knew that sothing was happening, so it was one less worry... I hope...
Still, sothing told that the problems were just beginning, both here in Terraria and in Remnant...
I shook my head, dispelling these thoughts; for now, I responded to the amazing offer Kazuma had made.
"I decline your offer; I feel like I'll end up at a loss," I quickly comnted before responding to Rin.
"As for what I hope to find on the second level?... Honestly, various things..." I shrugged as I comnted. "I'm trying to keep an open mind and will wait for anything..." Except the King Sli; if it were him, I would just leave quietly...
After interacting with the (CHAT) for a few more seconds, I ard myself, pulling one of the chains that held the Mother Sli and holding it in my hands, as there was no way in hell I would risk Houtengeki here.
Losing my best weapon because it lted due to slis, of all things, would be the biggest joke ever seen on this stream.
Without wasting any more ti, I pressed the "button" to enter the second level of the dungeon.
The journey, so to speak, had been like the previous ones, instantaneous. One mont I was in my clearing in Terraria, and the next I had appeared sowhere else.
The difference this ti was the final destination, so to speak.
The second level of the dungeon, or the second difficulty in this case, the Expert, wasn't in that labyrinth full of narrow corridors. In fact, it was the extre opposite.
The second level, the Expert, was an imnse plain. No matter which way I looked, the entire scenery was a plain without trees, without bushes, nothing, just a light green grass and the sky above.
"Okay... This is different..." I murmured as I observed the environnt calmly. This place seed artificial, very much so.
I spent a few seconds looking around for enemies before finally noticing sothing in the distance, very, very far away.
It was basically a small point in the sky, standing out in the clouds around it. I started running towards it until, after a few seconds of running, I had to slow down and stop.
Not because I had discovered an enemy, or because I was forced to, no; it was simply because I was amazed by the sight in front of .
"A flying island..." I let slip, my thoughts leaking without my permission.
It was a damn giant flying island!
From the distance, I would guess it should be at least a kiloter, if not more, and it was just there, floating normally, totally indifferent to gravity!
I knew they existed, both in Terraria, the ga, and in other universes; damn, in Remnant, Ruby's world, there was one.
But knowing they existed and seeing one up close, there, literally in front of , was a completely different story.
Even though I should already be used to this kind of thing, especially related to magic, I felt that the surprise, the impact that this sight had on would be sothing that would last for a long ti.
Observing the island more closely, I realized that it really didn't move; it was like sothing static in the air, a rock that instead of staying still on the ground, decided to go up and stay still in the sky.
The only sign of movent coming from the island was the small waterfalls falling towards the ground rapidly before turning into a light rain and the clouds that existed at the bottom of the island, being the only explanation for why the island stayed in the air...
And for so reason, I still felt that the clouds weren't the reason, but rather the consequences of the island staying afloat; that sothing else kept it there, in the sky.
During the ti I was observing the flying island, the (CHAT) had exploded with ssages; unfortunately, I couldn't read any, not because I didn't want to, but because my attention had been completely drawn to a warning ssage.
A ssage that the stream itself had sent.
[Sli is falling from the sky!]
At the sa ti I finished reading the ssage, I could see several small shadows appearing on the ground, along with many small silhouettes falling from the sky.
"Damn it!" I exclaid at the sa ti I jumped to the side, avoiding a red sli that had fallen in the sa spot where I was.
To my "joy," the sli didn't die upon hitting the ground but instead bounced and bounced until it stabilized on the ground, with the core intact...
All the slis I had seen so far would have died from this impact, or this plain either gave slis immunity to fall, or these slis were different from the others, having a much higher impact resistance.
I didn't know the answer, and I didn't have ti to think about it, to be honest, as monts after the first sli fell, ca the second, then the third, fourth, fifth, and so on, until the number of slis exceeded two digits and continued to rise rapidly towards three digits.
The slis also ca in all colors: green, blue, red, yellow, purple, even so gray... Interestingly, no pink ones...
Seeing the number of slis start to increase rapidly, I took a deep breath, feeling my blood start to pump rapidly, and moved, holding the chain with both hands and using it as an improvised whip.
Did I know how to use a whip? No, a chain even less, but in this case, there was no need to have any kind of mastery or practice...
'Sun Breathing (Devas Style) - First form: Solar Flare.'
"Boom!" The sound barrier was shattered at the end of the strike, and along with it, all the slis that were in front of .
... Good old brute force would be enough...
"Well... if it's the second option, their resistance has a limit..." I murmured, spinning the chain around my body until it hit the slis behind .
"Boom!" Again, another sonic boom, followed by many dead slis.
Too bad the only form that was really usable with the chains was the first form...
The rain itself wasn't dangerous to at my current level of strength, to the point where my only concern was not getting a "sli cot" on my head.
Even the acid and corrosion from the slis weren't a concern, as they would need to touch first, and so far, the only place lted and corroded was the ground, where they died every second.
My only current concern was: would the King Sli appear or not?
Yes and no, both options were bad in a way, since if he appeared here, I had no idea who would be in the last difficulty, the "Story Mode."
If he didn't appear here, where the event summoning him was happening, he would probably appear in the last difficulty, the "Story Mode," which was bad because in this case, he's probably much stronger than in the ga...
After a few minutes of this repetition of killing slis, running, killing slis, running, I noticed one catch, two actually.
The first catch was that these slis were dumb, like, really dumb. I wasn't even comparing them to the gray slis or the Mother sli from the first level; no, they were dumb even compared to normal Terraria slis.
It was as if they were just disposable drones, literal suicide soldiers, which was bad, especially when I noticed the second catch.
It had been gradual and slow, so slow that I hadn't noticed until now.
The slis were rging...
When I noticed this fact, I kicked the ground with all my strength, breaking the sound barrier behind and running to the mass of slis that was trying to unite, destroying it as quickly as I could.
I did this with the maximum of these giant sli masses that I could find; unfortunately, thanks to the "PINGs" from the stream, I found out that it hadn't been all of them, after all, it wasn't "raining" just around ...
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
[A Giant Sli has appeared!]
The funniest part of all this was that the mont these ssages appeared, a huge relief fell upon my shoulders.
For a mont, I really thought I would have to deal with several King Slis at once; thank goodness that wasn't the case.
The relief didn't last long either since, the mont these Giant Slis finished growing, they all turned in my direction and jumped as one, and, contrary to their enormous size, they were fast.
It was like having several runaway trucks coming at ; the only difference was that these trucks were more acidic than the responses Kazuma should receive from the girls at school when he asked one of them out, and of course, they were all in sync!
Seeing this scene, without hesitation, I jumped with all my strength and then jumped again diagonally, distancing myself; monts later, the Giant Slis collided with each other, creating a shockwave.
"If I were there, that would hurt like hell..." I murmured; at the sa ti, I swung my right arm downward, making the sli hook appear and stick to the ground.
I pulled myself down the instant the hook touched the ground, and as soon as my feet touched the ground, I attacked the slis around again.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Even before the Giant Slis had ti to detach, I had wiped out over a hundred slis.
I also took advantage of the fact that the Giant Slis were stuck to each other and didn't seem to want to rge into sothing like a "Colossal Sli" and ran towards them.
I seriously thought about throwing one or two of the Fire Dust grenades that I had exchanged with Weiss for Scarlet Ore, but the thought disappeared the mont it took shape.
Throwing anything incendiary into a damn plain that might as well be made of "gel" alcohol at this mont was frankly a foolish idea.
So, I just took advantage of the fact that most of the Giant Slis were together, with those that weren't, being too far away to reach , and delivered the strongest blow I could in the middle of the mass of Giant Slis.
"Boom!" With my first step, the sound barrier had shattered, my body traveling at speeds that a human had no right to go without equipnt or sothing protecting them.
In an instant, I had appeared less than five ters from the Giant Slis, and with a movent of my body...
'Sun Breathing (Devas Style) - First form: Solar Flare.'
"Boom!"
... The sound barrier had been shattered a second ti, with the chain sohow remaining whole and intact only by the dozens of Runes engraved on it.
The mont the blow connected with the mass of Giant Slis, they exploded. It was like a big, gooey waterlon bursting.
The only thing that kept dry, so to speak, was the wind and the shockwave created by the second breaking of the sound barrier, which sent the gel flying in my direction away.
Which was good, as the mont the gel touched the ground, I saw that a good part of the grass quickly lted.
I was sure I wouldn't die; in fact, I was sure I wouldn't even be seriously injured, even if the gel touched and covered entirely, with my armor and my natural regeneration enhanced with the Band of Regeneration and the Heart Valve, I would receive at most superficial wounds.
But that doesn't an it wouldn't hurt like hell; having lted skin wasn't cool, so I was grateful that I hadn't taken an acid gel bath.
Interestingly, after this "first encounter" with the Giant Slis, I had no more difficulty dealing with them.
As synchronized as they were, as if they had so weird hive mind and were fast, they weren't fast enough to catch up with , nor did they really have a mind to think and strategize beyond jumping at in sync.
Even my pre-Sun Breathing self would have managed to dodge the Giant Slis, albeit with difficulty.
After that, it was more a matter of not losing focus than really fighting seriously; I just needed to stay focused and continue my killing... Or would it be Slimaughter?...
I was sure that if I had said that joke out loud, I would have been lynched by the (CHAT).
... Until the sli rain ended.
The only problem was that, even after two hours, this damn rain didn't seem to want to let up!
I really thought I would have to climb that flying island to end this rain; fortunately, it wasn't necessary. After four hours, the rain had started to decrease and stopped altogether after nine full hours.
"FINALLY, DAMMIT!" I yelled as I killed the last sli on that damn plain.
After almost ten damn hours, it was finally over!
I threw myself on the ground the mont the dungeon completion ssage appeared. I wasn't exhausted, far from it actually, but it was the first ti in a long ti that I could really feel all the exercise I had done.
It was strange to feel my muscles sore from so exercise after so long, even if that exercise was fighting for almost ten hours straight.
I lay there for a good ten minutes doing nothing, just enjoying the darkening sky and the clouds drifting slowly across it.
There was a day and night cycle in this place... how curious...
In the anti, I let a part of my brain rest while another read the (CHAT).
[(MOD)GeniusBillionairePlayboy]: That must have been the most cardio I've ever seen anyone do in their life. Well, rember what I said before you got infinite gel? CONGRATULATIONS! NOW IT'S TRUE! (Iron Man emote welding armor)
[HalfBloodPrince]: Check later if the gel you got is different from what you already had, especially the one from the Giant Slis, they should be useful for creating higher quality inks. (Green snake emote jotting sothing in a notebook)
[(MOD)Jarvis]: As requested earlier, I tid the battle. It lasted a total of: 9 hours, 23 minutes, and 12 seconds. A splendid battle, Mr. Devas. (Robot butler emote with a watch)
[(MOD)RedHuntressLive]: FINALLY! I COULDN'T STAND SEEING SLIS ANYMORE! I was worried you might get hurt at the beginning, but then it was just like watching soone mow the lawn! Repetitive! (Little Red Riding Hood emote sighing in relief)
[AsuraLady]: Couldn't agree more, my concern diminished after the first hour of the fight. (Little lion with pink mane emote sighing)
[AdvocateOfGenderEquality]: Huh?... Is it finally over? Damn! An, brothers! I couldn't stand seeing slis anymore! Even those weird frogs are more pleasant to look at for now! (Generic happy guy emote)
[BestToadSannin]: I had so free ti, only saw the end of the battle, what did I miss? (Frog emote with a "?" sign)
[YellowFlash]: I finished things on my end first, sensei, saw a bit more, basically Devas slaughtering the slis until they finished, the only real danger was exhaustion, but it seems Devas has more endurance than I expected, reminds of Kushina... (Yellow frog emote impressed)
[TohsakaHeiress]: I don't want to be a party pooper, but that flying island in the sky, which, by the way, is still absurd, isn't it sothing important? Or does it just exist as decoration? (Chibi Rin emote asking)
[JackSon]: There! (Blue seahorse emote pointing with its head) There! Sothing hanging on the island, looks like a rope or sothing? (Seahorse emote with a "?" on its head)
Damn, there were so many ssages, not just the most recent ones, but those that occurred throughout the battle.
First of all, Snape had a point, which made more sad than happy at the mont.
I had almost finished painting the Mystic Symbols on the Humvee. If the gel from these Giant Slis was better for making inks, I would be very pissed off!
Happy too, of course, but pissed off.
It seems Minato and Jiraiya are fighting on the front lines in the war too... How long did the third ninja war last again? It was at least a few years, right?
Honestly, I didn't rember.
"Thanks for the temporary concern," I said sarcastically as I stood up. "No, Rin, the island is not just decoration. I believe the boss of this level is up there..." Or at least an optional boss, as the ssage I received from the stream indicated:
-//-
[Dungeon completed! (99%)]
Do you want to exit? Yes/No
[Warning! Life form detected! (Optional)]
-//-
Of course, I'm not going to exit now; I fought for nine damn hours, I'm not leaving this place without one hundred percent completion!
"Thanks for the help, Percy." I thanked the demigod as I walked over to the "rope" hanging from the island to the ground. Or rather, the rope made of so kind of hardened gel.
"This rope is as reliable as barbecue sold at the morgue door..." I comnted briefly as I looked up. It was a long climb.
"That's if this thing is not a trap." That was also an option, even though I thought it wasn't. "Well, here goes nothing..." I comnted as I began to climb the rope with my hands.
Of course, I had a plan in case this was a trap and soone or sothing cut the rope while I climbed. I also had so ideas for a "pseudo-flight," but all were inferior to just climbing the rope peacefully.
Fortunately, it wasn't a trap; I reached the top without any issues, except, of course, the rope swinging with over two kiloters in the sky.
As much as I knew I wasn't at risk since I had so safeguards to not just fall and die, it was still kind of unnerving.
It took about ten minutes to climb the rope to the island, where I had to pass through a cloud... that I could step on.
"Not the craziest thing that has ever happened to , but still close to the top..." I murmured as I took a few hesitant steps on top of the cloud.
What was this stuff made of?
I didn't hesitate to pull as much of this "massive" cloud into the VoidBag before finishing the climb to the top of the island. I'll use the Analyze: Item on the cloud later, for now, let's finish this dungeon.
The top of the island, or rather, the floor of the island, was filled with trees and plants, along with so rivers and lakes.
It was the opposite of the ground, a vast and lifeless plain except for the light grass on the ground. Well, up here, there was no animal life either, fauna, but there was flora.
A diverse flora, by the way, as there were several flowers and plants that shouldn't exist in the sa place...
This island seed like an artificial greenhouse... What a horrifying idea...
Who was the owner of this thing?...
Walking through the island, I focused on making my way to the center, where I could see the only and last life point on the Mini-map.
Interestingly, a yellow dot...
When I reached the center of the island, I found sothing unexpected, a house, a house made of gold... A huge house, a mansion.
You know what was more impressive, it wasn't the fact that the house was made of gold that caught my attention, but the thousands of runes carved into the walls and roof of the house...
"What the hell is in there?" I asked to no one.
The Mother Sli was sealed by chains that had hundreds of runes; in this house, there must be at least a few thousand, maybe more... No, it was much more...
Looking closer, I really wanted to know who was the being that created this house because within each rune, there was a matrix of runes...
There should be a few million runes on the walls of this house... What the hell was sealed inside this house?... No...
Looking more closely, it took a few minutes to understand how this runic matrix worked and how each rune interlaced, but this was not a seal...
It was a protection...
It wasn't sothing sealed inside this house, but rather sothing that was being kept safe within this house... Whoever or whatever was inside this house wasn't being sealed, but rather being kept safe...
"Okay..." This got interesting.
I thought that whatever was up here was an optional boss or so dangerous enemy, but if I take the stream's words on the other side, the "Life form detected!" didn't an that whatever was inside there was my enemy...
I took a deep breath and focused, letting all my instincts on alert and my guard as high as possible, then pushed the door of the house, or rather, tried.
The mont I took a step forward to touch the house, another ssage from the stream appeared.
[Do you wish to temporarily deactivate the defenses of the "Hanging Gardens of Queen Alice?"]
I blinked hesitantly, my hand frozen in the air.
Damn it... The garden of a queen...
Who the hell was Alice? The Sli Queen?...
"Yes," I exclaid, monts later, feeling all the runes of the house pulsating with energy before being deactivated.
With the defenses of the place deactivated, I put both hands on the door and pushed it forward slowly. This thing was heavy...
After a bit of effort, I managed to open the doors of the mansion, coming face to face with... an ordinary mansion?...
It wasn't exactly ordinary since basically everything was made of gold, but ignoring that fact, it was just an ordinary mansion.
Common furniture, common decorations, everything was... common... and sohow, the mansion felt cozy...
It was as if the place itself was inviting, a place for everyone to rest...
If it weren't for my title protecting from ntal alterations, I would be sure it was so kind of spell; in fact, I still had my doubts, but from what it seed, it was nothing of that sort, it was just the residual aura that existed in the house...
I stored the chains in the inventory and walked slowly through the house, toward the place where the yellow dot existed, a point that was standing still... Until I opened the door of the house, then it had started moving.
They were erratic, confused movents, as if the person, or being, that the dot represented was scared, frightened, confused...
I walked slowly to that point in the mansion, coming face to face with a door with small drawings on it...
"Oh, don't tell ..." It couldn't be that, it couldn't be...
I hesitated to open the door, but still, I put my hand on the doorknob, which I was still confused why it existed, since theoretically, this was a sli mansion, and opened the door slowly.
As if sothing were mocking my face, upon opening the door, I ca across a child's room... a child's bedroom.
On the bed of the room, which was on the left wall, was the yellow dot I was looking for.
A small light green sli, holding a staff that I recognized, the Sli Staff...
The small sli trembled when I looked at it, as if it were scared, or even worse, terrified.
The small gelatinous body of the sli shook rapidly, as if it were undecided whether to run, hide, or just explode from stress.
It must have decided for the fainting option and left everything to God, since before I could do anything, it just went limp, and then glowed, disappearing into the Sli Staff.
I just stared at the Sli Staff, paralyzed, not knowing what to do...
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Interestingly, my (P) (A) (T) has been under review for almost 20 hours. I don't know if it's sothing common or not, especially since I edited the page while the account was under review, and I saw that it's not recomnded to do that ;/
Well, I'll wait and take advantage of the ti to write things about Devas, so in the next week, no chapter on the Stream.
But... Hunter's story should receive focus, so I'll probably post her chapters.
That said, onto the chapter!
Devas talked to Gilbert, found out what happened at the ball, and... Ruby found Sinder, just like in the animation, the difference is that they actually fought this ti, and Ruby used her eyes...
Well, as for the second level of the dungeon, it's sothing I had planned for a while, and it's the "Prologue" of the sli story. So here it is!
And finally, the flying island... I always liked that idea and wanted to place it sowhere, they exist in Terraria, but the first one Devas "found" was in the Dungeon.
Well, that's it, a good afternoon for those who stay, and happy reading!
PS: What do you think the Sli Staff is?
PSS: It's WinterHord indeed, not WinterHold, it's a pun and at the sa ti a "Mini Spoiler."
PSSS: 3 chapters for 2 dollars and 5 chapters for 3 dollars for a start or sothing? (I'm not sure about the prices, never created sothing like this)
PSSSS: Well, that said. Ruby Rose >>>>
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