Loopshard

Ellen had caught a glimpse of what Adam had done to stop the attack that Julie had been preparing, and, as they moved towards the triangular temple of Anchor Hole island, she stayed close to Lasse.

Julie was staying by Adam’s side, but he could tell by the melody in her blood that she finally understood how powerful he was and the fact that he wasn’t bluffing. His delicate control of the blood he’d injected into her head was likely also causing her to view him in a different light.

Unfortunately though, she hadn’t lost that part of her melody that told him she was enjoying the thrill and danger of it all, and he worried she’d try something again the moment he let down his guard.

When they neared the edge of the large temple, they came across a couple of airships tethered to the ground of the island by thick cables fired from a mechanism attached to their undersides.

That has to be the Anchor Shot upgrade.

We should try and harvest them so a portsmith can attach it to our ship without requiring us to pay them a fortune. It seems a lot safer than using my magic to lower our ship.

The airships belonged to the Treasure Hunters faction and were dark-brown with light-brown sails and fins. Out of all of the factions, he knew the least about them, despite coming under attack by their vessels during his visit to the Stage. The Golden Fortress was also still an enigma to him.

I think the gravity-defying Relic boots were associated with the Treasure Hunters though, so they’ve gotta have some weird powers.

“Before we leave, we need to get those mechanisms keeping their airships tethered to the island,” Adam told the others.