"So this is the ruin" Skylar muttered at the sight unfolding in front him through the crystal screen of the car.
"Its strange and beautiful" and he added as he shifted his sight from one of the several thriving purple crystal trees, rooted here and there to the reddish brown ground but stained with several patches of glittering purple soil supporting them.
"Are those glowing trees sentient?" he asked while he carefully scrutinize the glittering purple soil's content in front.
(Meow "Of course what do you think. Most plant life and animal life here are not entirely organic...")
"Ah, i see" he said as he interrupted lady cat's lecture and followed up with a question "what about the glowing thing?"
(Meow "You mean the luminescent species?") Lady cat responded and he nodded affirmatively.
"If you think they are strange they are not. A larger percentage of the species in our world is luminescent unlike somewhere else, they are a common sight here" lady cat concluded with insinuation as she stare at his face from below meaningfully.
She's already concluded i am not from this world... she is right though... but i wonder if an artificial intelligence like her can understand i come from the world of her creator... maybe there is a possibility we can interact IRL in the future...
Skylar in his contemplation return a stare to lady cat and questioned after he raised his head to look at the deathly heaven of the ruin. "Why is the scene up there different from the one outside?"
(Meow "Raftelia explain to him, he is new to our word") lady cat again with insinuation, instructed the eager golden rat behind who has been looking at them some kind of way since the beginning of their staring contest.
And the golden rat after she quickly regained her composure adjusted her sitting position and dived into a long lecture with eagerness (Squeak "Sky you see, the heaven here is artificial and unlike the natural one outside, only gods can reach this one was built and we call it a celestial heaven...")
"Wait" Skylar interrupted and pointed his free hand at the scene over the ruin- the gray earthly stars that appear like they will fall anytime, the crescent shaped and the ring shaped celestial bodies, the enormous melting and floating rocks like meteors and the deathly gray cloud that resemble a worn out blanket full of holes as it spreads over the ruin and closer to the earth. "you are telling me that was created and not natural ?(chuckle)" And he asked as he expressed is unbelief.
(Squeak "Yes there are fellows in the past according to ancient record that are master of crafting the heavens...")
"Crafting the heavens. Is it the same as the one back in that chamber?" he interrupted her while lady cat stare at him with amusement.
She answered and replied (Squeak "not really")
"Okay, tell me?" Skylar requested and she continued (Squeak "The one in the chamber is a simpler version, its commonly used as the vault of an enclosure and its called an inner heaven. Most of the times its a lot cheaper to construct...")
(Squeak "Is that your own evaluation?") lady cat said as she cut in on her narration and Skylar responded in her defense "Shouldn't the one in the chamber be cheaper since the scale is far smaller and she didn't say its cheaper, she said most of the times, right"
After his response he looked behind him at the furiously blushing golden rat with a lowered head and then turn to look at lady cat on his lap before he continued "So basically we can say the rotting sky here is an artificial heaven called a celestial heaven and the one you will put in in a room is an inner heaven?"
(Squeak "Yes, celestial heaven is done in the open and the open it covers is termed a domain or a zone when its a small space like this one") Raftelia confirmed and added.
"This place is small!" Skylar exclaimed loudly at her addition and lady cat on his lap responded nonchalantly (Meow "its just a sacrificial site and its not more than that")
I think i understand what the developer are doing here... they must have deleted out at one point in their lore the species that can do this things... its just too grand and unbelievable... and to say this place is small compare to some other places... wait isn't what's above the lair a bit similar to this one... absolutely no, its just a fog and nothing else... the dimension of the lair is on another level, there is no way you can randomly craft an heaven above it when you are not some kind of divine being... wait, there are gods in this world like they mentioned, maybe its some god race that does this, it should be...
After some time, after his contemplation, he looked at his comrades briefly and one after the other.
None of them have slept since we left the lair while i have already slept a number of times... they are all clearly stronger than me, and maybe by a lot...
i can check my stats now... that serpent is not lurking somewhere behind for now...
And after this he gestured in the air.
Click
[ Attributes ]
[ Constitution : D+ ]
[ Perception : C- ]
[ Spirit : D+ ]
[ Intelligence : E+ ]
[ Energy : Natural ]
...
Are my stats actually leaping or crawling... i guess i won't know until i compare it with other people's stat progress... my intelligence has leveled up... i see, it means my ability to utilize energy has improved unlike before when i know nothing about it and had to rely on brute force... wait, the chemical energy has been removed... does that mean my muscles no longer rely on it... maybe this natural energy thing is superior to it and has taken its place... looking at it now, this green energy gives me a weird feeling, like there is more to it... it can even manipulate that black gold that has infinite resistance to energy...
(Meow "My mate what are you looking at?") lady cat voice interrupted his contemplation as he stare at the holographic projection in front of him- his status window.
"Just checking something. How far are we from the center?" he put away his status window and address lady cat on his lap who has been staring at where is status window originally was.
is she like that green serpent... can she see my status window too... that shouldn't be unless this simulation is complete thrash... how can npcs even if they are special see people's secret easily... And that flower bitch, she clearly knew my past... how is that even possible...
(Meow "we are almost there, just few hours more") lady cat answered as she opened her mystical eyes she closed for a while after Skylar asked the question.
***
At the same time in front of the wolf lair that is sparkling like crazy on the green sea of clouds, on the land beyond the bridge where giant snakes from the lair can be seen slithering on in huge numbers in a rush for the land on the other side;
An army of giant snakes with numbers in the million, like a military parade, queue in rows and columns behind a colossal green serpent spotted with several attractive golden stripy tattoos on her smooth and glistening skin that seem to reflect the light of the bright blue moon that has risen farther away and higher into the sky from where it was when it appeared to Skylar and company.
The attractive colossal snake with an air of majesty turned to look behind her at the horde of giant snakes rushing forward on the bridge towards the others positioned and at attention behind her. And she hissed at them, a hiss which prompted the horde to split into two and the second split behind paused briefly, turned around and return on the bridge in the direction of the sparkling round lair sandwich by the mysterious fog above and the green sea of cloud below.
Uncle is a brave man and will definitely enter the ruin... i might have spent a lot of time and energy on those useless cretin but i should barely make it before uncle solve the mystery and escape my grasp... (Creepy continuous hiss) uncle you are mine, and together we will be forever...
(Hiss)
Under the glory of the heavens and its light illuminating the lands and the army of giant snakes radiating intense focus and power; the colossal green serpent hissed a few times like giving a command and signaled with her hands.
Uncle wait for me... i am coming to bring you home... (Intense creepy hiss) And then her figure that seem to zoom in the direction of the red earthly star looming behind an infinite mountain rooted beyond the ancient site of sacrifice- the ruin, suddenly blur out and vanish.
And at that exact moment, the army of giant snakes behind her in perfect uniformity and synchrony appear to turn into a rushing river as they slither with a speed several times the speed of sound after her; while leaving behind very tall sonic booms that block out the view of the quiet lair behind them.
***
"That thing is very familiar, its like i have seen it somewhere before" Skylar muttered at the sight ahead of them as the car approached the center of the ruin.
In front of them is a structure constructed from gigantic rectangular blocks of two dinstinct length; the longer vertical block standing firm on the earth with their smallest face and a shorter horizontal block placed on top of two vertical standing blocks to form the frame of for a door. And these numerous frame for a door were arranged in several circular rings around what should be the center they seek.
And as they get closer to it, they were able to have a clearer view of the structure and its sacred vestige.