[Luna POV]
The next morning, we were picking up camp when I felt the domain around the floating island start to disappear. I told the others what was going on and then teleported over there to pick up Mio. I found her sitting on the front step of the mansion with an extrely please look on her face.
Seems you enjoyed yourselves. (Luna)
Sure did nya. I nyever knew doing that with soone else was so much better than doing it by myself nya. (Mio)
I didnt need to know that much, but Im happy you had a good ti. Are you ready to continue traveling? (Luna)
Yep nya. How far did you guys get nya? (Mio)
Not really sure. Ophidia and I had a race yesterday and we made a lot of ground, but I have no clue how close we got to the crystal city in that ti. (Luna)
You dont have a map nya? (Mio)
We do, but I havent checked it since we set out yesterday. We were picking up camp when I felt the domain disappear. (Luna)
I see nya. Anyway nya, lets get going nya. (Mio)
I grabbed Mios shoulder and teleported us back to the others.
Im back nya. (Mio)
Hey Mio. (Ophidia)
You know, I missed the nyas. (Soleil)
Sa. Its sothing hard to get used to not hearing after so long of hearing it. (Velvet)
Aww nya. Im so happy you guys missed nya. Wait nya, thats nyot right nya. (Mio)
Hahaha. Dont worry, Mio, we understood what you were trying to say. (Skadi)
Nyahahaha. (Mio)
Well then, since were all ready, lets head out once more. (Luna)
Master, are we going to continue like we did yesterday, or are we going back to just walking? (Ophidia)
Lets start off walking and if nothing interesting happens for a bit, we can speed up like we did yesterday, though we wont be racing. (Luna)
Alright. (Ophidia)
With everyone ready to move, we left the side of the chasm and walked in the direction of the crystal city. Not much special had happened during this trip except the occasional worm attack. After about a week of this, we finally started seeing changes in the so far never-ending grey stone walls. Every so often we would find sparkling crystals jutting out from the walls, ceiling, and floor.
How pretty nya. (Mio)
And shiny. srizingly so. (Luna)
{You do live shiny things, dont you Luna.}
I do, Tamamo, I do. (Luna)
Are you sure youre not part dragon? (Skadi)
Not that I know of. (Luna)
{She is 100% kitsune demigoddess. No dragon lineage whatsoever.}
Should I ask why you are so certain about that, Tamamo? Or why you could answer that so quickly? (Skadi)
{Its only natural that I know the entire family history of my wife. So what if I had to ask a favor of Gear to do so?}
When did you do that, Tamamo? (Luna)
{In the years where all I could do is watch you but not speak to you. No offense, but even I got bored watching you lay in a crib staring off into space.}
None taken. Those were truly boring tis. Just laying there staring at the ceiling and watching lesser spirits float aroundfor days upon days upon days. Honestly, Im surprised I made it out of that ti with my sanity mostly intact. (Luna)
Why do you say mostly, big sis? You seem pretty sane to . (Soleil)
Guess Im doing sothing wrong then. (Luna)
But Soleil said sothing good. (Velvet)
Yes, she did, but sanity is also overrated. Arent people like us supposed to be at least a little crazy? (Luna)
Im with Lunya on this one nya. As S-rank adventurers, were supposed to be sowhat crazy, or at the very least eccentric nya. Its the way of the world nya. (Mio)
Yep. Though if I had to say, were probably the sanest S-ranks out there. All the others are a special kind of crazy. (Skadi)
Speaking of them, how have we not t any of them? I an sure, we t Mio who was S-rank before we were, but what of the others? (Ophidia)
Well, from what Velvet told when we first started out, most S-ranks went to the fiendlands to hunt dungeons or sothing like that. (Luna)
Yeah, thats what my people had gathered back then. As for now, I have no idea whats up with them. (Velvet)
How stupid. The fiendlands dont have any special dungeons. If anything, the dungeons there would be weaker than the ones in any of the other countries. (Skadi)
Huh. I wonder if well et any more of them before I ascend? I hope so, but its not like I really care if we dont. (Luna)
When I finished that sentence, a weird feeling washed over . I tilted my head in confusion before shrugging it off.
{Luna? Are you feeling alright?}
Yeah, for a second I feltsothing, but I dont know what it was, so its probably not anything to worry about.
{I see. If you ever get that feeling again, tell .}
Naturally.
As we continued this line of conversation, we entered a cavern that was smaller than the one with the pillars of rock and the chasm, but it was made almost completely of crystals. There were all shapes and sizes of them jutting out everywhere. So of them produced light which reflected off of others making the entire place like the inside of a kaleidoscope.
Woooooooow. This is beautiful. (Soleil)
Amazing nya. (Mio)
So many colors. (Luna)
Hehehe. Its nice to see this place hasnt changed since back then. And its still as beautiful. (Skadi)
I looked over to Velvet and Ophidia and saw that they had awed expressions on their faces. I was about to say sothing to them when Velvet spoke up.
Wait, are these what I think they are? (Velvet)
Velvet moved over to a small space that was sowhat separated from the path. It was a circular, almost dolike formation made of foggy white crystals.
Oh, how rare. (Skadi)
What is it? (Luna)
Crystals that naturally repel magic. It bounces right off. (Velvet)
Hearing those words, a smile spread across my face.
Fufufu. Is that so? (Luna)
Luna, I have a feeling I know what you are about to do and since I cant stop you, please dont go overboard and use magic that will instantly obliterate the crystals. (Velvet)
I know, I wasnt going to go that far anyway. (Luna)
I stepped into the center of the formation and pointed a finger at a wall. I shot a small, weak bolt of lightning from that finger and when it made contact with the wall, it bounced off in a random direction. It hit another spot and ricocheted in my direction. I dodged it and the bolt kept ricocheting over and over again while I dodged it every ti it flew toward .
Fufufufufufu. This is fun. (Luna)
I fired off more small lightning bolts to add to the fun and soon I was constantly moving around dodging magic. At so point during this, I could tell my dance skill kicked in so I could only imagine what this was like from the others point of view.
[Velvet POV]
Is it wrong of to want to try that out as well? (Velvet)
No, since I do as well. It seems like so much fun as well as a good way to train. Not that any of us really need any training. (Skadi)
Is it just , or is she just dancing now? (Soleil)
Well, the dance skill also activates when you dodge sothing enough, so technically, she is. (Ophidia)
Paying closer attention to Lunas movents while she dodged magic after magic over and over again, I could see where Soleil and Ophidia were coming from. Her movents were fluid and there was not a single step was wasted. Every bolt of lightning missed her by centiters and the silver light reflecting off the crystals gave this performance the perfect stage. It was captivating to watch.
Nya! (Mio)
What happened, Mio? (Velvet)
Her necklace got hit nya. (Mio)
I looked over to Lunas neck and sure enough the necklace snapped off. The illusion magic on Luna lifted revealing her six other tails. This, however, made the performance in front of us even more srizing. Her tails danced along with her body in a show that would captivate anyone that passed by.
Luna also noticed her necklace snapped, so she decided to wrap up this little sideshow. She continued to dodge magic while catching a bolt of lightning every ti it passed near her hands. Soon enough, she had caught every bolt before crushing them in her hand causing the silver glow to imdiately disappear. She stepped out of the formation and sat down on a crystal nearby.
Whew. That was fun. And Velvet, sorry about breaking the necklace you gave . (Luna)
You dont need to apologize. It wasnt that big of a thing. (Velvet)
Nonsense, it was sothing you gifted to when we were still at the beginning of our journey. It might not have been important to you, but it was to , and I dont an just because it was what hid my other tails. (Luna)
OhII dont know what to say about that. (Velvet)
Guess Ill have to get it repaired next ti I find a jeweler. But what to do? What do I temporarily enchant for the ti being? (Luna)
Big sis, I refuse to believe that you dont have so unenchanted jewelry in your inventory. (Soleil)
Its not that I dont, I just dont know what to enchant. (Luna)
Why nyot a ring nya? Youre already wearing three, so why nyot add one more nya? (Mio)
Luna sat there in thought for a minute before a smile spread across her face. It was the sa smile she always got when she thought of sothing she thought was funny.
Mio, you genius, you absolute genius. Also, Skadi, are there any volcanoes in this country? (Luna)
One or two. Why? (Skadi)
Fufufufufufufufufu. Were going to have to visit one before we leave this country. (Luna)
Luna then pulled out a simple gold ring from her inventory, enchanted it, and slipped it on the index finger of her right hand. Her six other tails disappeared and she stood up.
Now, is anyone else going to try that out, or are we moving on already? (Luna)
Soleil, Ophidia, and Skadi said they wanted to try out what Luna was just doing, so we decided that we would stay in this spot for the night as well. While those three took turns playing around in the crystal formation, the rest of us set up camp.
Chaos Realm:
Fenrir: Ok, so why is he freaking out and why is Order looking exasperated but not stopping him?
Atmos: Just wait and you'll see.
Fenrir: Seriously, I leave for one week mortal world ti and I miss out on so much. And who is that?
Atmos: Oh, that's Crisis, Goddess of Insanity and Void. The one sleeping over there is Tonya, Goddess of Sleep.
Order, is this good enough, or should I reinforce the place even more?
Order: This is the sixth ti you've reinforced the place, sit down and relax.
I can't. My excitent is overflowing and I need sothing to do or I feel like I'll explode.
Order: I understand, but still, you need to calm down.
Atmos: He's going to be one of THEM, huh.
Crisis: Yep.
Fenrir: Oi! Why are you grabbing my tail?
Tonya: Nya. Nyot fluffy like Luna's nya, but still fluffy enough nya. Good pillow nya.
Fenrir: Atmos, help.
Atmos: Just accept it. Tonya has a way of always getting what she wants when it cos to using people as pillows.
Fenrir: *Sigh*
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