After Trom emerged from Phantom City, he lay on Kasisomi's soft fur for a long while, speaking with Kasisomi through mental waves about the future.
Kasisomi seemed somewhat saddened upon hearing that Trom was leaving the Abyss.
It let out a whimper.
Trom could only comfort Kasisomi. "This time, I'm going to challenge the goal in my heart. Once I defeat him, I'll come straight back."
Trom rambled on for a long time, but farewells had to come eventually.
Riding a flying carpet woven from fur Kasisomi had shed, he slowly came to a stop directly before Kasisomi. Pressing close to its brow, he softly said, "Wait for me to come back."
Kasisomi lifted its head in response.
Trom waved to Kasisomi and rode the snowy-white flying carpet into the sky—
Sky Island lay above the Myriad Falls Waters. Though Trom had come here many times before, he was still deeply shaken when he arrived again.
What awed him was not Sky Island itself, but the countless floating waterfalls surrounding it. All these waterfalls came from the waters below. What stunned Trom was that they had nothing to support them, yet they flowed upstream. Countless waterfalls linked to Sky Island above, like innumerable water dragons guarding Sky Island, the central dragon palace.
Trom followed the upstream waterfalls, and along the way, he did not forget his youthful nature, darting through the falls in play.
By the time he reached Sky Island, nearly his entire body was soaked, save for his iconic antlered hat.
Trom descended from the flying carpet, and his form abruptly changed. He turned from a human into a tiny white-skinned elk. Like a drum roller, he shook his dripping-wet fur. Once his body had dried, Trom changed from an elk back into human form.
Feeling dry and