Lester stepped up to Velin, then turned slightly to the side and gestured invitingly. "Lord Eternal Dawn Knight, please."
Seeing this, Velin looked over the five flying dragons before turning to Flora. "Aunt, you choose one first."
Flora swept her gaze over them, then pointed at the flying dragon on the right. "That one."
"And you?"
Hearing her husband's question, Xuemiyya looked at the remaining four flying dragons and chose the second one from the left.
Velin directly chose the one in the middle.
Once everyone had mounted the flying dragons, Lester came to the back of the left-side dragon, patted her neck, and spoke in Dragon Tongue. "You lead the way. Head down to the ground now."
"Keep the speed slow and steady. No jolting."
The White Flame Flying Dragon beneath Lester slowly raised her head, signaled the other four of her kind with her eyes, then beat her wings and flew into the sky.
The other White Flame Flying Dragons took off one after another and followed behind their leader, leaving the Floating City.
Although one flying dragon was missing, it had not left, ensuring they maintained a complete formation.
After leaving the area around the Floating City, Velin sat atop the flying dragon and looked down at the land below. Compared to the scenery he had seen from the Floating Airship, it felt more vivid and alive.
Inside the first city wall, the broad roads paved with Thousand-Layer Rock were packed with living beings: Dragonkin, humans, elves, beastmen, Dwarves, and even merfolk who had come up onto land.
Most of the shops lining both sides of the streets used two languages on their signs. One was Common Tongue, meant for other races to read; the other was Shallow Dragon Script, a variant of Dragon language without magical