Chapter 418: It’s rocket science

Chapter 418: It’s rocket science

Eventually, the third moon rose. The night was actually quite bright with three moons up, they were almost three full moons.

If they always move with the sun theyll always look exactly the same, right? The question would be whether they actually do, or if this is just a coincidence today. One thing is for sure, they are not behaving like the moon I crashed into.

Spending more time observing the moons, Sofia noted a few interesting things. First of all, the moons seemed to be at three different distances from the planet, but due to the smallest being close, and the largest being further away, they looked the same size in the sky. Secondly, they were perfectly aligned, and lastly, they seemed to move through the sky at the exact same speed.

So the furthest one actually moves much faster, but they somehow all end up looking like they go at the same speed in the sky.

I cant help but wonder if this is natural or if theres some system tempering in action.

Honestly if the mana currents above the atmosphere didnt look so dangerous Id just fly there.

Sofia turned around, lying on the air on her belly, looking down at the dark jungle below.

Its actually a big crater.

I wonder what could make a hole like this. A meteor strike?

Its truly gigantic. Maybe its not actually a hole and more just a natural formation? I cant really say. It does look round-ish but its so big the perspective makes it hard to tell If I could fly higher

Should I go down and hunt amalgams?

Hmm. Maybe not. I need to find another dungeon. Well need at least one more heart catalyser to get the hearts to B rank. I can get imprints in the dungeons. If the dungeons are all hidden like the first one its going to be a pain, though. And I havent found an IPS yet either.

I could also go back to the forest and hunt more Firebirds, just get mana imprints for now.

Again, Sofia rolled around and watched the sky. She closed her eyes and let her mana senses fully take over. With all the divine essences she had, [Quintessential] was giving her a much better mana vision than anyone else at her level.

Its like looking at a roiling sea.

Hey Cant I Use that?

The IPS towers have to go through, no? Itll absolutely cause huge disturbances if not a straight up hole in the mana currents depending on how they made the towers.

I need to go a bit lower.

Sofia stood up and walked down a few dozen steps, then closed her eyes again and scoured the mana currents with her mana senses.

It looks random but

The more she stared, the more she realized the mana above her mostly traveled in three distinct directions when the currents werent busy spiraling out of control and crashing into each other.

Is that how?! Follow the currents?

Sofia followed her hypothesis, and started walking in one of the three directions, eventually leaving the jungle crater behind.

She followed the current in a straight line until morning.

Looks like Ihuarah got there before us, Sofia told Pareth, who nodded back.

She then turned her attention to the center of the room, with the steps leading to nothing, there was actually a small rectangular display there, embedded on the ground inside of the highest step.

Destination : Fenrir - Shuttle returns in 6 days 8 hours

Fenrir must be one of the moons. The shuttle is gone but it will come back by itself in six days We could wait and explore the area, I guess. What do you say?

Pareth looked at Sofia, then looked up. He seemed to hesitate for a second, then just pointed up. That was his answer.

Aight, get inside, were flying to the moon!

Maybe.

If the protection comes from the shuttle itself and not the tower, well have to wait. But only one way to find out.

Pareth returned to the storage and Sofia deployed her wings.

She flew up and up until she was out of the tower, in space.

The top of the tower was like a boundary, out of it, all ambient mana was gone. Sofia was almost immediately flung back down inside, like sucked by a giant straw that was the tower. It seemed the tower had some magic in place to grab things from outside.

By the time Sofia stabilized her flight again, she was already halfway back down the tower.

Well. We learned a few things. This allowed me to cross the currents, but the tower will try to grab me back I feel like if I go fast enough I can probably get away from the grabbing magics range, but that means flinging myself into outer space like a cannonball.

Sofia slowly drifted back to the ground, and sat there. Bookie came out to eat Ihuarahs spoils of war, and eventually Sofias evening was spent playing cards with Pareth and Bookie while frequently checking the time of day outside through Crowie with a vision token.

With the sun finally starting to set, Sofia recalled all her skeletons and stretched at the bottom of the tower. She wanted to wait for night to be able to aim at the moons, but she also had to leave before the ambient mana fell and prevented her from flying, so now was the time.

Standing where the shuttle was supposed to depart from, she crouched, and jumped.

She flew up as fast as she could, pushing her wings to their absolute limit, and finally, she shot out of the tower and into what she thought was the black void of space. The magic failed to pull her back, she was already too far. She looked back, the planet was still very close, and just as she thought she was out, she started to fall back down.

What?!

Using a long bone hook, she managed to grab the top of the tower as she fell back into it, and used it to hoist herself up on the rim of the giant steel tower.

She sat there and tried to understand what was going on.

Im still in the atmosphere, just above the mana currents? Thats what, twenty kilometers up, maybe?

Theres no mana left but still a bit of air And still a lot of gravity, it seems

I dont really get it I could fly away from the sun but I cant fly away from a planet?

Would it work with [Runeforged Overlord]s flight?