Loopshard

Seo-Yoon was the only one who enjoyed flying across the hilly terrain on the back of the flesh, bone, and blood serpent that Adam had sculpted. It was narrow and long, with a mostly anatomically-correct design that improved its handling and speed, thanks to how Adam’s shaping magic functioned. From outside it looked a bit like a multi-hued rollercoaster, since it was draped in the flesh and hides of many different goblins.

Chien and Diwa clearly didn’t like rollercoasters, since their melodies were nothing but dismay and nausea, while Heiner seemed to mostly just regret his earlier statement due to the appearance of the serpent. Natalia held on for dear life, more worried about crashing than upset with the rapid motion.

Still, it was impossible to argue with the results, because they flew from Old Town to the church near the Blue Vein river in approximately an hour. On foot or with horses, it would’ve taken half a day at least.

The Golden Horn would have been amazing in this stage, Adam thought to himself. A shame it got destroyed.

He’d managed to more or less confirm what Heiner’s crude map had shown, by using his blood sense as they flew to triangulate many of the inhabited areas of the stage, and their relative distances to each other. It was a pleasant surprise that the orb of insight showed a stage layout for the larger worlds, since it was going to be impossible to predict how things might change in his future loops.

I really want to try it out on the Floating Sea to see what it reveals.

Adam brought the serpent to a halt atop a hill looking down on the old church and the river beyond it. Everyone stepped off and Chien had to steady himself to avoid collapsing. Diwa looked like she might puke.

“That was fun!” Seo-Yoon exclaimed. “Are we flying back the same way!?”

“It would be the most convenient,” Adam replied.