The subsequent journey turned out to be unexpectedly smooth. Although Sigrid remained busy all day, Violet couldn’t figure out what she was up to. However, she diligently fulfilled all her duties, and Violet refrained from dragging people from their work for card games.
Fortunately, after playing for a solid two or three months, the dragon lady, who had been reluctant to part with the game, finally grew tired of it. Along with Leila, she started exploring other activities.
When it came to card games, Violet naturally had many types in her mind from Earth that had yet to appear in this world. While some were too complex, requiring the printing of specific cards and detailed data, she found the simpler ones, like chess, Go, flying chess, and beast chess, not too difficult to replicate. With a little help from craftsmen within Leviathan’s offspring, she managed to create them all.
In this way, the priestess’s journey became more bearable.
After passing through three consecutive transits of the “[Gate of Transcendence],” finally, this diplomatic mission from the Human United Kingdom arrived at the capital of the Azure Sky Kingdom. It was the largest and highest floating island in the world, the sacred land in the hearts of all winged people—Sky Island.
Here was not only the most prosperous place in the entire Azure Sky Kingdom for economic culture and magical research but also the imperial palace of the Feathered Emperor. Important facilities such as the headquarters of the “Wings of Freedom” and the “Fantasy Magic Research Institute” were also established here.
Most importantly, this was the only place in the world still connected to the god Minerva, the Goddess of Sky and Freedom. It housed the “Sky Temple,” where winged people listened to oracles and received guidance and assistance from the divine.
It was said that within the temple, and even across the entire Sky Island, the successive high priests appointed by the Goddess of Sky and Freedom not only could communicate with the god but could also, to some extent, borrow the divine power, possessing strength far beyond ordinary imagination.
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Of course, this was just hearsay. The true secrets related to the deities worshipped by winged people were probably known only to a few individuals at the highest levels of the Azure Sky Kingdom.
Nevertheless, after a long journey, Violet finally set foot in this legendary capital that was said to allow direct communication with true gods and ranked among the top five nations in the entire world.
On the Sky Island, there are no transcendence gates. It is said that this world’s tallest floating island requires the power to fly with one’s own wings to settle here. Therefore, even the common winged people here are much stronger than those in other places.
If judged by the standards of the game, it’s probably at least level 5.
Even so, in this small world with an area of over 500,000 square kilometers, the permanent population of winged people alone reaches a terrifying number of tens of millions.
Similarly, there are no structures like city walls here. Of course, winged people cannot create or maintain a barrier large enough to encompass 500,000 square kilometers of land. Only at the core of the island, called the “Sky City,” stands an uninterrupted magic shield.
Leviathan’s offspring flies silently above the Sky Island, and the airspace here is very close to the clouds. The visibility of the external scenery seen through the projection screen is not high, but even so, Violet can still see the magnificent spire in the center of the island that soars into the clouds and is invisible at its apex.
That is the “Sky Temple,” the place where the worshippers communicate with the Goddess of Sky and Freedom, Minerva.
The “Sky Temple” has never been a conventional temple. It’s called so because in ancient records, the God of Sky did not initially reside high in the sky as it does now. Every so often, the god would send angels to the Earth to listen to the prayers of the believers.
At that time, the true temples were the ones dedicated to the deity.
A millennium ago, for some unknown reason, the God of Sky ascended to the high heavens and no longer concerned itself with mortal affairs. In order to continue receiving the guidance of the divine, the believers spared no effort and built towering towers that could connect to the sky, getting as close as possible to the deity.
This is the origin of the “Sky Temple.”
By the way, the current deity worshipped is not the Feathered Emperor but the Goddess of Sky and Freedom. It’s more accurate to say that the Feathered Emperor and the deity’s worshippers are two independent and non-interfering professions that have never been combined into one.
Furthermore, unlike the Feathered Emperor’s position, which theoretically any winged being has a chance to attain, the role of serving the Goddess of Sky is not only personally chosen by the deity but also exclusively born within the White Feather Winged Tribe.
For thousands of years, this has never changed. Therefore, the White Feather Winged Tribe is the irreplaceable noblest group in the entire winged community.
“Minerva, the Goddess of the Sky...”
Standing on the inner side of the magic projection screen, Violet gazed at the magnificent spire in the distance, murmuring the name.
This name had been encountered too many times throughout her journey. The winged people couldn’t stop talking about the god who had a significant connection with the Goddess of Earth, Seth. Countless mysteries pointed to this deity supposedly residing high above the sky.
Despite experiencing the “Catastrophe of the Gods” a thousand years ago, this god still remained and maintained a distant connection with the winged people. This fact indirectly confirmed the immense power of that deity.
Violet had wished more than once to meet this god, seek guidance for the many uncertainties encountered during her travels, and witness the true extent of divine power. However, after the experiences on the way to the Azure Sky Kingdom, the priestess began to doubt.
What was the current stance of this god? What was the present situation? Was it a wise choice to seek them out without knowing these details?
Of course, these were just thoughts in Violet’s mind. Meeting a god was not something that could be done casually; specific considerations and careful planning were required.
The Sky Island was undeniably vast. From the moment Leviathan’s offsrping ascended, it flew from dawn to dusk before Violet could finally see the expansive white barrier below representing the Sky City.
The style of the magical barrier here seemed different from that of Spryce Island, covering a significantly larger area. If judged solely by area and height, it was already close to the Tenth-rank magic 【Radiance of the Holy Light】 Violet had released in the Forest of Calamity.
However, if truly pushed to the limit, the potential of Tenth-rank magic far exceeded this.
Although the colossal Leviathan’s offspring was massive, it still paled in comparison to the majestic Sky City. As it passed through the white barrier and entered the bustling night sky within the ancient city, the colossal magical beast descended toward a vast open-air platform resembling a harbor.
Outside the door, timely knocks accompanied Sigrid’s inquiry.
“Violet, is everyone ready? We have arrived in Featherton. Once Leviathan’s offspring completes docking, we can prepare to head to the station, right?”