76: Chapter 72: Winter Harbor 76: Chapter 72: Winter Harbor “The most important thing is, we have clarified one thing!” Hu Daoke said to everyone, “The Church Court is indeed unaware of Count Ganet’s hoarding of weapons, which is why they’ve taken it so seriously.”
“Yeah, that’s right,” Luo’er frowned and nodded, “So it seems that soone else is behind the funding of Count Ganet’s weapons hoarding.”
“Count Ganet is just a small count of the Odelanqi Kingdom.
He hoards so many weapons, it’s clear that it’s not for his own benefit,” Cheng Ziang analyzed.
“No matter what, Moumou, report all the information, let’s evacuate from here, don’t let the Temple’s knights discover us!” Luo’er commanded.
“Uh yeah, got it!” Tangmo nodded.
Soon, the group stealthily retreated from the windmill.
After leaving the count’s territory, Tangmo sent all the recent intelligence they had gathered via magic courier.
Because there was so much information, she had to send it in several batches.
As expected, detailed intelligence sped up the decision making at the frontline headquarters.
By dusk of the next day, they finally received a ssage from the headquarters.
The ssage was simple and didn’t answer their questions.
It succinctly stated: Mission complete, squad on standby!
“We can finally rest!” Hu Daoke yawned.
Although he didn’t understand the truth behind these events, finishing the mission made him feel a lot lighter.
At this point, they returned once again to the inn by the road.
There was no more need to worry about daily tasks or night shifts, which was an enormous relief for him.
But Luo’er’s words quickly quashed his newly-raised hopes: “Wishful thinking.
After becoming standby, we still have to execute assignnts from the Otherworld Research Center!”
“We have more missions?” The mont Hu Daoke heard about assignnts, he literally jumped up, his eyes wide as he looked at Luo’er.
“Of course,” Luo’er calmly looked at him, and then took out a notebook from his bag, flipped to a certain page and showed it to him.
“What is this gibberish?” Even though the notebook was written in Chinese, Hu Daoke couldn’t understand a single word.
“This is the investigation checklist from the Otherworld Research Center.
They hope we can investigate so of the conditions they want to know about the Otherworld, including local customs, racial tensions, and so on.” Luo’er shrugged and elaborated.
“Damn!” Hu Daoke swore as he stared at the characters on the notebook and read, “Investigate the relationship between the Human Race and the Beastman Race, what the hell is this?”
Luo’er took the notebook back, looked at the mission summary, and then said, “The research center believes that the divide between the human and beastman races in the Otherworld is problematic.
The United Nations investigation team didn’t conduct a detailed investigation of the beastn, simply defining them as such based on appearances.
However, according to the research center, the beastn have no connection with beasts, their relationship to humans should be similar to the relationship between Neanderthals and sapiens.”
“So that ans the Beastn should also be considered human!” Hu Daoke frowned and said, “Then what’s with this beastman categorization?”
“Who knows, maybe the United Nations investigators back then were biased!” Cheng Ziang held his face, looking at them with an impassive expression, and unexpectedly chid in with a sardonic comnt.
“Are there any other missions?” Tangmo asked, taking initiative and sidling up to Luo’er.
She turned the pages, then read out line by line, “Investigate the relationship between the Sub-beastn and Beast Races…”
At the ntion of the Sub-beastn, Baiyue instinctively reacted and brought down her hood to cover her small face.
Luo’er looked at the task summary and said, “The research center believes that the Beastn and Sub-beastn are completely unconnected.
The Sub-beastn are certainly not a subgroup of the Beastn.”
“Hmm!” Tangmo nodded as if she kind of understood, looked up to glance at Hu Daoke, then turned to look at Baiyue to find her looking down and covering her face.
So, she asked with concern, “Yue’er, are you okay?”
Baiyue responded to Tangmo’s words, shaking her head rapidly but not lifting her face up.
“Moumou,” Luo’er stretched his hand to halt Tangmo, who was about to approach Baiyue with concern, then said, “Yue’er still has troubles, so don’t try to pry into her affairs for now!”
“Oh,” Tangmo nodded, and then said, “Then I’ll go comfort her!”
After Tangmo left, Luo’er opened the map that he carried with him.
This was a map of the Otherworld continent, with detailed records of the continent’s area and the locations of various cities.
Looking at the map, Luo’er quickly located their position, roughly planned out a route, then told the others, “We set out from here and will need to walk for about two days to reach the nearest ferry crossing of Aobeni River.
From there, we take a boat downstream to Winter Harbor.
Then, we get on a boat from Winter Harbor to reach Balben, a port city on the Kabarguru Peninsula.”
“We have to take a boat?” Hu Daoke grimaced.
He was a person prone to motion sickness, not to ntion being on a boat.
“Yes, this is the quickest route to reach the Kabarguru Peninsula.
Otherwise, we’ll have to go through Oudallo, the neighboring nation to Odelanqi, cross the Lanfei River, trek over the Namijiya Mountain Range, and then enter Kabarguru Peninsula.
That journey would take at least a month at the fastest,”
“Why do we have to investigate so Beastman stuff in the first place?
Let’s just find so recent requests that we can complete!” Hu Daoke proposed.
“Well, there aren’t any,” Luo’er said hesitantly, harboring his own intentions.
Once they finish investigating the Beastman issue, they can head straight south, cross the Kabarguru Peninsula, sail further south, and arrive at his mother’s holand, the Wood Elf Kingdom of Ilanadale, and find his mother.
If the task assigned by the Research Center is completed quickly, they will be able to board a ship to Ilanadale before the Frontline Headquarters assigns the next mission.
For Luo’er, the desire to find his mother has always been his aspiration.
The reason why his mother entrusted him to his father, Luo Chuan, was because she hoped to go back to Ilanadale.
Luo’er didn’t bla her for this, as he knew from his mother, Nina, discussing her own identity, that she was the youngest daughter of the current queen of Ilanadale, making her the princess of Ilanadale.
Therefore, the scope of Luo’er’s search was significantly reduced.
Once he arrives at Ilanadale, finds the queen, his grandmother, he can finally et his long-desired mother.
“If no one has any objections, then we’ll proceed with this plan,” said Luo’er hesitantly as he looked at everyone.
“I have a suggestion!” Hu Daoke raised his hand and loudly exclaid.
“Hmm?
“Can we rest for a couple of days?” Hu Daoke asked shalessly.
“Well…” Luo’er hesitated before exclaiming, “Alright then, we’ll rest for two days and set off after that!”
“Nice!” Hu Daoke turned his head, giving a triumphant look at Cheng Ziang who responded with a cold snort, ignoring him.
After resting at the inn for two days, the group officially embarked on their journey towards the nearest ferry.
They finally reached the ferry after two days of traveling and successfully rode the boat heading to Winter Harbor.
The boat sailed downstream at quite a speed, taking just over a day to enter the largest port city of Odelanqi, Winter Harbor.
Despite being the largest port city, most of the docked ships were for short-range sailing and couldn’t sail on the open ocean.
Therefore, they had been confined to mariti trade around the continent and were unable to explore the entire planet.
“Speaking of which, why haven’t the people in the Otherworld attempted long-range sailing?” Hu Daoke asked as he looked at the docked ships.
“You…” Cheng Ziang looked at him, chuckled coldly without uttering a word.
Hu Daoke turned to the others, only to find them staring back in disbelief.
“Did I ask sothing I shouldn’t have?” Hu Daoke asked awkwardly.
“You need to revise your history lessons,” Luo’er sighed and said, “that question is answered in the first volu of Otherworld history textbooks.”
“Really!” Hu Daoke scratched his head in embarrassnt.
Luo’er straightened up and said: “The reason the people of the Otherworld have never undertaken long voyages is not related to their backwardness, but due to the existence of Leviathans in the deep sea of the Otherworld.
They attack all ships passing by, causing loss of both ship and crew.”
“What the heck is a Leviathan?” Hu Daoke asked, scratching his head.
“Leviathan is a translation from Earth, borrowed from the Bible referring to an evil sea monster.
These sea monsters that exist in the Otherworld’s deep ocean have territorial claims on the sea.
Any large creature trying to enter their territories would be attacked.
Throughout the history of the Otherword, countless ships have been destroyed by these Leviathan monsters.
Therefore, the people of the Otherworld call the deep sea the Forbidden Sea, and since then, they have only dared to sail in shallow waters less than 100 ters deep,” explained Luo’er.
“That’s incredible!” Hu Daoke widened his eyes, nodded earnestly, and continued to ask, “so how big is this Leviathan?”
“Not sure,” Luo’er shrugged, “Most people who have seen a Leviathan are dead, and those who do survive tend to exaggerate its size, saying it’s 30000 ters long, and could gulp down the largest ship with one bite.”
“So, the existence of these Leviathans restricts the people of the Otherworld from long-range sailing, preventing them from beginning a mariti era, right?” asked Hu Daoke.
“Yes,” Luo’er nodded, “But the modernization process in the Otherworld is accelerating.
Sooner or later, they will complete their original accumulation of capitalism and set their sights on other unknown continents.
At that ti, the Leviathans will beco a problem they can’t bypass.”
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