To the Depth of Abyss

Chapter 82: Let's have a snack

Midair / Way to Northeast 

Diana's airline had flown about 1 hour from Adam's Root Station. It only took 4 to 5 hours more to arrive at Seven Colour Mountains. 

They can cut a one-day trip because Griphy K-172 can fly at 75 mph. That is the fastest speed a mount can go of all tamed monsters in Floor 2. 

They had flown that long in silentness. Diana can stay silent for long, but she is with someone now, so she feels lonely when Elisa doesn't speak to her.

'Maybe she fell asleep?'

Maybe she is. Travelling through air can give you drowsiness, moreover if you fly open, let the wind blow your entire body. 

"Elisa!" calls Diana. 

"Yes?!"

Fortunately, she is still awake. 

"Are you sleepy?!"

"No, I'm okay!"

They are at 75 mph speed. So they need to speak loud so they can hear each other. 

"Do you think Ars already in Seven Colour Mountain?!"

Ars is still a mystery to Diana. So when he said he would wait for them at Seven Colour Mountain in the morning after the night they went to sleep, she needed confirmation from someone who already knows that man.

"No! I have never been there before!"

'Hm?'

Elisa answered a question of, 'have you ever visited Seven Colour Mountains before?'. That is out of Diana's question.

Diana pulls Griphy's saddle rope, commands the Gryphon to fly slowly.

"We are close to Monkey King Rift! Do you want to stop at Forest Rift Market?!"

"Forest Rift Market?!"

It sounds like Elisa doesn't know that place.

"You never been there before?!"

"No! I've only seen that place on the map!"

"Then, we must visit that place before moving on!" Diana whipped Griphy's saddle rope. "Okay, boy! Go down!"

Griphy directly obeyed the command and flew down at high speed.

"Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakk!"

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

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Abyssal Terra / Floor 2 / Monkey King Rift

[Definition / Monkey King Rift located in Northeast from Adam's Root Station. It is a rift envelope with green forest. This Hunting area is the first fruit-producing hunting area after Land of Nod Agricultural Village.]

[Track: Land / Air]

[Travel time distance: 6 hours by land track / 1 to 2 hours by Ducky Group Hunter Airlines.]

[Monkey King Rift Monsters: 

Monkras

Monkey King (Boss Area)]

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Monkey King Rift / Forest Rift Market

[A stop in Monkey King Rift. Located southwest of the front yard of Monkey King Rift.]

[Fighting policy: Please don't do that here.]

[Authority: All responsible Merchant.]

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"Okay, we're here!"

Diana and Elisa stand in front of the market. While Diana is still in her battle suit, Elisa wears a veil to cover her face.

"Miss Diana?" asked Elisa. "Are you okay still in your battle suit?"

Elisa worried if there were people targeting them like before in Adam's Root Station. 

Responding to Elisa's worries, Diana smiles confidently, though Elisa can't see that. 

"Don't worry! That's the point of me being the Bird Catcher in public. So my enemy won't have to hide just to attack me. Besides, they would think twice before doing their acion here."

Elisa tries to believe in her Legend Hunter big sister(?) action, but she is curious with Diana's last sentence. 

"Okay, let's go in."

Forest Rift Market is also a distributor market. So workers' numbers are dominant there. 

The time is still early morning before noon. So many Porter can be seen in their cart, waiting for the Harvester to get back with their harvest.

Different from Station that is always crowded almost all the time. The atmosphere in Forest Rift Market that morning is so calm, and with the place located inside the forest, the air feels refreshing. 

"Feeling good here?" asked Diana.

"Yes, before going down here, I spent half a year in Giant Leaf Woods. Even though this Forest Rift and Giant Leaf Woods are both full of trees, it is felt more comfortable in this forest."

"Well, that's because the environment in Giant Leaf Woods is darker. When this forest is just a normal forest, and brighter."

The environment in Giant Leaf Woods is dark because almost all the place covered in Giant Leaf Woods shadow. Meanwhile, Forest Rift trees are smaller and give more space for sunlight to brighten the place.

"Let's have a snack in this cafe."

"Cafe?"

One particular tree has stairs that circle it, and up on the stairs, there is a tree top cafe above it. That tree top cafe is not the only one, there are few of them.

"Let's go."

Elisa follows Diana to climb one stair, then they find an open tree top cafe. That cafe is connected to the other and has about 10 tables each place. 

Because it's still morning, there are just some customers. Just like one particular man who sits with a pen and paper on his table.

Diana chooses the farthest table from the stall. Then the maid of the cafe come at them.

"What can I give to you mister and little miss?" asked the maid. 

Diana and Elisa looking at the menu book first. Within one minute, Diana has already chosen her order. 

"Please give me one Brown Boy Cream!"

"One Brown Boy Cream, for the mister. And for the little miss?"

Elisa can decide that fast. The menu is full with food names she never knew. Like Lightning Dashed, Heaten Eel Prey, and Clay More. They are just like your average novel book name. 

"Can you recommend a fresh and sweet order for this little miss?" asked Diana to the maid.

"Ooh! Then I recommend one Maria's Sunlight for the little miss! Since she has the same hair colour as Lady Maria."

One tie of Elisa's hair comes out from her veil. That is the reason why the maid recommended that order. But Elisa has one question. 

"Lady Maria?"

"Of course, it's your Mother Priest," answered Diana. 

Maria of the Saint Arcane Church, Mother of All the Priest. 

That truth fascinated Elisa and made her want to try one. "I choose that order!"

The maid received the order and went back to the stall. She comes back to them fast because there is no order except from them.

"Alright, one BBC for the mister, and one Maria's Sunlight for the little miss. Please enjoy our serve."

Brown Boy Cream is a three toasted banana greased with milk cream. Maria's Sunlight is a glass bowl full of yellowish orange juice and decorated with pieces of pineapple sliced in sun-shape.

"Woooww!"

The dish looks glamour, just like its name, Maria's Sunlight. That made Elisa doubting to ruin the dish. There Diana helps her. 

"Eat from the pineapple first. Then you can start drinking the juice."

Following Diana's advice seems won't ruin the dish, and Elisa can still eat it at the same time. 

They both start to eat their dish. But a commotion also started in their surroundings. Before they realized, all the maids had surrounded them. 

'E-eh, what is this?' 

Elisa starts to feel worried. 

One maid walks closer to Diana. Then asked one question, "Um, I'm sorry, mister, are you without doubt, is the Legendary Bird Catcher?" 

All the maids had already realized who Diana is. Although they don't seem to know who is inside that pilot suit, it still surprised them that the cool and amazing Bird Catcher stopped by in their cafe.

All the surrounding girls are still waiting for Diana's response. While Diana is still eating up her last banana. After she was done with her snack, she finally spoke up. 

"Could you girls give us a space? If you want a sign, please do a lineup."

The Legendary Bird Catcher casually tells all the girls to line up. His calmness and coolness tell all the girls that without doubt, he is the real deal. 

"Oh My God! He is real!"

"It's really him!"

All the girls start fangirling over the Bird Catcher. 

"Move out, I need to get my stuff to sign!"

"Pen! Who has a pen with them?!"

"Bird Catcher, sir! Please sign this apron of mine!"

All the girls rushing at first, that made the Bird Catcher difficult to finish their sign. 

"STOP PUSHING EACH OTHER!"

One certain maid screams, probably the oldest one, stopped all the maid's rush.

"You bitches made the idol here hard to do his work! Don't you hear him to do a line!?" She yelled as walk to the first line.

Finally, all the maids did a line, and Bird Catcher gave them one sign each on their stuff. 

While receiving their sign, all the maids recognize that Elisa sits in the same table with the Bird Catcher. 

"Hey, who is this little girl?"

"I just recognize she is with the Bird Catcher!"

A few maids start getting close to Elisa. That scares her because their gaze looks like they will start a heavy interrogation. But before they did that, there were lots of male hunters coming up to the top tree cafe. 

"What the hell is going on in here?!"

"Is there any president or actor coming to this place?!"

The male Hunters come with an uninvited intention. 

"Hey, look at that!"

"Isn't that the Bird Catcher?!"

The male Hunters walk closer to where the Bird Catcher is while showing off a ferocious expression. The maids stopped their activity, then faced the male Hunters group. 

"What do you guys want?!"

"Get away! We don't have business with you girls!"

"Then what would you do if we didn't want to, huh?!"

The maids and the hunters start debating, but there is no sign of fighting between them. 

The big sister maid looks at Elisa, tells her to "Don't worry, we will protect you two."

"Thank you," said the Bird Catcher while getting up. "But we don't want to inflict a commotion, so we will take our leave now."

The Bird Catcher walks closer to the big sister maid. Gives the big sister maid a nervous feeling. 

"That's why, can you give us one last serve?"