159 Sky World

Like a awakened giant beast, the Waikong Fortress let out a low roar, and its huge body trembled in the rumbling roar, and stones continued to peel off from the outer wall. These signs were evidence that the fortress's floating mechanism was successfully activated. However, the fortress began to rise slowly against the operator's wishes. The two people in the secondary control room looked at the falling clouds outside the window, showing a panic expression.

"Hey, what's going on? Didn't it rise instead?" Qilin questioned someone.

"Yes...yes." Xiu De checked the dashboard in front of him with sweating profusely. "Strange, I did enter the landing command, why is this happening..."

"Catos was the guy who did it?"

"Impossible! There are no traces of use here and there is no control password, it is impossible to make any modifications to the control system unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless he makes fundamental modifications to the fortress's dynamic structure, the engineering volume cannot be completed in ten or eight years..."

Xiu De analyzed in cold sweat, and at this moment, a voice sounded behind him.

"That's right."

As this sounded, the hall's machine gate made a light crackling sound, and the stone dome covering the ceiling slowly closed, revealing the boundless sky around. The two of them looked at the changes in front of them in shock, and then they all turned their eyes to the person who walked out from behind the hall.

"You are..." Qilin frowned and looked in front of him. The strange middle-aged man subconsciously called out his name. "Catos?"

"Do I say this when I first met? The black-haired boy." Katos turned to Xiude and greeted him with a look of Rong. "And your Majesty, you have helped me a lot this time, and I should thank you."

"Catos, you... have really changed the dynamic structure of the entire fortress?" Xiu De stared at the prime minister and gritted his teeth to confirm.

"Yes." Catos nodded. "To be precise, it was from my grandfather's generation that Embrion's family spent a century on this work. But even so, the core part of the fortress was still protected by the control password. If His Majesty had not helped me break the ban set by your ancestors, I would have taken more time to get control of this fortress."

"You..." Xiude looked at him with disbelief. "You have all planned? Let's rush into the fortress and activate the secondary control system?"

"This is just one of many possibilities." Catos's mouth stretched out a contemptuous arc. "Whether the attack dragon armed forces, the Waikong Fortress, or you, everything is just a prop to realize my wish. And, as I expected, it works...it's just that."

"You guy!" Qilin was angry at these words, and clenched his fists and took a step. "Then you also expected that you would die here, right?"

"Don't worry, the black-haired boy." Catos pointed his hand at the surrounding sky. "It's okay to take my life at any time, but this kind of scenery is rare, so enjoy it."

"What?" Suddenly, the vision in front of me was covered with a thin layer of mist. Qilin looked around in surprise and found that the surrounding sky was shrouded in endless gray fog.

"This is..." Xiude was shocked. "Are you crazy? Catos, open such things into the sky world, do you know what the consequences will be!"

"The consequence? The fuse of the Second Sky War?" Catos shook his head mockingly. "It is impossible for such a thing to happen, the descendants of LaVillis. Those guys have been huddled in the Tower of Babel for hundreds of years and have no longer had the strength and courage to start a war with the dragon clan. This fortress rose into the sky without any defense, and the most likely result is that it was shot down again by the dragon clan."

"You know this, but you still have to let the fortress take off?" Xiu De asked incomprehensible.

"I've said that? This fortress and you are just props for my real wish. The so-called props are things that you throw after using them." Katos shook his head and turned to Qilin to ask a question. "Black-haired boy, you are very close to the Iserre family. Since that's the case, you should know what the gods really look like, right?"

"What does the heavenly being... really look?" Qilin frowned. He knew that Nuoyin and Charlotte were bleeding from the heavenly beings, but he didn't think there was any difference between them and ordinary people.

"So you don't know? Then let me tell you." Catos was not surprised, but explained it in an almost proud tone. "Heavenly beings are people with wings and can fly freely in the sky, that is, the existence closest to the sky. Whether it is a cyclist or an airship, these are just inferior products made by the guys from the Tower of Babel to replace the lost wings, which are proof of their self-giving."

"Lost...wings?"

"That's the phenomenon of group degeneration." Xiu De interrupted, and his always leisurely voice became a little heavier. "The heavenly beings were originally living in the sky realm with abundant air currents, and they evolved to freely manipulate air currents. That is the wings of the heavenly being... After the sky war, the heavenly being fell into the upper realm. Due to the lack of energy in the air currents in the upper realm, natural degeneration occurred. Now there are only a very small number of heavenly beings in the Tower of Babel. However, most heavenly beings have lost the ability to manipulate air currents."

"For those guys who are self-degenerate, it would be a good ending to decay on the ground like that." Catos sneered. "But Embrion did not give up. Retrieving the wings and retrieving the sky is the wish of our clan for hundreds of years. Awakening the Dragon Attack Armed Forces and the Waikong Fortress is just the first step of the plan, a process rather than a result. Although Tiana's failure was beyond expectations, it had no effect on the result."

Although it was joyful to learn that No Yin and the others had won, Katos' attitude made the two feel a great pressure. Qilin couldn't help but ask. "...what does it mean?"

"It means, I have got what I want..." Katos raised his hand as if he was about to wave away the fog around him, and his voice turned high.

"Look! This is what the sky really looks like!"

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The Waikong Fortress rushed out of the clouds and mist with a violent momentum, and the huge volume caused the surrounding sea of ​​fog to churn. From the fog sea of ​​tide to the clear sky, the dazzling sunlight made the Kirin squint his eyes. A few seconds later, his eyes adapted to the changes of light, and the Kirin who retrieved the sight witnessed the boundless blue again.

Looking upward is the pure and dustless sky, looking downward is the infinite sea of ​​clouds extending infinitely. Such a scenery is so exciting no matter when it is seen.

Last time the Qilin came with a wolf flame, this time he was alone in the environment of the sky realm, as if something was blending into the blood through breathing, and an incredible sense of lightness filled the body. The feeling of transformation directly illustrates the difference between the sky realm and the earth realm than any language.

"This...this is..." Xiu De seemed to have the same feeling as him. Looking at his hands, his face full of incredible feelings.

"Is this awesome feeling? Son of LaVillis." Catos' voice sounded. He closed his eyes and showed a trance expression like he was taking drugs on his face. "But my feeling is even stronger, and the feeling of the air flow constantly pouring into his body... Huh, if the ancestors of the LaVillis family were still there, they would regret the decision to let their descendants intermarry with humans, right?"

"What do you want to do?" Qilin, who noticed that something was wrong, took a step forward.

"Black-haired boy, you're one step late." Katos opened his eyes and looked at Qilin condescendingly. "Look at it well, this is what the gods really look like!"

In an instant, the dazzling light snatched the two of them from their sight. When they adjusted their focus and looked at them again, there was no longer Catos' figure in the original place.

“…Look upward, fools.”

The voice came from the top of his head. The two looked up and saw that Catos was proudly floating in the air, and two pairs of brilliant light wings appeared behind him. At the same time, an indescribable sense of pressure emanated from him.

"Tsk!" Qilin ran without saying a word, jumped up from the stone pillar next to him, and kicked Katos in the air.

He used ten percent of his strength in this kick, but was blocked by a glowing barrier in front of Catos. The barrier not only completely absorbed his power, but also doubled back. The unicorn bounced back to the ground like a cannonball, smashing the floor into a big pit.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Xiude ran over and helped him up and asked nervously.

"This move... is the same as Tiana's?" Qilin said in surprise.

"The Wicked Border is just a basic technique for manipulating the airflow. As the last generation of the pure blood celestial being, Tiana will certainly have this little trick." Catos looked at the Qilin and Xiude on the ground coldly, then stretched out his hand to the two, and saw a slight amount of photons gathering in his palms. "Then, this move is a trick to attack with the airflow energy, and its name is..."

"Breaking the Dome Gun!"

Suddenly, a light gun shot from the side, hitting Katos's crooked wall. The impact made his body shake twice.

"So you are here too, I am from the Tower of Babel..."

Catos turned his head and looked at the commander of the military police who was slowly walking towards him, frowned and said, "You appear here, which means that the ghost faces have failed?"

"The replicants have been dealt with, and now you are the only one left, the former prime minister." Novez had traces of hard fighting, but his steps were still calm.

"...I have heard before that you voluntarily give up your wings for women. Compared with those guys in Bibabel, you even fell to the ground..." Looking at the head of the military policeman walking towards him, Catos' expression full of unhappiness.

"The Tower of Babel has nothing to do with me." Northwes raised his sword and looked at Catos. "Now I am just a legal sword that punishes the evil party according to law... and kill him, Catos."

"Hmph, even if it is a pure blood species, what can you do without wings?" Katos obviously did not take the general military police seriously, raised his hand, and prepared to use the previously interrupted move again.

But this time, a wave of violent shock came from the side by the previous violent impact. The Waikong barrier emitted a violent red light. Catos shook it twice and almost fell down. He looked back in surprise, but saw that there was an extra beast-toothed giant sword in Qilin's hand. It was this giant sword just now that almost cut through his Waikong barrier.

"So it's not that it's invulnerable to swords and guns?" Qilin waved twice, then carried the giant sword on his shoulder and made a slashing posture. "Although I'm not a celestial being, I have some experience in fighting with airflow. Since I can't deal with you with empty hands, we'll change our weapons and start over again. Northwes, protect your Majesty and don't take action."

"...This is not a warrior's battle." Although Novis frowned, he still did not stop Qilin in the end.

Looking at the Kirin who was eager to try, Catos showed hesitation. Although it was a charming choice to eliminate the black-haired boy here, judging from the current situation, the price he would pay was probably beyond his imagination. This price made him hesitate, and at this moment, a long roar suddenly sounded in the distant sky.

The roar contained endless majesty and oppression. No other creature could make such a sound except for one creature.

Then, under everyone's astonished gaze, a fiery giant dragon appeared in the distant horizon and was waving its wings to fly towards it.

"...Although it's a shame, it's not the time to conflict with the dragon clan." Katos made a decision on the spot, manipulating the airflow slowly raised his height.

"Wait! Do you guy, do you want to run away?"

"I have retrieved my wings. This fortress is useless. Let me give it to you..." Katos looked down at the people below, and pulled a cold arc at the corner of his mouth. "But, without the protection of the dragon attacking armed forces, when can you last for the angry dragon? The black-haired boy. Humph! Hahahaha!"

Leaving ominous words, Catos disappeared into the sky. Everyone left on the fortress looked back at the red dragon that seemed to exude infinite tyranny, and everyone was covered in cold sweat.
Chapter completed!