The airship had a rather traditional design: a ship-style cabin paired with a gigantic missile-shaped gasbag. Its gasbag was made from eight sections of dragonhide; theoretically, even if several sections were punctured, it could still remain afloat in the air.
The deck was equipped with cat-repelling fire powder, which could drive off wild Cat Lamps when they approached.
Witches' airships were severely "allergic" to Cat Lamps. If a kitty burrowed into the gasbag, it would cause explosive damage.
Perhaps the meow-aos would merely fall trailing black smoke with a "meow-aoaoao," then crawl back up a few days later, but an airship would be ruined in one go. Both the financial losses and safety risks were staggering.
At the very bottom of the airship—the central section—cat-attracting grass, dragon grass, cat-feeding cages, and dragon-feeding cages had been placed at both the front and rear.
This was a design intended to protect wildlife, preventing the two most common airborne wild creatures, Cat Lamps and small dragons, from crawling underneath to slack off, only to be turned into "cat/dragon pancakes" when the airship landed.
Duel Island—Spectator Luxury Suite Floating Island No. 0297.
Rumble rumble rumble...
The airship slowly came to a stop, landing at the airship dock attached to the luxury suite floating island.
The dock was built from shadow dragonwood, a tough timber that grew in a certain world consisting only of dungeons. In that world's creation myth, it was said:
"The lofty World Tree holds up the vault of heaven, so that the heavy, dark firmament will not fall; travelers, cherish the radiant road beneath this sky, for as you journey onward, the World Tree's back has propped open the heavens for you."
According to witch appraisal, however, it was merely a type of tough dragonwood, not a World Tree.
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