Chapter 410: Going To s.p.a.ce
Now what? We just found out that cultivating air magic up high where the air is thin is helpful to increase the rate of cultivation. If we go higher, there"s a chance that the improvement rate will increase even further. But do I need to risk my live by going there?
I"m interested, but frightened at the same time. I need to test it to see if it"s safe or not.
…let"s grab some monsters to experiment on!
I"d like to get a monster that I can tell their expression to bring with me. Let"s find a monster that is very similar to human. And I know one.
It"s the monkey from the forest where the Pear-y Fruit grows. Though thanks to the elves, we can grow our own Pear-y Fruits so we don"t need to go there anymore.
This time, I"m no longer afraid of being surrounded by the monkeys. I grabbed two of them and put them into Blobbycage.
Next, I asked Andro to fly higher.
"You want me to do what?" Andro asked.
"Your body is gigantic. Although your limbs and neck, compared to your body size are much shorter, they are still big. I want just the top of your head to go beyond the sky, while the rest of your body is still under the layer so you can still breath. I want to conduct an experiment to see if I could go higher with these monkeys," I explained.
"I see. As long as I can breathe, it should be fine. But I won"t go any higher," Andro said.
Because Spot is away in humans" world, I need to ask someone else who can help me in the sky. And my choice is Alejandro. Although I can run on air, I want to do the experiment while standing still. If I keep running around, I won"t know where I am later.
After pa.s.sing through the layer where the sky is below me, I grabbed the monkey I put to sleep before, and put it into a different Blobbycage.
After the monkey woke up angrily, I attached the cage with a huge and long Blobbypole. It"s so that I can raise the cage with the monkey inside as high as my magic can reach it.
It"s a test to see how high can a living being survive up there. Of course, I will make sure the monkey able to breathe. Though since it was panicking too much, I used calming gas on it.
As for the other monkey, it will be used as a spare in case the first one die. I think two is enough.
Now, the first one. While I am still standing on top of Andro"s head, I raised the prisoned monkey higher. And I waited one minute before I go even higher.
But how do I get higher when Andro is staying at the same height? By making Blobbies and transform them into stairsteps. It"s also a test to see how much steps Victoria can make with her clones.
Hmm… I think we can go even higher. How high are we in the sky? I don"t know. But I can still go higher.
I have reached higher and higher as the Blobbysteps have reached five hundred steps. But Victoria said that she can"t go any further. She can only make more Blobbysteps if she recalls all the Blobbies I spread to the others.
Though I told them to make the steps smaller. Just enough for my toe to step. That way, we can reach even higher. Why didn"t she think of that?
Finally, at the 2000 steps from Andro"s head, I can see the monkey above me in the cage is floating. There"s no more gravity up there, but I can still feel it. And the pole I"m holding is really light right now.
"Whoa, he"s floating. That"s outer s.p.a.ce, I guess." I said.
"Prepare yourself. The monkey is not being protected by Aura, right? We don"t know what will happen to him," Victoria said.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes…
One hour pa.s.sed, and there"s nothing happening with the monkey.
"…I guess it"s fine up there. Though while waiting, I cultivated for a bit and the progress is much faster than around Andro"s head," I said.
"Do you want to go up there?" Victoria asked.
"I"ll check it with the other monkey as well. With one being higher than the other, I can tell up to where it"s safe to stay," I said as I throw the other cage higher. Since I don"t need to use a pole, I just make a string with Blobbies and reel it back when it goes too far. Just like fishing.
When the monkey I threw goes a bit higher than the previous one, it dies soon after.
"Hmm… let"s try to cover the first monkey with my Aura, and get it as high as that one," I said.
I tried it, and the monkey survive even in the same height where the second monkey died. I guess this is where I will cultivate. I"ll try to not go any higher.
Let"s attach another fishing line from Andro to me so I won"t get stranded in s.p.a.ce later. I hope within a few weeks, I can reach advanced level in air element.
After that, it will be raiding the lab.
"Let"s cultivate here. After attaching myself to Andro first, though," I said.
"But won"t you get too far? Andro keeps moving, you know?"
"I can use portal to travel, so it"s easy… wait, what if I leave a Blobby here and use a portal to outer s.p.a.ce? It can be used as a weapon as well. Maybe I will add another one at the deepest part of the sea as well. Why didn"t I think of it before?"
"What"s important is that we find a place where you can cultivate now. When you reach advanced level, what will you do?" Victoria asked.
"At that time, my mana should be increased as well so I can open more portals. And I want to be able to use all kind of gas with various effects. If you have other type of gas that I would like, I can try it as well," I said.
"Hmm… there"s a type of fuel that makes fire invisible. But that"s liquid and not a type of gas. Though if you can use it, that would be amazing if you paired up with a fire mage like Julia," Victoria said.
An invisible fire, huh? But that"s liquid and not gas. I guess that"s impossible for me at the moment. In the future? Who knows?
"Then I"ll just focus on using other type of gases from the mysterious forest that I haven"t learned yet. Let"s go to the s.p.a.ce now. Victoria, cover me with the slime. Make sure that there"s no gap at all," I said.
"Do you need me to do that? You have seen that the monkeys don"t even need protective gear to survive," Victoria asked.
"Safety first."
"…says the guy who went into the deep sea right after learning how to swim," Victoria sighed.
That"s right. I was stupid back then, but now I"m still stupid. Better kind of stupid anyway.
Wait, is there other kinds of stupid?
As I tried my first time going into a zero gravity, I take a deep breath. Although I know it"s safe since I"m fully covered with the Black Slime, and using air magic as well as my Aura, this is a totally unknown area to humans. At least humans of my world and not Victoria"s.
I feel my body lighter, and as my whole body entered zero gravity, I can no longer tell which way is up and which way is down. Other than up is above my head, and down is under my feet. Though I can see a brown spot surrounded by blue color above my head. That"s supposed to be our friend, Andro. I guess that way is down then.
"This is amazing! Weird, but amazing!" I shouted. Though the only one who can hear me is Victoria as out there, there"s no air. Or maybe it"s too thin. But it"s not enough for my voice to travel. That"s why although I saw the monkey was suffering, I didn"t hear any sound at all.
"Maybe one day we can go to the moon. Though the moon in Monsters World is smaller than the moon in humans" world… wait, what!?"
All of a sudden, Victoria is shouting. And because I"m the only one here, with how close she is, my ears are ringing.
"Don"t shout like that! What"s wrong anyway?" I asked.
"…after entering zero gravity, I can tell you something."
"What is it?"
"I can feel my clones from the moon. And many of them at once," Victoria said.
"…what? Have you been to the moon in the past?" I asked.
"No. That is not a moon. That is your world, Roy. Humans world," Victoria said.
Wait, my world? But we went there via portal. So, this place is not actually a different world, but we are actually on the moon of humans" world!? And for the Monsters World, we are on its moon!?
"…so, what"s your point?" I asked.
"Why are you not surprised at all!? We know something that no one have ever known!" Victoria shouted.
"What"s that got to do with us anyway? Doesn"t that just make it possible for humans to go to Monsters World without using portals… wait!"
"Now you know. Which mean there"s a possibility that the cult can go here anytime they want without using portal. If they have air mage and can fly, that should be enough to travel," Victoria explained.
So, they don"t need summoners to travel between worlds? Does their G.o.d know about this? That"s possible.
Hmm…
Hmmmmmm…
"Sigh… I can"t think of anything to do. I"ll just tell this to Albert and the kings, and let them think of what to do with this information," I said.
"…I guess you"re right. Let the smarter ones thinks," Victoria said.
"Yeah. I"ll just cultivate here for an hour, and then meet Albert after that," I said.
If we are the only ones who know about this information, there"s no need to be panic. Unless there"s an extraordinary monster that can travel between two worlds easily.
Why does it feel like my peaceful life that I dreamt of after destroying the cult is getting further and further?
Nah, this won"t be a problem. Even if it does, my beef is only with the cult.. Let Albert and the other leaders think.