Chapter 280
Chapter 280 Castle in the Sky
Twenty days later.
Greem was extremely excited to see the legendary Castle in the Sky. He woke up early in the morning, had his breakfast, and quickly hurried to the deck.
The deck was already crowded with people. Even the adepts who always hid within their rooms had appeared in the crowd. Everyone was silently waiting for the Castle in the Sky to appear before their eyes.
The flying ship wove between the clouds. White fluffy clouds were shredded into pieces as wind particles were ejected from the magical arrays, leaving a white path of clouds behind the ship as it continued forward.
All of a sudden light shone upon the excited crowd.
The ship had passed through the clouds and into a clear stretch of sky.
The sky was so blue.
The smaller alchemical guards existed in even larger numbers. They were part of the city, along with the massive load-carrying birds in the sky. They were what made up the orderly and bustling city.
The flying ship was stopping at a flight platform on the outer circle.
There were one of these platforms almost every two and a half kilometers. Numerous ships landed and took off from these platforms, filling the place with activity.
Greem, Alice, and Snorlax walked down from the flying ship under Angus’ lead. They stepped upon the clean and spotless marble floor of the Castle in the Sky. They looked at the fantasy scene right round them, their faces still full of wonder and disbelief.
Warm sunlight shone down from above, showering this alchemical city in its warmth. Countless shards of light reflected off of the surface of the beautiful buildings.
This made the Castle in the Sky seem that much more gorgeous, like a city shrouded in gold and glory!
Most of the people walking past Greem and the others were also adepts. Some apprentices were mixed among their numbers, and even some beings of other races walked in the crowd, dressed in opulent and elegant clothes. Ordinary men weren’t even allowed to set foot upon this city. After all it, was a great city. One that represented the greatest alchemical achievements of the World of Adepts.
Greem paid extra attention to the workers on the flight platform. The workers doing their best to remove the cargo were tall and powerful steel statues, every single one. They might be a little clumsy, but they were tens and even hundreds of times more efficient than their human counterparts.
The ones coordinating their actions were apprentice adepts.
It was fairly clear at this point. The lowest class citizens in this Castle in the Sky were these apprentices!
Several alchemical carriages stopped before them, right after Greem and the others stepped out of the flight platform.
Golden carriages, golden wheels, golden servants. Even the two horses drawing the carriage were golden in color…
The two handsome golden horses stopped before Greem. They let out a snort and stomped their hooves, just like a real horse would.
However, Greem was able to see much more than their appearance with his Spiritual sense.
These weren’t actual lifeforms. They were alchemical creations, or commonly known as alchemical lifeforms.
“We will meet at 167 Champs Élysées Street!” Adept Angus was the first to hop onto a cart. He gave a slight nod in Greem’s direction before driving away into the distance.
The alchemical horses, despite being made completely of metal, were not dull or slow in their actions in the slightest, even when they were at the height of their sprint. Their tough metallic hooves didn’t even ring out as expected when they trod against the clear marble floor.
The carriage was like a small raft in a lake. It calmly and quickly navigated through the crowd and soon disappeared into the city.
Greem looked upon this fantastical scene before him with a tremendous shock in his heart. He couldn’t help but be reminded of the fictional sci-fi worlds back on Earth. The chip, too, had been ringing non-stop ever since he left the ship.
“Beep, discovered unknown alchemical creation… “
“Beep, detecting unknown force field… “
“Beep, detecting unique lifeform… “
“…… “
Every thing here had completely exceeded his expectations. He felt like he had been placed in a future version of Earth itself.
Did arcane knowledge, when brought to its limits and fullest potential, ultimately end up back on the same path as technological civilizations?
Alice was uncontrollably shouting and pointing at everything she saw while Greem was frozen in thought. She couldn’t help but gasp in wonder every time she saw a mysterious object she had never seen before.
Snorlax on the other hand, was crouching on the floor, touching the alchemical carriage and inspecting the horses. He even used his teeth to bite into the carriage and the wheels, just to confirm his suspicions about the material. The infatuated smile on his face betrayed his thoughts. Snorlax must have believed that he had arrived in the legendary city of gold!
“Let us go as well!” Greem closed his eyes for a moment to calm himself down, before turning to give instructions to his two followers, “Let’s settle down at a place before we go out to tour the city!”
The three got into the alchemical carriage before them.
“To 167 Champs Élysées Street!”
The alchemical carriage immediately started moving the moment Greem gave his orders!