Extraordinary Sailing

Although when Jeros and Stephanie arrived in the "Golden Kingdom" more than ten years ago, they had not seen this unforgettable bright girl.

But he didn't have the slightest doubt about Aiwen's judgment, and his face froze, and he was about to bow and salute with him.

However, the "goddess" standing in the palm of the giant spirit body moved away like a frightened deer. Adorably sticking out the tip of her pink tongue, she explained to the three puzzled faces:

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not a goddess at this moment, I'm just a servant of the great goddess, Venia. Being able to push away the sea of ​​clouds is only a little bit of power borrowed from the goddess, not my strength."

immediately.

She turned to Aiwen again, glanced at him up and down, and greeted him alone very familiarly:

"Mr. Garriott, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to become the fourth rank in less than ten years. Oh, and you are still a saint of the true God. It is really impressive."

The Geros couple went in without knowing it, but Ivan immediately reacted, and his body relaxed a lot. He gave her an impeccable gentleman's salute gracefully, with a smile on his face:

"Miss Venia, you are safe! It's a pleasure to see you again."

They had a very "unexpected" encounter in the water city of Nisk in the Kingdom of Tairo back then.

If the little episode at the end is removed, the first half of the communication between the two can be called very pleasant, and even the painting given by the other party at that time, Ivan still keeps it.

However, it was also in that final episode that he used his "spiritual vision" for the first time in his life, recklessly looking directly at a demigod's "mythical form".

Although he almost lost control, it also gave him an insight into the essence of life hidden under the appearance of that beautiful girl with a unique temperament.

A highly qualified "psychic medium" and the great "tenant" in her body.

In the material world, some people are gifted with strong spirituality. Although they may not have the qualifications of a wizard, they are born "psychic mediums". Although an untrained "psychic medium" is not considered an extraordinary profession, such a person is easily entangled by spirit bodies due to their special constitution.

It's just that Miss Venia's luck was so "good" that she recruited the biggest one at once, and became the perfect "host body" for the demigod "Goddess of the Sky" Kurutina to travel to the countries of the Old Continent. ".

At that time, Aiwen was still feeling a little pity for this lovely lady who was an ordinary person. He didn't know what would happen to her own soul after being possessed by a god.

After all, whether it is out of malice or good intentions, every move of a great being like a god will inadvertently bring disaster to mortals.

But now it seems that this "psychic medium" not only has no problems, but has grown rapidly into a powerful transcendent. It's hard to say the specific occupation for the time being, psychic, clergyman, and supernatural person of the legal system related to the wind element are all possible.

In addition, judging from the expression, although the "Goddess of the Sky" was possessed in Venia's body at the beginning, she should be acting as a calm bystander in most cases, and her body is still dominated by the girl's consciousness.

In short, the two people are somewhat friendly after all.

Standing pretty in the palm of the spirit body, Venia returned the same elegant skirt ceremony to Aiwen, as if this place was not in the "storm belt" at the end of the dangerous world, but at a court ball.

"Maybe you didn't notice, but in fact, you have already come to the periphery of the 'Golden Kingdom'. Under normal circumstances, adventurers will be guided by the [Golden Compass] to the safe entrance on the east side, not in the extremely dangerous storm belt. .

Her Majesty Thetis, the Goddess of the Ocean, just sensed that there was an unplanned [Blue Hole] nearby, but she didn't expect it to be everyone. "

After finishing speaking, the girl listened to the breeze around her for a while before continuing:

"The great goddess said that today is a festive day, and she was able to meet some old friends at her doorstep. Please make sure you go to the 'Golden Kingdom' as guests, and He will meet you in person."

At this time, the danger at sea has passed, and the [Golden Compass] in their hands has returned to normal, and it is firmly pointing to the northeast.

If you want to go to the "Golden Kingdom", obviously you can only use the [Golden Compass] sent by the "Goddess of the Ocean" Thetis, otherwise, even if there is an absolute [Ocean Secret Treasure Ancient Scroll], you will not be able to find traces there.

"It's our pleasure."

Of course, they would not refuse the invitation of the goddess of the sky, and the "Golden Kingdom" was already on their itinerary when they returned.

"Great, let's go now."

Venia waved lightly.

Bang——

The water was surging, and under [Theseus] quickly turned into a huge vortex. Everyone fell down before they could react, and Venia, who was driving the giant spirit body, followed closely behind.

When they resurfaced, they had already entered another area of ​​water. Under the leadership of Venia, they slowly passed through the thick fog and circled a certain deserted island three times clockwise.

After doing so repeatedly, they finally came to a new vast world, and the [Theseus] also slowly docked at the mouth of a river on the edge of a huge island.

It's kind of like the way it was when returning to "Beacon Anchorage" in the spirit world.

Even this place may not be completely in the material world, but some small worlds like [Sanctuary] or even [Divine Kingdom] that are semi-independent from the material world.

Crash.

The clear river with a large runoff is like a meandering jade belt. On both sides of the estuary are prominent cliffs, on which there are huge and orderly high and low rock buildings. It is simple and magnificent, as if every brick and stone carries a heavy history.

What's even more amazing is that a spiraling mountain peak protrudes from the back of one side of the cliff, one-third of the mountain is suspended in the air, and there are snow-white waterfalls flying down, and beautiful birds that cannot be named are circling and flying on it.

There are magnificent palaces based on white marble and decorated with bright gold. The uppermost layer has gone straight into the clouds, like the abode of the gods.

After Venia's introduction, the fact is exactly the same.

Geros and Stephanie, who had already experienced it more than ten years ago, were mentally prepared, but Ivan, who came here for the first time, was dazzled.

When he turned around, he suddenly realized that he had involuntarily turned into a mythical form of the original species.

"Here I can only show my truest self, everyone is the same, just get used to it."

Seeing that Aiwen was trying to transform back into a human form, Venia next to him quickly explained. At this time, she seemed to be different, and her figure was obviously a bit erratic compared to before entering here.

The Jeros couple have not changed, they are still normal humans.

Needless to say, Stephanie, and Jeros is at the same level as "Snake Witch" Saila, although they have reached the limit of the senior level, not far from the peak wizard.

But it is far from reaching the level where the chief "Death Messenger" of the Curse School and the old witch Baba Yaga have achieved the transformation of the essence of life.

Geros put away the [Theseus], ​​and Venia also put away the female spirit body, and they walked onto the beach.

A huge pure gold fou stood in front of him, and the mist floating like tulle in the air made the city on the cliff appear and disappear, like a city built in a mirage.

clang! clang! clang!

The girl stepped forward and tapped the giant fou rhythmically, followed by various natural sounds, playing the most harmonious concerto in the world.

Following a certain rhythm, the mist between the cliffs quickly turned into crisscross bridges and slowly began to move, allowing them to climb to the city above the cliff step by step.

And the higher you go, the thinner the fog and the more real the city. It seems that instead of crossing a cliff of tens of meters, they have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers.

To Aiwen, this place looks like a paradise on the surface to live and work in peace and contentment, but under the protection of such strict defense measures, it is more like a refuge.

To really set foot in this small city-state-like country is like stepping into the world of fairy tales. Along the way, I saw many sub-human races with different blood, or simply monsters.

Cyclops, goatmen, centaurs, murlocs, dwarves, harpsichords, snakemen, lion-headed goat-body, sphinx-human head... many of them don't even look like human beings, and there are even elemental creatures without flesh and blood.

Normal human beings, who have no alien features at all, have become a minority instead.

On the contrary, Venia is obviously very popular, and residents often greet her along the way.

"His Royal Highness, good day!"

"His Royal Highness."

Aiwen, who was walking by, saw the eyes of these "people" glowing slightly. For his "Tree of Life School", this is a perfect material library.

"Mr. Garriott, I always feel that you are thinking about something impolite."

Venia, who was walking in front, felt his fiery gaze, and couldn't help but look back at him.

"Ahem. Illusion, it's just that I'm new to such a simple place, and I just want to make friends with everyone."

After prevaricating, Ivan also found out one more thing.

Although the "Golden Kingdom" had been closed to the outside world for at least a hundred years, ignorant of the changes in the human world, the standard of living of the residents here was not much worse than that of the people in the Old Continent.

People's living standards are not necessarily related to political systems, culture, and beliefs. The most important thing that determines all of these is technological progress, or productivity.

Aiwen still remembers that there was research evidence in his previous life. Before the invention of agriculture, the total population of the entire blue star world had never exceeded 15 million people, and the total population during the hunter-gatherer period would not exceed 1 million. It is conceivable What kind of power lies in "productivity".

It was only seven or eight years ago that the "Goddess of the Sky" went to the source mainland to learn Buddhist scriptures. Many residents here are already wearing machine-woven cotton clothes, some are still carrying flintlock guns, and even Aiwen is still vaguely The roar of steam engines was heard.

They are obviously learning and imitating consciously.

From this point of view, it is not all bad for the country to be directly ruled by a highly centralized god as the supreme ruler. At least as a follower rather than a leader, there is a huge latecomer advantage.

Aiwen wanted to share more experience in governing the country with the rulers here.

The three of them were sent to a temporary residence in the city-state. Venia took care of everything for them. When they waved goodbye, Aiwen asked casually:

"Miss Venia, are we meeting the two goddesses tomorrow?"

But the girl smiled mysteriously, implying something:

"Hey, everyone, let's have a good dream first!"