This was Tulu's first time seeing such a magnificent river.
Broad and surging, the rolling water rushed to the other side of the setting sun. On this long river that roared all day long, not a single ripple could be seen. There were only rolling giant waves and mist that covered the sky and the sun.
They couldn't see the other side of the river at all.
"Is this really a river?" Tulu asked in a low voice. As a former sailor of a cargo ship, Tulu had seen many dangerous sea monsters. But there was always a time when the fear would subside. Sometimes, the sea would ripple, and other times, it wouldn't always be at its peak.
But this river was different. It was as if it had been roaring since the beginning of time.
Tulu was quite familiar with the water element, but he couldn't feel it because he was always at the Old Earth. However, as soon as he came out of the plane passageway, he immediately sensed the lively water element around him. But before he could celebrate, the gentle water element began to go berserk.
Tulu felt that the water elementals had a crazy side to them, especially when they were standing next to the river.
Tulu was shocked.
Vonman and Guina were also shivering by the side of the river. This kind of trembling was not only because of the cold weather and the wet water, but also because of the reverence for nature and the fear of this long river.
"This is the Snow River. It flows from Yali Duchy to Parmigi Highlands. It's one of the tributaries of Parmigi's Frozen River," Angor explained.
"Just a diversion?" Everyone's eyes flashed with bewilderment. Then how wide would its main channel be?
The mist of the long river covered the sky and the sun.
Suddenly, a ray of light flickered in the sky. The resplendent light penetrated the mist and shot into everyone's eyes.
They looked up and saw a shocking scene.
A giant floating continent was slowly drifting away. They were still far away from the floating continent, but they could still see the green forests and green mountains shrouded in mist, as well as the white-haired buildings.
They saw the cloud soil in Padt Manor before, but it was nothing compared to this floating continent.
Moreover, this floating continent wasn't what surprised them the most. They saw that beside the floating continent, there were pairs of "people" with pure white wings and shining all over. They were slowly moving along with the floating continent.
The dazzling light they had seen earlier was the golden chariots that these winged people were riding on, which looked like the sun.
"So this is the Fey Continent? A supernatural world? "
While Vonman and Guina were still in shock, Tulu suddenly asked, "Mister Padt, why do these people look like that guy from before?"
The "one" Tulu was referring to was the Demeter in Padt Manor.
The Demeter was the product of a Winged Man's half-tree transformation, which meant it had something to do with the Winged Men in the sky.
"Yes, but not too much." Angor considered for a moment. "Or rather, it's not that much related to the Winged Men."
He wasn't unfamiliar with the Winged Man clan. He heard that there was a clan of Winged Men to the north of Parmigi Highlands who called themselves the Parmigi Winged Men. The Winged Men had a good relationship with Brute Cavern, which was why some wizards from Brute Cavern didn't use the Demeter.
But Angor remembered that the Winged Men were supposed to stay at Parmigi Highlands. They were currently in Yali Duchy, which was close to Parmigi Highlands, but there was still a long way to go.
While Angor was wondering, the flashes of light in the sky were getting closer and closer.
"Huh? Someone's flying down from the sky?" Tulu pointed at the sky.
Angor looked up and saw several Winged Men flapping their wings and landing on the ground like golden meteors.
Soon, three Winged Men appeared in front of Angor.
Countless white feathers fell beside the crowd like snowflakes, looking as beautiful as a fantasy.
"You're —" It was a male Winged Man with a square face who spoke with a serious expression. He quickly realized that something wasn't right and changed his words. "We sensed a space ripple here, so we came to check it out."
He glanced at Angor and the others. Apart from Angor, everyone else looked like ordinary people.
"That's because a plane passageway was created here," Angor explained briefly. He didn't go into the details.
Someone opened a plane passageway here, which meant these people were under the protection of a wizard. The three Winged Men had the same thought.
The male Winged Man exchanged a glance with another Winged Man beside him. They didn't want to waste time here.
"That's great. I thought it was … Ahem. We won't disturb you any longer." The male winged man was about to leave.
However, before he could leave, he heard a voice behind him.
"I can feel the aura of nature from you. Is it the Demeter?" The voice was very clear, and every syllable was like the sound of nature.
The two winged men frowned at the mention of the Demeter and looked at Angor's group with disgust.
Angor raised his head and looked at the man who spoke just now.
It was a female Winged Man. She had blond hair and a holy look. She was wearing a white veil that fluttered in the wind. She also had a pair of wings on her back, which made her look like a messenger of the gods.
Both Tulu and Vonman were stunned by her beauty. Even Guina, who was in Vonman's arms, couldn't help but admire the otherworldly beauty.
"Gabriel?"
Angor whispered the name, which immediately changed the atmosphere. The two Winged Men looked at Angor cautiously while standing in front of the female Winged Man to protect her.
"You know me?" Gabriel's voice was soft, as if a feather was tickling his heart.
"Twilight Auction. I was fortunate enough to meet him once." She was the one who wanted to sell Angor at the Twilight Auction. However, no one bid for her because the price she offered was too high.
"There was a Demeter where we came from, but it has nothing to do with the Parmigi Winged Folk."
"I see," Gabriel muttered and looked at Angor in deep thought.
"Lady Gabriel, since there are no abnormalities here, we should return," the male Winged Man said in a low voice.
Angor caught the word "unusual". Thinking about what happened earlier, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"Please wait a moment." She slowly descended from the air and stepped on the misty grass with her bare feet. Then she slowly walked toward Angor.
Under everyone's curious gazes, Gabriel suddenly half-knelt in front of Angor.
This half-kneeling caused the two male wingmen's eyes to widen. "Lady Gabriel … You, you …"
"I'll sell myself to you. Will you accept it?" Gabriel purposely lowered her voice and looked at Angor with a pitiful expression.
Tulu felt his entire body going limp. He thought to himself, "No man would reject such a woman, right?"
"I don't want to." A cold and firm voice came from beside Tulu while he was lost in his own thoughts.
Gabriel's expression slowly turned gloomy.
The two male winged men immediately glared at Angor when they heard his refusal.
Tulu stared at Angor in disbelief.
"But why?" Gabriel asked.
"The Lord of Night, Moodick," Angor said casually.
Gabriel said, "With your status, you can do it one day."
"But I don't want to."
Gabriel remained silent for a moment before she stood up and dusted off the grass on her knees. "Forgive me for my rudeness. Goodbye."
After saying that, Gabriel flew into the sky and left with the two winged people who were at a loss.
Angor sighed in his mind. He was going to ask about the "anomaly" the Winged Men were talking about, and why they left Parmigi Highlands in the first place. In the end, because of Gabriel's interruption, he was too embarrassed to ask again.
"Mister Padt, you and that woman —" Tulu didn't know what to say. "Why did you reject her?"
Or rather, how could he reject such a beautiful woman who was half-kneeling in front of him?
"There's no such thing as a free lunch in this world," Angor said in an annoyed tone. "Every obvious benefit comes with a risk. If you accept someone like Gabriel, she'll ask you to kill a truth-finder wizard in the next second. Do you dare to accept her? "
The price that Gabriel had set for herself at the Twilight Auction was that whoever killed the Lord of the Night, Moodick, would become her master.
There were many wizards at the Twilight Auction, and many of them were interested in Gabriel, but none of them agreed because no one was a fool.
Tulu scratched his head. "So there's more to it than meets the eye."
"We've seen enough of the river. Let's go." Angor took out his Gondola and asked everyone to get on.
"Mister Padt, why did Gabriel talk to you all of a sudden?" Guina, who was sitting in Vonman's arms, suddenly asked.
She remembered Gabriel telling her that someone like Angor should be able to do it.
So, who exactly is Angor? This was what Guina wanted to know.
Meanwhile, on the floating continent high above the skies, the two male winged people were asking Gabriel the same question. "My lord, who was that person just now?" — Is he worth you lowering yourself to beg for his help?
"Him?" Gabriel paused for a moment. "He's already shining, and he's going to become a supernova in the future."
The male Winged Men were still confused.
Gabriel chuckled. "Maybe you've heard of him before. His name is … Angor."
…
Angor didn't answer Guina's question directly. Instead, he tried to gloss over it with a few words.
When Gondola went quiet again, Angor tried to recall what happened earlier.
Not long ago, he was at Padt Manor. Now, he was in Yali Duchy because Thewis opened a plane passageway and brought them here.
However, there was a small interlude when the plane passageway was opened.
Thewis failed to locate the coordinates several times.
Thewis asked, "Huh? The space around Parmigi Highlands is unstable. I'll help you find a place further away, and you can fly back by yourself. "
And so, they arrived at Yali Duchy, which was close to Parmigi Highlands.
Thewis gave them a few more instructions before returning to Padt Manor. Angor and the others stayed behind to recover from the aftereffects of the plane passageway. They didn't expect to run into the Winged Men.
Angor tried to connect the dots. The "anomaly" mentioned by the Winged Men, the migration of the floating islands, and the unstable space around Parmigi Highlands.
For some reason, he felt that there seemed to be some kind of relationship between the three …
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