Chapter 1138: Bad News

After a few days of sailing, Nathan was surprised by the message from Kun.

"Master. I’ve gotten word from the fish around. It looks like we have found the land."

"!!!" Nathan widened his eyes. Without hesitation, he rushed out to see the very land.

*Bang!*

The door to the deck was slammed open, startling the few people on the deck.

"Nathan?" Evelyn furrowed her eyebrows. "What’s wrong?"

Nathan’s expression turned solemn while he squinted his eyes. "According to Kun, we have found the land. Where is it, Kun?"

"It’s still about 30 minutes away."

"30 minutes away, huh?" Nathan muttered.

"What? We really found the land?" Bella gasped.

"You are not joking?" Melissa covered her mouth, which had a hard time closing. They had been chasing their enemy for so long. And the fact that they could find the land meant their revenge could finally begin.

Nathan nodded. "Kun shouldn’t be wrong. It looks like we’re going to land there."

"Let me call everyone to get ready." Bella nodded.

However, their celebration was cut short as Kun added, "Master. Looks like we’ve got a problem."

"Huh? A problem?" Nathan’s expression darkened right away. "What kind of problem, Kun?"

Nathan used telepathy and spoke it aloud at the same time so that everyone could hear the conversation between them. He even repeated a bit of Kun’s words to tell them what he said.

"According to the fish, it looks like there are patrols around the beach."

"What? A patrol? A routine patrol? Or maybe it’s a fisherman? Without the cloud-repelling device, the only way to barely solve the food problem is to get it from the sea. Maybe the fish is wrong..."

"That’s what I think as well, Master. That’s why I relay this message to you."

"I see..." Nathan understood why he had to make a decision. In the first place, it would be their choice whether to make contact with the people of this continent right away or not.

After all, they didn’t know how they spoke. It would be weird if they became suspicious.

Besides, this continent was more advanced compared to their land, so they had to be careful not to draw any suspicion.

Kun wanted him to decide whether they looped around to find a place to land without those people or just went straight.

"There are patrols?" Evelyn furrowed her eyebrows.

"Yes," Nathan confirmed it with a nod. "Looks like it, but there’s no confirmation of whether it’s a true patrol or just fishermen. However, it’s clear that if we continue this way, we will make contact with them."

"Won’t this be bad, Nathan? We came from a different continent, so we would be suspicious," explained Melissa.

"That’s what I think too. However, we can tell them we come from a different continent and try to find a land that is still survivable after the natural disaster. They might take pity on us and become friendly." Evelyn offered a good reason.

It was not a lie, but at the same time, not the whole truth either. If they could gain sympathy, they might be able to find more information right off the bat.

Nathan shook his head. "There are two things you need to know. First of all, how are we supposed to explain how we’re able to understand them? Magic? They might as well extract information from us. It’s true that we’re strong, but the terrorists who caused the Bloody Banquet were extremely strong, right?

"We should assume that this continent had more world class summoners compared to our continent, so you alone wouldn’t be enough to handle them. It would be extremely bad if we had a wanted poster right away. Our movements will be severely limited.

"The second reason is that we know nothing about the continent’s political system. If we make contact with them without that knowledge, we might accidentally do something detrimental to us.

"Rather than endanger our mission, it’s better to play it safe," explained Nathan.

Melissa and Evelyn contemplated for a minute before agreeing with him.

"I see. In that case, we’ll take a detour?" Evelyn nodded, asking for the next step.

"Yes. We can go around the shore to find an area we can infiltrate." Nathan nodded before ordering Kun, "Can you go around, Kun? Find a gap for us to enter."

"Understood, Master." Kun gently changed directions and followed along the coast while asking the fish for information.

Yet, for some reason, the news remained the same.

"Master. We’ve got another problem." Kun sounded doubtful. "The fish kept telling me the same thing. The water is heavily patrolled. There’s no gap. It doesn’t look like fishermen."

"Hmm..." Nathan became confused. "Are they anticipating our arrival? Do they know that we’re going to arrive on their continent? How advanced is their power? To be able to find out about us..."

"I’m not entirely sure whether they know about us or not. If they had known about us, they would have come for us by now. Since they haven’t, they probably only expect our arrival, or maybe something else has happened."

Nathan crossed his arms. "In that case, let’s continue this way and find the gap. Maybe there’s a big influence that controls the coast, so it’s better to go around it rather than fighting such a powerful organization. We have to be careful after all."

"Understood."

Yet, even after several hours, the report remained the same. It looked like they were protecting their entire coast.

"This is weird..." Nathan was perplexed.

After knowing the situation, Evelyn couldn’t help but ask, "If the entire coast is protected, why don’t we just go straight in? Maybe we should eliminate a few ships. Even if they are strong, I can somehow take down a few and sneak into their territory.

"Even though they’re more advanced, I don’t think world class summoners would be there to defend the coast.

"Or I can teleport everyone directly to the land with my ability. There might be a trace of ena, but unless there’s a strong person, they won’t notice it."

Nathan considered their options carefully, but Kun brought another piece of news.

"Master. I found it. The gap!"