Chapter 292: The Dwarven Capital

Chapter 292: The Dwarven Capital

[Luna POV]

The place that we arrived at was the entrance to the mine where Cerberus was. From there we trekked towards the city which could be seen even from far away. Though it wasnt really that noticeable the first time since we were running so fast and not paying too much attention to it, the mine and a small area around it were situated on a small plateau inside the cavern. When we reached the edge and looked out over the scenery that spread between here and the city, I was astonished.

This is actually very pretty. I wouldnt say its breathtaking, but it has its own beauty that is hard to find on the surface. (Luna)

Yeah. And are those trees over there? Its kind of hard to tell from this distance, but whatever those are look like trees. (Soleil)

Yeah, that side of the cavern is a forested area with special trees that can only be found here. Though last time I was here, not counting the other day, the whole cavern minus the city was covered in trees like that. I dont know what happened here to force the dwarves to remove so much of that forest, but its quite a shame. (Skadi)

Im also interested to see what those glowing blue stream looking things are. I can tell its not water flowing through it, but Im not too sure what it actually is from here. (Velvet)

We started making our way down from the plateau. After reaching the bottom and walking for a bit, we finally reached one of the glowing blue streams. As we approached it, I could feel immense heat coming from it and immediately figured out what it was.

Magma huh. Though Ive never seen it blue before. (Luna)

I appraised it to see if I could gleam any additional information.

I see. So, its a mix of magma and mana. Though the mana is almost double the amount of the magma in the mix. Interesting. (Luna)

Mmmmm. So warm. (Ophidia)

You said that last time we passed through here too. Is it really that enjoyable? (Skadi)

Yes. Though Im different from most snakes since the cold doesnt bother me, master going all out aside, I still prefer warm or hot places to cold ones. Right here, while enjoyable at the moment, will get annoyingly uncomfortable after a while. (Ophidia)

Its so hard to remember youre a snake, Ophidia nya. (Mio)

Ophidia chuckled at Mios words and stuck out her tongue which she had turned into a snakes tongue. Everyone else laughed at this after which we decided to move on again. We passed several other streams of blue magma, some of which had special bridges built over them due to their width.

You know, now Im curious as well. Skadi said this place used to be completely forested, but now its almost a wasteland. Sure there are a few weird plants growing here and there, but its pretty much just stone, dirt, sand, and clay. (Velvet)

Guess we can try to find out when were in the city. (Luna)

A while later we approached the wall of the dwarven capital. Aside from the usual sight of people lined up at the gate and the noise that accompanied them, I could also hear various sounds of pressure being released from pipes, fast moving liquids and gasses, and other sounds that you would expect from somewhere powered by steam.

This noise nya, I dont like it nya. (Mio)

My sentiments exactly. (Luna and Soleil)

Soleil and I looked at one another and started laughing.

This is such a weird wall. Dont the pipes coming in and out of it make it weaker in those places? How would a city reliably use this to defend itself. Magic aside, its just dumb to do that. (Velvet)

I got nothing. (Luna)

Dwarf country, remember? The night here is always more busy than the day. (Skadi)

Ah. Youre right. (Velvet)

This place might be more fun than I thought it would be. I kind on want to see a performance here now. (Luna)

Same. (Ophidia)

Well, it did take us a while to get here, so how about we find an inn and we can see if something is going to happen here some time soon. (Soleil)

We all agreed with Soleils words and went to see if one of the many inns around here had any free rooms.

Chaos Realm:

Oh, how fun.

Order: What is?

Luna and the others are in for a treat. One of the most famous dwarven jazz bands is going to perform there later.

Order: That does sound fun.

Atmos: You know, it's kind of a shame that music style hasn't really spread from that country much. It very good.

Give it enough time and it will, as most things like that do. It is still a fairly recent thing for this world after all.

Atmos: Yeah. It just feels painfully slow.

Yeah. It makes me feel bad for Crate since a lot of the time, things like this end up dying out before they get a chance to spread. I mean, he is the God of Creation, so any kind of creativity made by the mortals of this world that falls into obscurity does a number on his mood.

Atmos: Yeah. I remember the time that he was particularly interested in one thing the mortals made and when that civilization fell and that thing with it, he was so sad that you actually had to step in to cheer him up.

Order: What was it that made him that sad?

I don't recall. There have been too many instances where that same thing happened that they all kind of just blend together now.

Atmos: And even then, he cheered up again after Payto told him that those things would be rediscovered again in time and stuff. Now that I think about it, did you have anything to do with that?

Not entirely. I may have preserved one or two things, but the one that actually did the most to get those things rediscovered was Gear.

Order: Heh. So he really does like his brother.

Yep. He may not show it, but he is actually a lot like Crate. But you didn't hear this from me.

Order: Not at all. Now if you excuse me, I think Astraea just woke up from her nap.