After finishing their tour of the Shuttlecraft factory, Ivette led the two of them through the factory's automatically sliding metal gates and out onto the road.
After years of restoration, Ish City now possessed a rather distinctive blend of old and new.
The relatively intact ruins had all received protective anti-corrosion coatings. Dark green vines climbed through cracks in the walls, tangling with shattered reinforced concrete and giving the ruined city an air of vibrant life.
The completely destroyed areas, meanwhile, had been cleared and transformed into various functional districts, containing everything from industrial production and warehouse storage to magical plant cultivation.
As they walked toward the central manor, Tertia and Frost Hua both fell quiet, silently taking in the scenery around them. Along with curiosity, there was also tension between their brows.
Clearly, they had both realized that this was the land where their teacher had lived and studied alongside their grandmaster seven hundred years ago.
That added a touch of pilgrim-like solemnity and reverence to their feelings.
"You may move freely around the island, but do not enter the sea," Ivette reminded them.
The Northern Abyssal Sea was the territory of the King of the Sea of Heaven, one of the Nine Monarchs.
Whether the Witch of Finale would be resurrected was still unknown, but the King of the Sea of Heaven was a living, breathing top-tier powerhouse.
Ivette believed that the King of the Sea of Heaven definitely knew Ish Island was her territory. Since they had tacitly chosen not to interfere with one another, there was no need to stir up trouble.
As for the King of the Sea of Heaven's combat strength, Ivette did not know. Her only point of reference was the Shadow King, Vermes.
But rather awkwardly, Vermes's Divine Realm could block information.