Chapter 101: Dragon Continent (2)
The next day, Ash quietly left the inn he had been staying in. His destination was the central area of the village—or rather, the island. That was the meeting point for their departure.
Today, they would be sneaking into the Dragon Continent with the help of a Space Mage.
According to Rek, they had set up a teleportation array that connects to an underground area on the other side of the island.
Once they arrived, Ash would part ways from the rest of the group. While the others would begin their assigned tasks—mining for rare ores and gathering valuable herbs—Ash had no intention of joining them. That wasn’t the reason he had come here.
Soon enough, he reached the gathering spot.
A crowd had already formed, consisting of around fifty to sixty individuals, all quietly waiting for what was to come.
Amid the group, he quickly spotted the familiar faces he had traveled with.
"You’re early," Lina said with a small smile, her tone a mix of observation and surprise, as if she had expected him to arrive just on time, not ahead of schedule.
Ash didn’t respond with words. He merely gave her a quiet nod, keeping his thoughts to himself.
The others in the group also acknowledged him with silent nods. The light-hearted chatter from previous days was gone, replaced with a heavy silence.
Everyone had grown serious now—they were about to enter the Dragon Continent, after all.