The facts told me that running away was futile, and I proved it with my swollen face. The dreadful system limitation forced me to face another reality: even though I was beaten by Aliyah to the point of looking like a pig's head, my HP bar didn't decrease at all. I was basically a punching bag. It would be somewhat better if I were a masochist, but I had absolutely no cells that could find pleasure after being stepped on the floor by a cute Lolita in a swimsuit and then beaten with a baseball bat.

In simple terms, I did not enjoy it at all. Of course, I wouldn't enjoy it if a busty mature woman beat me up either, but at least that wouldn't happen.

"Aliyah, could I have a go?" Blanche asked beside me just as I was thinking about it. Okay, I was wrong; these things definitely do happen! I quickly rolled away and escaped because I didn't want to be a punching bag.

"Okay, okay, that's enough fighting. Can we focus on something productive? We didn't come here just to play around," I said. I opened the skill menu and promptly healed my pig-like face using the healing spell. After confirming my recovery by the water puddle nearby, I continued, "We are here to find clues. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if Snake Eye and the others got ahead of us?"

"Although that's true..." Mary crossed her arms, then pointed a finger towards the seats.

I turned to look and suddenly felt a glare that could kill single dogs coming from there. Yes, in the direction of the benches, Bai Yueguang was helping Hei Luoli apply sunscreen. Their playful expressions and actions that seemed straight out of a comic made me feel like a dramatic scene with a sound effect like "beep" was about to happen in a few seconds.

Before I could say anything, I sensed a change in the atmosphere around me, especially with Aliyah, whose hair color seemed to be turning red. Hmm, I suddenly felt like our team name could use a change, the one with the three-letter acronym. Maybe it's time to switch it up.

Under our intense aura, the two on the opposite side also realized the gravity of the situation and quickly straightened up, laughing foolishly as they watched us.

"Let's just leave them alone," I said, then turned to Taishi Xi. To Taishi Xi, not her black one-piece swimsuit. Though she tried to conceal her muscular abdomen, it only made it more apparent, although I thought that was fine.

Ahem, getting off track. "Taishi Xi, you must know something about the situation in the homeland, right?"

"Yeah," Taishi Xi nodded and glanced in the direction of Hei Luoli. "What is it?" I asked.

"When I teleported earlier, I ran into some villagers around here. They mentioned that lately the sea clans have started attacking humans on the shore. Then the local magistrate, named Tian, referred to as Mr. Tian, forbade attacking the sea clans to avoid trouble. I'm wondering if even the sea clans are restricted by that so-called ancient treaty."

"The ancient treaty... I've heard of it, but I don't know its specifics regarding the sea clans. However, I do know a bit about the boundary between them and humans."

Next to him, Hill suddenly spoke.

Although this guy was wearing a simple square-cut swimsuit, and it was pink, whenever he saw her he always felt like she was male... probably because his initial impression was that she was male.

"Oh, what about the content?"

Speaking of which, Hill's element is quite strange, although he is a human-made artificial being, even carrying the identity of an observer, this guy must be really miserable.

But precisely because of this, this guy's memory is simply a treasure trove, which is also very necessary for us.

But as to why this guy can still come out with us at such a crucial time? It's related to the two emperors of the Ais Empire and the Witte Empire.

After saving them over at the Dragon's Castle last time, they both said in unison, "There is no safer guardian than these people." If we had been a day late, our home might have become a new warehouse by now.

But it's not all bad, otherwise, when we said we wanted Hill to travel with us, they wouldn't have let him come along.

"The Sea Clan is actually not much different from humans, just living underwater. Most of them have evolved into humanoid forms, but still retain characteristics of their race."

Listening to Hill's explanation, I was a bit puzzled. The data of the seafood I encountered in the system was displayed as monster data, evolved into humanoid forms? Could it be that the dear World does not consider them as human, hence the different data?

"For thousands of years, the area separated between the Sea Clan and humans has been a distance of 5 kilometers from the shore, allowing humans ample environment for fishing and maritime activities. However, this design also prevents humans from exploring the sea. Although some have tried, those strong individuals and fleets of humans who entered the deep sea never came back, so there are fewer people willing to try."

"Maybe they sailed away from this continent."

I said.

"Well, even so, they never came back, so the ocean is an unknown area for this continent."

Hill said.

"So, can't we just fly over there?"

Dale asked curiously.

"Fly over with an airship... has anyone tried it?"

"Some wizards have tried to fly over but without success. People on the coast saw sea dragons emerging from the deep sea at that time, and one of those wizards was instantly devoured."

"Sea dragons..."

I looked at Hill.

"Are they considered part of the dragon race?"

"They could be considered a branch, but we are not entirely sure, as research on the Sea Clan and dragon race is almost non-existent."

"You guys really have patience."

I smiled wryly.

"What are you talking about, uh... are we going to fight monsters?"

At this moment, Bai Yueguang and Hei Luoli walked over with red faces.

Receiving a collective eye roll from us, I turned to Hei Luoli and asked, "Where is the nearest city around here? Do you know, Tian?"

"No way... Although I know there is a city nearby, with the last name 'Tian'..."

Hei Luoli's face showed displeasure.

"That guy is a pervert."

"Great!"

I said immediately.

"What do you mean, great! Are you trying to become a pervert too? No, you are already a pervert."

Aliyah beside me quipped, "Hey, hey, hey, I agreed because we can rid the people of evil!"

I replied earnestly, "Come on, where is the city? Let's go take a look."