Back then, the first Otherworld Plane Ryan discovered through the Planar Gate was Aixnier, the World of the Stag.
The City of the Furnace was the southernmost home in that world, watching the ice and snow of the Northlands encroach upon it, but it could not solve the problem once and for all. As the power of the Northlands kept sealing everything in ice, the rulers of the City of the Furnace—a group led by three great mages—chose to flee into the depths of the sea.
Ryan's first batch of population came from the City of the Furnace they had abandoned. Relying on the Spirituality Blessing and the prestige of having held back the invasion from the Abyss, Ryan's Frozen Earth Territory developed rapidly, gained a firm foothold in Northwind Province, and grew stronger.
It could be said that this had been Ryan's most important period of growth, the one that allowed him to survive the bitter winter.
Likewise, it had also been a salvation for the Native people of Aixnier.
Life had become so good that they had almost forgotten that, to the people of the City of the Furnace, those who had left the City of the Furnace could be considered traitors.
Different personalities led to different attitudes. For example, Mage Luna before him.
She no longer cared at all.
"I had already left the Mage Tower back then."
The most gifted young female mage, in order to seek a chance amid the apocalypse to become a great mage or even step into the Saint Realm, had resolutely left the warm City of the Furnace and entered the world of ice and snow.
With such a powerful heart, she naturally would not become emotional just because she heard a familiar name in this world.
Ryan nodded. He did