Chapter 77.2 (1/2)

“Cordelia!”

“I leave Kaplan to you!”

They didn’t realize it because of the snow, but the place where they were standing was actually a gap between the cliffs of the canyon.

Cordelia hurriedly grabbed Kaplan and used <Fly> magic to reduce their falling speed, while Jude kicked the debris as he created a whirlwind.

“Jude!”

“Don’t worry!”

Golden whirlwinds spun around Jude, and he used the whirlwinds to reduce his falling speed, as well as kicking the vertical sides of the canyon several times to prevent himself from falling vertically.

It was obviously not easy.

Twenty-Four Gale Steps was a footwork technique that could also be used as a fighting skill, but it wasn’t a flying skill that could be used to travel through the sky.

Jude focused and concentrated again.

At the same time that he created new whirlwinds, he read the direction of the wind between the cliffs.

While riding on the wind, he estimated in his mind the trajectory of his fall.

He kicked the sides again.

He corrected his trajectory and looked around him. He couldn’t see anything, but he felt everything through his senses.

It got darker and darker.

Then came a sound.

The sound of the rubble that had fallen first.

It wasn’t a splashing sound.

It wasn’t a booming or breaking sound either.

Thud.

There was a snowfield below.

Though it was quite deep.

But it was clear from the sound that the snow was not completely soft. The snow piled up below would have been frozen.

“Jude!”

He heard Cordelia’s voice once again.

Since she was using <Fly> magic, Cordelia was falling at a much more stable pace than Jude, but Kaplan was a problem.

Though Cordelia’s physical ability had been strengthened because she was above level 40, her arms that were holding Kaplan, who had the weight of three adult men, were already sore and exhausted.

But she was more worried about Jude rather than her arms or fingers.

“Jude!”

Because Cordelia had already landed down, she was able to confirm Jude’s location when she looked up.

But not for Jude. As he struggled to ride the wind while in the middle of several whirlwinds, he found it hard to check what was below him.

“Cordelia!”

Jude shouted again. After he clearly remembered the direction from where he heard Cordelia’s voice, he used the wind to guide him to that place.

Shmon in martial arts novels. The character gets chased by villains and falls off the cliff. Somewhere under/below the cliff, they find a superb martial arts skill book, elixir, etc., and once they learn/consume it, they/their martial arts become stronger.

And at this moment, their group really fell off the cliff.

“Even if this is the wild lands, a canyon like this is uncommon. The direction is also right…so it’s highly likely to be connected with Raptor Canyon.”

Moreover, the Raptor Canyon was home to the ruins of the magic kingdom that was built by the ancient elves.

“Why is Kaplan from the Argon Empire here?”

“Is it because of the ruins of the magic kingdom?”

The two arrived at that conclusion.

When it came to ruins exploration, Kaplan was the best in Legend of Heroes 2.

Though he had an adventurous side such as always being chased by someone or escaping from traps, he was a real archeologist.

“It’s amazing. His bad luck was real.”

They couldn’t believe that they fell down from a cliff that was hidden under the snow.

As Cordelia blinked her eyes and looked down on Kaplan, Jude also shrugged.

“Well…this is a magical world.”

There was at least one magical person like this.

“Eh…by the way, we lost our luggage again.”

Cordelia said with a tearful face.

There were new items that they brought when they left the village of the Gentle Snow Breeze tribe, but they lost it this time again.

“But with Kaplan’s luggage, it’ll work out somehow.”

Jude said in consolation, and he looked around again before waking up Kaplan.

Because it was Kaplan, so he had to look around just in case.

“Wow, it’s real.”

“What?”

“I mean, there’s a place where we could take a rest.”

They saw a small cave that had a low entrance, but it looked to be good enough for a place where they could rest.

“How miraculous.”

“Well then, let’s go.”

Jude and Cordelia grabbed each of Kaplan’s legs and arms and trudged towards the cave. Once they arrived, they let out voices of admiration again.

“Wow, for real.”

“How is this even possible?”

Because when they saw it up close, it was not a natural cave but an artificial one.

Although it was worn out by the long passage of time, they were able to ascertain that the words inscribed in the cave was the ancient elf language.

“I think we must be really near the Raptor Canyon.”

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why inscriptions of the ancient elves suddenly appeared in the canyon.

Cordelia stared at the fainted Kaplan’s face as if he was really amazing, while Jude frowned as he tried to interpret the ancient elf language.

It wasn’t because he didn’t know how to read the ancient elf language, but rather, the erosion was so severe that it was difficult to recognize the letters.

A few seconds passed by like that.

This time, it was Jude who let out an astounded voice.

“What on earth…”

“Why? Is it a treasure trove?”

“No, it was just so out of the blue. No, is there anything more unexpected than this?”