Arad's Sword

Chapter 231 Big Storm Area
Arad calendar 988 years.

One year and three months have passed since the fall of the City Lord of Light.

Layers of white clouds linger under your feet, and a flock of wild geese flying in a herringbone pattern.

From here, the continent of Arad looks like a huge and irregular chessboard, the snow-capped Ston Mountain Range, the scorched but green Forest of Gran, the well-defined Kingdom of Belmar, with a vast territory The incomparable Delos Empire, and a piece of blue, the Faro Bay on the west coast like a pearl necklace...

This is a view that can only be overlooked from the highest sky.

This is the sea of ​​sky, above the clouds, tens of thousands of meters away from the continent of Arad.

Not to mention the birds of prey that are best at flying, even the awakened pterosaurs cannot rise to this height.

The turbulent winds at a height of several thousand meters, the vacuum isolation zone at a height of 5000 meters, and the magic vortex at a height of [-] meters, these natural barriers completely surpass the limits of individuals, separate the brand-new world of the sea of ​​​​the sky, and the world of Allah. The mainland of Germany was completely isolated.

It is the sea above the sky, the sea born of the sky itself.

But such an environment isolated from the lower world is not a quiet and peaceful paradise. On the contrary, it is full of vitality, noise, and struggle.

In the hurricane above the clouds, a streamlined open airship with a length of more than 40 meters was advancing at full speed in the air.

Its sharp bow lined up white cloud waves, and the white track turned up by the stern also drew eye-catching marks on the blue sea.

And in front of this airship, in the early morning mist, under the golden sunlight, a group of flying whales with three pairs of huge fins were constantly flapping their wings, desperately trying to escape.

This is a whaling boat.

Originally, at the speed of a large whaling boat with a length of 40 meters, it was difficult to catch those flexible seraphs. There was only one chance for the engine to explode, and there was only one chance for the archer to shoot.

But this time, the captain of the whaling boat named "Breaking Waves" thought he was more than [-]% sure that he could catch this high-priced whale species.

No one else, just because a young passenger came on this boat.

At this moment, the passenger was standing on the bow deck of the ship, amidst the symphony formed by the high-altitude hurricane and the broken clouds and waves, motionless, looking ahead like a statue.

This traveler was wearing a leather suit that is very common in the sea of ​​​​the sky, with two ancient long swords on his waist, other than that, he didn't have any other equipment.

However, even though the clothes are simple and the weapons are simple, they still can't conceal the iron blood and domineering aura emanating from the incomparably well-proportioned body, and the pair of star-black eyes that seem to be able to generate electricity from the void are even more involuntary. Feel a sense of awe that comes from within.

This mysterious and powerful passenger boarded the boat a week ago.

At the time, the Breaker was sailing on the fringes of a large storm area, trying to find some dying and valuable sperm whales that had been thrown from the inner circle by the storm.Unexpectedly, I saw a single-seat vanguard boat that was about to fall apart from the sky, and without saying hello, it just fell on the deck of the Breaker, and then, a black shadow rolled out of it, which is today's passengers.

Although at the beginning, the irascible dragon captain was furious about the loss of the deck, but later, the passenger shot down three rough-skinned and thick-skinned sperm whales, which immediately made the captain's attitude turn 180 degrees. big turn.

You know, this is a sperm whale. If you sell it in the Yunhai Market, you can buy half a whaling boat!
At this moment, in the eyes of Captain Longren, this is not a troublemaker, he is simply the God of Wealth who fell from the sky.

Therefore, along the way, the captain was responsive to the passenger's requests, and even directly changed the scheduled whaling route. In return, the passenger shot down dozens of unlucky flying whales several times within a week.

Both sides can be said to get what they need.

However, if the captain of the Dragonman knows that the passenger on his ship is the "Human Leader from the Lower Realm" and "Sky City Lord" Midi who has been rumored in the sea of ​​​​the sky this year. ? How would you feel about Ashrex's words?
"Young friend, it's your turn!" Captain Dragonman shouted after visually measuring the distance to the seraph.

"Okay." Midi didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

The next moment, he casually picked up a giant five-meter-long harpoon without putting it in the bed crossbow, and just held it with one hand like that. Zhen, and instantly threw the harpoon with a perfect throwing posture.

A ray of cold light pierced the sky, and the harpoon flew out at a speed that the naked eye could not catch, piercing a seraph with incomparable accuracy, until the moment the harpoon passed through the body, there was a huge sonic boom. Finally hit everyone's eardrums.

This is a thunderous blow that surpassed the sonic barrier!
However, it is not over yet.

After the fork was thrown out, Midi didn't stay for a moment at all, but threw three more harpoons one after another like flowing water in one go, and shot and killed three whales again, before finally stopping.

Witnessing this incomparably precise technique, there was a burst of loud and enthusiastic cheers from the entire whaling boat.

Just like their compatriots who were exiled to the sky city, the dragon people are always the most passionate and respect the strong. The strength shown by Midi has far surpassed that of ordinary awakened people, at least it is at the level of a master, not to mention Few people speculate that he is a perfect awakener, and it is only natural that he is applauded by these dragon crew members.

The four seraphim whales were quickly dragged back to the airship. The experienced crew immediately spread out the tools on the deck and began to dissect them on the spot. They quickly disassembled the huge body of the whales, and then divided them into categories in different ways. save.

It was a bountiful harvest, and the deck was filled with all sorts of relaxed banter and jeers.

However, in the next moment, all the sounds disappeared, and the death-like silence descended in an instant, making the atmosphere on the entire whaling boat seem to freeze.

The dull drum-like thunder sounded continuously from far to near.

The elemental wind with a trace of thunder and lightning whizzed past above the sea of ​​clouds.

The sky darkened at this moment, the sun was covered by pitch-black shadows, and at the end of the line of sight, a huge black storm like a sky veil rolled across the distant horizon.

The black storm, like a revolving galaxy, went straight into the sea of ​​clouds, forming a huge vortex.Even though the distance from the whaling boat was actually thousands of kilometers, even the always tyrannical dragonman couldn't help but a trace of uncontrollable fear flashed in his eyes when he saw the storm.

"That's the big storm area." Midi looked at the black storm that pierced the sky, and said thoughtfully, "I don't know what kind of world is inside that black storm."

"Young friend, I advise you not to think about entering the big storm area." Captain Dragonman glanced at Midi and shuddered, "The black storm is a monster. It has been devouring it for thousands of years. How many airships, tribes and even those floating islands in the sea of ​​clouds have been lost, and no one has ever been able to come out of it alive! Never!"

"Relax, I'm just asking casually." Midi smiled and shrugged her shoulders indifferently.

Of course, it is impossible to ask casually.

With Midi's current status, how could it be possible that she really just came out for a stroll, or visited a private place in a micro-service to experience the whaling life of a dragonman?

He has only one purpose, which is to enter the core of the sea of ​​clouds in the sky - the big storm area.

It can even be said that from entering Sky City at the end of 986 in the Arad calendar to today, the spring of 988 in the Arad calendar, Midi has been preparing for such a goal for more than a year!

If you want to ask why, the reason is very simple, because the most essential part of the sea of ​​sky is contained in the big storm area.

The purest magic veins, the most clear crystals, the rarest thousand-year-old medicinal materials, the most powerful skills, and even pieces of high-quality floating islands, these resources are all in the big storm area.Midi, who is a reborn person, knows this best.

It can be said that only after entering the big storm area can it be considered that the most valuable part of the sea of ​​sky has been truly touched.

If you don't want to make progress, and keep wandering around the periphery, competing with the various races in the sky and sea for the limited resources, it is meaningless at all, and it will only slow down the development of Belle Mare!

If you lag behind, you will be beaten. Midi knows this truth well in his 20 years of fighting career in the previous life.Don't look at the current Belle Mare's beautiful scenery, the three extraordinary awakened people sit in town, and even the mighty Delos Empire will bow its head, but after a few years, if there is no development, it is likely to decline and be replaced by others. If the power exceeds it, it is more likely that it will be directly wiped out by the strong from heaven, demon world and other places!

Therefore, Midi is unwilling to stop, and dare not stop. The only way to victory is to continue to develop and become stronger.

However, how easy is it to enter the big storm area?

In the previous life, it took the adventurers of the Arad continent seven years to open up the sky city, enter the sky and cloud sea, and enter the big storm area!

Seven years!

It wasn't until 994 of the Arad calendar that the airship technology was fully mature, and adventurers were able to rely on the protection of heavy armored cruisers to successfully enter the big storm area, and found a lot of resources there, as well as the legendary The Skyveil Behemoth.

Obviously, Midi couldn't wait seven years.

But just over a year was enough for the Kingdom of Belle Mare to gain a firm foothold in Sky City, but it was not enough for the "single-seat pioneer boat" technology to be transformed into the "heavy armored cruiser" technology.

In fact, even with Norton, the master alchemist, and Wells, the talented designer, Belle Mare's technology is still far behind the residents of the sky and sea of ​​clouds.

For example, the seemingly ordinary whaling boat under Midi's feet, this 40-meter-long big guy, couldn't be built by Belle Mare.

At this stage, the most important thing for the adventurers from Arad is to find ways to catch up with these existing technologies, or develop them, or learn from them, or... copycats, but definitely not surpass them.

And since even the natives of the sea of ​​clouds dare not approach the big storm area, how could Belle Mare's airship be able to do this?
That's why Midi decided to hide his sensitive identity as the lord of the sky city, and explore alone in the world of the sky and sea of ​​clouds, to see if there is any other way to open the door to the big storm area.

　There will be a third update at 23:30.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)