The trip was longer and more tiring than expected, there were such a large and varied number of strong monsters along the way that we had to take turns to continuously fight them, not to mention this damn apocalyptic weather that didn’t show sunlight once.
When Marcos broke the news that we had reached the normal sea of ??the Dark Continent I almost burst into tears with happiness at finally having the opportunity to see the sky again.
Now I was inside the dungeon at the mansion for a meeting with everyone in my group, Sapphire and Marcos.
“If we’ve already reached the normal sea, then the weather will improve, right?” (I)
“Yes, there should be no more tornadoes, tidal waves, and torrential rains, but…” (Marcos)
“What’s up, Marcos?” (Irius)
“I don’t know if I should say that, Dad.” (Marcos)
Marcos talks to Irius who was the one who turned him while looking at me strangely.
“You can say what you want, you don’t have to be so reserved.” (I)
“My father is right, if he has something to say we will all listen.” (Irius)
“I just find it all very strange.” (Marcos)
“I think I already know where this is going.” (Elsaris)
“Unfortunately, so am I.” (Vanessa)
“That was obvious even before we started the trip, was I the only one who expected this to happen?” (Nix)
“What are you talking about? Why are you looking at the adsim master?” (Jade)
“…” (I)
For some reason Elsaris, Vanessa, and Nix started looking at me, seeming to already know what Marcos is trying to say.
“Can’t you see that your interruption is not letting Mr. Marcos finish talking?” (Freya)
“…” (Vanessa/Elsaris/Nix)
“You can go on, Mr. Marcos.” (Freya)
“Thanks, what I was going to say was that I’ve come to the Dark Continent a few times and none of this has ever, I mean ‘never’ happened to me.” (Marcos)
“The number of monsters that attacked us during the trip was more than abnormal, the weather also shouldn’t have been so hostile for so long, we couldn’t even see sunlight for days.” (Marcos)
“You have to understand that my luck is horrible, when you guys say things like “it can’t get any worse” or “that we can count on luck” around me, you are condemning everyone to the worst possible situation, you and Ivan raised these flags.” (I)
“I’m sorry to say this master, but if it was caused by your luck, then I can’t tell you how you’re still alive today.” (Marcos)
“With a lot of effort and good friends, why do you think I train so hard?” (I)
“I’ve learned to always expect the worst possible situation, it has helped me stay alive, so I always choose to act after forming two or three plans for each situation.” (I)
“But I didn’t call you here to talk about this curse I call luck, I called you all to listen to what Lilian has to say about the Dark Continent, so if you have any questions you can ask her after she’s done.” (I)
“They’re all yours, Lilian.” (I)
“Thank you, Holy Son.” (Lilian)
“The Dark Continent is…” (Lilian)
As Marcos sits down, Lilian gets up and starts talking, she briefly explains about the Dark Continent as a whole, then talks about local customs, and then starts answering questions.
Elsaris asked a question that from her expression she already knew the answer to, she just wanted everyone to hear. 𝐞𝐨𝘃𝐞𝐥.
Elsaris asked how about what happens when someone hurts a Demon’s pride, Lilian said that a duel to the death is the answer, that’s why a Demon’s pride is the most important to them, if it hurts a noble Demon then your pride may be worth more than your own life.
After explaining this she remembered to tell everyone not to offend anyone for no reason and if offended try not to hurt their pride, the problem is that she said that while she was looking at me.
I’m the most discreet person and cause the least amount of fuss out of everyone here, after Freya of course.
Everyone listened to Lilian’s explanation very carefully, I had already talked about these things with her before, so I kept quiet while the others cleared their doubts.
In the Dark Continent, the situation is almost completely reversed, Demons, Vampires, and Demis are normal to be seen on the street, people are not judged by their appearance either, that’s because in this continent appearance is often deceiving.
People are judged by their actions, looking pretty here will only get you in trouble, that means Freya and I are going to wear masks.
Another thing that became very clear to me was that we can’t leave a normal us walking around here, but it seems that Nira can walk peacefully if Yomi is perched on her shoulder.
It looks like Nira won’t be treated as a human because of her Familiar, she’ll be treated the same way as the Necromancers as if she were a Demi.
Lilian also advises that we could use more Demons to work on the ship, so I left that up to Marcos as I made him captain.
Another thing that Lilian said that Marcos confirmed was that the route we are taking to reach the Dark Continent will pass through the smallest part of the normal sea on that continent, thanks to that it will only take us three days to reach the closest port.
I warned Rakan to take care of the humans inside the Dungeon as I will not let any Humans out of the Dungeon while on this continent, with the exception of Nira.
Another thing Lilian said that made Ivan very happy was that the undead with a mind of their own can walk the streets normally, even if they are a little rare, they are not feared or hunted here.
But she said that almost 90% of this Undead are servants of Necromancers who were responsible for reviving as Undead, the other 10% are considered very special for being like Ivan, keeping his mind even after death just relying on his own willpower.
According to Lilian, Ivan will be respected just for being himself, she also said to be careful when we make any deals here, for a Demon the deals are a demonstration of their pride as a race, this is imprinted on their minds and souls.
But she also says that that’s why you have to be sure before making a deal, that’s because there may be some loopholes, but who will deal with these agreements if we make any will be Ivan and Nira, I don’t think I’m fit for that.
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As the two of them passed, we were finally a few hours away from reaching the nearest port that appears to be the capital of a small Kingdom according to Lilian.