Chapter 245: Landing — Aftermath of the Killing Game
Without the whale’s help, control of the vessel once again fell to Everly. She summoned the waves, pushing the wooden raft forward at an unhurried pace in the morning light.
As they drew closer, the scenery along the shoreline became clearer and clearer.
Everly and Misha had just escaped from the killing island and still had no idea what the outside world was like. Because of that, Everly did not steer the raft toward ports or beaches with heavy human traffic. Instead, she chose an empty stretch of wasteland and brought the raft ashore on a tidal flat covered with broken stones and floating debris.
Landing was only the end of a journey; there was still much to do.
After sorting through the remaining supplies on board, Everly and Misha slung their backpacks over their shoulders, tucked their weapons for self-defense at their waists, and headed into the small forest beside the deserted shore.
Based on what they had seen at sea, this stretch of wasteland was located on the outskirts of a coastal city—an abandoned, rarely visited area. After coming ashore here, they would neither be immediately discovered nor end up so far from civilization that it would cause trouble for them.
As expected, after walking through the sparse woods for just a few minutes, the trees suddenly thinned out, revealing a wide, empty forest road ahead.
The long road stretched in both directions with no end in sight.
For safety reasons, they did not step onto the road. Instead, they stayed close to the forest edge, using the sparse trees to conceal themselves as they moved along the road in the direction they believed the city lay. Eventually, a road sign appeared in front of them.