Chapter 1239: Do You Want a Taxi?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In Lily’s limited understanding of the world, she could not explain what had happened to her, but it did not affect her judgment: she knew the glow was something positive. With it, she could probably finish the rest of the journey.
Therefore, she took the glow of her body as a unique, powerful skill of the alpha and immediately ordered all the airs.h.i.+ps that she could contact to move closer to the main balloon. As long as they did not collide into each other, the glow would be able to protect everyone.
What she had to do next was to accelerate toward the distant continent.
Unlike real popes such as Hao Ren who had studied the text, she was unable to control the Light of Order at will. She got her current physique only after eating the food from the divine realm, and her body would glow like a pa.s.sive light source once entering the realm of Chaos. Without control, the glow could grow to cover a great distance, even reach up to the vicinity of the high-flying, magic-powered Sacred Hammer.
The situation of the Sacred Hammer was not looking good. This powerful wars.h.i.+p might be the pride of the sanctum, but it was also merely the creation of the mortal. Facing with the absolute power of Collow, the Sacred Hammer would shake like a leaf, literally. Since Calaxus had discarded the magic panels by blowing them away, the s.h.i.+p was now relying solely on the magic stones stored onboard to power itself. The stones could increase the speed and stability but could also cause some protective circles on the s.p.a.cecraft to run below capacity. Once protection was reduced, the Chaos may be able to exploit the s.h.i.+p’s weakness.
After struggling for ten minutes, a breach finally appeared on the protective circle of the lower deck of the Sacred Hammer. The breach might be hidden damage caused by a previous hard landing or a result of the insufficient power supply. A plume of dark smoke had infiltrated the battles.h.i.+p through this breach and caused terrible consequences.
The monster was launching an attack from inside the battles.h.i.+p.
The Servants of Chaos seemed to emerge out of thin air as they suddenly filled the crew quarters and attacked the weakest zone of the magic-powered wars.h.i.+p. The crew on the lower deck were not combatants. They were maintenance personnel. Facing with the surprise attack of the chaotic monsters, they could not even alert the people on the upper deck.
In just a few minutes, the monsters of Chaos had taken the lower deck. The cargo bay was full of monsters, and the isle splashed with the crew’s blood. When the wizard apprentices of the magic-powered furnace finally discovered what happened down there, it was too late.
Monsters were infiltrating along the gaps and pa.s.sages of the wars.h.i.+p. The furnace tower and the G.o.ddess’ statue had temporarily stopped the advances of the Chaos, the continuous attack of the Chaos on the barrier would bring down the protection sooner or later.
When Calaxus heard the tragedy on the lower deck, he seemed to be non-reactant. It was not that he was indifferent to the casualties, but that something more shocking had appeared in his sight:
The clouds under the magic-powered wars.h.i.+p were breaking open as a pure white glow came out from it. In the core of the white light was a big blue balloon, the one that Calaxus thought the storm had ripped apart.
Lily looked up at the magic-powered wars.h.i.+p overhead and could see an explosion in the belly of the s.h.i.+p followed by a plume of black smoke sneaked in through the hole. After a few minutes, red liquid began to drip down through the gaps in the wars.h.i.+p. She was amazed that the beautiful looking and st.u.r.dy aircraft was so shabby what it started to swing from side to side like a drunkard.
Lily could hear the creaking of the wars.h.i.+p from below.
The husky maiden’s ears flickered as she looked at the horrible sight of the battered wars.h.i.+p above. After some thoughts, she asked the old demonic ape, “If the thing explodes, will the debris. .h.i.t us?”
The old demonic ape thought for a moment before saying, “It seems it will.”
“Then shall we fly above it?”
“As per Alpha’s wish.”
“Inform the firefoxes to flame up!”
The disaster of the Sacred hammer was still unfolding as the damage was spreading. The energy supply of the wars.h.i.+p had dropped, causing the protective range of the furnace to reduce. It could cover only half of the hull now, while the statue of the G.o.ddess at the rear was only used to protect the engine. In other words, half of the s.p.a.cecraft was under the control of the Chaos.
The monks and wizards repositioned their defenses and guarded the main pa.s.sageways, hoping to use their mortal bodies to stop the chaotic monsters’ invasion. But their blood was limited, and those monsters that could emerge from the air were endless.
Galaxus could already hear the cracking in the middle hull as the Chaos began to destroy the s.p.a.cecraft. He gripped the Mithril wand so hard that his fingers turned pale. A sacred power burst out from his body, protecting the front portion of the s.h.i.+p. But that was all he could do.
As power dropped further, the wars.h.i.+p slowed down, and finally flew at a similar speed as the hot air balloons. At this moment, Calaxus suddenly saw in the corner of his eye the blue hot air balloon again.
He was wide-eyed, watching as two large, ellipsoidal balloons sewed in the skin of the blue monster whale slowly rose. The balloons were held up by a group of intertwining ropes and wooden sticks from the inside, and a rudimentary basket made of rattan, strings, and planks hanging from each balloon.
He could not forget what he was going to see next.
A girl draped in wolf skin was standing in the cold wind on the top of the hanging basket. While the cloak and her long silver hair were fluttering in the air, a strong Light of Order stretched out behind her with many faint lines as if wings in the glow.
She was the core of the glow, as per the ancient prophecy, the G.o.ddess of creation sent her messenger to the earth.
Lily indeed thought that she looked cool now—a husky that glowed and had wings to fly.
“The power of Chaos has retreated!” A cry jolted Calaxus out of his thought. His follower staggered out from the deck below and said, “Venerable one, the Chaos is gone! There is an unknown Light of Order s.h.i.+ning into our furnace—”
The follower suddenly paused, his jaw dropped in seeing the things outside. He and a wild girl draped in wolf fur and surrounded by a divine light were staring at each other.
Lily scratched her head—but it was the wolf hood on her head. Seeing the gray-headed old man standing on the white wars.h.i.+p, she had wanted to say h.e.l.lo, but then a younger man, covered in blood, climbed out from below. A thought suddenly crossed her mind.
“Do you want a taxi?” She shouted and waved. “Your s.h.i.+p seems to be exploding! I have some extra seats here, large seats! The fare is cheap!”
That was how simple-minded the husky maiden was.
She wanted to go to the human kingdom on the mainland to find her landlord, and she would need money in the human realm. The s.h.i.+p before her looked pretty advanced, and she figured the pa.s.sengers must be wealthy.
She was proud of her idea.
But Calaxus was struck dumb.
He felt as if the G.o.ddess of creation was testing his faith.
But he had to seriously consider the offer the mysterious girl made, because as the girl said: the Sacred Hammer might have broken free from the monsters of chaos, but the s.h.i.+p was severely damaged and it was going to blow.
While Lily was busy working as a taxi driver, the fierce battle in the western front was just over.
The battle had lasted for one day and one night. When the ash of the monsters of Chaos finally dissipated, craters and gla.s.sy cracks caused by magic bombardment dotted the battlefield. Broken arrows and weapons fragments are scattered all over. Every detail was a witness to the fierce battle.
Humankind was still victorious at last. Fort West was still standing between the mountains, and the towering white wall had gotten itself more glorious scars on its face.
Veronica and her knights were exhausted and ready to drop as they trudged into the fort. Also with her were several hundred reinforcement forces from the kingdom. Following the troops from behind, Hao Ren curiously observed the magnificent building.
The towering city wall stretched down the mountainside. The thickness of the wall was tens of meters. After pa.s.sing through a tunnel-like gate at the foot of the wall, Hao Ren saw a heavily armed fortress in between the mountains. On top of those enormous stone buildings was a gold-rimmed white tower. Layers of magic runes were floating around the tower as a bright beam of light shone from the top of the tower.
That was the furnace, a giant magic installation of Fort West that was also known as the Kindle Tower.