Such a barren land was completely contradictory to the “amazing and colorful place” Sailum expected.
Sailum peeked from the window with a disappointed expression. He still had hope. They had not seen any structures from here, and that meant there could be surprises.
However, another announcement from the first mate interrupted his idea.
“Arriving. The Savage is about to land. All talents gather at the exit.”
They could feel the airship going down slowly. Sailum checked from the window again. There was only desolation.
Nausica smiled at him, “We’re already lucky enough to join Brute Cavern. Try not to think too much.” She turned away, “I’m going to get my things. Let’s meet at the exit.”
Angor bid farewell to the sulking Sailum and returned to his room for his luggage and bird.
On the narrow passageway in the airship, Angor ran into the other talents, who all snickered at him. They probably should, considering how Angor looked like.
He was carrying too much and most of his luggage belonged to Toby!
The two large oil paintings made his packet extra oversized. He was like bringing a traveling tent with him. Of course, those who saw him were all laughing in secret.
Angor complained at Toby, who disregarded its master with a raised beak. Angor messed up Toby’s feathers in frustration until they began to ball up and Toby tweeted in protest, which did not help the bird escape from Angor’s “demonic fiddle”. In the end, Angor still had to carry all the stuff.
Angor reached the gathering point with a pile of things on his back. He did not see Sunders and Flora. Only the talents and Phantom Servants were here.
The talents walked off the airship one after one, following the instructions of the servants.
When everyone had left the ship, the Phantom Servants boarded The Savage again and disappeared from people’s view.
Ten talents and a bird stood on the barren, brown earth.
The cold wind on the highlands blew over, causing everyone to shiver.
People looked around. They only saw endless grass fields. They were standing on the slope of a plateau, with a bottomless abyss about a hundred meters away from their position. Every direction led to more wasteland. There were no traces of buildings.
So… where was Brute Cavern?