Cloud Layer

Alvitte on the ground was bored out of her mind.

The Righteous Walker girl watched as Linsey made his way upward, while she waited where she was.

"Cloud layer..."

"In the Dust Road World, I remember there being cloud-shaped Elemental Creatures. But this cloud layer doesn't look alive. Could something else be hidden inside?"

Lost in thought, Alvitte walked alone to the second floor.

She flipped over and leaped onto the roof of Linsey's Plant Shop, preparing to continue guarding the base.

Clang—

At that moment, a sound came from the garden.

The fruit of the Shining Iron Stone Tree had ripened at just the right time. Three Metal Ingots fell and struck the ground with quite a noise.

"..."

"Game Players... what even are they?"

Having experienced the Game Module herself, she raised a hand to cover her face.

Alvitte felt rather helpless. With a wry smile, she jumped down and helped Linsey pick up the Shining Iron Ingots, though her thoughts turned to the state of the entire Dust Road World.

The effects of war. The Silver Witch.

Back when she had lived in the City of Law, Alvitte had not known the specific situation here, but she was quite familiar with the consequences of war.

Ordinary people in this world could barely find places to survive.

Like in the Outer Ring Worlds, where resources were scarce, everyone kept to themselves and put their own survival first.

Then came the Middle Ring Worlds.

The intensity of war rose sharply, and the islands that produced resources became even more important. Thus, they were tightly controlled by the Awakened leaders.

Ordinary people lived there.

They could occasionally avoid the chaos of war, but when true disasters struck, they found it even harder to escape.

"Huff—"

Alvitte took a deep breath.