As the mortal kingdoms rose and fell amid the chaos, and the entire continent was gradually swallowed by an ever-deepening vortex of darkness, even the lands drifting beyond the Main Continent could not remain peaceful forever. Every landmass floating in the void was being affected by Karnos's dark side. Twisted laws and negative magical energy were spreading up from the depths of this world, layer by layer corrupting the material realm—the rate at which the world was warping far exceeded that of any Chaos Tide recorded in history. The changes taking place in the Kolo World had become so obvious that even country bumpkins could sense them, let alone the Sanctuary scholars who had been monitoring the Chaos Boundary for centuries and regarded guarding the Realm of Order as their duty.
A group of investigators from the Order State had set out several days ago. They were now crossing the dark chaotic domain, and the scenery at the southern end of the Ansu Continent was gradually coming into view in the eyes of the high-ranking cleric Kalasios.
The Ansu Continent faced the Kingdom of Eternal Winter from afar. Between these two landmasses floating in the void, aside from darkness and chaos, only the shattered islands clinging to the Main Continent drifted aimlessly about. Since ancient times, there had been only two ways to travel between the floating continents. One was an expensive teleportation array—efficient and safe, but tremendously costly, and impossible to activate at all times. When chaotic interference grew too severe, the teleportation arrays had to be shut down. The second was various flying vessels: windships made by the elves, magitech vessels made by humans, and domesticated Blue Demon Whales trained by the orcs and trolls. These means of transportation were the crystallization of the Kolo people's wisdom accumulated