Chapter 157: Elenaris - The Kingdom Of Absurdity

The night was over and the party was back on track. Wearing the poison immunity ring seemed to work in keeping them from getting weaker, but they still had to find a way to get rid of the curse entirely. However, for now, it was time to venture to Elenaris, better known for being the kingdom of absurdity.

"So what do you think this place is like?" Asked Mel, her hand hugging tightly at Raven as they walked.

The sight annoyed Amedith, but ignoring it he kept following their leader with Liliyana and Will-O walking right beside him. Aria and Erika followed right beside them in a group as well, all the while the two monster girls were staying inside Raven's bracelet.

"All I know is that Athenia and Elenaris used to trade before the land of corruption sprouted between the two," Raven replied to Mel, although that still left her question unanswered.

"If that's the case why didn't we ever see anything from this kingdom on our own?" Aria asked, however, unsurprisingly nobody had an answer.

Being sheltered kids inside of Athenia, they knew only what was told to them through tales. And though Elenaris was a place of great beauty in their head, how it actually looked remained to be seen. That is until they walked out of the swamp and ran into a steep cliff.

To their front was nothing but a sea of clouds stretching until the horizon, and even looking down the massive drop all they saw were murky clouds.

"All this time we've been on a fucking plateau?" Being the first to realize it, Raven's words left everyone in shock.

Their home was a plateau that tore through the clouds, and yet none of them knew, they didn't have the slightest suspicion. Yet here they were living on the tallest peak in all of Atlaria, the closest to the stars and the furthest from the ocean and the Infernal. However, as the initial shock slowly subsided, Erika finally posed the question that would leave everyone stunned.

'It would've caused a problem along the lines anyways, so this is probably for the best.' Left confused about why she was freaking out about heights, Aria stared at Raven for a bit before giving him her hand.

Taking flight once more, the party began their descent. Raven with his wings of darkness flesh, Liliyana with her familiar Will-O, Amedith with his summoned wings, Mel with her magic, and Erika with Asmodia's abilities. The sight of the group competing down the plateau, especially with the ball of light wisp and the spiraling crimson of Erika's ethereal body–was as entrancing as it could be.

The descent itself, however, was far from fluid as the strong winds, the tiring wings, and the lack of enough mana were draining them all quickly. Leaving them no choice but to take breaks into caves at the edges of the plateau walls. Even while trying to rest there, mangled monsters lunged at them from within.

A creature that looked like a man with multiple other animal faces growing out of his own was the first creature they struck down, and the abnormality of their encounters only ever grew.

But nothing could've prepared them for what they would encounter next. It wasn't a monster, or an abomination, or even a horror, but a well-suited humanoid pigeon. Wearing a small blue cap he stopped the party in mid-air and continued searching for their names in his notepad.

"Do you have a reservation?" He asked, but nobody had a clue what the hell he was talking about.

That is until a flying train breezed past their faces out of nowhere. Disappearing once again, the train was gone as quickly as it had appeared, although having never seen such a vehicle, the entire party assumed it to be a monster.

"GET HIM!" Raven screamed, his finger pointed at the conductor pigeon.

"WAIT! WAIT! WAITTTTTT!" He hooted, knowing instantly that he or at least the train had fucked him up.