Vast Sea Wizard City.
The inland sea was called the Vast Sea. Closer to the heart of the Wizard Continent, Vast Sea Wizard City was one of the Umbral Expanse's main maritime trade hubs. The Umbral Expanse had even assigned some Wizards to form the Maritime Transport Department, which brought in profits from the Endless Sea.
The Thousand-Eyed Jellyfish Ryan had encountered was part of those profits. The Wizard Ships' catches might not compare with the Supernatural Resources drawn from developing a Wizard Secret Realm, but over time, they had still expanded the Umbral Expanse's holdings.
A salty wind blew in from the west, seeming to rock the deck without end. The Wizard Freshmen craned their necks like ducks, peering over the side at the streets on either bank and everything in the city.
It was even busier than Ancient Forest Wizard City. Crowds streamed everywhere, Wizards and mortals alike. Most mortals could not live past fifty in a Wizard City with such severe particle Energy Radiation, but perhaps they could seize that sliver of a chance.
These mortals yearned for the mysterious and supernatural. Some were nobles, some wandering poets, and others knights. Lucky enough to pass through the Wizard Array that kept mortals out, they entered the city and saw the splendor of the Wizard World. They could no longer bear to return to the Mortal World, which now seemed like a mire.
Wizards needed mortals too. All kinds of Wizard experiments required observations of the human body or Human Experiments. So they tacitly allowed mortals to reproduce and even added features to the city's Wizard Array to shield them from some Energy Radiation.
Some mortals were even willing to trade their bodies at the Slave Market for Magic Stones or Supernatural Resources, in keeping with the principle