Equipment Printing School Mage
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Emiya glanced helplessly at his teacher, while the Seraphim Lady simply shrugged at him.
At this moment, the Wild Mage suddenly stopped and waved to the rest of the group: "Are you just standing there watching? Come on, this little guy can't just sail the boat!"
As the wild wizard chattered on, the entire team was almost half-forced onto the boat.
——To Emilia’s surprise, he thought that this airship might be leaking everywhere like this strange wizard, but it actually looked quite good.
As a priest who had lived in Baldur's Gate for decades, Alestria was naturally the one who knew the most about shipbuilding in the team. After just a moment's observation, she nodded with satisfaction, "The ship is intact and clean...it must have been carefully maintained...Uh, where is the rudder?"
"The Baldur people may understand ships, but unfortunately they don't understand airships." The strange wizard Fei Ziben had the opportunity to show off. He walked to the bow of the ship with his crutches and nodded. "The airship's direction change is completely magical, so there's no need to place the rudder at the stern like ordinary ships. The visibility is much better."
Fei Ziben pointed to the bow of the ship - there, a metal sphere as big as a head was floating in the air.
Fei Ziben gushed forth his words with the air of an Earthling introducing his beloved car: "This airship is the most precious of my collections! Even more precious is that operating it is a breeze: lift it up and it floats; push it down and it descends. Rotate it, and the entire hull rotates. And the sails are fully automatic, so even without a crew aboard, it can easily sail with the wind!"
"And what comes next is the most valuable thing about this ship, and it's also the reason why I must let you drive this ship to Abel."
"Thank you very much. Elastri, please go and check the cabin. I don't know anything about sailing, so I'm leaving it all up to you." Just as Fei Ziben was talking incessantly, Emilia hurriedly called out to Elastri, the only semi-expert.
The most eye-catching part of this ship is its amazing figurehead.
——It was a lifelike dragon sculpture.
A sculpture of the platinum dragon god Bahamut.
It stood at the bow, its wings spread as if ready to fly, its mouth and nose slightly open, as if the dragon god was about to spit out a destructive breath in the next second.
Even by the standards of temple statues, the artistic level of this statue is enough to shock people.
Emilia was particularly shocked. After just a few moments of scrutiny, he turned and shouted, "Mr. Fei Ziben! You said the rudder isn't at the stern so the helmsman has a better view, but you've put up a giant figurehead that completely obscures the bow! It's almost blocking the lookout!"
"Of course you can't step on me..." Fei Ziben said halfway when he started coughing violently. "What do you mean my head?! This is a statue of Bahamut, the wisest, richest, and most powerful dragon god in the world - of course you can't step on it! The main thing is that when I decorated this ship, I didn't think that the day would come when I would give it away..."
He snorted and patted the huge statue: "Do you know why this statue is so big?"
Sig murmured, "...because we're standing too close, so things get bigger when they're closer, and smaller when they're farther away?"
"What the hell is going on? You're not a child anymore, be more reserved!" Fei Ziben hit Higg's head with his wooden stick without any hesitation. "—I gave you this ship because it can provide you with the protection you need most."
Fei Ziben floated outside the ship and casually pointed in the direction of the statue, sending a bolt of lightning towards Emiya and his companions. The Dragon God statue shone slightly, and a platinum-colored light curtain instantly enveloped the entire ship, obliterating the lightning.
"Don't be afraid." Fei Ziben looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, which made the young people's faces turn slightly pale, and clapped his hands. "—This statue was originally designed to withstand the dragon breath of Takhisis... I mean, that crazy woman Tiamat. A normal ancient dragon would need to spit its dragon breath for at least an hour to destroy this statue."
Suddenly, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.
Although this strange wizard seemed rather stingy and unreliable, he was actually much more generous than they imagined!
In other words, this airship is a treasure that is completely immune to the breath of a true dragon!
Emiya's expression calmed down a bit, and she said solemnly, "...I will do my best to raise those twenty ships."
"Okay, okay. After all, a mere thirty ships would only cost 12 million gold coins to Halruaa. Your team can afford it if they grit their teeth. Besides, if you become Halruaa's saviors, how can you possibly pay the market price for the ships..."
"Wait, we were talking about two..."
"Two hundred ships? That's too enthusiastic! How could I possibly hold young people like you back with such an outrageous request?" Fei Ziben smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum and shook his hand vigorously. "Forty ships will be enough!"
How come the price keeps getting higher and higher?!
Emiya didn't dare to answer again. Their team could have bought twenty airships at the original price if they gritted their teeth, but if they continued the negotiation, they would be bankrupt!
Their team had already finished preparing, so he didn't dare to pull his hand away and could only shout: [Alestria, is there any problem with the cabin of this ship?]
[No, the facilities are complete. The ship is in excellent condition and is ready to sail at any time.]
[Halffont, how is your Shadow Sand preparation going?]
【Can be started at any time.】
Emiya took a deep breath and spoke quickly, "Mr. Fei Ziben, we're fully prepared and about to set sail. Please disembark. We'll definitely bring back more than twenty ships when we return! We're heading to the Shadowless Underworld soon!"
Then he winked at Haverfonte: This Shadow Spirit Mage is also an official member of this trip. If all the spoils are used to buy an airship, this temporary teammate will have taken a huge risk and made a wasted trip!
Haverfont understood and quickly opened the dimensional hole: "Mister Mage, we are ready to set sail. Please disembark!"
Fei Ziben wasn't ready to let him go just yet: "Is it so urgent to go to Abel?"
"Actually, it's quite urgent," Emiya said. "We plan to depart during a total lunar eclipse. That's when it will be easiest for us to enter the Shadowfell from the moon."
"...Oh." The strange mage, who had been confused at first, finally came to his senses, pondered for a moment, and nodded. "A total lunar eclipse, when the moon is completely covered by Toril's shadow, is indeed the perfect time to enter that new world. Okay, I won't bother you anymore."
If you miss this astronomical phenomenon, you may have to wait for one to two years.
As he said this, he really let go of his hand and floated out of the ship.
Haverfont couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, then his face became serious.
She also knows the technology that uses shadow matter to switch between the material plane and the Shadowfell Underworld in the City of Ghosts.
For example, the reason why Emiya and others tried their best to keep her was precisely for this technology.
However, using that purified shadow sand to reproduce the same phenomenon without Shar's divine support was a bit difficult. For the past month, in addition to settling her own people, she had been busy with this difficult goal.
——However, she is also a genius who became a nine-ringed wizard not long after she came of age.
Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean it can’t be done.
At this moment, the strange wizard's last question rang in their ears: "I forgot to ask one thing: this ship is not actually very fast. It is actually impassable between the Earth and the Moon. I moved it to the Moon with my own hands. Do you need my help to get you to the surface of Toril or Abeir?"
Of course it was necessary. The airship's speed was only comparable to that of a carriage, not even the speed of a galloping horse. However, Emiya and the others had originally planned to use teleportation to advance through the Shadowfell Underworld. But if this airship could actually provide strong resistance to dragon breath, then it would be best if they could bring it to Abel.
Then, Fei Capital fell silent.
The sun slowly rotated in space, and soon, the extremely bright sun finally moved to the other side of the earth. The tiny moon was completely shrouded by the shadow of Toril.
At this moment, Emilia finally experienced it firsthand: he was not on the planet at the moment.
Even though the sun's brilliance has been blocked by the earth, some orange light and shadows still linger around the edge of Toril's huge shadow, turning the huge Toril into a bright ring of fire.
At the same time, the universe did not fall into darkness, and the stars still twinkled in the dark sky.
The total lunar eclipse has arrived.
Haffont opened her dimensional hole, and endless black sand gushed out from the cavern, dancing in the dark sky and enveloping the entire ship. Emya took control of the ship's control center, causing the airship to rise vertically and turn towards Toril.
How wonderful.
Emiya only felt a slight numbness in her body.
They were now actually perpendicular to the lunar surface, but his body told him that the direction of gravity was actually perpendicular to the deck - this allowed them to move on the deck without hindrance.
Then, how should it be described?
The world faded.
It was like watching a funhouse mirror on a black and white TV, or like a nightmare you have when you have a fever.
Hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, Toril silently transformed into a mass of black and white lines like a child's drawing, the boundless shadows turned into a pale gray, and the stars that flickered in the universe turned into dim patches.
——They succeeded.
Just as the Underdark actually exists in every part of Faerûn and is not limited to the North, the scope of the Shadowfell may actually correspond to the entire Material Plane! Shar may only control a part of Toril!
At this moment, a low laugh rang in their ears: "—I forgot to mention that this ship is called Platinum."
Then they felt an astonishing force hitting every open sail of the ship in a surprisingly gentle manner. The Platinum, which was originally starting slowly, entered a full-speed sprint with an astonishing acceleration.
Caught off guard, Emiya and the others were nearly thrown from the ship. However, to their surprise, the massive platinum dragon figurehead once again radiated a faint silver glow, protecting them all within the ship's confines. This bright platinum glow was incredibly beautiful and dazzling within the grayish-white underworld of the Fallen Shadow.
The already bizarre scene of the Shadowless Underworld became even more bizarre when sailing at high speed. The unstable scene kept retreating on both sides of the Platinum, while at the same time it seemed to be chasing the Platinum, as if their position was constantly changing.
"...Damn it!" Halffont couldn't help but curse. "Toril's Shadowfell is disgusting, but it's not as exaggerated as it is now... Ugh!"
Elaster's eyes lit up at this moment. While using magic to help Havelfont relieve his seasickness, she asked, "How long will we stay here?"
Halffont covered his mouth and answered with difficulty, "The City of Shade possesses magic that allows for rapid movement within the Shadowfell Underworld. Combined with the current speed of this ship, we can reach Toril's atmosphere within a few days at most. However, our true goal on this trip is to discover a method for entering Abeir..."
She tried to observe Toril at the moment, trying to find the pattern in the disordered lines, but after a few minutes she could no longer bear it and hugged the railing again to start swallowing today's lunch: "Ugh..."
Even though Emilia thought he could tolerate all kinds of bad things, he could not stand the crazy alarms from his brain and cochlea at this moment. Fear and discomfort were tormenting his body and mind at the same time.
However, he still gritted his teeth and stared at Toril, refusing to look away, trying to find some pattern in the constantly twisting and changing lines - and most of the team had the same reaction as him.
This situation was naturally a severe test for both body and mind. Ten minutes later, Elaster also collapsed, joining the queue outside Haverfont's dining area. And Emiya's face had already turned blue.
Yin and Mars showed amazing willpower at this time, and still showed no signs of wavering.
Then, Sig couldn't stand it anymore and turned away with a wail, though she wasn't ready to vomit. She'd rather look at the dull, bleak night sky than the mess of Toril. However, as soon as she turned her head to glance at the moon behind the ship, she couldn't help but cheer: "...Hey, look, the moon isn't a mess of lines like Toril is."
"?!"
This sentence immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Sig was right. Although the moon had become lifeless, like a moon from another universe, with only dry soil and stone, it was only so far gone. It was far from the unstable tangle of threads that Toril had become.
"...I understand. The direction we've chosen is correct," Yin said slowly, looking very unwell. "...We are seeing Toril and Abeir at the same time. These two planets are not so much twins as sworn enemies...so much so that even their projections in the Shadowfell interfere with each other."
In this only good news, Emiya took a deep breath and clenched her right hand slightly.
Now, the moon was shrinking rapidly behind them.
Perhaps within a few days, they will be sailing into Abel's sky.
He has seen it.
The changes in the lines were becoming slower and slower as they got closer, and for the first time he could see the pattern of the lines clearly.
Some of the lines beneath the earth are solid and stable, some are dense and fiery; in the sky, some of the lines are smooth and coherent, some are light and free.
Emiya took a deep breath.
...What kind of lines are those?
Those are the four basic elements surging in the earth and sky of Abel.
Earth, water, fire and wind.
5. Welcome to Abel
Let me emphasize again that the distance from the moon to the planet is an outrageous hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
From the beginning of the Friendly Arm until now, Emiya has actually only been active in an area with a radius of more than 1,000 kilometers.
As a result, after he and Yin slapped their foreheads, he realized that this impromptu trip seemed to have gone too far.
Astronomical unit means that if a number involves astronomical background, it will basically be so large that it will make you question your life.
At the end of the eighth shift, Emiya left the ship's side almost reluctantly.
Their team consisted of two people, taking turns on the deck to monitor the distance between the spacecraft and the planet - at the same time, giving each group time to rest.
At the same time, the shifts brought an unexpected effect: every time they observed Abel and Toril again after a two-hour interval, they could clearly realize that they were getting closer and closer to the Gemini planets.
The frequency of change in those subtle lines was gradually slowing down. As they drew closer, the originally tangled threads began to separate, and the mental damage was alleviated.
Emiya had realized that those lines were actually concentrated on a certain continent in Abel, where wind and water danced in the air, while earth elemental sank into silence on the ground, and fire elemental and water elemental faced each other from afar.
In this underworld of fallen shadows where everything is abstract, this is all he can observe.
At this moment, Haverfont walked onto the deck, stretching and yawning, which surprised Emiya: "Haverfont? Your shift is in the next group."
The Shadow Mage, though bleary-eyed, waved his hand resolutely at him. "...We're getting closer and closer to Toril. At this distance, constantly checking our position gives me peace of mind. I don't want to be imprisoned in the City of Ghosts while I sleep."
Halffont's departure from the City of Ghosts was a mixture of deception and betrayal—the City of Ghosts initially believed she had offended Emya and her group, and so agreed to use her as a scapegoat. If Shar and the City of Ghosts realized by then that the illusionist had actually switched sides before the negotiations...
The style of the Church of Shar is generally known as "I would rather let the world betray me than let the world betray me."
With that, Haverfont and her teammate, Mars, walked side by side to the side of the ship. The illusionist then frowned slightly. She had been recuperating in the forest, enjoying good food and drink for a while, and her awful skin swelling had mostly subsided. However, during her time in the Shadowfall, her appearance had deteriorated at a noticeable rate. "...We're very close. As expected, the Shadowfall is connected to two planets simultaneously. Theoretically, as long as I choose the right time to leave, we can enter the space-time phase where Abel is."
At this point, she said somewhat uneasily, "...From now on, the closer I am to Abel, the greater my chances of success. But..."
However, the greater the chance that they will be caught by Shar.
Isn't the reason they traveled all the way to the moon just to avoid the sight of the goddess of night?
Since Haverfont had already decided not to leave his post, Emiya simply stopped and said casually, "I noticed earlier that the lines that might represent the water element have begun to intersect with our ship... Does this have any impact?"
The other three people present gave him a complicated look.
Observing Abel in the Shadowless Underworld was a completely new experience for everyone present. Even if questions were asked, no one could answer! Ultimately, the idea that those lines represented elements was just a guess.
Mars said unhappily, "I think we should not be so speculative. Otherwise, I don't want to be killed by my own fear before successfully entering Abel."
As he spoke, he leaned over the side of the ship, looked down, and pointed to a corner of the planet. "For example, I feel that the lines are like a woman's eyes—except that eye isn't looking at us right now."
These seemingly casual words made Haverfont tremble. She whispered, "...I don't know how you developed such an arrogant character, but our lives are not in our hands right now. Please be careful with your words and actions."
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