Two weeks later, the mundane ship was sailing near the coast. After a long voyage, it was finally about to reach its destination: [Thebes City-State].
Over the past two weeks, the mundane nobles who had just boarded the ship had gone from full of excitement at the beginning to utterly exhausted every day.
Locke discovered that, aside from himself occasionally eating a small amount of the mundane black bread, Captain Andy seemed to have undergone a certain modification to his digestive system. He had gone two weeks without eating a single meal or sleeping even once.
Albert, meanwhile, had simply brought a large pile of delicacies and stored them inside his Astral Ring. Every so often, he would secretly take some out to eat, then put the leftovers back into the Astral Ring. He believed this way, he would not leave behind any evidence.
Two weeks later, the mundane ship seemed ready to dock. The witch Sophia and the witch Gabriel came directly to this cramped cabin.
Inside the cabin, the witch Sophia said in a low voice, "You've all worked hard these past few days. Since we can't expose our identities, we could only use mundane means to reach our destination, which cost us quite a bit of time."
"Be aware that, starting a week ago, we entered the Blood Curse Court's territory on the sea. Very soon, we'll set foot in the heartland of the Blood Curse Court—the Blood Crow Wasteland. It's a cursed plateau region."
"Prepare yourselves in advance. The power of the curse will invade our bodies constantly and contaminate our magic."
The witch Sophia continued, "But that isn't the most troublesome part. The most troublesome thing is that the Blood Curse Court has a system of curse inspectors, much like our wizard lords."
"Every region