The Wizard World - Chapter 252

Chapter 252
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The steam whistles coming from the humongous airships echoed in the sky .
The three wooden airstairs were disconnected from the airships and dropped to the ground as soon as all the wizards completely boarded the boats .
The airships slowly flew away from the platform, leaving a trail of green energy particles behind .
They started moving toward the north of Nola . All the wizards were standing beside the railings without saying a word, looking at their friends and families that were still on the platform .
They just stood there . The only noise Angele could hear was due to the green energy particle flows that helped in propelling the airship upward .
The platform gradually looked smaller as the airship’s altitude increased . The people standing on it now looked like countless tiny black dots .
Angele was standing beside the railings as well .
The platform was now the size of his palm in his eyes .
One of the six white signal obelisks was right up ahead that looked like a slim stick that was stabbed into the ground from the boat .
There was a relatively large city called Alava beside the obelisk, with about eight trading towers built around it . From the sky, its entirety looked like a piece of nail . (ED Note: Nailed it . )
The city was surrounded by a sea of vivid trees .
Angele looked to the north and saw the trees there that were covered by white snow .
Frigid gusts of wind blew across his face and the airship he was in had nearly reached the maximum altitude it could sustain .
He turned around and started observing the gondola .
The gondola was connected from below the envelope . It was painted in black and its size was average .
The gondola’s appearance looked identical to the ones used by the fish men .
The cabins were built under the deck . Only wizards were allowed to board the airship, as others wouldn’t be able to handle the radiation from the strong defensive magic matrix . Mortals, wizard apprentices, and even knights could easily die in the airship .
It was a problem brought by the extremely dense energy particles .
The deck was about 15 meters long and its surface was elastic for some reason .
There were several wizards standing beside him, including the tall slim man . His long sharp ears were eye-catching . He was standing at the right side of Angele .
The man was talking to a young female wizard using energy particles . The female wizard was very polite to him . It seemed like she was just answering the questions that he had asked .
"Three airships . Ten wizards on each airship . You’re looking at the captain of our boat, master Baron . " A deep male voice came from the left side .
Angele turned to the left quickly .
It was a middle-aged man with a long white beard . The man was about two meters away from him .
The man had a gentle smile on his face . He was wearing a thick white coat with a cloak on the back . His messy brown hair looked like a bird’s nest .
"Master Baron?" Angele repeated the name twice . "Is he stubborn? I’m just judging him by the serious expression on his face . "
"Stubborn? No, not just stubborn . The man’s mind is dead, he won’t accept any change . " The man shook his head and communicated with Angele using energy particles .
"My name is Perry . I think we can be friends . " He smiled at Angele and stopped using energy particles to communicate . "This trip is dangerous and not many wizards will survive it . We need to help each other so the chances of us making it to the other side will be higher, don’t you think so?"


Angele glanced around . There were two other light wizards standing by the railings . One was male and the other was female .
Blue light dots flashed in front of his eyes .
‘Scanning the mentality waves…’
Rows of data were displayed beside the three people in Angele’s sight .
He looked at Perry first .
‘Wizard . Weak force field . Breaking the forcefield for detailed information . ’

The female wizard also did not reach the Gas stage, but the male one was at the Gas stage . However, Zero could not provide details due to the force shield . Nevertheless, he acquired the basic information by analyzing the mentality waves they were releasing .
"Nice to meet you . " Angele put his right hand over the chest politely .
"Nice to meet you, too . " Perry smiled . "Why don’t you come have a chat with us? If you have time . "
"For sure, thanks . "
The two walked to the two light wizards .
They were chatting about how to increase the spell casting speed . They stopped talking as they saw Angele walking to them .
"Coach . " The female wizard slightly nodded .
"I’m Nopel . " The male wizard introduced himself as well .


Perry introduced Angele to them and the four wizards started chatting about simple spell models by the railings . They also exchanged information about the trip .
Angele was glancing toward the other wizards on the deck as they chatted .
The captain named Baron was still chatting with the female wizard .
There was also a couple on the opposite side that were communicating using energy particles .
The number did not add up to 10 . Some might have already gone back to the cabins .
"Master Perry, I have a question, what if the airship is destroyed by some strong creature? Even the wizards can’t survive a height like this," Coach asked in a low voice . "Sorry, I really don’t know too much about those things . I just broke the limit about 40 years ago .
Coach was wearing a long white robe and a v-neck shirt, revealing her charming breast . Although the lady had an average-looking face, her sexy body was still eye-catching . Most of the female wizards would modify their bodies to fit their needs after breaking through, especially the light wizards . Dark wizards, on the other hand, would rather spend the time learning high-damage spells .
Perry smiled . "Don’t worry about it . The envelopes were built with the best materials you can find in Nola and they are enhanced with multiple spells . Even the beaks of the strongest eagles can’t penetrate them . "
Perry looked like a gentleman with a handsome face . His long white beard made him look like a leader of a noble family .
"However, we still need to be careful if the Cloud Bees attack us," Nopel interrupted . "The envelopes will be fine, but we need to stay alert . "
"Cloud Bees? What are those?" Angele had never heard of such creature .
"Let me explain . " Perry turned to him . "There are five dangerous points during our trip . The Cloud Bees are the first one . They usually hunt birds in the sky and they appear in groups . A Cloud Bee is about two meters tall and one meter wide . They will attack with freezing breath and sonic waves . Cloud Bees are horrifying . It was created by the ancient wizards using the power from other realms by accident . "
"Wait, there are five dangerous points? Is this the best route?" Nopel scrunched his eyebrows .
"Yes . This is already the safest route . You’ll meet the vipers on most of the other routes . Trust me, you don’t want to meet any of them," Perry explained in a light tone .


"The vipers…" Coach and Perry gasped at the same time .
Angele’s expression turned serious as well .
"You mean the ones that live in the acid swamps on the mountains? They have black scales and they have only one eye on their foreheads . "
"You’re correct . That’s the viper we’re talking about . " Perry nodded . "I read it on a book in my family library . They changed the route once and encountered a whole group of vipers . The viper had the size of a boat and its talent ability was to poison everything within its range . It’s like firing countless acid bombs at you . Good thing is that they retreated successfully without anyone getting hurt . After that, the route has then been restricted to the one we’re using now . "
"They can wipe out the whole team easily, I believe . " Angele nodded slightly .
His silver string strike could deal about 67 degrees of damage to one target and his defensive shield could take about 60 degrees of damage . Angele survived the fight against the Crystal stage wizard named Olive back in the forest and he injured the old man severely with the signet . He would lose the fight if he did not activate the signet at the right time . The amount of mentality and mana the Crystal stage wizards had was unbelievable .
The petrification caught Olive off guard . The old man had to use the energy particles to stop his body from being petrified . He did not even cast a level 2 spell yet . Angele doubted if a fully activated signet could help him win the fight .
He did not want the people from Dark Wizard Tower to find out about his secret, so he deactivated the signet quickly . The signet still had many limitations and the great harpy was losing its power . Entering the Nightmare Realm consumed the energy of the ancient bloodline .
"The vipers won’t be a problem to us for now, but we need to prepare for the fight against the Cloud Bees," Perry advised . "One Cloud Bee by itself is weak but a whole swarm of Cloud Bees will be a huge problem . Those creatures also have the advantage since we’re not familiar with the sky . "
Coach took out a crystal orb from one of her pouches and threw it in the air .
*CHI*
The crystal orb floated in the air and started spinning, creating a light screen in front of the four .
A map with a twisted route marked on it slowly appeared in the image .
Most areas on the map were white . Snow covered most of the trees . The route in the center was flashing and there were five black dots on it . Tiny characters were written beside each of the black dots .