Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 296



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Episode 296

-beep!

Gaia is flying around the dizzying living room.

“Hahaha!”

Brielle ran after Gaia.

The house was noisy because of the two playing hide-and-seek at an unexpected time.

Gaia and Brielle never had a moment to be bored.

Whenever Brielle studies alchemy, Gaia joins her and brainstorms.

That doesn’t mean Gaia doesn’t help Brielle in any way. She just literally butts her heads together. But that alone is enough to inspire Brielle greatly.

When Brielle’s short attention span ended, they would run around the room and play together like this.

As I watched Gaia flying around the small house, I felt sorry for her.

It was a tragedy that a being that could fly freely was confined in a small house.

Zeon said, rising from his seat.

“Let’s go out today.”

“Huh? Where to?”

“Where Gaia can fly freely, and where you can run and play.”

“Is there such a place?”

“I have to look for it now.”

“Then let’s go.”

-beep!

Brielle and Gaia answered simultaneously.

Zeon smirked and put on his robe.

Brielle also prepared to go out, wearing a cone-shaped hat and robe.

Gaia briefly entered Zeon’s subspace.

After completing all the preparations, they left the house.

The two quickly left the slums and entered the desert.

Only after Neo Seoul was so far out of sight did Zeon open the subspace to let Gaia out.

-beep!

Gaia made a pleasant sound.

Just being out in the vast desert made me feel good.

Gaia enjoyed her freedom, flying around Zeon and Brielle. Seeing Gaia like that, Zeon regretted not coming out a little earlier.

Brielle also laughed heartily at the sight of Gaia flying freely.

“Gaia!”

Brielle chases Gaia with her arms outstretched.

Gaia runs away, waving her tail and pectoral fins.

They both looked very happy.

But this place was close to Neo Seoul.

There might have been someone passing by.

If they see this sight now, they will definitely report it to the city hall.

I had to go to a place where there was no one’s attention.

Zeon said.

“Let’s go a little further.”

“huh!”

-beep!

Brielle and Gaia answered simultaneously.

Then Gaia stared at Brielle.

-beep!

“What, you want me to ride on your back?”

-Beep!

“Is that okay? Really?”

-Beep!

“Okay! But if it’s too heavy, you can put it down anytime.”

Gaia nodded her large head as if she understood.

Brielle carefully climbed onto Gaia’s back.

Even with her on board, Gaia remained in flight without faltering at all.

As Zeon walked ahead on sand steps, Gaia, carrying Brielle, followed behind.

Brielle, who was riding on Gaia’s back, spread her arms wide and felt the wind.

“Hahaha! Can’t you go any faster?”

-beep!

Gaia increased her speed and passed Zeon in an instant, then rose high into the sky.

Although the principle is unknown, Gaia was able to fly freely without being affected by gravity.

Just like a fish swimming in water.

Gaia soaring high into the sky.

“Ugh!”

Brielle felt an enormous pressure pressing down on her, but it soon became easier to breathe.

It was clear that Gaia’s power was at work.

The pressure and wind could no longer torment her.

Brielle whispered, hugging Gaia’s head.

“Awesome! Thank you, Gaia! For giving me such a wonderful experience.”

-beep!

“But we’ve climbed too high. If we keep going like this, Zeon won’t be able to keep up. Let’s go down.”

“I’m fine, so keep flying.”

Just then, Zeon’s voice was heard from next to me.

I looked up in surprise and saw Zeon flying next to Gaia on a sandstorm.

“What? Can the sky fly too?”

“As you can see, if you ride the sandstorm… … .”

“Wow! What a scam.”

Brielle confessed her feelings without realizing it.

Then suddenly, Zeon’s expression hardened.

“It’s a demon.”

“what?”

Brielle looked forward in surprise.

From far away, black objects were flying at a terrifying speed.

Wheeing!

Even though there was still quite a distance left, the sound of flapping wings was frightening.

Zeon frowned.

“It’s a bullet hummingbird.”

“what?”

“Bullet Hummingbird! A low-level demon with the characteristic of self-destructing upon impact with its target like a bomb bee.”

Bullet hummingbirds live hundreds of meters in the sky, flapping their wings at terrifying speeds just like real hummingbirds.

Since they do not come down to earth until they die, ordinary people are not even aware of their existence.

Among the Awakened, Zeon was almost the only one who knew of the existence of the Bullet Hummingbird.

The reason was simple.

Because everyone who encountered the Bullet Hummingbird lost their lives.

Pubbubububu!

The bullet hummingbird that flew in in an instant hit Gaia and Zeon.

The Bullet Hummingbird’s attack method was to explode at the speed of a bullet as it flew in.

Bullet Hummingbirds are nothing more than common F-class demons. However, if tens of thousands of them collide at the speed of bullets and explode, they can instantly turn any C-class or lower demon without a force field into a rag.

Needless to say, humans had weaker defenses than demons.

The only good thing is that Gaia, who is still a young baby, can deploy a force field.

Thanks to this, Gaia and Brielle survived dozens of small explosions.

“What about Zeon?”

Brielle looked at Zeon quickly.

Pubberbubung!

Countless explosions were occurring in front of Zeon as well.

It is exposed to attacks by bullet-blasting hummingbirds.

But just like Gaia, the Bullet Hummingbirds’ attacks had little effect on Zeon.

Phew!

It was because of the sand curtain that surrounded Zeon.

The bullets could not penetrate the sand barrier and exploded in front of it.

Thanks to this, Zeon was able to survive the attacks of the Bullet Hummingbirds.

Zeon said to Brielle.

“I guess we can’t fly any higher than this. Let’s go down.”

“huh!”

-Beep!

Zeon and Gaia slowly lowered their altitude and descended to the ground.

Brielle got off Gaia’s back and swept her chest.

“Wow! I thought I was going to die.”

-beep!

“Thank you! I survived thanks to you.”

-Beep!

“It looked like there was nothing there, but there were such scary things living in the sky. I was terrified.”

Brielle looked up at the sky.

On the ground, the flock of bullet hummingbirds that had attacked so terribly were nowhere to be seen.

If I hadn’t personally experienced the Bullet Hummingbird attack, I wouldn’t have believed that such vicious beasts lived up there.

Brielle asked Zeon.

“Are there such devils living in the sky?”

“The demons that live there are different depending on the height.”

“how?”

“In the lowest places, there are insectoid demons. A little higher up, there are lower-level demons. The stronger ones live at higher altitudes.”

“oh my god!”

“In some ways, the ones living in the sky are more dangerous than the ones living on the ground. They hate other creatures entering their territory more than they would die. However, their territory is much larger than that of the ones on the ground. It seems that this area is probably the territory of the Bullet Hummingbird.”

“Then the demons in heaven don’t come down to earth? They live in heaven their entire lives?”

“In the case of the bullet hummingbird, it is born in the sky and dies in the sky.”

“How is that possible? No, even the most evil of beings has times when they have to rest on the ground.”

“I’m curious about that too.”

No matter how incomprehensible the demons are to common sense, the demons living in the sky are even more incomprehensible to human common sense.

Unlike the demons that live above or below ground, their ecosystem is completely unknown.

That was also why Zeon had the ability to fly into the sky on a sandstorm, but he rarely used it.

There was no reason to take risks and go up to the sky, not knowing when or what kind of demon I would encounter.

The high sky is an unknown object to him too.

Zeon said, stroking Gaia’s head.

“Until Gaia grows bigger, it would be better not to go too high.”

“Yeah! That’s right.”

-Beep!

When Gaia is fully grown, even the demons that rule the sky will be powerless. However, it is not known when she will grow to the size of her mother, Moby Dick.

Brielle looked around and said.

“But where is this place?”

As I was flying, I felt like I was too far away from Neo Seoul.

“It seems like we’ve come at least a few hundred kilometers from Neo Seoul?”

“Ugh! You came that far in a short time?”

-beep?

Brielle and Gaia were surprised.

Zeon said with a smile.

“Don’t be so surprised. When you fly, time and distance are greatly shortened.”

“Then how do I get back to Neo Seoul? Do I have to fly into the sky again?”

“Gaia seems very surprised too, so let’s just walk.”

“It’ll take a long time, won’t it?”

“All we have left is time.”

“Well, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to think of it as a picnic and walk around.”

Brielle nodded in agreement.

For a normal person to walk hundreds of kilometers would be risking their life, but neither Zeon nor Brielle were ordinary beings.

He was also accustomed to walking in the desert.

“let’s go!”

“huh!”

Two people walked.

Zeon moved in front and gauged the direction.

Brielle followed Zeon and conversed endlessly with Gaia. Thanks to this, she never had a moment to be bored.

“It was still good. The bullet hummingbird was a little scary, but the feeling of flying was awesome.”

-Beep!

“Do you want to go again?”

-Beep beep beep!

“Let’s go when you’re a little older. It seems a little dangerous right now.”

-Beep!

“Are you okay? No! But let’s not take risks. Life is precious.”

Brielle consoled Gaia.

I never got tired of watching the elf and the little flying whale having an intense conversation.

Thanks to that, walking under the hot sun wasn’t that boring.

“huh?”

At that moment, Zeon felt an alien energy in his senses.

Zeon stopped and looked down as he felt something tickling the soles of his feet.

“why?”

-Beep?

Brielle and Gaia looked at Zeon with a puzzled expression.

Zeon tilted his head and answered.

“I think there’s a dungeon in this basement?”

“Dungeon?”

-Beep?

“Do you want to go into the dungeon?”

“huh!”

-beep!