northernbook Chapter 310 Ochikanata (2)
Chapter 310 Ochikanata (2)
Upon entering Ochikana Tower, everyone was awestruck by the magnificent ruins. It was hard to imagine how spectacular Ochikana Tower must have been with the support of the dragon race's technology.
However, all of this was no longer relevant to them. Recalling the conversation between the captain and the consciousness of Ochikan, whose ID was Turquoise, in the group chat before departure, they learned that the clear disc was indeed stored inside the Serpent Ship.
The reason his body lingered increasingly in Ochikanata was precisely this: to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from obtaining the walkthrough disc. After all, it concerned someone's plan, and if that plan succeeded, then Nata would be in danger.
As for the specifics of the plan, Ochikan didn't say, but the captain guessed it was likely something Kiana had asked him to do.
The captain then shared his guess, and Ochikan was surprised to confirm it. With that, the truth became clear, and the captain, along with Kong and Paimon, explained the whole situation.
"So that's how it is. In other words, the truth behind the so-called Trial of the Dragon is that a fire dragon king is artificially cultivated, and then it is allowed to choose whether or not to activate that Viclopochtli?"
The captain nodded in affirmation of Paimon's question, and Kong began to ponder the meaning of his previous series of journeys to undergo the trials of the Dragonborn.
At first, they only encountered the little guy in that strange space, and later learned about the little guy's situation from a dragon researcher. Now that they think about it, that researcher is very likely one of the identities of the fire-stealing sage Kukulkan.
Its purpose is also obvious: it hopes that Kong Neng can take the little guy to complete all the trials and finally arrive at the holy city under the volcano. As for whether to activate Viclopochtli, that depends on the little guy's choice.
Thinking of this, Sora subconsciously looked at the little guy next to him. After feeling Sora's gaze, the little guy also looked at Sora with a blank look, tilted his head in confusion, and then patted his belly on his own, as if to tell Sora not to worry, he would definitely not let him down.
Back to the present, the captain and Kong have successfully entered the interior of the Ochikanata Tower. The surrounding area is filled with dilapidated buildings and a large number of abyssal monsters. These are remnants of the abyss's past invasion of this place. Even though the abyss has receded and Kiana has temporarily isolated it from the outside world, there are still many abyssal monsters here.
Looking up, one can vaguely see a huge frozen throne standing on the central castle in the distance. It is said that this is where the captain finally merged with the God of Night. Unfortunately, only Mavica, the captain, Sitlari, and Ororen, who brought the captain, were present at the time.
It is unknown for what reason that the traces of the abyss here had disappeared without a trace until the captain completed his redemption and sat on the throne, and the abyss here slowly began to be observed by the people of the Flower Feather Society.
The resurgence of Ochikan has hindered those who came to cleanse the abyss, causing it to overflow again, but fortunately, it has not worsened so far.
Unfortunately, at that time, Kong was invited to Fontaine because of another crisis that was not foretold in Fontaine. After participating in the final battle with the Abyss, he was invited to Fontaine. Therefore, he did not know much about what happened after Nata.
As for why Sora received the invitation, it was because of Kiana's instructions. Kiana told Navelette that she would soon leave this world after resolving the Nata Abyss Invasion incident, so if any problems arose that she couldn't solve, she should ask Sora for help.
Afterwards, the captain and the others cleared out the abyssal monsters along the way while avoiding Ochikan's gaze, and finally arrived at the interior of a building where Turquoise and the soul of a person named Bona who awakened Turquoise, or rather, a person from hundreds of years ago, converged.
Since the group chat connected several worlds, Sora's world has also begun communicating with Hikari's world, where she is a traveler. Sora also learned a lot from Hikari about what would have happened, and their adventures together.
Unfortunately, whenever the conversation turned to things related to Nata, the group chat always managed to precisely prevent Sora from learning any information about the future. At first, Sora was quite annoyed by this, but then he thought that perhaps the group chat didn't want to completely change his adventure, so he let it go.
After all, to paraphrase a statement from a world he had previously transmigrated to, spoilers are shameful, and Sora genuinely hates them. He had watched quite a few anime and dramas in that world, but unfortunately, there were always people spoiling later episodes in the comments, significantly diminishing his viewing experience.
Ying seems to have already begun her journey to the volcano to complete the final trial. She has also learned the truth about the so-called trial of the dragon, but Ying still intends to leave the final choice to her little ridge dragon, because Ying believes that her little dragon will not disappoint her.
Incidentally, Ying named her little ridge dragon "Rotuo Dragon King" out of a mischievous mood, which greatly annoyed both the Rotuo Dragon King of this world and the Rotuo Dragon King of that world who regained his rationality through the power of the group chat.
According to Ying's description, if a dragon is given a specific name, it will show resistance because of the owner of that name. This is the case with dragons like Morax, and even with the name Ruo Tuo. However, there is no problem when the name "Dragon King" is added after it. Heaven knows why.
In short, Ying has already begun the final trial, and as her older brother, Kong naturally doesn't want to lag behind his sister, even though this sister isn't from his own world and he isn't her brother either.
After meeting Bona and Turquoise, the two simply and clearly explained their purpose. After all, they were also in the group chat and naturally understood their situation. Bona had already accepted the fact that she was dead and now she only had one wish, which was to help Turquoise fulfill his wish.
In other words, we need to put him to a complete sleep, which requires weakening his body and then allowing the turquoise to fuse with his body again. This way, the complete Ochikan will return to the world, and we can then kill him completely.
(The Ochikan below represents his dragon body, while his consciousness is represented by turquoise.)
However, achieving this is no easy feat, because Ochikan's goal remains the walkthrough disc on the Serpent Ship. As long as this disc remains hidden, Ochikan will not engage in a life-or-death struggle with the others. Furthermore, Ochikan's desire to escape gives them the advantage of flight, making it difficult to catch him, let alone kill him.
Therefore, the captain suggested first boarding the Serpent Ship and using the walkthrough disc to lure the enemy out. Then, they would deliberately let Ochikan steal the walkthrough disc, and during the pursuit, they would find a way to shoot him down and make Turquoise merge with him again. Finally, the group would defeat him and hand him over to Kong to purify the abyss within him.
The plan has been drawn up, but there is one problem to be solved before that: the abyssal shield surrounding Ochikan's body.
Over the years, the abyss had completely eroded Ochikan's body, forming a special dimensional barrier around it. Fortunately, this dimensional barrier could be broken by elemental forces.
However, Ochikan flies in the air and will not easily land. To break through that protective shield, the only option is to rely on Turquoise, the only one with anti-air capabilities.
Therefore, everyone needed to clear a sufficiently spacious area so that Turquoise could deal with Ochikan in peace. After discussion, everyone finally decided to choose the square outside this building as the location.
However, before that, we need to deal with the abyssal monsters and the corruption of the abyss. Although Sora can absorb and purify the abyss, he is still powerless against the abyss that has been rooted here for a long time. Not to mention that Sora's power mainly works on living beings.
However, most of the monsters here are mimicking monsters created by the Abyss's filth. Kong's abilities become useless in the face of these monsters. After all, these monsters are essentially a mass of illusory power. Absorbing them is equivalent to absorbing the Abyss. Kong can handle a few, but the reality is that most of the monsters roaming outside are these mimicking monsters. Kong's absorption and purification abilities alone are simply not enough.
Even the captain could only shake his head at this. After all, if it were Honkai energy or imaginary energy, he would still have a way to absorb it. But the nature of the Void Force is closer to the ether energy in the Sea of Quanta, and the captain is not in a good position to deal with this energy.
Besides Seele, the only other two who could handle the situation were Shigure and Kira, but one of them was currently engrossed in improving her singing voice, and the other was traveling around with Bronya. The captain was really embarrassed to ask them to come with him to deal with Nata's affairs.
Firstly, Shigure Kira only cares about Cecilia and people related to her. Although the Captain is Kiana's official boyfriend, Shigure Kira seems to categorize him as part of Siegfried's group. Therefore, Shigure Kira harbors some hostility towards the Captain. After all, Shigure Kira has long since noticed Bronya and Mei's feelings for the Captain, which she sees as a complete three-timing. How could she not be hostile?
Secondly, Bronya and Seele hadn't seen each other for a while, and their relationship had become incredibly close, like a honeymoon. To this day, the Captain still doesn't understand what Bronya's psychology was that led her to fall for him, and as for Seele, he doesn't understand why his affection for her had skyrocketed just from spending a few worlds with her, almost causing a dramatic scene when he first met Bronya in the Sea of Quanta.
But all that is in the past. If Seele were to come now, she would definitely bring Bronya along, and then the objective would likely include many additional targets. The captain doesn't want to follow Bronya around taking pictures anymore, but this place can indeed serve as material for Bronya's photography. She'll discuss it with her after this is over.
So the captain silently kept this in mind, and then discussed with the others what to do next.
The good news is that turquoise has the ability to purify the abyss, but its range is limited. Everyone needs to find a way to clear out the monsters before searching for nodes so that turquoise can purify them.
After discussing their strategy, everyone left the building. It has to be said that since Turquoise helped, the Void Force shields on these Abyss monsters became much easier to deal with. They broke the shields in no time, causing these mimic monsters to lose their form and revert to their original appearance. They were then dealt with by everyone with overwhelming force.
Before long, the abyssal monsters at the bottom of Ochikan Tower were cleared out, and the next step was to go to the designated place to wait for Ochikan to appear.
Because there were no more abyssal monsters nearby, the group's presence became particularly noticeable, and Ochikan quickly discovered their whereabouts.
Upon seeing Ochikan appear, the group began to act according to plan, with Turquoise providing the main damage output while the others were responsible for defending against Ochikan's attacks.
Soon, the Void Force shield around Ochikan was broken, and Turquoise also gathered its power and unleashed a powerful beam of light at Ochikan in the air.
The beam of light successfully struck Ochikan, who then landed in full view of everyone on the adjacent plaza. This was the platform that once led to the upper area, where huge streams of gaseous phlogiston would normally rise into the sky. However, this stream was now blocked because of Ochikan.
To release that blast of energy, they needed to defeat Ochikan and make him lose control of the area. So, taking advantage of the moment before Ochikan recovered, everyone rushed in and defeated him. Once Ochikan was completely gone, the phlogiston blast of energy was restored.
Riding the phlogiston current, the group quickly arrived at the upper area, where they needed to find the corresponding mechanism to open the path to the Sky Serpent Ship.
At that time, as long as you find the same Fire Scale Stone as Bona and place it inside the Sky Serpent Ship, you can reach the location of the completion disc. At that time, Ochikan will definitely appear and steal the completion disc.
After that, as long as Turquoise finds an opportunity to hit Ochikan, it can completely knock down Ochikan, which has lost its Void Force shield. After all, Ochikan at that time will definitely take the full force of Turquoise's attack in order to protect the completion disc.
That kind of attack, capable of purifying the abyss, was definitely not something that Ochikan could easily withstand at its current state. In the time that followed, based on Turquoise's memories, the group quickly activated the mechanism to reach the Sky Serpent Ship.
As expected, the so-called road was a specific route formed by gaseous phlogiston. Fortunately, Bona, being from the Flower Feather Society, knew how to fly in the phlogiston flow. Turquoise and Paimon, since they could fly, naturally followed Bona's flight path and were also affected.
But the captain and the air force couldn't do that. Firstly, they didn't have the skills to fly in phlogiston airflow, and secondly, they couldn't fly either, so they needed to find another way.
Fortunately, Sora can possess the Winged Dragon or a nearby Winged Dragon Soul and use the Winged Dragon's body to fly. The captain instructed Ai-chan to keep an eye on Sora's coordinates and to teleport the captain there as soon as Sora's coordinates stopped moving.
With that, the method of landing on the Serpent Ship was determined. Bona then began to ascend using the pheromone currents, while Sora and the others followed behind Bona, rising higher and higher under the captain's watchful eye until their figures completely disappeared into the clouds.