Chapter 92: Under the Floating City

  When Larsen appeared in my field of vision, I was thoroughly shocked by this floating city in the sky. As I rode through a dense forest and suddenly found myself on a vast plain, at the far end of which there was a cloud of mist in the sky, with a vague black shadow looming within it. I galloped across the plain for about two hours, during which time the shadow gradually became clearer, revealing a city floating in the air. I strained my neck to gaze up at this floating city, and vaguely saw those magnificent buildings on a huge floating island, rows of houses that seemed to stretch on forever, displaying the prosperity of the city, towering magic spires that proclaimed the solemn atmosphere of this famous magic city, truly worthy of being the pinnacle of the magical civilization of the Akin continent. Just building such an enormous city would require unimaginable resources, not to mention making it float in mid-air!

  I dismounted and sent "Purple Flame" back to its own world, then used a wind magic "Wind Soar" on myself and flew towards the city in the sky. Although I still can't use this magic to fly long distances in the air, short-distance flights are no problem. This advanced wind magic, according to An Carla teacher, if cast by a mage, can fly in the air for an entire day, faster than a galloping horse. Only after I was able to use this magic did I discover that technique is secondary, as long as the magical power is sufficient, this magic can be sustained indefinitely until the magical power is exhausted and falls from the sky. Therefore, when I first learned this magic, Tyson brother once ridiculed me saying: "With your pitiful magical power, you'll exhaust it the moment you fly into the air and fall to your death." So, I waited until I could easily use advanced magic before daring to try using this magic.

  The wind element that had been supporting me suddenly disappeared, and my body plummeted towards the ground like a meteor.

  I was shocked and quickly cast "Wind Soar" again, gathering wind elements around me to hold my body in place. I took a deep breath in mid-air, calming myself down. Looking up, I wondered if there was some kind of forbidden spell surrounding the city. To confirm my suspicions, I flew upwards once more. Indeed, as I approached, the wind elements suddenly disappeared again. This time, I was prepared and after falling for a short distance, I cast magic to stabilize my body. I nodded in understanding - it made sense that if any flying creatures or other races were to attack the city, using a forbidden spell to prevent the use of wind-based magic elements above the city would make its defense impenetrable. It seemed I had no choice but to enter Lalsen through the transmission array honestly.

  The wind element gently lowered me to the ground, and I looked around in all directions. I clearly felt a strong magical element fluctuation coming from a place slightly east of here, and the transmission array should be located there. The distance was not far, so I walked slowly towards the east. After walking for a short while, several simple buildings appeared before me. This small building complex had a large house at its center, surrounded by several smaller houses that were obviously residences. A straight road led directly to the large building.

  I walked along the main road into that building, and it turned out that the whole house was a huge hall-like building. After entering, I found it very empty, with no extra decorations. In the center of the house was a very large magic array. Seeing the patterns on the magic array, I was stunned for a moment, because the patterns on top were actually composed of many magical texts. Those texts I recognized were spatial magic spells written in ancient magical language. I was eager to walk closer to the magic array to study it, but was stopped by a guard dressed as a magician beside me.

  That was a middle-aged magician, somewhat lean in appearance, expressionless but very polite, who stopped me and said: "Please stay, this is the transmission array to Larsen, what can I do for you?"

  I smiled at him and took out my junior magician badge, saying: "Hello, I'm a magician here to take the assessment."

  The middle-aged magician took over my badge and looked at it carefully, his face softened a bit, and said: "Hello, since you are here to take the assessment, you must have a letter of recommendation from a great magician. Which great magician is your teacher?"

  I thought of Master Ankala, and my heart ached. I said gloomily: "I am the student of Great Magician Ankala, this is the letter of recommendation he gave me." As I spoke, I took out the letter of recommendation that Master Ankala had given me and handed it to him.

  The middle-aged magician took the letter of introduction, looked at it, and then handed it back to me with a smile on his face. "It's Professor Anka, I see," he said. "In those days, he was the best teacher in the Magic Academy. I was lucky enough to attend his classes, which were truly unforgettable... Is Professor Anka still well? It's been many years since I last saw him... After that incident, Professor Anka left Larsen and hasn't been seen again."

  "I said gloomily: 'Ankara sensei passed away while fighting a powerful undead magician.'"

  The middle-aged magician's face was shocked when he heard the news, and then a sad expression flowed out. He patted my shoulder and said: "This is indeed a heart-wrenching news. If everyone knows this news, I'm afraid many people in Larsen will cry and mourn. Teacher Anka has many students and good relationships in Larsen, he is a respectable magician... Please don't be too sad."

  I nodded and put away my sad mood, asking: "By the way... why did Anka teacher leave Larse's back then?"

  The middle-aged magician hesitated for a moment before saying, "This... you can ask around slowly later, I'm not in a position to tell you the whole story, and I don't understand it very well myself."

  I nodded and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, I said: "Then trouble you to take me to Larsson's place, maybe I can find the answer myself there."

  The middle-aged magician led me to the center of the magic circle, perhaps he noticed that I was carefully studying those magical texts, and seemed very interested in opening his mouth to ask: "Are you interested in these texts? Can you understand them?"

  I took a glance at him, shook my head and said: "I don't understand, I just think these words are quite strange." Space magic has been lost, but here there is a transmission array made with space magic. Things seem to have left me bewildered for the time being, so in my heart, I also added a few more points of vigilance, not daring to casually reveal that I had already learned space magic.

  The middle-aged magician seemed to be somewhat disappointed when he heard my words, but then he recovered his warm smile and helped me start the teleportation magic array. When the light of the magic array lit up, he smiled at me and said: "Wish you a pleasant experience in Larsen, I'm Dole, we'll talk again sometime."

  His voice had just fallen when a white light flashed, and I once again felt a sense of being pulled. When the light dissipated, I was already sent to the floating city of Larsson.