Journey To The Central Continent!

1

A large ship was seen sailing the sea for several days in the vast ocean between the southern and central continents. Wolly, Luvicer, and Grisyela were passengers on the ship going to the central continent. Several days had passed since they sailed from the port on the southern continent. Life on the boat was very calm; there were no problems whatsoever. The animals were also not restless or stressed due to the long journey. Several crew members, merchants, and ordinary passengers helped care for and look after the animals on the ship.

“Are you okay?" Wolly asked about Luvicer's condition.

“I'm fine now," Luvicer answered weakly.

Luvicer suffers from seasickness. He doesn't like sea travelbut must cross the ocean. Meanwhile, Grisyela always seems to be sleeping during the day. She is more active at night, helping to guard the ship.

The air was getting colder after a few days in the open sea. Snow began to fall, and the view in front of the ship was almost covered by fog. It still looked like it was daytime, but the ship's lights had to be turned on immediately so that it could continue sailing in the thick fog.

“Everyone! Prepare to be hit by the waves!" the captain shouted very loudly as the ship was passing through a very thick fog. The sea looked very calm, but the captain ordered his crew to get ready to face the waves. It made Wolly, who was certainly very unfamiliar with this new world, feel surprised.

“What's going on?" Wolly asked Lucifer.

“There are rumors that if a very thick fog appears, it is a sign that the sea guardian will appear. I've never seen it myself." Luvicer answered Wolly

Suddenly, the thick cloud disappeared. The weather became very bright, but snow was still falling from the sky. The seawater was very calm, so there were no waves at all. A few moments later, the sunlight was covered by a very large shadow, and the situation became dark instantly.

“The sea guardians have arrived! Prepare to sail at full speed!" The captain shouted as he looked up at the sky.

Seen in the sky, a creature like a blue whale of a larger size is floating above the sky. Slowly, the blue whale fell towards the surface of the sea. Blue whales are known as the guardians of the ocean. Sailors and fishermen greatly respect blue whales. No one has ever hunted or been hunted by blue whales. Blue whales keep the ocean ecosystem intact. Sometimes they also help sailors in the open ocean.

The blue whale fell and dived into the sea. Big waves appeared due to the impact of the blue whale. The waves hit the ship very hard. The size of the waves made the ship sail very fast, following the current of the waves. The captain of the ship realized this, so from the beginning, he shouted to his crew to get ready. The ship continued to glide very fast towards the central continent.

Wolly was amazed by the incident. Of course, this was the first time he saw something like that. Luvicer also looked amazed by the appearance of the blue whale. Meanwhile, Grisyela was still sleeping soundly. Even the speed of the ship did not wake her from her sleep.

The ship continued to sail with the help of the fast waves, carrying them towards the central continent.

2

A few kilometers from the coast of the central continent, the entire surface of the sea is frozen into ice. Extreme cold weather makes the entire surface of the sea turn into ice for several months.

Ships heading to the central continent were forced to stop sailing, and people had to continue their journey by walking for one day to reach the largest port city in the central continent.

"Wake up!" Luvicer tried to wake up Grisyela, who was sleeping.

“Ughh... are we there yet? I'm still sleepy..." Grisyela woke up with a sleepy face.

“The ocean is frozen," Wolly replied.

“We had to walk to the harbor because the seawater was frozen," Luvicer added.

“ahh... I thought we were already in Porta Town." Grisyela felt disappointed.

“Porta Town?” Wolly asked.

“That's the name of the port city we're heading to," Luvicer explained briefly.

The three of them helped the ship's crew and the merchants carry their goods and place them on several animals and carts that would be pulled by animals such as Yaks and horses. The other animals did not carry too many goods to walk without a heavy load.

“Hufft... so tiring." Luvicer felt tired after helping carry the things.

“No need to push yourself." Wolly casually carried items that weighed twice as much as Luvicer.

“Don't you feel ashamed? Hahahaha," Grisyela teased Luvicer.

“Shut up!” Luvicer feels annoyed.

“What are you doing?" Grisyela saw Wolly preparing some fresh fish that she got from the ship's crew.

“I'm making sashimi." Wolly started cutting the fish while answering Grisyela's question.

“Samshimi?” Grisyela asked.

“Eat this." Wolly gave Grisyela the sashimi that was ready to eat.

“Raw fish?? This is like the food in the Eastern continent. Hmm... but it's very delicious even though it's raw." Grisyela accepted the sashimi given by Wolly and ate it.

“It seems like sashimi is nothing new in this world." Wolly muttered in her mind while eating sashimi.

“Don't you want to eat this?" Grisyela asked Lucifer.

“I can't eat that. It's better if the fish is grilled." Luvicer answered while grilling the salted fish with his fire magic.

“Give me one," Grisyela asked Luvicer for the salted fish.

Grisyela held the fish, and quickly the fish was seen emitting smoke and then cooked instantly. She immediately ate the fish. It seems that with her power, Grisyela can grill fish just by touching it.

Then the sun will soon set. Wolly took out the tent he had made himself that he had prepared in his bag. Before going on this journey, Wolly tried to collect some items to be used as a tent.

Wolly used some thick cloth as the inner layer of the tent and animal skin coated with oil as the second layer, until finally adding some more cloth as the outer layer. Animal skin coated with oil is useful as a barrier to water entering the tent. Then, after the tent was up, Wolly asked Grisyela to help light the campfire using her fire magic.

Luvicer set up the tent himself because he was the only man in the group. Wolly and Grisyela slept together. But in her mind, Wolly felt that it was inappropriate for her to do so because she remembered who she was in her previous life. Therefore, she widened the distance with Grisyela in the tent.

That night, everyone slept in their tents. Those who did not have tents slept in tents that had been prepared by the ship's crew and merchants. The ship carrying them all had sailed back to the southern continent. Some of the ship's crew continued to travel to Porta Town to help the merchants carry their goods.

The night was so cold, but very quiet, and people were sleeping peacefully.

3

“Psst... Hey... Hey... Wake up," Luvicer tried to wake Wolly and Grisyela in a very low tone.

The distance between the three of them and the other people's tents was not too close. Luvicer, who woke up early, realized that there was a crowd where the ship's crew, traders, and passengers were resting.

“What happened?" Wolly woke up and answered. While Grisyela was still asleep.

“There are bandits. We should run away before they realize where we are," Luvicer told Wolly in a low tone and with a worried face.

“Wouldn't it be better if we fought them?" Wolly said casually.

“Are you crazy!?? The number of bandits is very large. It's like an army. There's no way we can take the risk. Remember, our journey is still far." Luvicer didn't want to get into trouble and thought about avoiding conflict.

“Okay then. Grisyela wakes up." Wolly accepted Luvicer's opinion and woke Grisyela up. But Grisyela was still asleep.

“Hey! You two over there!" one of the Bandits shouted after seeing Luvicer and Wolly outside the tent.

“Don't be reckless. Just do what they want." Luvicer warned Wolly not to act recklessly in front of the bandits.

Wolly and Luvicer approached the bandits and left Grisyela sleeping in the tent. One of the bandits was seen ordering his friend to capture Wolly and Luvicer. They were both tied up using a fairly strong rope. Both were taken and gathered with other people who had been caught by the bandits.

"Don't you dare fight back!" The bandits were robbing everyone of their belongings.

“Please don't do this. This is all we have. We can't live without this," one of the merchants pleaded, bowing down to the bandits.

“Get out of the way!" One of the bandits kicked the merchant.

“Bad people! Don't hurt my father!" The five-year-old girl with black hair in two pigtails tried to defend her father, who was kicked by the bandits and fell.

The bandit also wanted to kick the girl like he kicked her father, but suddenly someone stopped the bandit's kick, which was aimed at the girl.

“Someone who dares to attack a child is lower than an insect.” A muscular body with very thick blonde hair and a beard covering his face, half the height of a normal human, but his body looks very tough. His short height indicates that he comes from a short human race, or what they usually call a dwarf.

“What are you doing? Didn't I tell you not to fight back? Looks like you need to be taught a lesson." The bandits started to approach the person who saved the girl.

“Hahahaha, I'm Dwargo! I'm not afraid of you lowly bandits!" Dwargo was the name of the person who saved the girl. Without holding any weapons, Dwargo made the bandits angry.

“Catch and kill him!" shouted one of the bandits, who gave orders to the other bandits to immediately catch and kill Dwargo, who had annoyed them.

“I thought you two had left me. Turns out pests are bothering me." Grisyela suddenly appeared while swinging her axe to the ground, which made cracks in the ice that froze the ocean. The bandits were stopped by Grisyela's actions, and some of them fell because of the vibrations produced by Grisyela's axe swing.

“Grisyela!” Wolly and Luvicer shouted.

“How dare you disturb us!" The bandits were getting angrier because of Grisyela's actions. They changed their target.

The bandits started attacking Grisyela simultaneously, but suddenly Grisyela also attacked; she swung her big axe using one hand until it hit several bandits simultaneously. The bandits who were hit by Grisyela's attack died instantly, with their body parts separated into two.

The other bandits who saw the incident stopped their attacks immediately. They did not dare to attack Grisyela until finally, they all fled from that place.

“You have no mercy on them." Luvicer approached Grisyela.

“I will not forgive anyone who tries to hurt a child," Grisyela said with a serious look.

“Hoo... looks like this problem is going to get more complicated hahahaha." Dwargo suddenly appeared after returning the little boy, who was about to be attacked by the bandits earlier, to his father.

“What do you mean?" Wolly asked.

“They are not the main force; you should have finished them off right away. The rest will call the other bandits to take revenge, Hahaha." Dwargo answered Wolly and directed his gaze at Grisyela.

“Thank you for saving the girl. Don't worry about the bandits." Grisyrla bowed to Dwargo and then cleaned her axe, which was stained with blood.

Dwargo left the three of them to return to his tent. Meanwhile, Wolly, Luvicer, and Grisyela returned to their tent to prepare for the journey to Porta Town.

After packing their belongings, the three of them continued their journey. Right in front of them, a convoy of merchants and ship crews also continued their journey to Porta Town. It took at least a day to reach Porta Town. The air that day was quite cold, and the wind was very strong, but the journey had to be continued.

“Luviver, how long until we arrive?” Wolly asked.

“According to the information I got from the ship's crew, we will at least reach Porta Town tomorrow morning if the weather is not too extreme," Luvicer explained.

Wolly felt excited to reach Porta Town. The town would be the starting point of his journey in the Central Continent to reach the Peak of Mount Jeevan. She enjoyed this journey even though it would take a very long time, but she understood it very well because of her experience of climbing mountains in her previous life.

4

“What are you saying?!" a female voice shouted behind the costume, which appeared to be fully armored from head to toe. At her waist was a silver sword with a silver scabbard.

“You don't need to shout like that, Ediya." The man in black robes with a long magic wand tried to calm the woman named Ediya.

“Shut up, Motar!" Ediya shouted at the man named Motar. Motar is a mage while Ediya is a sword knight.

“You two, stop it. Let's listen to Master Tark's orders." A large, muscular man with an axe as his weapon. Part of his body was covered in red armor.

“Thank you, Arche. As you know, no one has the right to look down on us. This incident is the biggest insult we have experienced! For the sake of our colleagues and our organization, we will repay their actions against our colleagues!" Tark is the leader of the bandits. He wears red armor on some parts of his body. A large black sword is stuck to the right of his seat, which looks like a throne. He felt angry when his men were killed. He felt his pride was trampled on, but he seemed to try to stay calm in front of his bandit groups.

“Just let us take care of this problem," Arche begged, so that he and his colleagues could solve the problem.

“No, we will all move, including me,” Tark said firmly.

Then the bandits, led by Tark, got ready and immediately went to where the merchant group and ship crew were. They planned to take revenge and seize the goods that the merchant group and ship crew owned. With horses and Yak, they quickly headed to the location.

5

"Is it okay if we lag behind them?" Wolly asked while eating grilled fish.

“Don't worry, we'll catch up with them after eating. Besides, I'm hungry because I didn't have breakfast this morning." Grisyela answered while eating a large grilled fish.

“You guys... You should have woken up earlier for breakfast." Luvicer spoke while drinking hot coffee in a wooden cup.

After resting for a while, the three of them continued their journey and caught up with the group of traders and ship crew who had gone ahead. The weather started to return to normal; the strong winds were gone, but the snow continued to fall all day.

“Uhhghhh... ugh... help! Help!" Someone from the group of traders and ship crew in front was seen running unsteadily towards Wolly's group.

“Calm down. What happened?" Luvicer held the person, who looked very tired.

“Drink this first." Wolly gave the person a drink of water, and the person drank it quickly.

“Bandits... the bandits attacked us again. There were more of them than before. Someone was holding them back alone. Thanks to him, I managed to escape." After quenching his thirst, the man spoke to Wolly's group.

“Wolly, Grisyela, can you run fast?" Luvicer asked, looking at the two of them.

“I'll catch up with you later. Put down your things and help someone who is holding them alone!" Luvicer ordered the two of them to hurry to where the group of merchants and ship crew were.

Wolly and Grisyela then ran quickly, carrying their weapons towards where the group was. While Luvicer will follow after providing aid to the exhausted person.

“Ha ha ha ha. I won't let you get past me!" Dwargo, with a shield and a large hammer that he held as a weapon, withstood the attacks of the bandits alone.

“Get out of my way! So incompetent! Let me fight him!" Ediya shouted. At the same time, she took her sword out of its sheath to attack Dwargo's defense.

“Face me, little girl!" Dwargo provoked Ediya's emotions.

“Thunder Strike!" Ediya swung her sword with both hands towards Dwargo. The sword immediately released yellow lightning, which struck Dwargo's shield.

“Hahahahaha. I told you, you won't get past me." Dwargo blocked Ediya's attack using the power of his shield.

“You underestimate me too much." Ediya easily passed Dwargo with her lightning powers. She shot quickly without being seen by Dwargo. Then Ediya tried to attack the group of traders and the ship's crew.

“Oh no!" Dwargo turned around because Ediya had already passed him.

“I am your opponent now!" Arche attacked Dwargo, and Dwargo managed to hold him back. However, Dwargo could not stop Ediya, who was going to attack the group of Merchants and the ship's crew.

“Thunder Strike!" Ediya attacked the group.

A powerful wind blew towards Ediya. With lightning speed, Ediya's attack was broken,n and Ediya was thrown far away.

Wolly quickly broke Ediya's attack and made Ediya throw far away due to Wolly's.

“Wolly! You face her." Grisyela also arrived at the scene after sending Arche flying far away with Grisyela's sudden axe attack.

“There she is!! She's the one who killed our comrade!!" one of the bandits shouted, pointing at Grisyela.

“Whoa... calm down first!" Grisyela smiled and quickly blocked the attacks from Motar and Arche. Motar attacked Grisyela using fireball magic, and Arche attacked with her axe, which she held in both hands.

Grisyela tried to block the attacks of the two people, but from above, Tark suddenly attacked with all his might with his sword coated with fire magic power.

“You guys are impatient." Grisyela only used one hand to block Tark's attack using a large axe, and then threw Tark not too far.

“You guys help Ediya. I will fight him!" Tark ordered Arche and Mortar to help Ediya. While he will fight Grisyela.

“You look familiar," Grisyela said while holding a large axe.

“You look familiar," Grisyela said while holding a large axe.

Meanwhile, other bandits managed to take the merchant group and ship crews hostage.

“You are my opponent. hahahaha." Dwargo suddenly attacked Arche, so Arche stopped, and Mortar was the only one left with the other bandits to help Ediya.

“Burning fire!" Tark attacked Grisyela repeatedly using his sword, which released fire magic. However, Grisyela also managed to dodge the attacks several times.

“Hmm, not bad." Grisyela smiled.

“You just keep dodging. Is that all you can do?!" Tark continued to attack Grisyela.

“Alright, I'll start attacking." Grisyela changed to serious mode and started looking for a point to attack Tark.

With just one swing of the axe, Tark was blown away by Grisyela's attack. But Tark blocked her using his sword.

“Who exactly are you!?” Tark was surprised because he didn't expect someone to be able to match him.

“Come here! Is that all you can do?" Grisyela returned Tark's words and teased him.

Tark felt annoyed, so he attacked Grisyela again. This time, the attack was stronger and faster, making it difficult for Grisyela.

Meanwhile, Wolly is fighting against Ediya.

“Ughh... Who are you!? How dare you attack me!?" Ediya got up after being hit by Wolly's attack, and she felt very angry.

“Whoa… female knight. This is the first time I've seen it in person." Wolly ignored Ediya's words and felt amazed when she saw Ediya, who was wearing full armor.

“Pay attention when people are talking!" Ediya attacked Wolly with her sword.

“Ugh, she's very fast." Wolly blocked Ediya's attack, but she was thrown away.

"Guess I don't need to know who you are, because this will be over quickly." Ediya took an attacking stance. The surroundings were surrounded by extremely bright lightning. The lightning focused on the sword she was holding so that the sword seemed to shine.

“Thunder Storm!" Ediya launched an attack with her sword towards Wolly. The lightning that surrounded the sword grew bigger and brighter.

Wolly calmly ran to face the attack using her Zweihander sword. Then she swung the sword towards Ediya's neck. Ediya was very surprised because her lightning magic did not affect Wolly at all. Ediya swiftly tried to avoid Wolly's counterattack.

“Clank!” Ediya's helmet bounced off after Wolly launched an attack towards her neck, but missed because Ediya managed to avoid it.

Ediya fell and was silent for a moment, feeling shocked. From behind Ediya came Motar and the bandits.

“Ediya! What happened?" Motar approached Ediya and grabbed her shoulder. After that, Ediya stood up again.

“I had underestimated her. That kid is very strong." Ediya had gotten back up and was holding her sword back. Her long blonde hair and beautiful face were now visible after the helmet she was wearing had fallen off her head.

After that, Ediya and the Mota, together with other bandi, surrounded Wolly. There were so many of them that it made Wolly confused.

“What should I do?" Wolly thought hard because this was the first time she had felt something like this. Even in her previous life, she had never felt a situation like this. Her heart was beating so fast that it made her a little unfocused, and she slowly felt panicked.

“Wollyyyyyy! Sorry, I'm late!" Luvicer shouted from a distance. At the same time, he used his dark magic to fight the bandits who were surrounding Wolly. A large black ball was visible in the sky. It was very strong, sucking in everything around it. The wind blew so hard that it made the bandits fall, and some of them were sucked into the black ball.

After the black ball disappeared, the bandits who were sucked in fell from the sky like snow that had just fallen. Motar and Ediya were shocked to see the incident, so without thinking, Motar launched an attack on Luvicer.

“Ice spear!” Motar released a large, ice spear-shaped magic that immediately aimed at Luvicer.

The heat suddenly appeared. The blazing fire was seen melting the ice spears aimed at Luvicer. With his fire magic, he melted Motar's ice attack.

Of course, Motar was surprised because Luvicer could cast magic that he didn't know and fire magic without saying a word. Because a Mage should say a sentence when using magic.

Among mages, the shorter the word they said, the greater their power. However, for people who don't say a word when using magic, their power is far above the average mage.

Luvicer is currently facing Motar directly, while Wolly continues to fight with Ediya.

6

Several years ago, in a city in the Edinburgh empire. At that time, the war had long passed and people returned to living peacefully, but discrimination still occurred everywhere, especially against the main victims were soldiers and people associated with the rebel forces. Even though the war had ended long ago, they were still considered the biggest traitors throughout the Edinburgh Empire. No one cares about the condition of those who don't have a home, and it's even difficult to eat. For those who are strong, they find food by hunting monsters and selling their goods to traders in big cities. Those who are weak can only surrender to their lives and hope that there is a hero who will help them.

“Eat this." A big man wearing armor gave some very delicious-looking bread to some discriminated people.

“Thank you very much. We don't know what to repay the favor with," an old man thanked the big man.

“I need people to work with me. I guarantee you will be able to eat deliciously every day." The big man asked for help to find someone to work with him.

One quiet and cold night. The big man took several people to work. They were fully dressed with weapons in their hands. That night, they looted goods brought by traders who were heading to the port town in the middle of a very cold night. Thanks to this, previously hungry people can now eat deliciously every day. The big man made people come back to life after losing their hope.

7

“Why are you doing this?" Grisyela asked Tark with a serious look.

“Why do you ask? Is that important to you? Weren't you the one who killed our comrade!? Tark shouted in response to Grisyela's question. At the same time, they continued to fight and avoid each other's attacks.

“You don't know anything about us. We do this because we have to. Do you understand when people in this country curse you!? Do you understand what it's like to be hungry, have no place to live, and lose hope in life!? Does this country care!? Do people care!? People were happy when the war ended, but were people like us, too? No. We are discriminated against because we are on the losing side. We have no power to retaliate. We can't just live our lives. When I heard that our comrade was killed just like that, it hurt my heart. Remembering how difficult it was for them to return to living their lives. I know, looting is a bad thing, but it's the only thing we can do to survive in this country!" Tark let out a lot of words from his mouth. At the same time, he also released a huge amount of magic energy. Fire magic burned around him and his sword. He prepared to attack Grisyela.

“Burning fire!" Tark launched a huge fire magic attack using his sword towards Grisyela.

Grisyela didn't move at all, seeing Tark's fire magic attack. She just smiled broadly when she received the attack.

“I just can't keep quiet if someone tries to hurt a child." With her smile, Grisyela didn't feel any pain at all when she was hit by Tark's attack. Her hair turned a very fiery red color. Likewise, around her, there was a very strong flame. The fire magic attack did not affect her at all because she was also a fire magic user. With a slash of her big axe, she extinguished the huge fire and then revealed a form that made anyone who faced him feel afraid.

“What...? Is this real? Why are you here!? QUEEN OF EDINBURGH!!!" Tark, surprised, saw Grisyela's changed form and recognized her. He didn't expect to see Grisyela once again since the war.

“It's fitting that I feel like I know you. You are a fire boy. I didn't expect you to be this big." Grisyela recognized Tark.

“This is impossible. I can't win..." Tark knelt in front of Grisyela after knowing who he was facing.

“Did you say something about attacking a child? Did our comrade you killed do that?" Tark didn't look enthusiastic about fighting anymore. Also, Grisyela returned to her normal form.

“Yes, I will not hesitate to kill someone who tries to harm a child." Grisyela stuck her big axe into the icy ground.

“I have been told many times to never attack children, women, and the elderly when looting. It seems I made a mistake." Tark got back up and stood straight.

“Everyone, stop!" Tark shouted very loudly to stop the bandits.

“Master Tark! Master Tark! This is bad... Dragon... there's a dragon... There's an ice dragon! Ediya and Motar are facing an ice dragon!" One of the bandits ran towards Tark and told him the situation where Ediya and Motar were.

“Dragon?? This is so abnormal." Gisel held her big axe again.

“No. That's a very normal thing. At least after the war, the monsters have grown and roamed everywhere." Tark said to Grisyela.

“Fire boy, come with me!" Grisyela gave orders to Tark to immediately follow him. The two of them ran quickly towards where the ice dragon was.

8

A decade ago, during the war. At that time, in the south of the city of Edina, there were rebel troops who were going to attack the city. The rebel troops were everywhere. In every direction, the city of Edina was surrounded by rebel troops. Grisyela at that time fought her first war as a Queen.

A big young man was in the ranks of the rebel troops. Tark was that young man. He was about the same age as Grisyela at that time. Tark burned down the entire southern gate of Edina city. The fire was so big. He burned down the big door of our gate.

The commander of the rebel forces ordered Tark to launch an attack on the gate by burning the entire contents of the city. Tark followed the commander's orders. However, when Tark was doing his job, a silhouette of a person was seen walking casually in the flames released by Tark.

Tark stopped his attack, but the flames grew bigger. Suddenly, a young woman came out of the flames, which made the entire rebel army look shocked.

Grisyela, wearing a battle suit with her battle mode, sees her entire body covered in blazing flames. She held a pitch-black sword in one hand.

Then quickly and unexpectedly, Grisyela launched a huge fire magic attack through her sword. But the attack was blocked by Tark, who also had the power of fire.

“Oh?? Did someone block my attack? How about this?” Grisyela slashed her sword forward, where the entire rebel army was visible.

A very strong gust of wind came out of the attack launched by Grisyela. Tark was confused because Grisyela did not cast fire magic. But a few moments later, screams were heard everywhere. One by one, the rebel soldiers were burned by the flames. Tark was very panicked, looking around him. Then at the same time, the Edinburgh imperial soldiers ran out of the city gate and began to attack the rebel troops.

The rebel troops who saw it began to run backward because some of them were being burned by the fire. Tark also ran from that place. He had time to look back, and he saw Grisyela raising her sword, ordering the Edinburgh imperial soldiers to attack. Finally, the rebel troops were successfully repelled from the south gate of Edina city.