More than a month after Carl and others disappeared and Lonely Mountain returned to peace, all major forces set their sights on the vast Air Elemental Plane.

Then, somehow, news about the "Giant King's Treasure" suddenly spread like wildfire.

In just one week, the entire Khorvaire, including Xen'drik and even the continent of Sauron, knew that the Giant King's final treasure was hidden in the Elemental Plane of Air.

For a time, all adventurers who were somewhat confident in their own abilities began to prepare plans to go to the Elemental Plane of Air.

The Age of Exploration, which belongs to the plane of air, has arrived! ...

Time goes back to the present time when Carl has found a way to leave the invisible force field, but does not know how to take everyone out for the time being.

Recently, many adventurers suddenly appeared on a large floating island that was unknown how far away from them.

Unlike the scattered adventurers who had occasionally come here before, these "newcomers" seemed to have no idea of ​​the rules of the Air Elemental Plane.

Not only can they not control their own perception of gravity, some people even start to inquire about the surrounding climate conditions.

In the Elemental Plane of Air, although the sky is vast, it does not mean it is safe.

In fact, there are often insurmountable thunderstorms or ice storms in some of the skies here, and large elemental life forms and various monsters also have their own territories. If you rashly enter one of them, you will most likely be hunted down by the other party, just like Tina who was hunted down by the griffin.

Because of this, a safe and hidden waterway has become a source of wealth for the Elemental Plane of Air.

For the locals who occupy part of the waterway, rashly inquiring about such information is no less than highway robbery.

Things like stealing other people's jobs will cause disputes no matter which world you are in.

“Bang!”

At two o'clock in the afternoon of the main plane time, in a tavern on a large floating island, just as people in the tavern were drinking beer and singing, the door was suddenly kicked open.

Everyone in the pub looked at the door with unfriendly expressions. Then, a weathered middle-aged man wearing an old jacket, a cowboy hat and one of his arms had a faint metallic luster walked in.

Behind him followed a muscular, bearded dwarf who was only about 1.3 meters tall, and two other humans with no special features.

As soon as he entered the tavern, he scanned everyone in the tavern with his sharp eyes that were seriously inconsistent with his appearance.

Some bad-tempered adventurers had already placed their hands on their weapons. The tavern owner took down a heavy crossbow hanging on the wall, preparing for a fight that might break out at any time.

Just then, the middle-aged man at the door spoke.

"I want to challenge the strongest Spirit Card player here!"

As soon as he said this, the entire tavern fell into an eerie silence.

Seeing no one answered, Udyr repeated what he had just said.

Still no one answered in the tavern, but the expressions they looked at Udyr were no longer as hostile as at the beginning, but instead were filled with an inquiring look.

They had heard about the Spirit Card from the first group of adventurers who arrived here a while ago, but those people did not explain in detail what it was and then left in a hurry.

Udyr was the first person to come to such a place and fight.

"No one here knows how to play spirit cards!"

After a while, the tavern owner seemed to not want to continue the topic, so he spoke in his hoarse voice.

He was about to add, "If you don't want to drink and eat, get out," but Udyr looked at him with wide eyes, as if he had heard some unbelievable news.

It would have been fine if he was the only one doing this, but the dwarf behind him and his other two companions also looked at him in the same way.

This gave the tavern owner the illusion that "Am I breaking the law by not having spirit cards here?"

"Well, Storm Bay is still the best place. There are endless card players there, and there are always countless tricks waiting for people to challenge. If the Dragon Mark Family hadn't offered a price that was hard to refuse, I really wouldn't want to go to such a place."

Muttering something under his breath, Udyr, the winter wolf dragon's tamer, stepped into the tavern.

But his voice was so clear in this environment where one could hear a pin drop, and every guest in the tavern heard what he said.

Now, not only the tavern owner, but even the local adventurers were a little unhappy.

At this moment, Udyr ordered food from the tavern owner.

"Boss, four pints of beer, by the way, are there any snacks here? Like fried chicken or...what? Nothing? Do you people from the Elemental Plane of Air drink alcohol straight away?

OK, let's have some barbecue... What? Nothing? Just grilled steaks? OK, four of them."

Turning and leaving the front desk, Udyr sat down on the table in the corner, then carefully took out an exquisite little box from his chest pocket.

His dwarf companion immediately took out something like a chessboard from his dimensional bag.

As this thing was placed on the table, the mechanism was activated, and four battle fields appeared on the four edges of the chessboard.

This is a portable card table recently launched by the Dragon Mark Family, which allows up to four people to fight at the same time.

Four glasses of beer were brought up, and Udyr and his three companions started playing as if no one was around.

Each of them pressed on the field on their side, and an identity card popped up from the field and then covered it there again.

Udyr is a traitor in this game, the dwarf is the lord, and the remaining two are the loyal minister and the rebel respectively.

Before the steaks were served, the four started the game.

Watching the fun is the nature of intelligent life. As several people used Spirit Cards to summon spirits and started fighting, some local adventurers unconsciously turned their attention to the card table. Some of the more familiar ones simply brought their things and sat next to Udyr and the others to watch the game.

For the locals who can only have fun by rolling the dice and guessing the size, the game of Spirit Cards is not only novel but also has the fun of cultivation.

Before Udyr and his team finished their first round of games, two circles of people had already formed around them.

They had some self-awareness and did not rashly interfere with the game.

But games always make people feel like “I can do it, too.”

So when the dwarf who was the lord and had the right to attack first was killed, someone immediately wanted to join in.

But the problem is... he doesn't have a spirit card.

"Ouch! It's okay! Since you want to play, I definitely won't let you down. Let's put it this way. We still have a few spare decks and instructions for playing. There's also a portable card table here. You guys can play first!"

As the atmosphere became increasingly heated, Udyr and the others gradually revealed their intentions.

After throwing out several decks of cards and card tables almost for free, the people in the tavern immediately split into two groups.

And it seemed that because the card game was interesting, many adventurers did not leave after eating and drinking, but continued to watch.

But how boring is it to just look at it?

So the waiter in the tavern filled the drinks again and again, and the tavern owner's originally sullen face showed a rare smile.

It was not until bedtime on the floating island that some people could no longer hold on and returned to their homes.

Udyr and others were about to leave but were stopped by the tavern owner.

"Friend, let's get straight to the point. How much are you willing to sell this for?"

With a somewhat stiff smile, the tavern owner took the initiative to ask.

Several of his shop assistants blocked the door, seemingly planning to use force if soft tactics didn't work.

"Ah? Which one are you talking about? This card is not worth much, 10 copper coins a pack, but the supply... you have to be honest if you want to play. Wait for me to contact the Dragon Pattern Family to see if they want to build a factory here?"

Upon hearing that the cost price of this thing was so cheap, the clerk blocking the door was also stunned.

This spirit card seemed quite magical to them. They originally thought that it was at least an extraordinary magic item.

“So cheap?”

Looking at Udyr suspiciously, the tavern owner almost wrote "I don't believe it" on his face.

Seeing him like this, Udyr had no choice but to take out a few card packs from his dimensional bag.

"Here, look, this is a blank card. The official price is this much. But if you want a pre-printed card, the price will be different. But it's more interesting to print it yourself using monster materials and magic equipment. Here's the printing method. Take a look for yourself. It's written on the card pack."

I took the item and took a look. Sure enough, both the price and the method of printing the cards were clearly written on the card package.

Except for the fact that the other party did not tell us how the white card was made, almost all the other information was written on it by the manufacturer.

'How can you still do business like this?'

After muttering this in his heart, the tavern owner quickly asked Udyr about entertaining the Dragonmark Family.

The planes outside the main plane don't know much about the Dragon Mark Family. Some dangerous planes don't even have any information exchanges with the main plane. The four elemental planes are considered to be rare and well-informed.

"Hey, since you are so interested, why don't you come with us on the boat? One of our companions knows a lot about this, and we just like playing Spirit Cards."

After a few words, the tavern owner was taken back to the ship by Udyr and others.

The Linland family spent a month rushing to build this ship, which was modified from the ships that Carl defeated on the east coast of Xen'drik.

Due to the special nature of the Air Elemental Plane, vehicles such as ships only need to simply solidify a few auxiliary magic circles, and add a pair of camouflage wings that can assist the ship's forward movement when there is no wind, so that they can travel on the Air Elemental Plane.

You can even use sails to speed up the ship.

(End of this chapter)