Chapter 879 Relaxedly Climbing the Mountain
"Breezy, now that Airy has joined us, don"t you want to stay with Kron again?"
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Sara has reached master level. And so, Airy doesn"t have to stay with Sara anymore. Unless Sara wanted to attempt to reach the stage beyond master level.
But there are too many things that we don"t know about that stage. So for now, Sara and also those who have reached master level wanted to adapt to their new power first.
Even Kron is also training. And I guess that he stopped adventuring because he is training again. And that"s why Breezy is still reluctant to leave.
"I"ll stay with you guys for now. Kron is training hard and I don"t want to bother him. At least until he"s confident that he can use his new power well, I will stay with you guys. Though I"m sure that he has gotten used to his power. But he"s just training so he won"t be weaker than other master level mages," Breezy said.
"What about Airy? I won"t stop at a city to buy some cakes now. So if you want, you can stay with Sara or other girls," I asked Airy this time.
"I ate a lot already thanks to Sara. I think I will stop eating cakes for now," Airy said.
I guess Sara treated Airy to a lot of cakes and sweets that Airy has gotten tired of them already.
climb that tall mountain and see if we can find any spirits there. Though if we could find any spirits on the way, that would be great Just how much did Airy eat for her to get tired? When will a lot be too much for a spirit who can"t get full no matter how much she eats?
"Well, I guess you two will stay with me for a while then. We will climb that tall mountain and see if we can find any spirits there. Though if we could find any spirits on the way, that would be great as well. Tell me if you sensed anything," I said to the two spirits.
For Breezy, he"s flying around. Though unlike the time when I took requests from the guild, he didn"t fly far this time. I guess with the terrain here, it will be difficult for him to return to me if he flies too far from me.
As for Airy, she"s staying at her usual spot, my shoulder. She"s not as active as her brother.
With two spirits nearby, I"m sure that they can find other spirits easier. Though other spirits need to be closer to us first for them to notice.
As for my Divine Vision, I don"t know if I could ever find them or not even if they are close to me.
Maybe with these two around, instead of finding an elemental spirit, they will be found by them instead? And those elemental spirits will approach us. That would be nice as well.
And so, we"re climbing a mountain. Instead of a trail to the top, there"s a wall in front of us. But it doesn"t matter to us who started climbing the rock wall easily.
"I always wanted to climb a mountain in my past life. I thought that it would be cool if I have the strength to support my whole body with just the power of my grip as I climbed a wall by grabbing even the smallest thing I can hold to the top," Victoria said all of a sudden.
"Good for you that you can get your dream come true," I said.
"Like I said, climbing a wall by grabbing the smallest thing I can hold. This is not climbing like that at all! Who in the right mind climb a vertical wall by riding a horse! And the horse is just casually walking to the top as his hooves stick to the wall! It"s not what I had in mind!" Victoria complained.
As she said, we"re climbing the vertical rock wall by riding on Ray. While he"s sticking his hooves on the wall as he walked up one step at a time.
We can easily go to the peak by flying. But I want to check everything in this mountain first. So we will go on foot. Or hooves. And check everything that I can see.
Then maybe we can find an elemental spirits. Or even if it"s another earth spirit, I would be happy to have another one.
If it"s another air spirit or wind spirit, I hope they can get along with Airy and Breezy.
"Victoria, if you want, you can climb the wall on your own," I said.
"...No need. Let"s just continue climbing the wall like this," she said.
In the end, she won"t climb the wall by herself. Why though? If it"s her dream, even if it"s just for a moment, it should be fine, right?
"Now that I"m here, I realized that I don"t really have much interest in climbing the wall like that. Instead, it"s best for me if we could reach the top as soon as possible. Rather than the act of climbing, I want to get to the peak right away. If our goal is not to find elemental spirits or finding the cult, I would ask you to reach the top right away," Victoria said.
The peak is still yet to be seen. And the air has already so thin.
Most people would have gotten sick at this height. But for us who can fly, it"s not a problem. Though flying this high is actually rare for even wind mages.
But since none of us are normal humans, it"s not a problem for us at all.
Soon after, while Ray is still walking up the rock wall, it became colder. So I grabbed my jacket using a portal and put it on.
I can protect myself using Aura, but I don"t know what I will encounter on the way up top. Maybe some dangerous monsters? Or maybe even the headquarter of the cult itself? So I want to not use Aura as much as possible even with Ray here.
...Though as we continued climbing, it got even colder. And it"s also snowing. So I used Aura to protect myself.
What is wrong with this place? Why is it colder than when I go to the s.p.a.ce? Something is wrong.
Or rather, something is right. Very right. Because this could mean that there"s an ice elemental spirit in this place.
"Airy, Breezy, do you guys think that there"s an ice spirit nearby?" I asked the two spirits.
"It"s likely! I feel like we will have more friends! I hope the next spirit we found is an adventurous spirit who likes to move around!" Breezy said.
"If they like to move around, they won"t stay here all the time though," I said.
Breezy already confirmed it. That there"s a spirit nearby.
And since it got colder as we slowly reached the top, I"m sure that the source of this phenomenon is there. Somewhere higher.
Not sure if it"s at the peak or just somewhere on the way there. But it"s up there.
The closer we are to the peak, the colder it is. Much colder than s.p.a.ce. So I a.s.sumed that there would be more than one ice spirit in this place.
"Airy, Breezy, how many ice spirits do you think there are? It"s way too cold up here," I said.
"I feel like there are a lot of them," Airy said.
Maybe because it"s way too cold for any ordinary human, even if they are master level mages, unless they are ice mages or fire mages, it will be difficult for them to stay here.
Also, I don"t think that anyone would just come all the way here to enjoy themselves. So I don"t think any humans are up there.
Though if there"s any human up there, that person is extremely suspicious.
Wait, I am extremely suspicious!
Whatever. I just hope that the spirits won"t be hostile to me.
But still, no matter how high I climbed, I still can"t see the peak. Will it reach outer s.p.a.ce? If so, I should be able to see it from afar.
Wait, why did I only able to see how high this place is after I get close? Don"t tell me that the whole mountain is actually a dungeon?
This might be dangerous then. Good thing that I split up with Jewel. If not, she might join me all the way here. Though I can just return her back home using a portal.
"Breezy, has Kron ever come here?" I asked Breezy.
"I don"t think so. If I ever see a mountain so high like this, I would have asked Kron to climb it right away," Breezy said.
Which means that there"s some kind of illusion magic protecting this mountain to be seen from far away. Or maybe only those who climb the mountain can see how high it really is.
Illusion, huh? I didn"t sense any magic when I get close. Maybe there are other secrets in this mountain than just elemental spirits.
Whatever it is, I hope that they won"t be hostile to us. Unless they are part of the cult. If so, they can be hostile to me as much as they want. Because I will kill them all.
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