Chapter 4: Solmere
The floating island town was called Solmere, and it was much larger than all the smaller floating villages Kaedros was used to. It was a massive thing that just hung in the middle of the air.
After the apocalypse, when the land was getting corrupted. The greatest of the Ascendants then broke continents, they lifted lands into the sky to form the new world.
Their flying ship join the steady stream of others and flew close to the island and then dipped down. Due to the restrictions of ’no flying’ close to island they had to land at the docks that was built at the edge of the island.
They dropped from their ship and Kaelith immediately absorbed the ship into the ring in his hand. A storage made specifically for ships.
Then Kaedros looked at the town.
A tall wall of stone surrounded the town, with a massive metal gate standing as its only entrance. Kaedros followed the steady stream of travelers heading toward the gate. The scent of humans hit him hard, thick and sharp. He sucked in a breath and tried not to gag at the different foul smell.
"Sorry, Kael," Kaelith said beside him. "You’re probably not used to towns like this. It’s small compared to the cities further west."
"Yes... my village was tiny," Kaedros replied, trying to ignore the stench—humans, sweat, food, and something else that made his stomach churn.
"You’ll get used to it," said Virell, her tall frame clearing the path ahead. Many pedestrians gave their armor a cautious glance and quickly moved aside. Kaedros, standing awkwardly in the center of the group, received more than a few strange looks.
"Watch yourself here," warned Karina. "Solmere’s a bounty hunting town. Plenty of bounty work here and just as many criminals who’d gut you for the price of a beer."
Kaedros cast a wary glance around. He wasn’t afraid of the criminals, not truly. But the way people stared at him made his skin crawl. Was his disguise slipping? No alerts from his technique, so probably not.
They joined the line at the gate, and before long, it was their turn. One guard gave Virell a nod and waved her through, but his expression turned sharp when he spotted Kaedros.