CHAPTER 143: CHAOS

The Sky Island appeared because Heimric Dalsheim, the president of the Adventurer’s Guild of the Kingdom of Brandon, attracted it with the Sky Horn he obtained by chance. This president of the Adventurer’s Guild, along with many nobles from the Kingdom of Brandon, was the first to set foot on the Sky Island.

Heimric was a middle-aged man with a stout body, but his physique did not affect his strength; he still possesses a formidable power that cannot be ignored.

However, on the Sky Island, strength was not the absolute factor. At the very least, he ignores the crucial element of luck.

At this moment, on a cliff, he was tending a bonfire, looking at the ranking in the sky, watching his own ranking drop to fifth place, and remained silent.

"In terms of strength, we are not afraid of anyone, but we are simply unlucky. The tokens dropped by the monsters we hunt are few, and we didn’t encounter many people."

Heimric said and sighed.

Beside him, someone said, "If it doesn’t work out, let’s give all our tokens to Her Highness the Princess, and let Her Highness take first place."

Such words garnered much agreement.

The surrounding nobles were all nobles of the Kingdom of Brandon, and they naturally had a certain loyalty to the Kingdom of Brandon.

Moreover, whether the tokens were given to Heimric or Olivia, they, as those who provided assistance, would be able to get a share of the spoils, so they were indifferent as to whom they were ultimately given to.

Heimric felt a little awkward in his heart; he preferred to have things in his own hands and did not answer the nobles.

"I hope my luck will be better from now on."

...

After Carlotta took first place with an overwhelming number of tokens, it caused quite a stir throughout the Sky Island in a short period.

Carlotta had already guessed this, so she was very cautious and immediately improved her strength.

In a dense forest, she took out a table and chair from her storage card and placed them there, starting directly to craft cards. She was now in the final stages of crafting.

"Roar!"

Outside the dense forest, a monster roared, as if it had discovered something, and was moving into the forest.

Amelia, who was guarding the side, raised her hand slightly, and sword qi emerged from behind her.

"Amelia, leave it to me. Let me try the effect of the Judgment Card."

Just then, Carlotta completed the final stroke.

In her hand, a card covered in blades appears. As magic surged, a sharp feeling emanated from it.

Amelia retracted her sword wnergt and looked over curiously.

Amidst the roars, the monster’s figure finally appeared.

It was a monster whose body was constructed of rock, with sharp horns, and it walked on all fours. It was a Stone Armor Beast, and its aura had reached the level of a middle tier Listener.

The Stone Armor Beast was huge. As it walked through the dense forest, trees were knocked down by it, and the sounds of crashing continued.

It saw Carlotta and Amelia and immediately let out a low growl and charged over, attacking without any hesitation.

Carlotta held the Judgment Card, pointed at the approaching Stone Armor Beast, and poured a small amount of magic into the Judgment Card without hesitation, causing the card to light up.

Immediately, the card flew into the sky and enlarged itself, forming a huge golden pattern. Within this golden pattern, a large number of blades can be seen. These blades seemed to come alive and whistled away from the golden pattern, like thunder or aurora, and in an instant, they arrived in front of the Stone Armor Beast and slashed down heavily.

"Roar! Roar!"

The Stone Armor Beast immediately tilted its head back and roared. However, its roar was no longer as aggressive; instead, it was filled with pain.

Because the golden blades had cut through the seemingly tough rock armor of the Stone Armor Beast, leaving one wound after another on its body. In a short time, the Stone Armor Beast was covered in blood and had no power to resist.

Blades danced, and golden light shot out.

The Stone Armor Beast’s roars did not last long. Its massive body was cut into pieces under the fierce onslaught.

A monster at the middle tier Listener level could not even cause the slightest ripple in front of the Judgment Card.

Ordinary Judgment Cards naturally did not have such power, but this was a Judgment Card infused with meteor stone, making it a top-tier card.

After dealing with the target, the Judgment Card turned into a golden light and flew back, returning to its normal size and being held by Carlotta.

"My storage card, in my collection of cards, is no longer in the top three."

Carlotta felt like crying.

The Speed Card, the Flight Card, and the Judgment Card were already her three most valuable cards.

She used her card battle art, placing the Judgment Card in the most prominent position, and was quite satisfied with this card that had astonishing destructive power.

This card instantly gave her extremely astonishing killing power in terms of ranged attacks.

Amelia walked over, sighed with emotion, and said, "I probably can’t beat you anymore."

Although memory magic was very powerful, and what others could do, she could also do. However... She did not have rare materials like meteor stone and Wind God Stone. The attack of the Judgment Card constructed with memory magic did not have the same effect as Carlotta’s.

Carlotta pouted, "What do you mean you can’t beat me? Would you bear to hit me?"

Amelia gasped and said, "I’m just comparing combat power. If all your future cards can be crafted with various special materials, then the Elven Knight path can truly be put aside."

She felt that Elven Knight path was just Carlotta’s minor specialization, and there was no need to invest too much, as it would eventually reach its limit.

"I hope so too."

Carlotta was very much looking forward to this.

She truly hoped that the information system would directly provide her with ten pieces of information the next morning, mentioning the acquisition methods of ten extremely precious materials. Then, she could craft cards with these materials, wouldn’t she be invincible?

"In fact, having three high-level cards is already something that ordinary card magic practitioners envy. Many people who practice card magic cannot obtain even one high-level card in their entire lives."

Amelia sighed.

Cards, depending on their essence, were divided into ordinary cards, intermediate cards, and high-level cards.

Taking the Speed Card as an example, a card with Wind Stone as the main material was an ordinary card, one with Wind Demon Stone as the main material was an intermediate card, and one with Wind God Stone as the main material was a high-level card.

Of course, there were also some cards, like the Judgment Card, which only had ordinary and high-level versions, with no intermediate level.

In short, high-level cards were what every card magic practitioner pursued. And Carlotta already had three such cards.

Next, Carlotta and Amelia moved cautiously through the forest. As the current number one, Carlotta felt considerable pressure.

After all, the others not only had a considerable number of Resonators, but there were even existences that surpassed Resonators.

Such existences were called Weavers, who were more adept at using magic, and even simple applications were terrifying, capable of making countless Listeners wither like falling leaves with a single thought.

Listening, Resonance, Weaving...

Carlotta was only at the beginning of her journey and had to be extremely cautious; it was far from a time to relax.

"It’s a pity these tokens are useless stored elsewhere; the ranking will still show that I possess them."

Carlotta passed through a forest, sighing slightly.

There were no loopholes in the Sky Island rankings. Once acquired, tokens were considered yours no matter where you stored them, unless discovered and taken by someone from your own faction.

In fact, storing tokens in various places was common, as a large number of tokens could be a burden for those without spatial items.

It was worth mentioning that even if tokens were stored elsewhere, upon one’s death, they would immediately appear beside their corpse. This was the case for Chloe, Will, Zigmund, and others before.

"Boom!"

In the forest ahead, a burst of fire appeared, and surging magic pulsed. It was unclear what level of powerful being was engaged in a battle.

Seeing such a commotion, Carlotta and Amelia turned and fled, with no intention of getting close.

They changed direction and walked for a while longer before their footsteps halted again.

In the sky high above, two figures were locked in a fierce battle, magic and knightly skills clashing, their roars echoing through the heavens and earth. As the fight continued, even more people took to the air, joining the fray.

"It’s chaos, complete chaos."

Carlotta and Amelia turned again, changing direction once more.

Over the next few hours, they remained low-key, traversing the forest and covering a significant distance.

During this time, they witnessed countless battles erupting everywhere, the sounds of explosions echoing wave after wave. Resonators and Weavers danced wildly in the sky, while Listeners seemed rather insignificant amidst such chaos.

Finally, the two arrived at a mountain and discovered a cave in a secluded location.

"I think we should get some proper rest."

Carlotta glanced at the distant horizon; the sky was already faintly illuminated.

"I was just worried there wouldn’t be a safe place to rest,"

Amelia sighed.

With battles raging everywhere, no one knew where it was suitable to rest. One might fall asleep only to be attacked, and the aftermath of a battle could be deadly.

She looked at the cave before them. The cave was not very deep and not considered a safe place.

Carlotta took out a table and chairs and began crafting a card on the spot.

She was creating a card called the Excavation Card, its function being precisely as its name suggested.

The main materials for the Excavation Card were common, but Carlotta used a superior substitute material found on Sky Island called Gold-Splitting Stone. An Excavation Card made with it could be considered an intermediate-level card.

Before long, the Excavation Card was successfully completed. The dark gold card face bore the image of a shovel.

This was her second intermediate-level card, following the Carriage Card.

"What is this..."

Amelia’s expression shifted.

"If there’s no safe place, then we’ll create one ourselves. I don’t believe anyone can disturb us if we dig deep into the earth."

Carlotta said with confidence.

She entered the cave and used the Excavation Card. A giant shovel immediately appeared and began digging into the ground with great speed, excavating large amounts of earth and stone, piling them around.

High level cards were extremely rare, and intermediate cards were already very precious. The effect of an intermediate-level Excavation Card was undoubtedly astonishing. In a short amount of time, a deep pit was dug.

Carlotta did not enter the pit; she could control it remotely, allowing the Excavation Card to dig deeper. Another hour passed, and a very, very deep bottomless pit was excavated.

Only then did Carlotta and Amelia enter the pit and fly down.

The very bottom was specifically dug out to create a larger space, just enough to deploy the Moonlight.

Carlotta used a Light Card to illuminate the area and signaled Amelia to bring out the Moonlight, indicating that this was their resting place.

"Card magic is indeed very convenient."

Amelia could only say that.

After deploying the Moonlight, Carlotta put away her cards and entered her cabin with Amelia to rest.

"I wonder what the outside will be like when I wake up,"

Carlotta mused.

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

Carlotta slept until she naturally woke up. Upon waking, she immediately used her card battle art, and several blue circles appeared around her.

She took out the soft-light version of the Light Card to illuminate the surroundings, then took out the Clock Card to check the time, finding it was eight o’clock in the evening.

"At least I didn’t sleep as long today,"

Carlotta murmured.

She then took out the Cleaning Cards for washing, laundry, and bathing to clean herself before putting away her various cards and walking out.

As soon as she stepped out, she saw Amelia already on the deck, with sword energy swirling around her as she practiced.

Since memorizing the sword energy from Amber, Amelia had become very enthusiastic about its use, and it had become her primary method recently.

However, it had to be admitted that these sword energies were extremely convenient in combat and perfectly suited Amelia. Her application of sword energy was even stronger than Amber’s, who was a practitioner of the Sword Energy Knight Path.

Carlotta didn’t disturb Amelia’s practice. She took out a Magic Banana from her storage cards and began to eat it, simultaneously taking out a token and inputting magic to check the Sky ranking.

As she looked, Carlotta’s expression changed drastically.

In just one day, the outside world had changed so much?

1: Olivia Garcia, 2830.

2: Zorn Wilson, 2788.

3: Moon, 2712.

4: Heimric Dalsheim, 2513.

5: Black Rose, 2214.

6: General Soul Reaper, 2206.

7: Sea King, 2187.

8: Glory, 2144.

9: Fire, 2020.

10: Gibson, 2003.

Carlotta’s jaw almost dropped. She had fallen to third place? And the top ten had all surpassed 2000 tokens? Was this a joke? They were clearly going all out.

She looked at those outside the top ten with a very subtle expression, as she noticed that the token counts at the top had greatly increased, while those at the back had significantly decreased. Had they been harvested?