Entering the wind tunnel, Poe noticed that compared to the other tunnels so far. The wind tunnels walls was way smoother and looked in better condition and for some reason the tunnel itself was also way bigger than the tunnel they had entered before. Maybe the tunnels got bigger the higher level the monsters inside were.
Thinking of this, Poe grabbed tightly around his trusted stick, before proceeding to cautiously move inside the wind tunnel followed by Lucia and now fully awake Ivy.
Having walked for some time, Poe soon came to the end of the wind tunnel. What spread out in front of him was an empty plane filled with what looked like pillars piercing into the sky. The end of the sky or ceiling of the cave was not visible.
Poe tried his best, but he could not even see the end to some of the pillars that decorated the wind cave in front of him. This place was much bigger than the cave Poe saw before.
"W-what are those pillars?"
Asked Poe, as he continued to gaze at the giant pillars piercing the sky above.
"Those? Ah, they are quite normal and can be found even outside the training ground. Some of them is even said to pierce through the sky and this is also what earned them the name sky pillars."
"Pierce the sky? What do you mean by that?"
Poe asked Lucia, with a confused look plastered onto his little face.
"Piercing the sky means just as it said, it pierces the sky above and goes beyond, but even I don't know what is beyond the sky. Only people above level 100 would know of things like that…"
"Woah… The place beyond the sky sounds like an amazing place…!"
Having said so, Poe displayed a look of yearning as he look up at the sky pillars on the plane in front of him.
"No need to get excited about the sky pillars inside this cave, they are not outside, and so they can't pierce the sky! They will grow bigger the higher level the monsters around them are, as for how that works? No idea…"
Hearing what Lucia said, Poe recovered from his excitement and finally turned towards the monsters that were flying around the cave, some were even living in small openings in the sky pillars…
[Majestic bird of the world, lvl 17]
[Bird of the sky, lvl 19]
[Bird of the earth, lvl 18]
[Bird of the sea, lvl 19]
Though they had weird names, they were still birds. The difference between them was that bird of the sky was white, bird of the earth was yellow and the bird of the sea was blue, quite a weird bunch.
However, the most awe inspiring one was the majestic bird of the world. The reason was quite simple; even though it was lower, level than the other birds it was clearly much stronger than the rest, there was only one in the cave from what Poe, Lucia, and Ivy could see.
"T-that is a majestic bird of the world! H-how come such a strong monster is here?!"
Lucia said, while having some fear in her voice. Apparently, the bird of the world was strong.
Maybe it was because of the location of the wind tunnel, but Poe, Lucia and Ivy were the only people present in the cave. Maybe the others before them met with the giant bird Lucia feared?
Thinking this, Poe was also quite scared as he sent a fearful look towards the big bird floating around the cave.
Ivy on the other hand looked quite excited as she looked at the Majestic bird of the world like she finally found a worthy opponent, Poe was almost sure that if Lucia did not stop her, she would have already started attacking the giant bird floating around the cave.
Lucia even said that Ivy could fight the bird if she managed to reach level 17 and be on the same level as the bird. Maybe Ivy was stronger than she had shown so far…
Thinking this, Poe looked towards the girl shooting fire at all the birds in the surroundings with renewed fear, even if the majestic bird of the world was scary it could not compare to the grand pervert Ivy.
[Gained 15 EXP + 65 EXP: group member killed a monster without your help]
[Gained 10 EXP + 60 EXP: group member killed a mon…]
[Gained 7 EXP + 60 EXP: group mem…]
Poe was also quite surprised when he saw how fast he got EXP, but as he looked at Ivy's killing spree he kind of understood where the EXP came from, even Lucia wore a surprised expression. Maybe she had never seen her sister work so hard before?
With the speed of Ivy killing of the monsters, Poe reached level 12, while Lucia reached level 15 after only 2 hours of hunting for monsters.
Poe and Lucia decided that it was time for a break, as they were quite exhausted after the 2 hours of hunting birds, even if they only killed 15 or so birds… Ivy on the other hand had started a slaughter and the casualties on the bird's side were in the hundreds, but she was still in full spirit.
The reason was simple, as Ivy had reached level 17 she was now allowed to fight the majestic bird of the world.
Poe decided to look at his status, as they were going to hold a break before Ivy went to fight the majestic bird of the world.
Poe, class TRAIL underway
Race: Elf
Lvl 12, EXP required: 4000
HP: 80/80
MP: 730/730
STR: 5.5
VIT: 8
INT: 73
WIS: 54
AGI: 14
SP(stat points): 10
SK(skill points): 2
Active skills: [Mana Manipulation, lvl 7]; [Mana Ball, lvl 6]; [Mana Enchantment lvl, 3]; [Mana Ball Barrage lvl, 4]; [Inspect, lvl 3]
Passive skills: [Fall Resistance, lvl 1]; [Stick Mastery, lvl 5]; [Mana veins, lvl 1]
Titles: [Part of the Elven Race]; [Bookworm]; [Mana Stream]; [Master Mind]; [Class killer]
However, just as Poe was about to put his beloved stat points into intelligence a shock wave spread through the entire floor making Poe's finger slip across his status screen and accidently put his stat points into agility.
Poe, looking quite pissed looked towards the one who made him waste 10 precious stat points.
[Majestic bird of the world, lvl 17]
A Giant bird with a wingspan of at least 10 meters was flying towards them while clearly showing an enormous killing intent. The majestic bird of the world that was the monster coming towards them, Poe had only seen it from a distance before and did not think that it would be that big.
Seeing it so close, Poe could not help his body shaking in fear as he turned towards Lucia and Ivy. Lucia also looked quite scared; Ivy on the other hand just smiled as she saw the bird closing in.