After briefly discussing the plan with Xiao Zhe and Lanya, we embarked on our journey to continue exploring the Eastern Continent.
"Why don't we stay here and run the business?" I couldn't help but joke. "Managing this place is not something that can be done overnight. Unless I suddenly get a speed boost, am I supposed to stay here until I make enough money?"
In that case, there's really no need to go to the Eastern Continent at all!
"It's better to retreat quickly. Who knows, when we come back, we might find this place flourishing and making big money!"
"Why don't we just take an airship directly to the target city?" Aliyah yawned and asked as soon as we left the town.
"Well, it's good for our overall well-being to walk a bit," I silently replied.
"Huh?"
"Well~ think about it, we're on a trip after all. If we don't take the chance to explore along the way..."
"Doing quests and all," I supplemented through private terminal communication. After all, we had quite a few people in our group who were from this world.
"Yeah, you're right~ I've forgotten about that lately."
"It's actually the most important thing."
I shook my head and looked at Ms. Mary, continuing, "Anyway, the school just gave us this vacation to buy some time. If we don't take our time, we won't be able to satisfy those people's needs, right?"
"But if you guys do that, you'll suffer a big loss in the college's intercollegiate battles, won't you?" Ms. Mary laughed.
"Is that so? We'll come back even stronger anyway, what's there to be afraid of?"
That's right, I'm currently at level 35, already approaching level 36 like Ms. Mary. In other words, I've gone from being a student in the college to being a teacher.
However, Ms. Mary's expertise lies not in magic, but in the development of high-tech products.
"That's true~"
"But Ms. Mary, let's stick to the right path this time. If we encounter any strange events again, it'll be troublesome."
"Well, the mining task earlier took us a long time to find any clues... Did any of you complete it?" she turned to look at Taishi Xi, who shook his head.
"I obtained the gene for lycanthropy, but I'm still struggling with whether or not to use it, considering its mysterious origin."
It seems Aliyah got something else.
As for Oyado... maybe because she's not from our world, even if she completes a task, there won't be any rewards.
"It seems like you guys have encountered a lot of things while we were still patrolling in the college," Bai Yueguang said discontentedly.
"Yeah, we fell into all sorts of strange places and thought we wouldn't be able to come back."
"Tsk, how can we improve ourselves without some adventures?"
"Based on what you said, I now understand another reason why you guys came from the Eastern Continent to the Western Continent... but speaking of which, are you guys alright? Didn't you come to the Western Continent to escape from certain pursuers?"
"We're fine. We were quite weak in the beginning, and what you see now is us who have endured and made progress throughout our journey. And... now we have eight people, what is there to fear?"
"Hey hey hey, if the opponents use legions to fight against us, even with eight people, it'll be hard for us to win, right?"
"Well, let's see~"
"Hey hey hey..."
That guy...
"It's okay, my skills are basically trained to deal with legions, so don't worry."
Taishi Xi confidently said, "The key is not this, right? Being an enemy of a country or something..."
It seems like I've done something similar before.
Speaking of which, I should find an opportunity to solve some problems in the Chelfa Kingdom. Well, we'll talk about it when the chance comes.
"Alright, anyways, let's first go to our destination. Ms. Mary, where exactly is our first destination?"
"It's a place called 'Mutan Academy.' I heard it's ranked fourth among the top four academies in the Eastern Continent. Of course, they and another academy called 'Bengdi Academy' both claim to be the third, but because someone from Mutan Academy previously used the power of 'ghosts' to kill people, their ranking is considered fourth by everyone."
"It seems that the battles between academies in the Eastern Continent are quite complicated, unlike the prestige of our academy."
"However, competition indicates that their strength is definitely not weaker than ours. Although it's a journey, we need to be prepared for a few fights for sure."
"Yes, yes, no problem."
"But..."
Ms. Mary glanced at the pure white figure behind her.
"Where did you get this Shikigami from?"
"They said it was collected in the past..."
"Your collecting hobby is really special..."
"..."
Silently shaking her head, she looked at the puzzled faces of everyone discussing her pure white figure, and I continued, "Ms. Mary, let's go quickly, otherwise when will we arrive?"
"Don't worry about that. That's one advantage of the Eastern Continent. Villages are everywhere, so basically, after walking for two or three hours, we'll reach a new village. So don't worry."
"That's good."
"But it feels weird for nine of us to keep walking like this..."
Aliyah whispered.
"I also find it strange, but I absolutely don't want to ride a horse or anything like that. Oh, by the way, let's use that thing."
Although I can also use wind magic to accelerate a group, there were a lot of people now, so it's better not to expose the fact that I can use wind elemental magic.
But... to deal with this situation, I specially asked Lanya to create special magic cards similar to magic scrolls.
"Well, let's speed up!"
I tore the card, and a green light radiated from everyone at the same time. The walking speed suddenly became as fast as running!
Arcane · Group · Wind's Path
Provides a 100% acceleration for allies within a 100 yards radius in non-combat situations.
"Let's try running with the acceleration!"
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One minute later, outside a small village in the Eastern Continent.
A ferocious-looking man said to the person beside him, "Boss, the merchants from the Eastern Continent are about to arrive at this time. Everyone is ready. We..."
"Yes, get ready immediately. We must snatch some good things today."
Just as they were saying that, a green shadow flashed past the village!
"..."
Both of them froze in place.
After a while, one of them anxiously said, "Are they... merchants?"
"Probably not."
"Hahaha..."
"Hahaha..."
