The steam airship with billowing black smoke and a loud rumbling sound slid across a black line of dirty exhaust gas in the sky and headed into the distance.
At first, Angel stood on the deck and could still enjoy the wind and reminisce about the past comfortably. But soon, black smoke with dirty fuel filled the deck, and in an instant, everyone on the deck returned to the airship.
Angel followed the flow of people back to the airship, Prome returned to his lounge, and Angel and David were chatting in the hall. There was a ring of transparent glass in the hall, and the situation outside could be clearly seen. At this time
One side of the outside world has been covered by black smoke.
Angel looked at the billowing black smoke and could still faintly smell the pungent smell, and he also felt that the floor under his feet was constantly vibrating, giving him the illusion that the airship would disintegrate at any time.
Seeing the worry on Angel's face, David smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, this airship has been like this since we bought it. It emits a lot of sewage, has weak maneuverability, and the engine is still very shaky. There will be no problems."
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"It's much worse than the Wilderness." Angel frowned slightly.
"That's for sure. The Wilderness was ordered from Sky Mechanical City within the organization, while this airship was purchased privately. Both the price and the channels are much weaker."
With David's explanation, Angel finally understood the difference between the Savage and this airship.
It turns out that almost all the airships parked at the port of Windmill Town are privately operated. The owner of this airship is a third-level wizard apprentice. He bought the airship to earn money for the ticket. Because the speed is not fast, he only takes short distances.
After David finished speaking, he pointed out the window: "Look at those people."
Angel then looked around and saw several people passing by in the sky in the distance. Some used magic to fly, while others rode directly on vehicles. People could be seen riding magic pets on the vast ground.
galloping.
"Those who can fly can fly by themselves, or those who have transportation vehicles can go by themselves." David said with emotion: "After a while, I will also go to the resource allocation hall to buy a flying vehicle. Although the speed is not fast, it will never go away.
It takes less than a day from Savage Cave to Night Demon City, which is much faster than the train."
"Why don't you try to learn flying?" Angel asked.
David shook his head: "There is too much knowledge to learn about flying. I want to learn it from scratch. It will probably take several years. Moreover, the technique is also expensive. I don't plan to consider it until I am promoted to a third-level apprentice."
Learn how to fly."
"But you don't need to buy a flying vehicle, you can make it yourself." Angel recalled the scene when he first met David: "If you continue to study that spiral aircraft, it can be used as a flying vehicle.
?"
When it comes to the spiral aircraft, David's face felt shy: "That one is just a purely mechanical device, it can't carry people."
"Research slowly." Angel actually plans to research flying vehicles in his mind, but it is just an idea for the time being. For the specific situation, he will have to go back and read the "Basic Alchemy Collection". He remembers that there are several types of flying vehicles in it.
actuator, but its scope of application is unclear.
"I also want to study it slowly, but the Frost Moon Channel leading to the outer edge of the abyss will be closed in three months. I have to go there before it closes, so I must purchase a flying vehicle."
The two chatted for a while, and then Angel said to David: "I worked on alchemy all night yesterday and haven't rested yet. I'll go back to the lounge to sleep for a while, and we'll talk again when we get there."
David nodded: "Okay, if you can sleep in this environment, I'm convinced."
Stepping on the trembling floor, Angel walked towards the lounge a little dizzy.
When he returned to the cabin, Angel sighed slightly, took Toby out of his pocket and placed it in his palm.
Toby flapped his wings and combed the upturned feathers with his beak.
Angel also helped it smooth its somewhat rough feathers, and then when it hummed comfortably, he asked in a low voice: "Where is your music box?"
Angel remembered clearly that when he went to the attic to look for Toby in the morning, he did not see the music box. In other words, Toby left with the music box.
But when Toby came back from outside at noon, he did not bring back the music box. Angel felt it was strange at the time, but he kept calm and did not ask until this time, when Angel planned to have a good talk with Toby, he
This doubt was asked.
Angel suddenly asked, and Toby suddenly froze. Then he turned his head and blinked innocently, with an expression that said he didn't understand anything.
Toby resorted to the ultimate trick of "pretending to be innocent". After all, the species was different and it didn't want to answer. Angel couldn't do anything no matter how hard he forced it.
In this regard, Angel could only say in a good voice: "Because I have a goal in my heart, I am working hard towards this goal every day, meditating, alchemy, studying... My time is almost completely occupied by these things, even every day.
I rely on dry food to satisfy my hunger every day. It will indeed be boring if you follow me all the time. I am very sorry about this, and I am very sorry for the entrustment of Lady Greya."
It seemed that because of the mention of Grea, Toby no longer pretended not to understand, but whispered "chirp" with a feeling of longing.
Because Angel learned from "The Conquest of the Infinite Planes" that something happened to Grea in the Hante world. Angel had always concealed this news from Toby, so he always harbored feelings for Toby in his heart.
Feeling guilty. Just like at noon, Angel found out that Toby had broken the agreement in the morning. He was not angry because of this feeling of guilt.
"So if I let you go out, I won't stop you from making friends." Angel said this and paused: "But what I want to tell you is that even if mortals have moral and legal constraints, they are still full of bad people and sins.
, not to mention the wizarding world without any restrictions. The vast majority of mortals are motivated by profit. Even if they have not done any great evil, they are not necessarily kind. And from their hearts to their mouths, they are
Cunning."
After Angel scolded the same kind of people, he continued to say to Toby: "You have understood the gravity system, so I am not worried about your safety, but I am worried about you being used by others."
Toby lowered his head and remained silent.
Angel felt that his "fatherly education" should have had some effect, so he gently coaxed: "You don't know much about the complexity of the human world, so when you go home this time, you will take me to see your
My friend, how about I help you judge?"
Angel waited for Toby's response with a kind face.
After a while, Toby raised his head, but his little eyes were still full of innocence: I don't understand what you are talking about.
When Angel saw this, he wailed and collapsed on the bed in the lounge in frustration.
"Well, since you don't listen to my advice, then do whatever you want. I gave the music box to you, and I give you full authority to deal with it. I don't care whether you throw it away, give it away, or anything else. But remember, for anyone
Everyone should pay more attention and don't trust others completely. This is to protect you."
After hearing what Angel said, Toby flapped his wings in unison and chirped a few times.
"You said you just lent the music box to someone else?" Angel understood Toby's gestures.
Toby nodded and chirped a few more times.
"When you go back, your little friend will return the music box to you?"
Toby continued to nod.
Angel didn't speak, but he didn't have much confidence in this. Although the music box was not a great thing, it was at least a work of art. And even Lady Mirror, who stood at the pinnacle of the mortal world, praised it.
, it can be seen that the music box he refined still has a certain circulation value.
In the wizarding world where personal interests are paramount, will someone else return something with circulation value to you after they get it?
Anyway, Angel had no expectations.
But he didn't point it out. Instead, he nodded to Toby: "That's good. After all, I spent a lot of thought on making the music box for you."
Even so, Angel decided to wait until he reached the Deep Well of Twilight, buy some echo flowers, and after Toby was taught a hard lesson about "the indifference of reality", he would make a new music box for Toby.
For Angel, Toby is his closest friend. A music box can help Toby understand the reality of the wizarding world, which is also a good thing.
In any case, Angel will not burst the bubble of fairy tales himself. He hopes that Toby can grow up on his own. It can be regarded as living up to Grea's trust.
Although the heart-to-heart talk with Toby had some effect, it was overall a failure. However, Angel was not worried. Only by experiencing many things himself can he realize the truth that others say is useless no matter how fancy it is.
Time passed, and three hours later, when the distant sky was filled with red rosy clouds, the airship finally arrived at its destination.
Angel took a nap, so when he got off the airship, he felt much more energetic.
The place where the airship landed was in the middle of a slope of about 30 degrees. There was a wide flat land here, and the airship stopped in the middle of the flat land.
He didn't feel much on the airship, but when he got off the airship, Angel felt a chill.
Although it is midsummer now, the Pamiji Plateau has low temperatures all year round. It can be seen from the white mountains on the slopes that today is actually a good day, at least it does not snow.
Angel noticed that there were some circular bunker-like buildings on this flat land, and there were two dark caves near the mountain wall. A railroad track connected the two caves.
David came over with Promi at this time.
"It only takes half an hour to take the geocentric train from here to Daredevil City. Let's wait for a while. The apprentice of the private airship has been in contact with the train management station of Daredevil City. We have landed now. I believe the train should arrive soon.
Inbound."
Not long after Promi finished speaking, bursts of smoke came out of the cave, accompanied by the smoke, the sound of wheels turning, and the roar of a train that sounded like boiling water rushing over the lid.