Chapter 212 It's raining! It's raining! Successfully splitting the sky and sea.
The scene was truly terrifying; the Sky Sea had really become a sea in the sky. Shu Xin was still shaken. If it weren't for Bletzman's warning, it would have been too late to take action when the torrential rain started pouring down!
The demons, however, remained calm. These hybrids were born in elemental storms, and without exception, every battlefield in the dimensional demon realm that could generate elemental storms was a site of large-scale wars. Legendary elemental life forms like red dragons and griffins were not uncommon, and scenes of splitting the sky and shaking the earth and moving mountains and seas were even more common.
The demons, who had received professional training from Bratzman, quickly divided up their tasks and scattered in all directions. Some went to detect the area of the sky sea, some went to sense the water element concentration of the cumulonimbus clouds, and some went to explore the element concentration of the sky sea. Naturally, some flew to more distant places to find suitable airspace.
When the demons regrouped, it meant the preparations were complete. Shu Xin and Xi confirmed this, then raised their voices and called out:
"Elana—Elana—we need your help—"
As faint spatial fluctuations appeared, one after another, the Wind Feather Eagles quietly descended from higher ground.
The leader of the Wind Feather Eagles was naturally the majestic Elana. Having not seen her for a long time, Shu Xin felt that she had become even stronger. The magical fluctuations she emitted were quite imposing. The pale blue magical radiance that used to linger around Elana was no longer visible, but only flowed and shimmered faintly on each of her snow-white feathers.
After noticing the spatial fluctuations, Shu Xin realized why she hadn't been able to see the white-feathered birds before—they all lived in a dimensional space!
Unlike its initial businesslike approach when it first met the Flower Fairy, this large bird, almost as tall as the demon, glided down, folded its wings, gently poked its head out, and lightly rubbed its smooth feathers against the Flower Fairy's cheek to show affection.
Shu Xin was flattered. She thought to herself that the caravan and the white-feathered birds must get along very well, otherwise Elana wouldn't be so close to her.
In fact, Elana was quite satisfied with the flower fairies of the Land of Sin.
The food supply was timely, and it was full of magic and very fresh. Even when the land suffered from drought, the white-feathered birds never lacked water and food. They rarely encountered life-threatening dangers on their journeys as flower fairies not only had abundant magic and quick reflexes, but they were also well-protected. From time to time, a magical cat with a terrifyingly powerful aura would accompany them to protect them. Over such a long period of time, their population not only did not decrease, but even expanded!
This made subsequent communication exceptionally smooth and harmonious. Elana naturally agreed to Shuxin's request. The white-feathered birds would release large-scale group wind magic when the demons were dividing and transporting the Sky Sea, thus helping the demons to complete the division of the Sky Sea better and faster.
The demons solemnly began casting their spells, and the birds flapped their wings, summoning a strong wind. The division of the sky and the sea began:
The layers of cumulonimbus clouds piled up on the sky and sea surface were the first to be carefully moved away;
Next, the water in the core of the Sky Sea, where the water element is most concentrated, was poured into the time bottle that had been emptied in advance. The hydrogen sulfide that was originally placed in the time bottle had been consumed as gaseous fertilizer. Shu Xin worked overtime to make many element bottles and transferred the remaining hydrogen sulfide away.
Next was the mixed water body at the edge of the Sky Sea, which was between the cloud layer and the water layer. After being carefully and meticulously cut around by the demons, it was taken away by the Wind Feather Eagles. The birds liked these mixed water bodies very much, and Shu Xin guessed that they should use them to place nests and take daily baths.
Finally, the sky and sea, which had regained their tranquility, were cut apart. The white-feathered birds, who could earn extra money by going out to help, worked hard to summon gusts of strong wind. Watching the figures of the demons and the small pieces of sky and sea that had been cut off fly away quickly with the help of the wind, Shu Xin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
When we got back to the ground, a light drizzle was still falling.
I don't know which flower fairy is singing a lullaby to the child, the light and cheerful song carried by the breeze and the drizzle drifting to Shuxin's ears:
It's raining! It's raining!
The clever baby flies and hides under the mushroom.
It's raining! It's raining!
The clever baby flies and hides under the leaves.
It's raining! It's raining!
The clever baby flies, flies, and flies into Mommy's arms!
The news of the impending flood was not communicated to all the flower fairies; for most ordinary people, the rain that fell from the sky arrived as they had been eagerly anticipating it.
The cool raindrops dispelled the oppressive heat of the past and soothed the restlessness in people's hearts. The parched earth was moistened, and the sprouting crops were watered. After the rain, everything was washed clean and sparkled, full of vitality and hope.
This rain just seems to have lasted a little too long—
It's been raining for a whole week and hasn't stopped.
The flower fairies suddenly realized that it wasn't the rainy season yet!
The newly arrived civilians in this land of sin began preparing to store food. They had grown accustomed to their perilous lives and, despite not having received any prior notice, were already prepared for the possibility of flooding.
But when they actually started taking action, they found that their daily lives seemed no different from before.
Regarding food, the amount of food I receive each day has not decreased:
All the various aquatic vegetables were still freshly picked, and you could choose whatever you wanted; they were all crisp, tender, and juicy.
The fish and mutton are freshly slaughtered, categorized, and all fresh and delicious. Families with young children can also receive an extra serving of goat milk.
The number of gray bird eggs only increased, and they were brought home one after another. There was simply too much to eat!
Come to think of it, the dungeon has vast fields of waterweed and moss, and the gray bird and snow sheep farms are far away in the Twin Moon Snowfield. Even if the Land of Sin suffers a flood, it won't affect the dungeon or the Twin Moon Snowfield.
Because gray bird eggs can't be kept for long, some flower fairies have started using the salt powder they've distributed to make salted eggs and sell them to the Flower Castle. These are a side dish that would cause ordinary flower fairies to get a fever if they ate even a little bit of it, but it's said that the Flower Fairy can eat ten of them in one meal! No wonder she's the Flower Fairy!
As for clothing, getting clothes wet in the rain was indeed a problem, and flower fairies with poor health were at risk of getting fevers. However, after three days of continuous rain, magical cloaks with large hoods that could block the wind and rain were distributed.
Although we were told that these magic cloaks had a limited lifespan and could only be used for a maximum of three months, even in the worst disaster, it shouldn't rain for more than three months during the dry season, right?
As for their lodgings, the newly arrived flower fairies all live in underground caves. If there is too much water on the ground, they will easily be flooded. However, it has been raining for a week, and no one's dwelling has been flooded. It turns out that "rune stones" with transfer magic circles have been placed in various low-lying areas in advance, and all the water has been transferred to the empty salt lake area of the underground city.
…These “runestones” that serve as carriers of magic arrays are all very strange and unusual. Some look like feathers of large birds or scales of large fish, some look like claws of beasts, and some are even large pieces of snake molts. The magical aura is very clean, and most of them are firmly buried in the soil, making them difficult to spot without careful observation.
The flower fairy who first discovered these strange "rune stones" was a young woman who loved adventure stories. She excitedly found the patrol team and said that she had found a golden scale covered with mysterious runes and magic arrays near her home. She believed that it was very likely a key left by the guardian beast of an ancient treasure to open a mysterious underground treasure.
They were told that the runestones were placed there by the demon engineering team to move the accumulated water. They had shifted slightly due to the impact of the rain. The runes on them were not mysterious at all, and the magic circle was not complicated. They were just the most basic transfer magic circle drawn in Elvish.
The kind patrol members reburied the "runestone" and advised the young man to take advantage of his day off to attend classes in the teaching area. He didn't need to learn anything too complicated; just learn all the commonly used characters. After all, it wouldn't be good if all the demons could draw magic circles in elven script, but you, a flower fairy, couldn't read a single character!
Because the young man was so excited and kept shouting about it, this rather comical incident spread widely, and it must be said that the final outcome was quite educational.
However, the exact nature of these "rune stones" remains a mystery. Some flower fairies believe they are spoils of war from the demons, originating from their past prey, while others believe they are souvenirs from pets the demons once kept.
A flower fairy who worked in the dungeon asked a demon she knew well. Unexpectedly, the demon smiled awkwardly and said that it didn't matter. As long as the water was dealt with in time, that was fine. Everyone's ideas made sense. It could be considered a trophy or a souvenir. It was fine either way.
...Therefore, the true origin of the "runestone" remains a mystery to the flower fairy commoners.
Finally, there's the issue of transportation, but that's not a problem at all. The flower fairies who previously needed to use teleportation arrays can still use them now. After all, the magic arrays at the teleportation stations aren't exposed to the elements, so there's no need to worry about them being damaged by wind and rain.
It was only at this moment that the flower fairy uttered a surprised exclamation:
"So, the reason they added such a large green sheet to the wooden shed of the teleportation station wasn't for aesthetics, but to keep out the rain?"
"...Actually, I thought it was for sunshade, because the sun is so strong during droughts."
"We weren't on the ground during the drought! Speaking of which, you probably didn't know this, but I've heard the older folks in the workshop say that before the Flower Fairy came to the Land of Sin, this place never had a sunny day..."
Their basic needs for food, clothing, shelter, and transportation were not greatly affected, so even though the weather was still rainy, the flower fairies gradually calmed down.
However, the prolonged rainfall did have an impact on the Land of Sin; Nono's expression was quite grim after finding the Flower Fairy.
"Your Highness, even though we have done our best to drain the water from the fields, the situation is still not optimistic."
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The author notes: The nursery rhymes in this article reference some texts from elementary school Chinese textbooks and some children's songs about rain, such as "It's raining, it's raining, the ants have hidden in the mushroom tower, and the swallows have flown to the eaves."
However, for the sake of accuracy, fluency, and elegance, the direct translations of the Chinese and English versions differ slightly, after all, this is a nursery rhyme sung to a baby who is still in the cradle and cannot fly, and the lyrics are particularly simple.
The singing is usually accompanied by exaggerated body movements from the mother and giggles from the baby. If a family member has a talent for illusion magic, they might even perform it on the spot. It almost always ends with a big hug after lifting the baby high in the air. Here's the English version:
Raining~
Raining~
Brainy Baby flying~
Fly under mushroom!
Raining~
Raining~
Brainy Baby flying~
Fly under the tree!
Raining~
Raining~
Brainy Baby flying~
Fly into mommy!
Any grammatical errors are my fault, not the flower fairies'. [bowing deeply]
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