Chapter 128: Trip Preparations

Chapter 128: Trip Preparations

Early Morning - Mid Summer : Bahamut Estate

“Well, now that Krystallo has gotten better at moving in her humanoid form, how about a trip?”

-Hm?- "Where to?"

"Well, I feel like my mother will kill me if I don't bring you guys to see her some time soon."

Krystallo looked up at Mother. "Won't us visiting alert the elders?"

"She just cant come to us, that doesn't mean we cant go to her."

Before anyone else could speak up there was something I needed to ask. "So when are we going to leave?"

"This afternoon or tonight, there are only a couple things I need to finish before we go."

"Alright, in that case I need to go check up on the pirate settlement by the temple so I'll be back in a bit."

Mother looked at me with wide eyes. "Pirate settlement? This is the first time I've heard of it.."

I glanced over at Father with slight disappointment. -Seriously?-

"Sorry.. I got a bit preoccupied.."

"Haah.." -I guess I can't blame him..- "Well you can explain to Mother while I'm gone. I won't be too long."

As I turned to the field, I got stopped by Mother again. "Ah, before you go.. should I send someone with you to show you how to activate the space rune?"

A confident smile slowly crept onto my face. "I won't be using the space rune so I'll be fine going alone."

"Wait what? How are you going to get there without the space rune? YOU ARE NOT FLYING THERE!" Mothers face immediately got serious as a wave of worry washed over her.

"Haha, calm down Mother, I won't be flying either."

"Then.. how?" Her face was filled with genuine confusion.

"Haha, I guess it's time to show you guys what I've been learning to use!"

Everyone immediately gave me a weird look.

"Well.." I casually walked out and sat in the middle of the field. "I'll be back later!" With a small wave, a gate encompassed Ilios and I making us vanish.

- Zachari Ragnarok ~

"Well.."

-What is he doing?- I looked at him with an odd curiosity.

"I'll be back later!"

*Vwoom*

As the sphere faded, I found myself in the very top of the upper atmosphere.

-What the?! The gate was still only a bit above the node.. Just what is the ratio of distance in the void compared to the physical world..- As I thought about it, I finally started to realize just how ridiculously short the distances in the void were compared to normal.

-I need to.. be more careful about that in the future..- I was quick to realize how bad that could've been if I went a bit too far and it sent a chill down my spine.

As I fell through the upper atmosphere, the temple steadily came into view and the nearby coast line could be seen, which quickly snapped me out of my thoughts.

-Hey, they really followed through with their word..-

On the coast there was a fairly large dock with several large ships currently docked at it.

"Well, hold on Ilios. It'll be a hard landing!" Since it would be the first time most of the people here would meet me, I figured I'd make an entrance.

Changing to my humanoid form and grabbing Ilios, I used some thrusters to help me reach the ground.. a tad faster.

*CRACK*

*BANG*

Hitting the ground with excessive force, the sand beneath my feet turned molten.

-Hey, I guess I did get a bit stronger since last time..- Although I hit the ground quite a bit harder than last time, my knees weren’t strained as badly.

Letting down Ilios, I casually walked out of the puddle of molten glass and started checking out the port.

-For only starting a few months ago, this is a pretty good start..- The port was fairly simple, looking just like a large raised dock but it was pretty well built.

The joints where the support beams met each other were actually cut to fit just right into each other, making the dock really quite sturdy.

-But no one is here..- Although it was pretty cool to see the improvement, I was here to look for Captain Abbie. -They're probably in that big clearing.-

Figuring there wasn't anything else to see here, I made my way down the, now widened, trail through the forest.

As I got closer to the clearing I could hear the noise of several footsteps and some chatter.

"What was that?"

"I have no idea, it was too loud to be a cannon."

"I hope it's not a sea monster.."

"Calm down man, I'm sure whatever it was won’t bother us."

As I came around the corner I saw a group of 4 guys, all well armed with armor and swords, making their way towards me. -They havent noticed me yet?- A playful grin slowly crept onto my face. "Would you guys happen to know where Captain Lassar is?"