I Have a Sailing Game

After a moment.

Rogel returned to the Gelin.

He frowned in thought, simultaneously digesting the information he had obtained from the old man.

This old man was an Extraordinary.

But he was undoubtedly promoted through an Alternative Path.

Moreover, he became an Extraordinary to keep his wife alive, who was previously the girl capable of transforming into a monster.

He and his wife originally lived in a large settlement within the Mire of Decay, but his wife fell gravely ill and had little time left.

So he tried everything, eventually finding an Alternative Path Promotion that turned his wife into a half-human, half-monster being.

And to ensure his wife’s survival, he needed a lot of flesh, thereby creating this place, drifting in the Mire of Decay, preying on passing travelers, and planting their body parts in the garden behind the house...

Of course, Rogel wasn’t interested in this; there were too many unfortunate people in this world.

What was worth his attention was the large settlement within the Mire of Decay.

The Gostya Mud Pool.

A significant number of people lived there, and it was likely he could gather some of the information he sought.

However, based on the location, they were quite far away now.

The closest was the location provided by Uvie Muzhe.

Which was where his old friend Muse Laya was.

It seemed better to go there first.

"Let’s go."

Rogel took one last look at the ragged mire of flesh and blood in front of him, then looked away.

The old man and his wife’s monster body were piled together.

In truth, his wife had long perished, replaced by a monster, and in days when flesh was scarce, she would draw the little blood essence from him.

Perhaps, he understood this in his heart.

...

The range of the Mire of Decay was still quite large.

It was probably about the same size as the Royal City Sea Area of the Five Great Seas.

However, it wasn’t entirely shrouded in the boundary fog.

Around it were places near the boundary fog but vastly different in terrain from the Mire of Decay.

Dragonbone Rock Land was one such place.

The Gelin docked at a small wharf in Dragonbone Rock Land.

Rogel and his companions were inside a small shop.

This was a perilous area outside the Mire of Decay, at a high altitude, and overall looked like a huge rocky mountain.

On the rock land lived a group with a distinct cultural identity, considered a large tribe overall.

They called themselves the Mumu Worshipers.

This name came from a legend.

A heavily wounded Giant Dragon came to the Dragonbone Rock Land, eventually dying and leaving behind dragon bones imbued with great power. They glimpsed and harnessed some strength from them, thus establishing their Faith and tribal culture.

After listening to what the Mumu Worshiper had to say.

Rogel was silent for a moment, then said inwardly, "Uvie Muzhe..."

"I’m fine, go ahead and see what you can find." Uvie Muzhe’s voice was calm, but there was a hint of melancholy and sadness within it.

Undoubtedly, the dragon proficient in prophecy and divination, his old friend Muse Laya, was the very dragon that perished here.

It was precisely because of its fall that the Mumu Worshipers of Dragonbone Rock Land were born.

Rogel sighed inwardly.

With Muse Laya’s death, the clues from the Sea of Holy Scales could very likely be cut off.

However, after pondering for a moment, he decided to give it a shot and spoke to the shopkeeper in front of him.

"I wish to see your leader and priest."

Muse Laya’s fall might have left something behind.

As outsiders, Rogel and his companions naturally had their every move observed by the Mumu Worshipers.

In fact, even without his request, the leader and priest here were already informed.

So, after a period of waiting.

Rogel was soon led to the top of the Dragonbone Rock Land.

The terrain of the Dragonbone Rock Land was very peculiar.

Overall, it looked like a large stone block.

Except for the small coastal area at the bottom, the Mumu Worshipers’ living areas were all situated atop this stone block.

And from its base to the top, there was a vertical distance of several hundred meters.

Without a doubt, this was a long distance.

So how did the Mumu Worshipers get to the top of the Dragonbone Rock Land?

It should be noted that there were no paths or roads up the Dragonbone Rock Land, with cliffs on almost all sides.

The Mumu Worshipers provided an answer.

They constructed cliffside steps.

These cliffside steps were like stairways, winding and twisting, extending slowly from the base of the Dragonbone Rock Land to the very top.

Within these cliffside steps, many Muse Laya people extended inwards, creating space and eventually constructing "rooms on the cliff."

Most of these rooms on the cliffs were shops and taverns, selling locally unique items.

The crew found this very interesting.

Seeing this, Rogel wasn’t in much of a hurry either. He turned to the Mumu Worshiper guide, requesting to linger a while in this cliffside tavern.

The guide didn’t refuse.

Thus, the crowd sat down in this peculiar little tavern within the cliff.

Rogel looked at the cup in his hand.

It had a resemblance to earthware.

However, his focus wasn’t on this.

He turned his head, taking in the sea breeze that blew in from outside.

Being inside the cliff, the tavern was naturally exposed to the sea breeze.

Though some rooms blocked it.

"How many years did it take you to build these cliffside steps?"