Chapter 418

Chapter 424: Searching for Loli on the Desert Surface (Please Subscribe!)

Izay hoped he could find the sleeping star deity Ailuco within these few days.

After all, he definitely had to go and see the floating continents.

Similarly, he was destined to have a talk with the great sage who had lived for five hundred years.

In order to help Laentoluca, Nafude, Kodori, and the others, he still had to start from the two creators of the gold fairies.

And regarding how to deal with that great sage, Izay actually already had an idea in mind.

As for his reason for searching for Ailuco, it was to persuade one of the three land deities, Lord Black Candle.

The great sage Swang Kandel and the land deity Black Candle were partners who had known each other for five hundred years.

The former abandoned the surface and fled to the sky to survive, while still longing to one day counterattack the ground.

And the latter, after being defeated and severely injured by humans and waking up from hibernation, his first thing to do was to look for his master – the star deity Ailuco sleeping somewhere on the surface.

However, the “beasts” rampaging on the surface were too powerful, and the severely injured Black Candle couldn’t move freely on the ground, so he mixed with Great Sage Swang.

For five hundred years, Black Candle never gave up looking for Ailuco.

Even his participation in the creation of the gold fairies was for better exploration of the ground.

Two old fossils, one doing naive daydreams wanting to reclaim the ground, the other loyally seeking his master.

Izay just needed to target their obsessions.

As for the great sage Swang, who would take some persuasion and strategy to handle, let’s leave him aside for now.

On the side of Black Candle… It could be said that as long as Izay found and pleased Ailuco, then brought her to Black Candle, he would gain a land deity follower.

Counting the Red Lake Earl who had always accompanied Ailuco… Two land deity followers!

Of course, the premise was that Izay could find them~

There was another matter.

When Izay visited the commander of the Eagle Wing tribe, he also received news.

The high-level feedback from the Wing Guard stated that their top advisor, the great sage, wanted to meet him. If Izay agreed, the airship “Tiger Ear Grass” would return directly to the eleventh floating island.

And the top advisor of the Wing Guard, Great Sage Swang, would be waiting there for him to come.

After hearing the message, Izay readily agreed to this appointment.

Not long after ending the visit and returning to the room, Izay enjoyed a bit of leisure time alone, but before he could relax for long, Laentoluca and Xiao You returned from clearing the beast herd.

People continued reading books or playing games according to the unfinished assignments they had left earlier.

…

It was four days until returning to the floating continent group.

“Are you going out, Izay?”

Laentoluca, holding the booklets and magazines Izay fetched from the abundant bookshelf, noticed that Izay seemed ready to go out.

“Yeah, I’m going to look for something.”

“Looking inside the ruins? In that case, why don’t I go with you and ask the salvage team people?”

“I can help too~”

Temporary putting aside their books and games, the two girls reacted upon hearing Izay’s plan.

“No need, it’s not an important matter. Consider it my sudden whim. I’ll be back at most by evening. You two continue enjoying yourselves.”

Bringing more people would only hinder his action speed, so Izay declined their kindness.

“Dad said that, Nafude, you shouldn’t worry either. Let’s continue playing!”

Following Izay’s words, the game-addicted Cat pulled Nafude back to the chessboard. Laentoluca and Xiao You exchanged glances, and the latter gave her a reassuring look.

There was almost no need to worry about Izay’s safety when he went out.

With such leisure time, it might be better to worry about the beast herds he might encounter, hoping they wouldn’t die too miserably.

After briefly bidding farewell to the girls, Izay walked out and closed the door behind him.

Immediately, his figure blurred and disappeared like the residual image of a video player turned off. Only a few star symbols quietly fell from where he had stood.

To pursue efficient exploration, Izay activated the two magics, ‘Starlight’ and ‘Zodiac Disk’.

Carrying a map used for direction identification, he quickly left the vicinity of the Lanoya City ruins.

The route started by circling around the edge of the empire’s territory, passing through every town and ruin while perceiving both the surface and underground.

He wouldn’t stay in a town for more than half an hour, and smaller imperial villages could be explored in just a few minutes.

The beast herds encountered during the exploration process would all be cleaned up by Izay, which was actually the most time-consuming part.

However, the reason Izay chose to clear the beasts wasn’t because he had nothing else to do or out of kindness.

All primitive beasts had been given souls by the star deity. The star deity was almost akin to the gods on the wrong side of the world in terms of status.

Beasts carrying the soul of the star deity also carried divine energy within their bodies.

This energy could be absorbed and extracted by “Life Seeds” after the life form was killed, transforming into a kind of “Source”.

Accumulating enough of this would become the consumption required to light up the “Life Catalogue,” and could also be used for the growth of “Life Seeds.”

In gaming terms,

it’s like accumulating experience points by defeating monsters, and when you have enough experience points, you can light up new skills in the “Life Catalogue (Skill Tree).” The stronger the monster, the more experience points it drops.

Though the analogy might be a bit strange, overall, that’s the gist of it.

So, to further strengthen himself, Izay didn’t miss any beast he encountered.

He didn’t really care about the problem of running too far and making it difficult to return.

The magic “Starlight” could establish unique “Star Coordinates.”

These coordinates, without Izay’s cancellation, could last for decades without disappearing.

And with these coordinates, Izay could travel extensively between each coordinate mark.

Using these “Star Coordinates” like teleportation points, Izay could continue exploring from the coordinates reached the previous day every day, which he could manage due to his initial possession of divinity.

Saving both time and effort.

Thus, exploring the empire’s territory during the day and returning to the airship “Tiger Ear Grass” to rest at night.

Two days passed slowly.

There were still three days until returning to the floating continent group.

Izay was still searching for the traces of the star deity Ailuco.

That day, he discovered a small town that looked unremarkable.

The exterior was still the usual yellow sandy ruins.

But the moment Izay stepped in,

—all the scenery changed.

Accompanied by some noisy sounds, a market scroll appeared before Izay’s eyes.

Greenery visible in the distance was the scene of a small farm.

There was a low building, seemingly a chapel, and colorful brick roofs scattered around, each being a cheap house.

Red flags fluttered in the breeze, symbolizing some kind of architecture, and irrigation channels lined the streets.

—A complete and harmonious town landscape.