Chapter 421

"I can't. There's an invisible wall in the sky that stops me from ascending after a certain height."

Edward explained to the other Players who had gathered around him as he descended on his Blackfire Dragon. "Still, the higher I fly, the more I can feel how unusual the sun is …"

"Unusual how? Is it hot? "Joe asked curiously.

"It's not a matter of heat, it's just that rare …" Edward racked his brains for a way to describe that feeling, and only spoke uncertainly after hesitating for a long time. "Well … have you guys been to the cathedrals of major churches in major cities?"

"I've been quite a few times, and every major city is controlled by a specific major church. Even if they say that they don't accept money from heretics, they would give you a hard time when you leave the city if you don't pay tithes to them."

Marni, who had been a traveling merchant for a long time replied. "But what does that have to do with the sun?"

"Don't major churches have statues in their cathedrals in those cities? Even if they don't, there would be things like crosses or totem poles that symbolize the gods. "

The current Edward was no longer the young man from the mountain village who rarely left the village. After traveling to many cities, he already had a wealth of experience. In fact, his horizons were broader than what the commoners in this world could see in their entire lives.

It was precisely because of this that he realized that something was wrong. "Don't those statues and artifacts that represent the gods always have … something similar to pressure? Even if it's not a god they believe in, they would subconsciously lower their heads when they stand before it. "

"You mean …" Marni, who was quick-witted immediately understood what Edward was getting at.

"That's right. The sun has that feeling too, and it feels more pressurizing than the statues in the cathedrals." Edward nodded, confirming his hunch.

"The symbol of the gods in this world … No, if what you say is true, it's not impossible that the sun is an object that another god left in our world!"

Marni lowered his head in thought.

"Although I don't know what you mean, but compared to this, do you have a way to clear the last floor?" Joe scratched his head and asked impatiently, "There's not much time left!"

"Edward, your skill can't break the invisible wall?" Gou Dan asked curiously as well.

Though he wasn't the strongest of the Players, Edward's black flame was shockingly destructive. Even Eleena, who was more powerful, might not win against him in a single round of destruction.

"Yes. Skills don't work much against it, but I've thought of something." Edward nodded. "If our damage isn't enough, why don't we use something that does more damage?"

"You mean …" Mufasa's flatfish fin twitched, and asked hesitantly, "The Pyrocrystal Cannon?"

The Pyrocrystal Cannon wasn't the most damaging attack the Players had ever faced, but it was the most damaging item the Players could control.

Since there was no other way, after coming up with that suggestion, the Players dismantled the two Pyrocrystal Cannons outside the Elven SIN with Eleena's help since she held control over the first floor, and teleported them to Steel Earth, the fourth stratum through the Earth Key.

The Life Class Players who had learned alchemy (mostly magitek) from Kinley were not high enough to enter the fourth stratum, which was why they could only instruct the Combat Class Players in assembling and controlling the Pyrocrystal Cannons through the forums.

Fortunately, just like back on Earth, mobile phones and the like were becoming easier to use as technology improved.

Though humans weren't sure about the history of the high elves' development, they knew that their creations would be better the closer they were to modern times, aside from those that were easily damaged …

The Pyrocrystal Cannons were naturally different since they were non-civilian products, but the difference was that they were easier to use, and could be plugged in and out as long as there was energy.

"Fire!"

Princess Leah unhesitatingly accepted the job of firing the cannons.

It must be said that the Pyrocrystal Cannons were so powerful that the combined power of two cannons directly pierced through invisible walls.

Edward, who had been standing guard nearby quickly rushed to where the wall was pierced, only to find that the wall instantly regenerated after the beam from the Pyrocrystal Cannons vanished …

They tried a few more times after that, only to have to return empty-handed.

"This won't do. Installing the Pyrocrystal Cannons is taking too much time …" Princess Leah was despairing.

Edward, however, did not. After pondering for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Do you remember elven gold?"

"You mean the ones we left in the hut?"

Joe, the one who discovered the elven gold immediately remembered. "Didn't you say that those coins are useless?"

"Whether it's useful or not depends on the situation." Edward smiled.

Elven gold was a currency with top-notch anti-theft capabilities, and would automatically 'return' to the city in case of theft.

Moreover, it would also activate when it was struck by a powerful blow.

That being said, the elven gold must have excellent defensive parameters — at the very least, the coins would not be destroyed in the instant the attack landed on them.

In other words, the coins' defensive capabilities were frighteningly high as long as they were used wisely! And that defensive capability came from the twisted Laws of the Elven SIN itself!

Hence, Edward and the others ran to the hut and stuck every gold coin on Edward's body.

He intended to rely on his armor to slip into the beam the instant the Pyrocrystal Cannons pierced through the wall, using that method to pass through the wall and enter the fifth stratum — the Final Tome!

Naturally, Edward was the test subject this time.

"Are you ready, Edward?" Leah asked solemnly. "Your body would be gone if you get hit by that thing, and you would have to choose resurrection."

"I'm ready!" Edward, who was flying in front of the cannon took a deep breath and yelled, "Fire at me!"

In the very next split second, the barrel of the Pyrocrystal Cannon shone with its usual radiance. The beam shot straight into the clouds, and from the direction it was heading, it must have avoided the path that would have struck the Final Tome.

In the split second that it was confirmed to have pierced through the wall, Edward, whose entire body was covered in elven gold, Leah's aura and Eleena and Jessica's buffs rushed into the beam.

In the very next split second, Xi Wei, who had been enjoying the show, jumped.

"What the hell —?!"