20 days later.
Eager to see the legendary Sky City as soon as possible, Grim washed up early in the morning and had his breakfast. He then strolled up to the deck.
At this moment, the deck was already crowded with people. Even many Wizards who had been silent since they boarded the flying ship were among them. They occupied some of the most advantageous positions on the ship's railings, quietly waiting for the Holy City to appear.
At this moment, the flying ship was flying through the clouds. White clouds that looked like cotton candy were torn into pieces by the wind particles, leaving a white cloud path behind the ship.
Just as everyone was anxiously waiting, their eyes suddenly lit up.
The flying ship pierced through the clouds and plunged into the clear sky.
The sky was so blue.
On the vast green grassland, one could see grey roads that extended in all directions. There were also alchemy castles scattered everywhere, as well as vast pastures for cattle and sheep.
Between the sky and the earth, a majestic and holy city that was filled with a mysterious aura floated there, quietly waiting for them to visit.
From afar, Sky City looked like an inverted pyramid. The top was thick and round, while the bottom was slightly sharp. Below the city was a layer of sand that had been dug out from the ground. After some magic treatment, it had turned into a small inverted mountain.
Directly below Sky City was a huge lake that occupied an area of more than ten thousand acres.
Looking at its size and shape, it was easy to understand the origin of Sky City.
The Sky Castle clearly had some kind of repulsive force field, so an invisible air barrier pushed all the clouds in the sky to the periphery, forming an empty area within a radius of 30 kilometers around it.
Just now, the airship had pierced through the sea of clouds and entered this clear area.
Suddenly, the strange sound of gears turning could be heard in the air. Giant rocks that were floating in the air slowly approached the flying ship.
"This is the first test to enter Sky City. Everyone, do not resist, and you are not allowed to attack these mechanical guards!" A Magus from the Alliance on the flying ship, wearing a silver robe, commanded loudly. With the expansion of his mysterious authority, although his voice was not loud, it could be heard by every living being on the flying ship. Even the Magi who had sealed themselves in their rooms were no exception.
Mechanical guards?
Grim glanced at the boulders doubtfully.
There were five boulders in total.
Each of them was three meters tall and two meters thick. The surface was craggy and covered with sand. There were even some vines and small trees growing on them. It seemed to be a huge rock that was temporarily cut from the top of the mountain.
However, when they got close to the airship, the interior of the rock suddenly emitted a dazzling fluorescence, and a large number of complicated and fine rune lines and witchcraft symbols appeared on the surface. Following which, the boulders trembled and the rocks shifted, revealing black holes.
Immediately afterward, some metallic mechanical arms extended out from the inside, snaking towards the airship.
At the end of the mechanical arm, a strange creature with bloodshot eyes was scanning its surroundings.
As the giant rock floated near the flying ship, the eyeballs at the end of the metal tentacles shot out strange blue rays and slowly scanned everyone.
Five boulders surrounded the airship, almost sealing it off from the outside world. Blue light webs crisscrossed and scanned everyone and the airship. Even the thick cabin boards could not stop the blue light from penetrating. Even the people in the ship's cabin were scanned and found out.
With the reminder from the Alliance Magi, the Magi on the airship did not cast any spells to prevent the blue light from penetrating. The blue light was obviously a low-level detection spell, mainly used to identify living beings and check if the target was disguised or parasitized. It would not touch on the deeper secrets of the Magi.
Everything was fine when it scanned the Magi, but when it scanned Kabi, the blue light paused for a moment. However, an identity amulet on Kabi's neck also lit up with a magical glow, and the blue light swept past it without triggering the alarm system.
This amulet was specially made for Kabi by the silver-robed Magus on the airship.
Without it, creatures like Kabi would not be able to move an inch in Sky City. The amulet stored the magic imprints of Kabi's contract owner, Grim, and the guardian Magus, Angus. If it was lost, he would be detained or banished by the guards of Sky City.
The inspection didn't take long.
After the blue light had scanned the entire airship, the boulders retracted their metal tentacles and turned back into floating boulders, slowly leaving.
Grim glanced around. Every airship that emerged from the sea of clouds was surrounded by a number of mechanical guards, the flickering blue light clearly visible.
After the inspection, the airship began to move forward again, gradually approaching the outer ring of Sky City.
As they got closer and closer, the Sky Castle that was only vaguely visible just now finally unveiled its mysterious veil, revealing its true face in front of everyone.
To be honest, although they had read about Sky Castles in many books, when it was presented in front of them for the first time, many of the Magi who visited for the first time were still shocked.
Looking down from above, the Sky Castle looked like three huge concentric rings, dividing the outline of the entire city into three distinct sections. This was probably the origin of the inner ring, middle ring, and outer ring!
All the strange and fantasy-like buildings were built on these rings. Every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, and every inch of land was covered by densely packed buildings and plants. The three rings were separated by some mysterious force, making it difficult to cross. Only special bridges could be used to travel between them.
From Grim's point of view, he could see wooden buildings, tall and sturdy stone buildings, and high-tech metal buildings hidden in the shade of the trees. Towering towers, circular palaces, strange and twisted buildings of other races … This place had almost become an exhibition of special buildings. There were all kinds of strange buildings that one could imagine.
Pedestrians as small as ants came and went on the white and spacious streets. It was extremely lively.
In the inner ring, a real mountain had been transplanted there. Many huge and magnificent buildings were built on top of the mountain, looking down at the whole Sky City in a dignified manner.
Above Sky City, there were even larger mountains and boulders floating in the air. One could vaguely see that there were many caves on them, and Magi riding huge flying mounts could be seen entering and exiting them.
Grim guessed that this was some kind of military station, and it was also part of Sky City's huge and tight defense system.
There were even more small alchemy guards. Together with the giant birds carrying goods, they formed a busy and orderly corner of Sky City's sky.
The place where the airship stopped was the outer ring's flying platform.
There was a flying platform like this almost every five miles. The airship rose and fell on it, and it seemed very busy.
When Wizard Angus led Grim, Alice, and Kabi down from the airship and stepped on the clean marble floor of Sky City, they looked around at the strange and mysterious scene. Their faces showed a trace of disbelief.
Warm sunlight shone down from the sky and shone on the Alchemy City. There were spots of light reflected from the surface of the exquisite buildings everywhere.
This made the City in the Sky even more beautiful and resplendent!
Most of the people shuttling around Grimm and the others were Sorcerers, but there were also a few Sorcerer-Apprentices mixed in. There were also some creatures of different races in luxurious clothing. As for those ordinary people, they had no right to step into this great city that symbolized the highest level of alchemy in the Sorcerer World.
Grim observed carefully. On the flying platform, the coolies loading and unloading the goods were all tall and mighty iron golems. Although their movements were a little clumsy, their efficiency was ten times, no, a hundred times better than human coolies.
The ones directing them were the acolytes.
It seemed like the people at the bottom of this Sky City were the acolytes!
As soon as Grim and the others stepped out of the flying platform, an alchemy carriage steadily stopped in front of them.
Golden carriages, golden wheels, golden attendants, and even the two horses pulling the carriages were also golden …
The two golden horses stopped in front of Grim, snorting and lightly tapping their hooves. They were no different from real horses.
However, Grim's perception was very clear.
They were not real living beings, but alchemy creations, or rather, alchemy creatures!
"Let's meet at 167 Champs-Elysees Street!" Wizard Angus was the first to get on a carriage. He nodded at Grim and left.
When the alchemy horse galloped at full speed, it didn't give off the feeling of being stiff and sluggish like metal. Even when the hard metal hooves landed on the smooth marble floor, there wasn't any deafening sound as expected.
The alchemy carriage was like a small boat floating on the water, calmly and quickly weaving in and out of the crowd, disappearing into the vast sea of people.
Grim looked at the blurred and fantastical scene in front of him in shock. In his mind, he could not help but associate this scene with some super sci-fi scenes from Earth. In his mind, the A.I. Chip's prompts never stopped.
[Beep. Discovered an unknown alchemy creature …]
[Beep. Detected the existence of an unknown force field …]
[Beep. Detected a strange life form …]
"… …"
There were too many things here that exceeded his expectations. It made him feel like he was on Earth from the future.
Could it be that when the study of the occult reached its peak, it would be the same as a technological civilization and eventually walk the same path?
While Grim was in a daze, Alice kept shouting. Every time she saw a mysterious object that she had never seen before, she could not help but cry out in surprise.
On the other hand, Goblin Kabi was lying on the alchemy carriage, touching everything here and there. He even used his teeth to nibble on it from time to time to verify his conjecture. Looking at the infatuated smile on his face, he must have thought that he had arrived at the legendary El Dorado!
"Let's go!" Grim closed his eyes for a moment to calm himself down. He turned around and ordered, "Let's settle down here first, then come out for a stroll!"
The three of them entered the alchemy carriage in front of them.
"To 167 Champs-Elysees Street!"
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