"This Is Such a Cliché."

After making his plans for the day, Shien did not delay. The moment he left his room, he used Teleportation and headed outside House Bigusle.

He was still wearing his cloak, for the time being.

Though a mysterious figure in a cloak would undoubtedly attract suspicious attention in the current Imperial Capital, Shien had never intended to move around within the Imperial Capital anyway, so it did not matter.

The secret location Harvis had investigated was not in the Imperial Capital either, but out in the wilderness some distance away.

If he rode Yulin, he could probably get there in just a few minutes. Using Teleportation would be even faster; the round trip might not even take a minute.

With that, Shien naturally had no reason to hesitate. He directly chose Teleportation as his means of travel, repeatedly blinking through space like a true phantom as he rushed toward the location marked on the map.

Before long, Shien arrived at his destination.

"This should be the place, right?"

Shien appeared in a stretch of wasteland, took out the map, glanced at it, and confirmed it.

This was a barren plain with sparse vegetation, rocks scattered everywhere, and exceptionally dry air. It had likely not rained here for a long time.

Within the Ragna Empire, terrain like this was not uncommon.

The northern Ragna Empire had always possessed a dry climate, the complete opposite of the fertile Kingdom of Mithra. That was why the Ragna Empire had long coveted the Kingdom of Mithra's lands.

Of course, in wilderness like this, monsters were the one thing never in short supply.

With the sensing ability of Outer Perception of Heaven, Shien detected quite a few monsters. There were even several monster groups roaming around the area.

However, none of these monsters were particularly