The cliff was very steep, but this was not a problem for the cooperative people. The people from Lu Fu's Shield found a secure place on the top of the cliff, tied a rope, and lowered Luo Yu, Luo Hao and Ji Ta who were not good at climbing. After going down, Luo Hao, his armor, and shield were lowered three times, because in addition to the Iron Guard's outfit, this guy was also overweight.
But probably because the 'hero' cherishes the 'hero', the little fat man of Lufu's Shield got along very well with him. After all, they both had warrior professions, one was an iron guard and the other was a guard knight.
The last one to hang down was Jita.
Fang Plover took the little Miss Naturalist off the dangling rope, put one arm around her, and reached out to untie the hook behind her back, before handing the latter over to Alyssa's hands. He looked up again, and after confirming that no one was there, he pulled the rope three times to indicate to the people above that they could come down.
Miss Naturalist left his arms and was still a little dazed for a while, but Alyssa only thought she was afraid and comforted her with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Jita, she's already down." While untying the safety rope tied to his body.
Jita lowered her head, her face was as red as crimson, and she hugged her magic book with both hands, neither loose nor loose for a moment.
She raised her head and looked at Fang Plover's back with misty eyes.
And soon, the members of the Rufu Shield who were responsible for guarding the top retracted the rope and climbed down from the top using climbing tools. Fang Plover saw the other party climbing on the rock with his hands, jumping down, landing deftly, and then reported to everyone: "There is no one up there."
Fang Yu took out his pocket watch from the pocket of his coat and took a look at it. It took him almost four talias - that is, about half an hour - before he looked up at Wu Xiaopang.
"Boss, this way," Wu Xiaopang immediately replied: "This leads to the platform below. It's not far away - but it may be a bit troublesome to reach the smuggling anchorage below."
This long and narrow rock crevice curved into an arc, and was surrounded by layers of traces of wind erosion. After passing through the dark area, a hollow walkway even formed in front of it, with rows of stalagmite pillars standing outside the walkway.
Fang Plover observed this place with some curiosity - Aitalia is always full of strange and beautiful scenery, even in this inconspicuous little place, there are such strange scenery - but he is not a geologist, so he can't guess it. The cause here can only be speculated or related to the wind element.
But there are no traces of artificial carving.
After passing through the hollow walkway, everyone followed the rock cracks and cut into the mountain, entering a dark area. The people from Rufu's Shield lit the torches behind, and a pungent smell of rosin filled the air. Alyssa left without leaving a trace. He pulled out the dagger and played with it in his hand.
Box also put one hand on the hilt of the sword, and Fang Plover and Luo Hao exchanged glances. The latter understood, took a step back with his shield in hand, and walked to Jita and Luo Yu.
Although the people of Rufu's Shield may not be hostile, it's better to be careful in the dark.
The lit torches extend forward and reflect the uneven walls.
But this is actually a bit unnecessary for Fang Plover. Nearly two months have passed since the Idos incident. The dark vision he gained underground seems to have returned to him as time goes by. Of course, there is no trace of the past. Even in the pitch black where you can't see your fingers, you can still be as bright as day.
But at least in dim light conditions, you can get a rough idea——
It's a pity that the physical fitness and recovery bonuses he received back then have not returned to him yet.
And just as the Lich said, forcing himself to bear the power of Dragon King Lifgard did cause irreparable damage to his health.
However, he had only been away from Tansnir for half a day, and had only climbed a hundred or two hundred feet of the mountain wall with the help of his flying claws. He actually felt faintly weak in strength and even a little out of breath - he had only been active in the port before, and most of the time he had He hasn't noticed this yet, but now he feels it more and more clearly.
Of course, compared to strength professions such as warriors and knights, alchemists are not good at physical fitness, but as a combat craftsman with a branch of the Supreme Being, their physical fitness level is at least on the same level as that of Nightingales and Scouts. After all, this is not a traditional spell caster. To be precise, the alchemist has no ability to cast spells.
But with his current physical level, he is roughly on the same level as Jita and Luo Yu.
Fang Yu pressed his heart, feeling vaguely worried, but he thought about it and didn't want to make others worry, so he didn't say it out loud.
Not long after walking, a group of light appeared vaguely in front of us, and the road seemed to have come to an end.
There seemed to be a platform in that direction, semi-arc, suspended outside the cliff.
As I got closer, I saw that the platform was actually a piece of exposed sharp rock, but the edges had been smoothed.
Standing on the platform, it is easy to see the situation below - the winding coastline of Tansnir seems to have been split by a giant spirit with a knife, and the steep cliffs on both sides are sloping in one direction - —Due to the angle, only the curved arc of the edge of the land can be seen from the top of the cliff——
But you can’t see the miraculous creations below.
A gaping fjord.
The top is covered by clouds, and between the gaps in the clouds, you can vaguely see some huge cracks and quiet bays underneath the cliffs that are sunk in layer by layer.
Fang Yu roughly estimated the width of those places, and at least more than one fifth-level or lower warship could be hidden inside.
He really didn't know how the princess cleaned up this place. There was a spectacular natural maze underneath...
"They are in that place." The little fat man from Rufu's Shield pointed in a direction and said to him.
Fang Plover looked along the other person's finger and realized that the place was not too far away.
The edge of the land on Tansnir's side is a bit like layers of weathered shale. The cliffs above it are vertical, but downwards, they are in the shape of an inverted pyramid - the eroded rock layers peel off layer by layer, forming an inner layer. The sunken structure is like the foundation of a suspended castle - even forming the shape of bamboo shoots in some places.
It's just those sharp bamboo shoots, the smallest of which is at least a thousand meters in diameter. It's like a towering mountain in reverse.
But this is just the marginal ridge.
Fang Plover knew that the floating continent was far more than that 'thin'. Going further down, the thickest part of the ancient Kaolin-Ithurian continent could be hundreds of kilometers deep. As we all know, the bottom of the floating continent is located in the abyss, and almost no one knows what is directly below the continent.
But even the marginal areas are so intricate that it can be a headache.
The place Wu Xiaopang pointed to was only a few hundred meters away from them at most.
On the sunken mountain wall to their right, an artificial structure actually protruded out there. Fang Yu took a closer look and found that it was a floating trestle. This kind of temporary floating bridge is basically prepared for the parking of flying-wing ships. , but Fang Plover looked carefully and saw no one on the trestle, and there was no sign of a boat moored nearby.
"Occasionally you can see people on the trestle," the little fat man replied, "They are the guards."
"How are we going to get there?" Fang Yu asked.
"'Fly' over." Wu Xiaopang replied with gestures.
"How do you 'fly'?" Fang Yu looked at the other party in surprise.
Wu Xiaopang turned around, and at his signal, a member of Lufu's Shield took out a vest-like thing from his backpack and placed it in front of them.
"Flying Wing Backpack." Fang Plover saw the magic interface on the vest and immediately recognized what it was.
"This is an improved version," Wu Xiaopang took the backpack and demonstrated to them: "General flying wing backpacks use elemental feathers inspired from the main core crystal and can only glide. What's inside this flying wing backpack? The flying wing is a real object that is folded and folded. Although it is a little heavier, it can fly."
"Ornithopter?" Fang Plover immediately understood the principle of this thing.
The little fat man nodded.
"Are there so many of these things?" Fang Yu asked again.
"We have spares. Boss, there are only seven of you, which is more than enough." Wu Xiaopang guaranteed.
"etc."
Alyssa looked at the needle-thin trestle in the distance, her face not very pretty. She pointed there: "I said, this is not the point, right? You mean, we have to fly there?"
When she said this, the Papalar people also felt weak on their feet.
"Um...I, I'll just stay and relax..."
He looked at the distance between the two - a full three to four hundred meters, and this was not like walking on flat ground. There was only a cloud and mist below. If he accidentally flew sideways, there wouldn't even be a foothold on this cliff. Not at all.
As for where it fell, only God knows.
Parker's face turned green as he looked at the bottomless blue beneath the clouds. Beside him, Jita also had a pale face and bit her lip gently.
To be honest, Fang Yu felt a little scared in his heart. He couldn't help but look at these people and thought, when did these guys like Lu Fu's Shield become so crazy?
Only the box was holding the sword, and his dark eyes were shining with eagerness, as if he was very interested in this.
But Wu Xiaopang shook his head: "Don't worry, it's safe. We've tried it."
"Have you tried it?"
"We flew over quietly a few times at night. If the opponent's level hadn't been too high, we might have taken action then." Wu Xiaopang replied.
"How did you come back?" Alyssa asked in disbelief.
"There is something called a fixed-point teleportation scroll. You should know about it, right?" Wu Xiaopang turned around and looked at everyone and asked.
Fang Plover nodded.
That's actually the same spell as the Angel's Flash, with different uses. He suddenly understood what the other party was doing. There were several grades of fixed-point teleportation scrolls. Those above one thousand meters were almost sky-high, but those below one thousand meters, especially those between four and five hundred meters away, were not expensive either. unacceptable.
And if it is the kind of scroll that requires pre-set coordinates to be transmitted, it will be cheaper.
So as long as the other party presets this platform as the coordinates, and then uses a 500-meter fixed-point teleportation scroll, it can be easily transmitted back from there. Wu Xiaopang's team consisted of only about ten people. Even if they all went there, the cost of a round trip would only be more than 10,000 lisels.
"It's a pity that the fixed-point teleportation scroll needs to be preset with coordinates before it can be used, and I'm worried that leaving a magic mark there will be discovered by others," the little fat man licked his lips and replied with a bit of pity: "Otherwise, I'd preset a coordinate there. Coordinates don’t need to be such a troublesome thing.”
He then said: "Boss, everyone has a flying wing backpack and a fixed-point teleportation scroll. If it flies wrong, don't be afraid, just teleport it back. And the terrain here is higher, so it's not difficult to fly over. , we have tried it several times, and we have to be careful about turbulence in the middle, but in fact it is not a big problem."
Fang Yu pondered for a moment. This plan was extremely bold, but it did seem feasible.
Although Tianlan told them that there should be another way leading to the secret anchorage - not to mention that it would take time to find that way, and it was unlikely that the other party would not guard the only entrance to the trail in this place. Most of them are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and one man is in charge.
Breaking in from this direction will obviously be much more unexpected than the opponent. Maybe you can launch an offensive from behind the opponent to achieve the purpose of surprising victory.
He looked at the other person and asked, "What's the load of the flying wing backpack?"
The little fat man glanced at Luo Hao: "There is no problem in taking your iron guard and the equipment on it, but the tower shield must stay here."
"No problem." Luo Hao immediately replied: "This shield is just a blank slate, just leave it here."
"Okay," Fang Yu nodded when he heard this, and finally said, "That's it."
Although Alyssa was a little worried, after hearing his answer, she thought about it and calmed down. She even patted Kita on the shoulder, because Miss Naturalist was so nervous that she could hardly speak.
When Fang Piao saw Miss Nightingale's movements, he realized something. He thought for a moment and said, "Jita, how about you stay here?"
But what he didn't expect was that Jita looked at him and shook her head stubbornly.
"I, I am with you," Jita whispered: "Regiment, leader."
Fang Yu silently looked at Miss Naturalist for a moment, and then nodded.
He looked to Luo Yu aside, and Luo Yu also nodded to him.
Only Parker screamed: "No, everyone, please let me stay. I, I'm suddenly afraid of heights..."
"Okay," Fang Yu looked at this embarrassing thing and replied, "Luo Hao, throw him down."
"Okay." Luo Hao immediately rolled up his sleeves.
The Papalar man was so frightened that he almost rolled over and rushed behind Alyssa, screaming: "No, no, no, I was just joking... How could I be afraid of heights? Did I tell you last time? , the thing about me defeating that evil dragon on its back...?"
"Wait a minute, boss, have you ever killed other dragons!?"
Wu Xiaopang couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.
But Fang Yu pulled him aside speechlessly, indicating that he should ignore the guy. Although they have finalized the plan on how to carry out the operation, they still need to investigate the situation on the other side before taking action.
But the clockwork fairy was not very reliable here and could not be used for a long time, so he planned to ask the other party first what the terrain was like on the other side of the trestle.
But then Alyssa suddenly asked a digression: "How to distribute the spoils?"
Fang Yu was stunned for a moment before he remembered this question: "As for the trophies, I think..."
But Miss Nightingale glanced at him, smiled and interrupted: "What does the leader want to say?"
Fang Yu looked at her and saw that the other party was looking narrowly in this direction. His dark eyes seemed to be able to talk. The implicit meaning was: "Master, have you forgotten something?"
Only then did Fang Yu remember that he had been deprived of the right to negotiate. After a while of depression, he had to shut his mouth obediently.
Luo Xiaopang was not aware of the interaction between the two. Although he was a little surprised why Fang Yu suddenly stopped speaking - but he looked at Alyssa and had no idea about the distribution of the spoils. After all, where was the opponent's strength? , if they hadn't happened to meet Fang Plov and his party, they might have given up on this mission.
If the mission cannot be completed, the loot will naturally be meaningless.
"Actually, we just need to complete the task." He thought for a moment and replied.
But Alyssa shook her head: "Let's follow the rules, divide it into 80 and 20. If you are willing to participate in the battle, you can calculate it separately according to your contribution. But my suggestion is that the spoils should be kept by a dedicated person first and distributed uniformly after the battle. .”
The little fat man nodded. This proposal couldn't be more perfect. If assigned during the task process, it would not only waste time, but might also cause a lot of trouble.
In fact, this is now the mainstream distribution method. There are even methods of directly dividing the money after the loot is auctioned, because in this way the contribution value can be calculated to two or three decimal places.
The only test of this distribution method is that there must be enough mutual trust between the two teams, and the person responsible for keeping the loot must be reliable enough, but this is obviously not a problem for these two teams.
"Then leave the things to Mr. Ed for safekeeping." The little fat man replied.
Naturally, Alyssa would not object to such a proposal.
The other members of Rufu's Shield were not dissatisfied with this proposal. After all, the Seven Seas Brigade was destined to be the main force in this battle. As intelligence providers, an 82-80 split was considered an international practice. Alyssa's unbiased and fair proposal actually made people feel good about her.
Fang Yu also just figured this out. He originally planned to propose splitting the deal in half, but after thinking about it carefully, the Seven Seas Brigade would suffer too much.
The Seven Seas Troupe is not a luxurious adventure group.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch his nose, thinking that it was probably because he had stayed with the Dawn Star and the Seven Seas Brigade for too long. These two adventure groups have one thing in common, that is, the team atmosphere is very good and there are few distribution problems.
So I still have too little relevant experience.
Fang Yu could only comfort himself in this way.
Although as early as in Grande, he had already been unanimously voted by everyone to be deprived of the right to participate in interest-related negotiations on behalf of the Seven Seas Brigade because he was known as "losing power and humiliating the group."
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