Sky World Vol 1 Chapter 1.8

VOLUME 1

Chapter 1: Altaria Island
Part 8

The guild that Eri and Kasumi joined was called the “Crimson Scarf Knight a.s.sociation.”

They were the only guild that operated on Altaria Island.

In the beginning, there were other adventurers who found themselves sp.a.w.ned on Altaria Island’s single start point. However, most of them got airship tickets and flew away to the rest of the world.

That happened back when Sky World was just an MMORPG.

In those days, the airship came once roughly every six days.

This was because, back when Sky World was an MMORPG, one hour in the real world was equivalent to one day in Sky World. Time moved 24 times faster.

Now, the airship’s next planned arrival on this island was in two months.

“I can’t wait that long&h.e.l.lip;”

Jun checked the items that dropped from the Dread Sphinx’s corpse back at his room in the inn. Sitting cross-legged on his bed, he went through and cast identification spells on each and every one of them.

Standing nearby with her hands on her hips and a serious face, Kasumi said, “I ‘fell’ from the outside world. I have companions there. I need to go back.”

She described her story to Jun. One month earlier, she and her friends were together flying in the airship in the skies above this island when a battle event occurred. Due to the monsters’ attacks, she was pushed off the airship.

Then, something fortunate &h.e.l.lip; or rather, unfortunate happened. Because of a floating spell cast on her, her body slowly fluttered down like a feather, taking no damage upon hitting the ground.

The place where she fell, however, was coincidentally the location of a bind point. As soon as her feet touched the ground on this island, she was at the bind point, and she was automatically bound to the island.

Shortly afterwards, she even tried dying as a means of getting off the island, but she would revive at that bind point every time.

“Sakuya&h.e.l.lip; was it? Have you tried contacting her and the others?”

“Unfortunately, I left the bag with my communication stone in my cabin on the airship&h.e.l.lip;”

Communication stones, in simpler terms, were devices that function as communication devices among players. They were sold in magic shops as a pair of round stones. By giving one of the stones to somebody else, you could use the other one to communicate with between the holders of the two stones. This was similar to a “Tell” command used between friends in MMORPGs.

In other words, not only could Kasumi not escape from this island, but she could not even communicate with her friends.

“So you miss them a lot, huh? Have they not tried to help you out yet?”

“No, but I’m still waiting for the chain quest CD to end, since I want to get that done before I leave.”

“The Fuelfai Campaign?”

“Yeah. Do you know about it?”

“I haven’t done it yet, but I’ve heard the name pa.s.sed around here and there. Don’t you have to go to 17 islands over the course of one month? However, the reward is a pa.s.sport required to take the airship up to the fourth island ring.”

“Because I already failed it once, I can’t do try it again for another 3 months. I promised them I would do it.”

It had just been barely three months since players were taken to this world.

On the other hand, three months was a long time. Three months from now, who knew what the players would be doing? What would become of this world? Not a single person knew.

“However, most likely, everybody has been worrying. Until I escape this island , I’ll be worrying everybody. I don’t want to be a burden to them.”

“So that’s why you were trying to get the honey on your own.”

“Yeah&h.e.l.lip; but in the end, I just made trouble for you.”

“That was just one battle I happened to pa.s.s by. You helped me get information about the town. Uh, as for your friends&h.e.l.lip; are they aiming to reach the first island ring?”

Aion was on the first island ring.

It was said that those who made it there could have a wish of theirs come true.

Three months ago, people unwilling to stay in the world of Sky World tried numerous different methods to return.

None of their attempts succeeded.

Their last hope was a rumor circulating among players about Aion.

“We want to return to the real world. If that method even has a slight chance of working, we’ll try and do it. We vowed to each other. So&h.e.l.lip;”

“So you don’t want to be a burden on them, nor do you want to worry them.”

“Correct.”

They had decided that they would definitely return to their own world.

Kasumi went on to talk about the real reason for which she came into Jun’s room.

“Please, Jun-san.”

She lowered her head and kneeled on the floor.

“Can you make me, Kasumi Yukasaki, your pupil?”

Bewildered, Jun scratched the back of his head.