As the Holy Hammer slowly flew past in the sky, the old demonic ape, Gruglu, was grasping the rope in his hand, trying to suppress the trembling of his muscles while paying attention to the rattans and bamboo sticks above his head.
He dared to swear to the whole forest, to each of his ancestors, and to anything that could be found. Before this, he had never thought that he could really fly in the sky one day!
The weird device known as the "hot air balloon", which was made of Blue Magic Whale skin, vines, wood, and bamboo sticks, was actually flying! Just as the alpha said, it flew!
He vaguely remembered what the alpha had said. It seemed that the hot air balloon was a bit beyond his expectations, and the final product should actually be called an airship. It seemed that he could also build a fleet and so on … In short, what the alpha said was always full of wisdom, full of unpredictable new ideas. The old demonic ape had always regarded himself as the wise man of the tribe, but after the arrival of the alpha, he no longer dared to mention this title, especially now, after flying into the sky in a basket hanging under the hot air balloon, he dared not doubt anything the alpha said.
The cold wind blew into the passenger cabin through the gaps between the rattan boxes. The old demonic ape heard some of the structures on the hot air balloon (or airship) creaking. These sounds made his hair stand on end, and he always felt that this big guy would fall apart at any time. But he tried not to show too much cowardice, because he was not alone in the passenger cabin. Many young demonic apes and a small group of screaming imps were crowded in this large rattan box. In front of these young guys, Gruglu felt that he needed to maintain enough dignity. He grabbed the rope beside him and looked at the sky outside through the gaps between the rattan boxes. He pretended to be calm and said, "Don't worry, the alpha said that the hot air balloon shaking is normal!"
Maybe the alpha said so, or maybe she didn't. Who knew? Anyway, most of the stupid boys were shivering at this time, and no one paid attention to the movements of old Gruglu.
A young demonic ape came out of the corner of the rattan box, carrying a soft straw mat in his hand. He stuffed the mat behind Gruglu, blocking the cold wind blowing in through the gaps between the rattan boxes. Although more cold wind blew in from other gaps, the old demonic ape felt much more comfortable. He patted the young demonic ape on the shoulder with satisfaction and said, "You are very good."
"Chief," the young demonic ape nodded respectfully, "when can we land?"
Gruglu thought for a moment and replied, "Listen to the alpha."
What was the alpha doing at this time?
She was sitting in the "captain's room" on the upper level of the rattan box, observing the movement outside through the open skylight.
She had a head of long silver hair, a pair of spirited triangular ears, a large furry tail, and strange clothes. She looked 30% like a wolf and 70% like a human. When she first came to the herd, most of the magical beasts in the forest thought that she was an invader. The first one to question and challenge her was the leader of the forest demonic wolves — strictly speaking, the former leader. The leader soon paid the price for his challenge. In fact, it only took him three minutes to pay the price. After that, the silver-haired girl with golden eyes naturally became the "alpha" of the magical beasts.
Lily squatted on her cushion. Her face was dirty because she had just helped to solve a small problem in the hot air balloon. Her clothes were torn, and to make up for it, she put on a thick fur cloak. This fur cloak was a complete forest demonic wolf skin. The head and teeth of the demonic wolf skin were still intact. After a little processing, the huge wolf head became the hood of the cloak. Lily wore it on her head with satisfaction. It made her look like a wild forest hunter. This was the survival rule of the wolves on the floating island. The new leader who rose to the position of leader through a duel would wear the fur of the loser. This could reflect her supreme status in the pack.
But the biggest comment of the "werewolf" girl was that the new clothes were very warm, except for the smell.
After confirming the current height and the working state of the hot air balloon, Lily waved to the two gnolls at the door. "Ask the firefoxes to reduce the firepower. The height is good enough. Just maintain the current temperature."
The two gnolls at the door immediately made a loud nasal sound. The two fellows, who were lucky enough to be chosen as "guards" by the alpha, immediately climbed along the cable to the top basket, and then climbed to the two parallel large air balloons. Under the large air balloons, there was a large basket made of non-flammable "black thorn wood." Several firefoxes were lying in these large baskets, stretching their tails into the opening of the hot air balloon to ignite the elemental fire. Firefoxes were not powerful creatures in the forest. They could only be regarded as high-level beasts, not even an abhuman race. Their only power of igniting the elemental fire could only be used to bully ordinary animals that did not know magic at all. But here, they had become the most important source of power for the hot air balloon.
The firefoxes made a series of cooing sounds, and then gradually reduced their heat according to the previously trained coordination method. They completed the task smoothly. But in order to let these stupid guys learn how to heat the hot air balloon steadily, Lily had put in a lot of effort.
Feeling that the "hot air balloon airship" had stabilized, Lily nodded with satisfaction and then looked at the distant mainland border with anticipation.
She was quite satisfied with the aircraft she designed, and she was pleasantly surprised by the efficiency of the abhumans. Although those guys were a little stupid, they were not slow at all in building hot air balloons!
She originally thought it would take at least a month to leave that desolate place, but she did not expect the local primitive races to have their own wonderful abilities. Some were powerful, some could communicate with plants, some could use flames, and some could make adhesives stronger than steel. With the help of these abhumans with natural magical abilities, most of the time-consuming projects of the hot air balloon were completed in a very short time. So much so that she simply made six airships in one go. She also improved her original design blueprint, upgrading the simple balloon idea to something similar to an airship.
With these things, she felt that her plan to go to the mainland was in the bag.
According to the old demonic ape, there was a human kingdom on the mainland. If she wanted to find Mr. Landlord, the best choice was, of course, to go to the human kingdom. Mr. Landlord was a troublemaker, and the easiest place to get into trouble was usually a crowded place. So to find Mr. Landlord, it was necessary to find a crowded place. Lily Liu, the husky maiden, felt that there was nothing wrong with her logic.
After reaching a certain height, the airship began to accelerate slowly. Lily looked out of the cabin and saw the wooden blades on both sides of the pod spinning rapidly. These blades were connected by some thick wooden crank, and the power source was the bear monsters in the lower pods. Those powerful bears could continuously rotate the shaft for a day and a night without rest, making them the ideal labor force.
Lily changed her position and leaned comfortably on the straw cushion and animal skin seat. She stretched her limbs, thinking about what to eat next while looking at the clouds through the skylight above. The ropes and brackets used to connect the two large air sacs crisscrossed into a grid in her field of vision. It seemed that the sky was divided into many fragmented pieces, and between these pieces, all kinds of strange clouds slowly receded like a lantern.
A cloud split from the middle, and a strange white thing came out from behind the cloud.
Lily was almost asleep at this time, but the moment the strange white thing appeared, she woke up. She blinked and her ears twitched. She realized that it was a huge man-made aircraft.
It was not at the same level as the airship she was on. It was a real big ship, a beautiful, sophisticated spacecraft!
Lily jumped up from her seat. She looked up at the magic-powered warship that was gradually coming out of the clouds. Her golden eyes reflected the latter's streamlined hull and the spectacular statue of the goddess at the stern. No one knew what was going on in her mind. Her face was a little nervous for a while, and then relaxed. The magic-powered warship quickly overtook the airship. After leaving two heat trails in the clouds, it drew an arc and gradually approached the airport city of Lunier in the southern part of the Ansu Continent.
At this moment, a violent shaking suddenly came from under Lily's feet.
"What's going on?" She immediately asked a gnoll nearby. "Is the heat of the two air sacs different?"
The gnoll ran out in a panic, and Lily followed him out of the room. She was going to check on the airship.
But what she saw was something else.
The sky in the distance had turned dark, and the thick shadows were still coming. Clouds of fog and shadows were rolling up the cliffs of the Ansu Continent like mud erupting from the abyss. Behind the airship, the floating island that had been left behind was also being destroyed by some terrible force. Lily saw the whole island begin to tremble violently. A huge cloud of black smoke appeared out of thin air from the endless void below the island. When the black smoke rose, it directly hit the base of the floating island. With a distant and terrible roar, the ancient volcano in the center of the floating island slowly emitted thick smoke, and then a blazing pillar of fire erupted from the top of the mountain. Lily saw with her own eyes that the whole island began to tremble violently. A huge cloud of black smoke appeared out of nowhere in the endless void below the island. When the black smoke rose, it directly hit the base of the floating island. With a distant and terrible roar, the ancient volcano in the center of the floating island slowly emitted thick smoke, and then a blazing pillar of fire erupted from the top of the mountain.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the whole island was in a sea of fire.
The most terrible Tide of Chaos in Collow had begun.
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