Chapter 651: Spirits
We entered the hurricane after I cut open a path so we have easier time to enter. But right after I made a path, the hurricane then blocked the path again. It’s a never ending hurricane that can’t be fully stopped.
Inside the hurricane, we landed on the vast meadow that my Divine Vision can’t see everything. Though all I see is grass and many magic stones.
“Oh, there are a lot of magic stones as well here. Roy, you said that the hurricane lifted more stones than what we see here. Is that right?” Kron asked.
“Yeah. At least around this area only. This area is vast and there’s even a place where we can still climb higher. Maybe there are places with more magic stones. But if it’s magic stones we’re after, we don’t need to look more. We could even just wait until the stones that the hurricane carried fall outside,” I said.
After I said that, we can see some smaller magic stones were lifted from the ground by the wind easily, and joined the other magic stones. Rotating along with the hurricane.
Even if we’re in the eye of the storm, the wind is still strong enough to lift a stone the size of a fist. Though there are even bigger magic stones that won’t be easily lifted.
When I cut open the hurricane, the stones that were carried by the wind started to fall. But we reached the center before the magic stones that are high in the sky fell to the ground.
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“...We always have difficulty to reach the peak. Even though I’m a master level mage, I can only stop the wind temporarily. That’s why for us, those stones are obstacles to reach the center. But to think that you can easily cut open a path with a sword. The outside world is too scary,” Patricia said.
“Don’t worry about it. It’s just Roy. Other than Roy, there were no one else who can do what he does. Just get used to it,” Shirley said.
For now, let’s mark this place with a Blobby. I looked for a boulder that I think the hurricane won’t be able to lift and pasted a Blobby there. And I make sure that the Blobby will stick to that boulder and won’t let go.
“With this, we can easily come here in the future. You can explore this area and see what you can find,” I said to the others.
“Wait! Before that, I have something to tell you. This place is poisonous. That’s why there are no one willing to come here and stay too long. Don’t stay too long here or you’ll faint from the poison,” Patricia said.
Poison? There’s no such thing though.
“What kind of poison?” Shirley asked.
“I don’t know. People just started to faint. It’s not something that we know. You won’t die if you get poisoned, but I don’t know if it’s safe or not,” Patricia said.
Faint? Oh, that’s not poison then.
“Don’t worry. I can tell that it’s not poison. Being this high means the air we breathe is thinner. Though I also feel that the air here is different. Seems like it’s not just wind mages who will benefit from cultivating here. Air mages can improve quicker as well. You guys don’t need to worry. I have cast air magic so you won’t have any problem breathing here for a few hours. Go and explore this place. I’ll stay here and cultivate,” I said as I sat down on the ground.
Other than being in space, this is the other place where I can cultivate my air element. And it’s less dangerous than in the outer space. Maybe I can reach expert level here. Or even master level.
As I cultivate, I feel that my air magic is growing. Although it’s different from cultivating in the outer space, cultivating here also improves my air magic a lot.
After one hour of cultivating, I think I had enough. It won’t be long before I can reach expert level in my air magic.
Now, let’s check this place.
Seems like Shirley is still riding on Ray’s back here. I can just use portal to where Ray is and find her.
“Have you find anything here?” I asked Shirley.
“Other than this place benefits wind mages, I didn’t see anything else. Once the matter in Rygis is over, I think I’ll stay here for a while,” Shirley said.
And then, I see Kron descending from the sky. He must be returning from the peak of this mountain.
“There’s no difference in cultivating here or at the peak of this mountain. I didn’t sense anything strange as well,” Kron said.
Then Patricia come over and she just shook her head. She also didn’t find anything it seems.
Suddenly, we feel a gust of powerful wind coming here. We’re in the eye of the storm and there’s an extra wind here?
I look over to the source and see that Veronica is there. And she seems to be fighting someone or something. Is there a monster here?
“Veronica is fighting something. Let’s go there!” I said to everyone here.
Though I can’t see what she’s fighting, that thing is there. I don’t think there’s something wrong with my Divine Vision though.
And when I used Mind’s Eye along with Divine Vision, I can finally sense what Veronica is fighting. There’s something small, but it feels like something extremely familiar to me. Air.
Though there are more than one thing Veronica is fighting. The one that’s fighting Veronica doesn’t feel like air. It’s more like wind. Moving air.
“Veronica! What’s wrong!?” I asked her when I arrive.
“I don’t know! Something suddenly attacked me! I’m just protecting myself!” Veronica replied.
No wonder. The things that Veronica are fighting doesn’t feel like a living being. They are like air and wind.
“Then I’ll take care of the one that feels like air first. You’ll try and stall for the one you’re facing,” I said.
So far, I can only sense two existences. But they didn’t show any killing intent at all.
The one that feels like wind is facing Veronica. And the other is just watching.
Although that one feels like air, it feels like that thing is concentrated in one point. And it’s occupied only a small space. So I just transformed some Blobbies into a jar and capture that thing.
Once that thing was captured on an airtight Blobbyjar, the one that feels like wind turns its hostility toward me. This one is trying to help the air one.
And so, I make another Blobbyjar and locked the thing inside as well.
“Well, that’s done... huh? The hurricane is stopping? Does it mean they are the one responsible for the hurricane?”
With two jar in my hands, I looked at the hurricane that is stopping. All the floating stones are falling down like hail. Though since everyone here other than me are wind mages, they can easily avoid getting rained down by those stones. As for me, I just need to cover my body with Aura. And the stones couldn’t bother me.
I looked at the inside of the jars, and finally, the wind and the air inside the jar then changed form. And now, they have the form of a fairy. Or at least what I imagined what a fairy look like.
“Hey, you two. We are not here to cause you trouble. We only want to cultivate and grow stronger. As long as you agree to let us do what we want, I will release you. Don’t worry because I promise to not harm you. At least the people I brought here with me won’t harm you. There are many kinds of human in this world after all,” I said.
“Roy, who are you talking to?” Kron asked me.
The jar was locked so tightly without any opening. So it’s normal that those inside the jars won’t be able to hear me. But I also have trained my air magic to the point that I can vibrate the air inside the jar and make it be the one talking while I just keep my mouth shut.
So, I vibrated the air inside the jars and make them say the same thing I just said. If the fairy-like thingies can understand me, I will know since I can see with my Divine Vision.
“Oh, and I can’t hear you. So you can only nod or shake your head as response,” I added.
Hearing that, the one that feels like air nodded. And soon after, the wind one nodded as well. So I opened the jars and let them free.
Soon after, the hurricane appears again. As expected, the wind one is the reason why there’s a hurricane in this place.
“Fairies!?” Patricia was shocked when she sees what’s in front of her.
“Sorry for the ruckus before. I’m Roy. I’m just here to to get myself and my friends stronger by cultivating in this place and gather the magic stones here,” I said.
“...I’ll trust you for now, human Roy. I’m the wind spirit residing in this place. And this is my sister the air spirit,” the windy one said.
Wind spirit and air spirit? Are they the reason wind element and air element here feels good for wind mages and air mages?
...Is it another chance for me to recruit more monsters?