The Strongest Beast Tamer 113 To The Skies!

There were a few unique plants growing on the side of the island, they looked like normal flowers yet they grew underwater. There was also beast life, which fortunately wasn't too violent towards the drone, otherwise they'll have a big problem then.

"Anne, how are you planning on planting the stones?" Lachlan asked. He saw on the screen that the drone had arms attached to it, one carrying a bag of stones and the other already had a stone in its hands.

"Well, I've decided the best course of action was to have one of each person's stone at every location. That way, if someone decides to leave for a place far away they won't be taking the island down with them," Anne explained.

Lachlan nodded, he hadn't thought about that issue but since they were going to be floating far into the air it would be best to think of all the worst case scenarios.

"What about my stones?" Lachlan asked as he held out his small bag of stones.

"I'll do them one at a time, at least that way I won't be confused as to whose stones I've placed where. Also, we're going to need a lot more stones for everyone if we want to make this as safe as possible because I don't think we'll be able to cover the entire base of the island with what we have now," Anne explained.

"How many more stones?" Lachlan asked, slightly hesitant to know the answer.

"Well we need roughly 625 gravity stones for each person if we want to be 100% certain that no places beneath the island are left unaffected," Anne said.

Lachlan felt his heart ache at the thought of gather 625 stones for each person. Although there were probably that many near the centre of the island, just the amount of time it'll take to transport those stones from the centre to where Anne was would be a pain.

"Surely there should be another solution?" Lachlan asked with a bit of hope.

"Unfortunately not, we don't want to take any chances when it has to do with lifting an entire island into the air. Remember, you're the ones that want this to happen, you should be prepared for the work you're going to have to put into it," Anne said.

"Alright," Lachlan said grumpily, using his stone he shot off to the centre with a saddened expression. He felt that his day had just worsened a few degrees.

Once he reached the centre he immediately began searching for gravity stones around the edges of the central part, alongside the mountains. He quickly managed to collect a few dozen gravity stones in a minute, he began to see a bit of hope.

However, after making a few round trips and searching for an hour the stones began to become a bit scarce. Although he still managed to find plenty every minute it wasn't adding up to what they needed.

But that's when something caught his attention, something he hadn't ever noticed before because it was on the other side of the world tree from the huts. Beneath one of the roots was a gap, large enough for a 3-metre tall beast to just walk on through.

He sprinted over to it, with the hope he would discover more stones underneath due to it being much closer to the centre. It was the largest amount of hope he's felt this day, as if his theory was correct he should be able to get those thousands on stones in seconds.

Once he reached the gap he jumped through and landed on the ground, something Lachlan hasn't seen anywhere near the world tree due to its roots. He swiftly analysed the stones and they were all high-ranked ones.

Holding out his hand he controlled a bit of fire to light up the place. He quickly discovered it led even closer to the island, possibly even underneath the world tree itself. Lachlan began running down the cave, with his fire in hand and his eyes constantly analysing he came across more and more high-ranked stones.

Lachlan abruptly stopped and looked down, he had almost fallen down a hole, one so far his light couldn't reach. He wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Whoa, that was a close one. Ah who am I kidding, I got my ways out of it."

Even in the most abrupt situations, Lachlan didn't think he would even forget his fall damage cheat code, with the gravity stones he was basically immune to fall damage with the proper control.

'But this does intrigue me' Lachlan shot a bit of fire down the hole, he watched the fire light up the walls which were covered in gravity stones. He suddenly felt his control over the fire weaken as it sped up.

Lachlan's eyes widened as he felt his control completely disappear. looking down he noticed the fire still going, it had sped up a lot and continued to accelerate. It finally reached the thing that it was being pulled towards and smashed against it, it quickly dispersed from the impact.

Lachlan, on the other hand, was shaking from what he just saw. It was a stone, a large one. its size was comparable to their huts.

He quickly fired another ball of fire, this time with the intention of analysing what he just saw. Lachlan swiftly felt his control over the fire waver as it accelerated towards the stone. Once it reached it the ball of fire exploded and lit up the entire place.

'Analyse'

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Name: Gravity Stone Origin

Description: Grants the user control over gravity within a limited space. To gain control one must drop their blood on it. The more crystals or the larger the crystal is, the more powerful their control over gravity will be. Regular gravity stones will appear in close proximity of the Gravity Stone Origin.

Location: Leftover from a gravitational anomaly, size is dependent on the strength of the anomaly.

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A wide bright smile formed on Lachlan's face as he felt some relief. He had found it, the stone which is the cause of the unique gravity on the island, the thing that could also completely solve their current issue.

However, Lachlan didn't let this overwhelming joy get to his head, he still remembered that the gravity will increase the closer he is to the stone. If he didn't have the gravity nullified where he was standing right now he would probably have to face the gravity of something like 150 times Earth's gravity.

He reached his hand above the hole and using his own gravity stone he left a small wound on his finger. Using his other hand he pushed out a droplet of blood which quickly fell down, once it reached a certain point where the gravity was too strong for the stone to nullify the blood shot towards the origin stone, whistling through the air.

Once it smashed into the origin stone it was swiftly absorbed without a second to spare. However, Lachlan didn't feel any control over the stone. He didn't sense any rush of information nor any connection created between himself and the stone.

'Alright then, if that's how you want to play then I'll give you all the blood you want' Lachlan created a deeper wound on his hand and poured out blood, it swiftly healed due to his high vitality but it was enough to claim ownership of the stone.

He felt a bit more information rush into his head. Although he knew all of the information that was being injected into him it was different from what the high-ranked stones had to offer. It was more on the specifics one can get into when commanding the stones, something they've done the slightest bit of research on.

However, there was something else, something much more useful; it was all the statistics for the stones. How strong can it go, the radius and how far someone can be and still be using it. It was some shocking information, to say the least.

It could reach up to 2000 times the Earth's gravity, multiplying the strength by 10 yet again. The radius was a staggering 20kilometres, far surpassing what a high-ranked gravity stone can do by a multiple of 100. As for the distance one can continue to use it at, that was 40000kilometres, that was the circumference of the world.

Which meant unless there were taking a trip into space there was absolutely no need for them to worry about going too far away from the island. He could be anywhere in the world and still control the stone.

"Haha!" Lachlan laughed with joy. "Now it's time to take to the skies!"

Giving the command Lachlan felt the island begin to rumble, it quaked as the stone released its power, bringing the entire island into the skies.

...

Outside by the shore where Anne was the group was currently discussing matters concerning where the island should be.

"Shouldn't we put in above Australia?" Chloe asked. "There's plenty of vegetation there and we've come onto good terms with the people there."

"But we're a floating island Chloe, why should we have it stay in one place when we can drift across the world, travelling from country to country saving as many people as possible," Simon argued back.

"But we don't know where everything's happening, not to mention we don't exactly know how well flying across the skies on the island will be. Whose to say it won't collapse when we decided to change its direction," Chloe responded.

"Then there's no reason to be arguing about where to put it when we're not so sure about whether or not we can even properly control it," Simon said.

"Where is Lachlan anyway? He should be here with another batch of stones," Simon said grumpily.

The group began to rumble, slightly cracking as well but still keeping its shape. Everyone there quickly panicked, Simon rushed to Anne and brought the two of them into the air. Chloe used her stone to bring herself above the ocean.

Her expression turned to shock when she noticed the island rising, lifting itself from the water.

Flynn suddenly came flying over with their daughter Sophie in his arms. "What's going on? I thought you were going to warn me first before you started moving the island."

"We're not the ones doing it," Chloe explained.

"Then who is?" Flynn asked.

"50 credits say its Lachlan," Simon said as he flew over. "He probably found the source of the island's gravity during his search. At least that's the only viable explanation as to why our island is suddenly flying into the sky."

"And if it isn't the reason?" Chloe asked worryingly.

"Well I suppose we have a big problem then," Simon responded.

...

At the centre of the island, Lachlan had just made his way of the cave. Using the high-ranked stone with him he flew into the air to surveil whether or not it worked. In the distance, Lachlan saw the island get further and further from the ocean.

"Haha! Success!" Lachlan held his arms up in victory.

"What have you done Lachlan?!" Phoebe suddenly appeared out of the blue next to Lachlan. She felt the rumbling and came out of her hut in a panic; when she was about to fly to the shore where everyone was supposed to be that's when she noticed Lachlan holding his hands up in victory.

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