Chapter 497: Visiting a Grandfather.
“Ah … Well, he did say the dragonewts still worshiped him, but somehow I was expecting something smaller on Miononbolax.”
I arched my neck back, staring at the humongous onyx-stone temple built right into a mountain. The entrance was designed for dragonewts, but the sheer scale of the temple gate was large enough for adult rank B dragons to stand alongside it and feel small in comparison. Most importantly, though, the banner fluttering above the large gate displayed a dragon breathing out flames shaped into a crescent moon—the religious symbol of Kargryxmor and my clan’s family crest.
This was the headquarter of Kargryxmor’s faith, the “heart” of Loatryx. Located west from Coral Beard—the largest harbor on Miononbolax and also the capital of the Republic of Loatryx—it was built within this jagged mountain range, almost like those lonesome buddhist temples in the Himalayas. It wasn’t an “easy” jog; it was high enough to be considered hiking.
Fortunately, dragonewts could fly, so the trip wasn’t as arduous or inconvenient as one might think. Nevertheless, Coral Beard did have a smaller temple within its confines for those with less time. Good, since it was too far away to be considered a Sunday trip to church if I was living in the harbor.
“So far away …” I stated as I stared in the horizon, able to see the large, metropolitan-sized harbor city from here and with it, the crescent mouth-shaped of the continent’s southern area.
To be honest, when Mom flew me over here after my meeting with Eltharion, I was blown away by the geographical appearance. If you were to fly over and look through the window of a plane, then the Loatryx portion of the continent honestly looked like the head of a dragon.
In fact, this crescent mouth-like form could almost be considered an atoll with a lagoon. The beach was pretty shallow, to the point I questioned why it was a harbor city in the first place, only to remember this Loatryx, they had floating cities.
The main portion of Coral Beard was located next to the beach and lagoon, with most of the amenities, lodgings for travelers, businesses, and temples built there. Meanwhile, the floating archipelago city housed the clan mansions, factories, the government and administration, and also the dragoon order. This floating city was located directly above the harbor built on the water, which accepted ships and also provided ferry services for visitors to reach inland.
Oh, and I also learned why my elven doctor told me why dragons considered Kel’Thun part of Miononbolax. The island was part of the atoll, with Ke’Thun creating a northern and southern channel for ships to enter through. Meaning, if you wanted to reach Coral Beard through the sea, you had to pass through the elves first.