"Iceberg..." Wala Wala opened her map as well. "It really is! But in the stories and legends I know, there's no land in the Sea of Wandering—at most, there are 'islands' like the Abyssal Evil Beasts."
Linsey smiled and shook his head.
"Those legends probably never recorded that the Abyss School left contingencies behind here, did they?"
Wala Wala nodded in agreement.
"That's true. An unknown world could be hiding any kind of secret."
"Since we're here, let's take a good look!"
Linsey put away the Fishing Rod, took personal control of the ship, and sped up their voyage.
Their vessel, now beginning to resemble a proper ship, cleaved through the waves and sailed onward.
The faint blue light that had once been barely visible grew clearer with time, while the sharply contoured iceberg below gradually revealed itself from bottom to top.
When they were about a kilometer away, Wala Wala looked ahead, held the fingers of her right hand before her eyes, and closed her left and right eyes in turn.
Although she had the Map Skill to assist her, as a painter, she was still accustomed to judging an object's size through proportional comparison.
"The visible length alone is over ten kilometers... This island is truly enormous! And judging by the coastline's extension on the map, this iceberg—no, this ice island—could probably support its own duchy if it were placed in a world ruled by the organizers."
Even Linsey, who was steering the ship, could not help but marvel.
The iceberg he had just seen through the Map Skill was actually the island's highest point. When he extended his view farther back and to either side, the Scouting Skill revealed a far broader expanse of floating ice!
"Wala Wala, didn't you say you wanted to find native life