Spryce City is the largest and only city on the Spryce Island.
Generally speaking, on the floating islands of the Azure Sky Kingdom, only one city, or an area equivalent to a city, is built.
In the winged people’s architectural concept, there are no things like city walls because almost all creatures that can come to the Azure Sky Kingdom can fly. Even if they were to build high walls to defend against external enemies, it would be meaningless.
So their “cities” are simply living areas composed of clusters of buildings. Of course, to prevent flying monsters or other enemies from invading, the winged people also have unique means.
Magic shields.
The winged people’s research on magic is indeed deeper than that of the Human United Kingdom. There seems to be a type of Silverwinged winged people among them. Although they are quite rare in number, not nearly as many as the most noble White Feathered, they possess quite astonishing magical talents.
That unique sky magic is said to have been initially developed by a Silverwinged winged person and later improved and popularized by later generations, making it more suitable for winged people to engage in various combat and living scenarios in the vast sky.
Similarly, the magic barrier that covers the entire city also comes from the hands of the Silverwinged winged people.
These were all introduced by Miss Hilda to Violet and the others on the way here.
Violet personally experienced this magic barrier when she first arrived. Its strength was quite astonishing, reaching above Level 6 and even approaching Level 7, and this was without being pushed to its limits.
Although in terms of defense, range, and duration, it is completely incomparable to the 10th-level magic Violet possesses, 【Eternal Light’s Protection】, from a conventional perspective, it is indeed the most powerful barrier magic she has seen since coming to this world.
If we don’t consider Violet’s own situation, the strength of the barrier enveloping Spryce City is probably even stronger than Miss Priestess’s most commonly used 6th-level magic, “Light Shield.”
Below the pseudo-god level, perhaps only Lucine Constantius, the blood princess who transcends the peak, would have the ability to directly break through it, and that would be under the premise of using the “The Godslayer Spear, Langinus.”
Others who transcend-level, such as Rebecca, or Miss Edith from the Human United Kingdom, probably wouldn’t quite measure up. After all, the transcendent level has a span of up to level 20 according to the “Illusory World” grade, and the gap between upper and lower limits is quite significant.
Standing on the bustling street, Violet looked up at the magnificent pale light barrier in the sky and slowly withdrew her gaze.
This barrier doesn’t seem to be cast by a single person. It’s either maintained by multiple people, even dozens of people working together, or it’s powered by magic arrays and high-level magic crystals.
Otherwise, to maintain a magic barrier of this strength continuously throughout the day, the caster must be at least a pseudo-god, that is, at level 70 or above. Even if there were winged individuals at that level, it wouldn’t be possible for them to use it in this manner.
“Master, where do we go next?”
Came the curious inquiry from her pet by her side.
“I was originally thinking of seeing what the core hub of this barrier looks like... Well, it’s not really necessary, to avoid arousing suspicion that we’re here to gather intelligence or something.”
Using the “Chameleon Cloak” to sneak in is an option, but firstly, this thing is just a toy-like equipment with only saint-grade quality. In the core area maintaining a 7th-level magic barrier, it might be detected by some peculiar defense mechanism.
If caught in the act, the consequences and embarrassment would be quite something.
On the other hand, Violet herself isn’t very fond of sneaky or covert infiltration. In unavoidable circumstances, it’s acceptable, but generally speaking, Miss Priestess rarely deliberately engages in such activities.
Otherwise, with her abilities, she could easily obtain in the game a demi-artifact or even artifact-level equipment with higher grade and more powerful stealth effects than the “Chameleon Cloak.”
The black-haired girl casually pointed straight ahead.
“Let’s just wander along this street and then find a place to eat.”
“Okay, I’ll follow master’s lead.”
Having made up their minds, the two girls started strolling leisurely along the main street.
As one of the floating islands closest to the outside world in the airspace of the Azure Sky Kingdom, the Spryce Island is highly developed due to the multi-tribe cohabitation policy proposed by the contemporary Feather Emperor. Apart from being very prosperous, the architectural style and cultural environment have also been influenced by many external factors.
Violet could recognize familiar shadows in many things here.
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On the other hand, Spryce City is also a very famous tourist city and an important commercial port in the surrounding area. Besides winged people, there are also many other ethnic groups’ transient populations frequently appearing in this area.
The winged people’s buildings here are not much different from those in this city and surrounding countries, or even the Human United Kingdom. They are mainly made of wood and stone, with doors and windows, and have a layered structure.
But Violet noticed a few interesting things.
Firstly, the buildings here are all at least 2-3 stories tall, and almost no bungalows can be seen. It seems that winged people have a natural inclination to live at high altitudes.
More than 90% of the houses will inevitably be designed and constructed with a rooftop for landing, and most, especially the floors of commoners, completely lack the concept of “stairs” and instead have a large hole in the center of the ceiling connecting them to each other.
It’s somewhat reminiscent of the style in the vampire estates.
Obviously, for these winged races, flying directly is much more convenient and efficient than walking on foot.
Of course, this structure is quite unfriendly for those foreign tourists who cannot fly.
In summary, most shops and reception areas in Spires City are located on the ground floor of buildings, while the upper floors are mainly reserved for locals to rest, sleep, and entertain, and are not open to outsiders.
It’s a very interesting ecological style.
After wandering around the winged city for a few laps, Violet felt that her worldview had been significantly refreshed. Many things were unheard of and unseen to her.
If the United Kingdom resembles a medieval feudal society with mixed magical elements, then the Azure Sky Kingdom of the winged people is truly a pure magical world system.
Here, technological development is obviously lagging behind the Human United Kingdom, and even mechanical structures such as clocks are rarely seen. However, in exchange, there is a whole new life driven by the magic system.
Here, Violet witnessed many forms of life magic that were unimaginable in games, not even reaching the level of 1st order, but very incredible in the real world.
Things like “Cleaning,” “Automatic Stirring,” “Baking,” “Creating Drinking Water,” “Antiseptic,” “Lighting,” “Timekeeping,” etc., almost cover all aspects of winged people’s lives.
It is said that these were also created and promoted by the Silver Winged people, and new life magic is still being developed in the Magic Research Institute in the capital, Sky City.
Creating magic is truly a remarkable feat, at least Violet thinks so. At present, she definitely couldn’t do such a thing.
Moreover, it seems that due to the trace of angelic blood inherited by the winged people, almost every winged individual, regardless of their wing type, can possess varying degrees of magical power. Perhaps most people cannot fight using this, but activating life magic is already enough.
This should be one of the fundamental reasons why the winged people have developed this lifestyle.
At least humans cannot do this. To become a mage, even the lowest level magic apprentice, probably only one in ten people can achieve it.
If one is born without any affinity for elements, they cannot absorb the corresponding magical molecules in the air, and naturally cannot cast magic.
Of course, if it is a powerful noble bloodline passed down from ancestors, especially if someone in the lineage has reached a level beyond transcendent, this proportion may increase, but it’s still difficult to reach a hundred percent probability.
Just like the Melchior royal family of the Human United Kingdom, within it, there is still someone like Lilya, who cannot manipulate any magical elements whatsoever.