MTL - Dawn of the Grey Tower-Chapter 999 Farewell in the wind
The days following the ceremony had a clear unit of measurement, and something called a floating meter was sent to the owners of individual buildings, who were asked to decorate it prominently in public spaces. The so-called meter is roughly a cylinder made of glass, with an arc-shaped top and bottom, and cannot be placed on a flat surface in terms of shape.
It is also true that the cylindrical body of the watch is fixed by six metal blocks bearing the coat of arms of the school to the hexagram-shaped dial, which can be hung or nailed to the wall. Even if there is no main part, the dial can be called a fine work of art, and it is engraved with content related to the six major schools.
As for the main body of the glass column, its interior is transparent, and an indicator sign consisting of an inverted triangle and a slightly smaller right triangle can be seen suspended in it. It was easy to see that the sign was a city built on some sort of floating platform, in other words, the City of All Laws.
There are ground-like decorations below the cylinder, such as woods, mountains, and plains. If you take a closer look at it, you'll find that the thumb-sized ring will unfold in your line of sight, gradually occupying the entire field of view into a commanding bird's-eye view. The scene in the bird's-eye view is exactly the scene around Wanfa.
This kind of landscape projection can be regarded as a surprising magic item in other places, but with Wanfa's own powerful magic craftsmanship, as long as the materials are sufficient, the production will never be a problem. And its role is not only to show the observer the scene below the city, but more importantly, the city itself.
The focus of the floating meter is to float, and the ground scene below is the reference. Correspondingly, above is the high sky, the scorching sun and the faintly visible stars. The City of All Laws floating in it represents the height of the city now. This seems useless now, but when Wanfa truly becomes a floating city, the floating watch will play a huge role.
"It will become a yardstick for your future life. If you want to elaborate, it is likely to replace the original concept of seasons and astronomical calendars. Of course, a city in the sky will no longer work and rest according to the seasons on the ground."
That's how Cheese explained it to the confused David, who seemed to be half-understood. However, Gray Robe is not worried about the problems that David's current lack of understanding will bring. When he really needs it, he will naturally know how to read the information. Creating a tool may be difficult, but using a tool is not that complicated, and even the user of the tool will be better at it than the creator.
In short, when the float meter reaches the thirty-meter mark, the time limit for finally leaving by conventional means will be reached. The people who want to leave have almost left a few days ago, and there are not many people who have really delayed until the last day.
So when Cheese and the others came to the bottom of the city, they were surprised to find that they seemed to be the last people to leave through this passage. To be precise, Atta and Kailas and several goblin guards were the last ones to leave.
Thirty meters is a delicate height. There may be a certain threshold in human perception. When we see a drop of one or two meters, we will feel nervous, if we are four or five meters high, we will feel dangerous, and we will know that we will die if we fall about ten meters.
But when the height reaches fifty or even one hundred meters, or one thousand meters high, the fear gradually dissipates. This may be because the body has tacitly agreed that the fear has no effect in this situation, and the body's instinct has given up and sent it to the brain. warn.
"Do you really want to go this way? I heard that the sky boat will be ready for use in two days." Cheese stood on the edge of the newly repaired platform and said worriedly towards the ground below.
It is true that the rope connected to the ground is strong enough and the angle is not too steep. There is no problem with the hanging basket produced by Wanfa, whether it is the basket or the hook. But it's still conceivable that landing to the ground this way would be a double adventure of speed and weightlessness.
"No problem, I can't wait!" Atta didn't look like she was talking big. She looked at the ropes and the hanging basket, her sky blue eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Many of the goblin's buildings are built on trees, very big trees, and ziplines have always been our usual means of transportation. And Taran grew up in the goblin kingdom, so for her, this More like some kind of game."
Kailas' tone was a little helpless, not entirely because Atta had shown too much enthusiasm for the zipline. Mainly as a cat, no, cat goblin, he's also sometimes hesitant about being too high.
Cheese nodded, suppressed a smile, and said nothing. But at this time, Yuni, who came with him, suddenly said, "Catman, afraid of heights."
It is not convenient to say more about the things after that, but it is certain that Yuni will not dare to change into the form of a cat for a while. Hopefully this time won't be too long. Cheese and Atta counted the salute, double-checked the rest, and attached the basket to the rope when the wind stopped. The fairies carried the supplies up with joy, and they were sincerely happy to be out of this sad place.
"I think it's time to say goodbye. Waiting for the next gust of wind to come, I don't know how long it will take." Cheese looked at the two companions who were walking with him, and his tone was very gentle.
"Yeah. But don't worry, the wind will stop when it comes, and it will stop sooner or later." Atta tidied her hair, her beauty has never diminished, but her companions have become accustomed to not looking at her outwardly.
"After you find your parents, what are your plans?" Gray Pao took a breath and asked as if he had nothing to say.
"Me too, don't know. To be honest, I think it's enough to just look at them from a distance. Really, I'm not the kid in their life, I haven't been with them for a long time. If their life is easy, I I don't think I should break their peace. The wound in the past has been healed, so why should I force it open again. In fact, I am not so eager to reveal the answer, and my wound is not so painful. "
Cheese closed his eyes, lowered his head and smiled, "Mages often play the role of advisors in stories, some will listen, some won't. I wonder if I have the honor to offer you a piece of advice?"
"You just say it."
"Okay. My advice is, look into your heart. I'm not going to persuade you to fully follow your inner feelings, our feelings are short-sighted, but I'm not going to let you ignore it either. I want you to look at it, Stare at it, understand it, know yourself. That way you'll be much better off than on the intellectual and emotional side."
"Is this your experience? The gray robe of the lion I know will not deny reason."
Cheese squinted his left eye slightly, "I'm not denying reason, I just think that reason without emotion is incomplete. Likewise, emotion without reason is too thin. This is indeed different from my previous view. But we After such a long journey, compared with it, compared with what we have experienced, what is a change of point of view? If you have any insights later, you may as well discard what I said today. We have experienced Everything about it changes us and accomplishes us.”
"Now you are more like a poet. UU reading www.uukanshu.com"
"No, poetry and magic, swordsmanship and cooking, are all part of this world, and of course they will be connected. We just take a corner of each. But life doesn't just have to be six corners."
Breeze, blowing.
"Taran, we should go." Kailas' beard was keenly aware of the change in the wind, and said to the female swordsman.
"Yes, you should go." Cheese opened the door of the hanging basket with his own hands.
"We'll see you again." Atta walked into the gondola, turned around, and spoke very firmly.
"Of course, it's just a matter of time." The gray robe said in a deep voice, and then pulled the fixed knot. The gondola lost its hold and began to slide towards the ground with gravity. The people on the hanging basket are getting smaller and smaller.
They didn't yell goodbye, they didn't need it because like Atta said, they'd see each other again.
"teacher…"
"Ha...we have nothing to rush to do. Let me be here and blow the air."
