Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 617



The Floating Commons

They said it was an arrest and they said it was an escort, but the wizards didn’t seem to care much about Shay and me. They didn’t even notice that I untied the rope and secretly knitted.

[You tell me to go get caught, but you’re just joking!]

Shay couldn’t stand to watch so he scolded me, so I said everything.

The door to the tower opened automatically. As soon as we entered, the door closed and began to move down very smoothly.

Is that an elevator? The military had elevators like this, but the elevator in the tower was unrealistically smooth and fast. I didn’t even know I was moving.

How much time had passed like that? Now that I had lost interest in knitting, I looked around and asked.

“How far down is it going? I feel like I’m going to end up crossing the floating island.”

“Hot.”

“Kick.”

“Foot.”

‘That’s why the fools are like this.’

Then, three different types of laughter flew at me. What is it? I just asked. What is so funny that they surround me and laugh at me? When I am surrounded and laughed at, it reminds me of my PTSD from my school days.

It’s not something I experienced, but I read the thoughts of a guy who was ignored by Rankart.

“… No, something is strange.”

Among them, Shay took my words seriously and stared at the ceiling.

“It was clearly going down, but the direction kept changing.”

“Yes? I’m going down, but how does the direction change?”

“I don’t know. But it definitely changed. What happened…?”

“It would be long to explain. It would be meaningless to tell the people how this floating thing works.”

There was no need for me to explain, so Noktopju came forward and showed off. No, if you’re not going to tell me, then don’t say anything.

“Umin also has eyes like ours. You too will be given the opportunity to observe and understand wealth. It is only an opportunity, after all.”

“What opportunity?”

Ding. A small chime rang to announce the arrival. Noktapju said as she opened the elevator door with her umbrella.

“An opportunity to witness and understand this mystery.”

As I witnessed the scenery outside the elevator, I immediately understood why Noktapju was so hesitant.

Long ago, in a time when philosophers were thieves who stole food from the world and when the most trivial imaginations gained substance and wandered around.

There were people who believed that there was a new land beneath this earth.

There was a time when an unfounded rumor was popular that the round Earth was actually an eggshell, and that we were just worms crawling on top of it. The true civilization protected by the shell of Mother Earth was inside this Earth, standing upside down on the same Earth as us.

They are now the butt of ridicule, but if they were to come back to life and see this sight, they would collapse in shock.

A large, circular world, with countless wizards walking along the walls.

Wizards standing upside down like bats walk with their staffs resting on the ceiling. Trees growing upside down stretch from the ceiling towards the floor like stalactites. When someone fires a spell, a round sphere falls down from the ceiling in an upside-down parabola.

It’s not hanging. The direction of gravity is different.

Permanent reverse gravity pushes everything outward from the center of buoyancy. The body, pushed by reverse gravity, touches the walls and ceiling as if it were the floor. Thanks to this, people can stand on the walls and ceiling and live.

Where is up and where is down? Of course, up is the center of this wealth, and down is everything else.

The tower that seemed to pierce the center of the floating city, the ‘something’ that shined like the sun in the center and dominated gravity was the sky itself. It was not the ‘sky’ that was just a name given to the empty space, but the sky as an omnipotent and powerful god.

Shaydo opened his mouth slightly and muttered blankly, as if it was his first time seeing this sight.

“… So this is what wealth looks like.”

Huh? You’re a regressor. You’ve never been to a famous and important place like Bu-Yu-Seong?

“Mr. Shay, have you ever been to Buoyancy?”

“that….”

“That’s obvious. Woomin wouldn’t be able to come here without guidance, and even if he did, would he have any reason to come this far?”

I didn’t ask you, and I didn’t ask you about this episode. Why are you acting so smart? I barely managed to hold back the words that were rising to the top of my throat.

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Normally, I would have been sarcastic and tried to dig into it, but now it was useless. Because the wizard’s idea of ​​the chosen people was so ingrained that digging into it would only get laughed at.

If I were stronger or could control the mood of the people around me, I would have created an opening, but these people are all wizards and ‘chosen people’ who take pride in their acquired knowledge. They consider me and them as different races in the first place, so even if I criticize them, it doesn’t hurt at all.

In times like these, it’s better to ask questions than to criticize, because it satisfies their vanity and my curiosity at the same time.

“But you brought us, who are nothing more than fools, into your buoyancy.”

“The reason you can come here, even as prisoners, is, ironically, thanks to Rankart Spendrei. Since he brought the idiots, it’s hard to treat them well or dismiss them.”

Greentopju’s answer was a little shaky. I read two conflicting thoughts in her mind.

Disgusted and uncomfortable with Rankart, who seemed to have everything in the world. He resented Rankart for having gained great power at a young age, and at the same time, because he thought that the unique magic sword, which was much more powerful than expected, might hold a deeper enlightenment.

Hmm. Is this the feeling? I asked slyly.

“What is our situation? What is ambiguous?”

“It’s none of your business.”

“This is our story, but what if we don’t care? Is this something you can’t tell us? Or is it something we can’t understand because we’re stupid?”

Neither. It was a refusal bordering on a whim. I asked knowingly, and Noktapju, realizing that there was no reason not to answer, decided to just answer.

“Lancardt’s official position is that of a Federal Agent. He has the authority to escort anyone he deems necessary for the Federation to the floating castle, even if they are your ignorant fools of magic.”

“Wow, Rankart has also become successful while I wasn’t around. But why did you kick him out?”

“I told you earlier. It is forbidden to jump from a height significantly higher than the floating point.”

Noktapju answered with a dissatisfied expression.

“The floating planet is the center of the sky, and meteors that fall from space naturally follow the core of the sky. Most of the small and insignificant meteors stop at the surface of the floating planet, just like you fools, and become the bricks that make up the floating planet. However, occasionally, when a large meteorite that has the potential to damage the floating planet is found, the floating planet’s defense magic is activated.”

“What’s the big deal? It’s only the three of us that fell?”

“You don’t know anything. Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do since I’m a fool.”

Just talking makes me feel bad. It makes me feel bad when I listen to it. Noktapju looked at me pitifully and snorted as if to say, “Then that’s true.”

“A meteor the size of a person is large enough. If it were to fall like this, it would easily destroy a village on the ground. That’s why we need to use a defense magic to crush it before it falls.”

“You mean the magic beam that Rankart deflected?”

“The defense magic sword is a multi-attribute magical energy condensation bullet for use against meteorites. It wasn’t created with his unique magic sword in mind in the first place. … Even if there were other means, there would be no way to penetrate his unique magic sword.”

When he added the last one, it seemed that he was still chewing on it. Noktopju shook off the unpleasantness that was clinging to him and walked towards the large building.

“If three things the size of a person are falling, it means one of two things. Either meteors or invaders. Either way, I, the final line of defense for the floating planet, need to be dispatched. My unique magic sword cuts off both meteors and people.”

“Wow. Then you must have been dispatched because of Rankart. You must have had a hard time because of the work that was not in your horoscope.”

“He’s a fool, but he’s a wise fool. That’s what you have to do. If you want to survive in this floating castle without even knowing the secrets of magic.”

The place we arrived at was a building that stood out even within this floating castle. The building, thicker at the top than at the bottom, seemed to mock the civil engineering that mankind had built, and dozens of rooms hung like branches. If someone had just shaken the building a little too hard, it seemed as if those rooms would fall down with a thud.

What the heck. Don’t floating architects know the law of gravity? Or is the law of gravity different?

Anyway, the green tower master stopped in front of the strange building and took off the jewel on his necklace and put it in the crack of the door. A halo of light flowed along the magic circle engraved on the rock door. A green light flashed and the door spun around and opened up and down.

“This is the Sheriff’s Office. You civilians will be detained and questioned by the Sheriff. Please be quiet and respond to the questioning as you will not cause any harm.”

“… Detention? You’re detaining us?”

Shay’s temper sharpened at the mention of detention. However, Noktopju spoke without caring about Shay’s reaction.

“Ah. Would it be better to say protection? Freedom is like debauchery. If you let the fools who have never seen or experienced wealth go free and then touch them wrong and they die, both you and I will be in trouble.”

Surprisingly, he was serious. He was saying that if Shay and I went outside, it could be really dangerous.

Every word is full of the sense of superiority. It seems like they are forcing the people who can’t use magic to feel deprived. It’s a mysterious and mysterious space where wealth is enough to understand that… .

‘Huh. That wealth you guys are so proud of.’

So Shay’s thoughts stood out even more. I opened my eyes wide when I read Shay’s thoughts.

‘I fell to the ground with the sword of the Black Sword, causing a great descent!’