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A beautiful port city greeted our sight. We saw it from above the clouds, the beautiful city was bigger than any other city I've ever visited. Eastgrain was utterly dwarfed by this port city, even more the small port city before going into the seas. Traveling through the skies was surprisingly peaceful. I had believed flying monsters would end up attacking us at any moment, but nothing really happened. Perhaps we were lucky or something, or the airship has some sort of device that creates a barrier of sorts. Whatever was the case, the beautiful port city of Undine greeted us.
"This is the beautiful city of Undine, a Port City that connects the Continent of Atlanta with several other continents. The nations of the continent are also connected here, and there's people from all around the globe traveling in and out." My mother said. "The Port City was named after Undine, the general name for all Water-type Spirits. Not only due to the water in the beautiful sea, but also due to the Blessed Water Springs that are in the Port City, which are said to be generated by an Ancient Divine Spirit Stone said to have been where a Divine Spirit of Water perished, leaving her Spirit Core to nourish the world with fresh water."
"Amazing… Such rich history…" I sighed in awe. "Is that really true? The crystal and all?"
"Yeah, you can actually see the Divine Water Spirit Stone right there, in the middle of the city there's a large tower, it is on top of it." My mother said, pointing at the city from the window atop the skies.
"Oooh! That big blue jewel?! Amazing! It is pouring water endlessly like a waterfall!" Said Aquarina while opening her eyes widely.
"Wooah… I never thought a stone could produce water…" Zack said.
"There are rituals done monthly where dozens of magicians pour their Mana into the Stone to nourish it with Mana. As long as it has Mana circulating, it will keep producing water. It is quite handy, isn't it?" My mother said.
"It sure is handy!" Said Zack.
"I wish we had that back in the tribe." Said Aquarina. "Sometimes river water was a bit too nasty."
"And the lake water was salty so we never drank it." Said Zack.
"Well this country has several drainage systems, even in the smallest villages, so don't worry, you'll have plenty of clean water to drink- Wait, can't you just make water with magic though? Sometimes I forget you're not normal children." Laughed my mother.
"Normal? It is not normal to make water with magic?" Asked Aquarina.
"Well… Depends." My mother said. "Most folks are very ignorant of basic magic. Though in our country we teach everybody, even those uninterested "Daily Life Magic" which allows people to conjure simple spells such as Ember to light up candles or bonfires, Aqua to generate a bit of drinkable water, Gust to generate a bit of wind, Shine to generate a small light to illuminate places, and so on. Some even consider Soil Creation or Soil Enhancement Daily life magic as well, and even Synthesis or Repair, though those are more advanced."
"Elves are very talented with magic, problems such as lacking water and the like are not really normal at all." Said my father. "They have a strong country which is well protected, got a very strong army, their citizens know magic and other things, so they are very stable economically. They are not one of the strongest countries in the entire world for no reason."
"I see…" I sighed. "What about other races?"
"Well depends, sometimes and other times not so talented. Though, even without talent, magic can be slowly cultivated until reaching a great results, it all depends on if people is willing to learn or not." My mother pointed out.
"Yeah, that's right." My father said. "I had no talent for magic yet here I am, I'm pretty amazing with magic."
"Indeed." My mother nodded.
"Woah, what's that?!" Zack interrupted our talk, as Ninhursag noticed the same thing he was pointing at.
"Wyverns…?" She wondered. She had seen a bunch back in the Dungeon Break of Eastgrain, we fought way too many powerful monsters there. Ninhursag also got several new monster forms out of them, Black Wyverns, Hydras, and other forms were now within her repertoire.
"Yes, those are Wyvern Knights. They're a special squadron of airborne soldiers that protect the city from the sky." Said my mother.
"Wyvern Knights…" I couldn't help but sigh in awe, it must be amazing to ride the skies in a wyvern- wait a second. Maybe Furoh could turn into one…
"I never thought that Lesser Dragons could be tamed…" Said Ignatius, materializing himself atop my head. Everyone could see him now. And knew he was a Red Dragon slain long ago. After Agni's incident, it was obvious known to everyone that somehow the dragon I ate turned into my spirit. There was no real explanation to it other than "a unique power" I had, and it ended at that for now.
"Oh, the dragon that turned into Sylphy's Spirit! You're Ignatius right?" Asked Zack.
"That's me. Can't you see my great body now? I have evolved and grown bigger now, no longer a baby!" Ignatius pridefully said.
"You're still kind of small though…" Aquarina said, looking at Ignatius, who only reached as far as her chest in stature.
"Ugh… one day! One day I will get bigger!" Ignatius said. "I will regain my former strength…"
"It always creeps me out when this guy shows up." My mother sighed.
"I kind of feel bad we killed him and all now that he has become our daughter's friend." Sighed my father.
"We didn't had any choice." My mother said.
"I don't hold more grudges now. I guess my death was coming for me for being such a childish idiot. My brother reprimanded me a lot. Now I just want to grow with Sylphy and help her, it is thanks to her that I was somehow able to become a spirit and have a second shot at life." Said Ignatius.
"I suppose we can't do much against it if Sylphy likes you." My mother sighed.
"Fofooo!" Naturia emerged as well, her appearance was now that of a small young tree, and she had grown a few fruits as well, ready for the picking.
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