At first, the wind didn't affect Gondola's speed at all.
But as they went deeper into the clouds, the wind grew stronger and stronger. Even though Gondola was running against the wind, it was still slowed down by the howling wind.
Fortunately, Gondola's speed was still stable.
Gondola kept moving against the wind as if the wind couldn't affect it no matter how strong it was.
Jack, who was hanging on the curtain, thought that he had made the right choice. If it were him, let alone flying stably, just the fierce winds around him would be like a natural moat. With his thin bean vine body, there was no way he could enter the sea of clouds.
Half an hour later, the sky began to darken, but the wind didn't seem to be stopping.
In this dark sea of clouds, the wind seemed to have turned from invisible to tangible. Clouds were everywhere, and they surrounded Gondola like tentacles that were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
Dankros, who was sitting beside the sand cage, also shivered a little and quietly moved to Angor's side. Even though the interior of Gondola was not affected by the wind, the howling of the wind outside, coupled with the dark sky and the swirling fog, made Dankros a little fearful.
Little Whirlwind Anoto, on the other hand, didn't feel anything at all. In fact, he was enjoying the wind so much that the water in his eyes was gone.
"Do we have to go through such strong winds to reach Wind Island?" Dankros asked.
Anoto considered. "Yes. There are many hurricanes in the Sea of White Clouds, and Wind Island is the eye of one. Once we reach Wind Island, it'll be much better. "
"When will we reach Wind Island?"
Anoto raised his head and looked at the wild and invisible wind outside the yellow sand cage. "The wind here is actually very weak. When we reach a place where the wind is ten times stronger, we will be able to see Wind Island after we pass through there."
And a wind ten times stronger than usual? Dankros shuddered upon hearing this. Just the current situation was already very frightening; would Gondola still be able to hold on if he were to increase it tenfold?
Angor suddenly felt his finger being wrapped by a wave of heat. He looked back and saw Dankros looking at him with a scared look.
Dankros didn't say anything, but Angor heard their conversation and understood what they meant.
"Right now, Gondola is still able to maintain its balance, but if the wind were to become stronger, even if it were only two or three times stronger, it would be difficult for Gondola to maintain its current state." "But don't worry. We'll find another way when the time comes." Dankros looked even more terrified than before.
Before Dankros could ask, Gondola suddenly shook violently, which scared Dankros so much that he quickly climbed up Angor's arm and reached Bloody Shelter.
Gondola shook a little because the wind outside was getting stronger, and he needed to adjust the wind pattern.
Now, Gondola was stable again.
But he also knew that such peace would not last for long.
According to Anoto, the wind would only increase by two or three Energy Ranks at most. It would be very difficult for Gondola to maintain its current stability.
After flying for another ten minutes, the whistling sound of the wind became even louder. It was like the ear-piercing sound of metal scraping against each other, rising and falling in their ears.
It was at this moment that he saw the first wind creature in the "Tempest of Clouds".
It was a silver-white flying fish that was "swimming" inside the hurricane.
The hurricane didn't seem to be a hindrance to the fish at all. Instead, it seemed to be enjoying itself as it swam around the hurricane.
Angor didn't notice the fish at first because the wind was too strong. It was only when the fish moved closer to the airship that he noticed it.
Angor frowned a little when he saw the fish approaching.
This silver-white flying fish wasn't much of a problem because it could be seen at a glance that it was an elemental spirit. What bothered Angor was that it seemed to be able to control the hurricane.
The silver-white flying fish didn't have any ill intentions toward Gondola. It was just curious and wanted to take a look. However, as soon as it arrived, the scary hurricane also approached. This made Gondola suffer the most powerful storm since entering the Cloud Sea.
Gondola couldn't stay stable anymore and began to shake violently.
This made the fear in the eyes of Dankros, who was hanging on the Sanguine Shelter, deepen again. He thought to himself, Is the boat going to capsize soon?
Even the sand cage and the white dove were losing their balance. "Elmi," Angor called out to Elmi. "Elmi."
Blue Lantern appeared at the front of the airship and spat out a bubble. The bubble turned into a green light barrier that covered the entire Gondola.
Outside the barrier, the hurricane was still raging, but inside the barrier, everything returned to normal.
"Is this the power of wind?" Anoto's voice came from the barrier. He sensed the wind force field around Gondola and was a little confused. It had only sensed this kind of power from mature wind-type creatures. How could it appear here? Were there other wind creatures nearby?
While Anoto was still wondering, Angor hopped away from Gondola.
Even though Elmi had stabilized Gondola, he still had to deal with the silver-white flying fish outside. It seemed to be very curious, and it had been following Gondola for a long time. The hurricane around Gondola wasn't strong enough yet, but as they ventured deeper, the hurricane would become stronger and stronger. Gondola would definitely become the center of the hurricane, which would only bring harm to Gondola.
Since Elmi had already stabilized Gondola, Angor decided to deal with the fish himself.
As soon as he stepped out of the barrier, he was immediately hit by a gust of wind. Even though the fish wasn't affected by the hurricane, the gust still attacked him like wind blades.
The wind didn't do much damage to him, but he didn't want to stay outside for too long.
Light flashed beneath his feet, and he appeared near the silver-white flying fish.
Before the silver-white flying fish could react, the illusion nodes he had prepared at the tip of his finger weaved into an illusion net, trapping it within.
The fish was only an elemental spirit, so it couldn't resist the illusion at all. Angor easily captured it.
After returning to Gondola, Angor placed the fish next to the pigeon. Both elemental spirits were dangerous creatures, so he decided to let them rest in the illusion for now. When they reached Wind Island, he would hand them over to other wind creatures.
Gondola once again set sail. With Elmi's protection, the boat began to move faster and faster.
Sensing that Gondola had regained its stability, Dankros jumped onto the table with lingering fear. He calmed himself down and walked to the side of the silver flying fish.
It had just seen that the little flying fish was able to control such a powerful hurricane.
Dankros' eyes glowed as he wondered if he should secretly inject some of his fire into the fish while it couldn't resist.
However, Dankros still remembered Angor's lesson. Using one's own strength to convince others was much better than forcing them to become his followers. In the end, Dankros gave up on the idea of recruiting followers.
Dankros forced himself to turn around and returned to Angor's side.
When it passed by the sand cage, it noticed that Anoto was also looking at the silver-white flying fish. His eyes never left it, as if he was very curious about it.
"You seem to know it?"
Anoto shook his head. "No, I've never seen it before. It's just that —"
"Can I take a closer look at it?" Anotto suddenly stopped talking and looked at Angor.
Angor nodded and placed the fish beside the sand cage.
Anoto carefully observed the silver-white flying fish, not saying anything for a long time.
"Is there something wrong with it?" Angor looked at the fish carefully. In his eyes, this fish was no different from the pigeon and Anoto. They were all made of wind elements. The only difference was that their internal structures were slightly different.
Anoto considered for a moment and shook his head.
Angor didn't know what Anoto was thinking, but since Anoto didn't want to talk about it, he didn't ask.
Gondola kept moving forward. As time went by, the wind around them grew stronger and stronger. Thanks to Elmi's wind forcefield, Gondola remained stable.
Angor saw several more Wind Elves along the way. They all had different shapes and sizes, and they were flying freely in the wind.
Some of them would stay away from Gondola, while others would approach it out of curiosity. Angor kept all the approaching Wind Elves into his Gondola and used illusions to control them. He didn't pay any attention to the ones that stayed away. They were already close to Wind Island. Once the problem was solved, these Wind Elves would be protected by the returning wind creatures.
There were now six wind elves on Gondola. However, Anto didn't pay much attention to the other elves except for the silver fish. Anto kept glancing at it from time to time, which meant the bird really cared about it.
About half an hour later.
"We're very close to Wind Island now," Anoto suddenly said. "Also, I can feel the power of wind around us."
Ever since they entered the sea of clouds, the power of wind had been very active. Anoto didn't mean that the wind around them was getting stronger. Rather, he was trying to tell them that there were wind creatures nearby.
Of course, Anoto wouldn't tell them about ordinary Wind Elves. Therefore, what appeared in the vicinity could only be a mature wind type creature.
As Angor pondered, he suddenly saw a mountain-like shadow appearing in the dark clouds ahead of them.
He was several thousand meters above the ground, and he had never heard of such a tall mountain in the Green Plain. When he saw the giant silhouette, he quickly realized that this must be the "wind creature" Anoto was talking about.
Angor controlled Gondola to stop.
He had Anoto's "arrow of authority", and he also heard that Gentle Wind Uranus was a gentle ruler. However, he didn't know what was going on at Wind Island yet, so he didn't want to risk it. Instead, he decided to wait and see if he could get in touch with the Wind Elves.
Gondola stopped moving, but the shadow in the clouds was getting bigger and bigger, which meant that the Wind Elves were getting closer.
Several seconds later, the giant shadow dashed out of the clouds.
Its body was so huge that even after leaving the clouds, it was hard to tell what it was. But Angor saw the creature's eyes.
Green pupils that looked like bronze bells.
As soon as the Wind Elves opened their eyes, they sensed a tremendous pressure.
Under this pressure, almost all of the elemental spirits on Gondola showed signs of discomfort, especially the wind elemental spirits, including Anoto. Even the elemental spirits that were trapped in the illusion were trembling slightly.
Angor frowned and knocked on the table with his knuckles. A barely visible ripple instantly covered Gondola and dispelled the pressure from the other elemental spirits.
"There's something strange about that wind creature," Jack said to Angor after taking a breather.
Angor didn't answer. Instead, he looked at the giant shadow in the distance. He already knew that something was wrong when he sensed the pressure coming from the creature.
As far as Angor was concerned, releasing his aura was already a sign of hostility.
It had to be known that no matter if it was in the Wild Stone Wasteland or the Tooth Extraction Desert, when they first met those guardians, they had not deliberately released any pressure.
Now that he was on Wind Island, which was supposed to be the friendliest place in the world, something like this happened.
Angor didn't know what the Wind Elves were trying to do, but he still wanted to see Gentle Wind. Even if the Wind Elves were hostile to him, he would still try to appease the Wind Elves.
He pointed at the air with his index finger and summoned a ball of light that slowly floated away. The ball of light was gentle, and it contained a message from Angor.
This was the signal he sent to the shadow.
However, when the ball of light approached the mountain-like shadow, the Wind Elves suddenly spat out a green gust of wind from its mouth, which tore the ball of light into pieces.
At the same time, it opened its mouth again and released a terrifying gust of wind. The creature's green pupils glowed with a cruel light.
"Watch out! There's something wrong with the wind inside it! "Anoto sensed something and yelled at Angor from the sand cage.
As soon as he finished his words, a small gust of wind was released from the shadow's mouth.
The gust of wind was small, but it contained a terrifying amount of energy. As soon as it appeared, it picked up the clouds around it and absorbed all the wind energy within dozens of kilometers.
In the blink of an eye, the gust of wind turned into a terrifying tornado that covered the entire sky.
Countless wind blades slashed outwards in the whirlwind.
And this whirlwind is heading straight for Gondola!
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