April 6th, 904 Black Iron Calendar...
In just a few hours, the airship departing from the Ewindara Archipelago had passed through the Oro Strait, entered the Ice and Snow Wilderness, and arrived at Saint Petersburg...
If Zhang Tie had come alone, he would have been even faster. A round trip of several thousand miles was now as easy for him as an ordinary person taking a bus to the market to buy vegetables and return. But with others accompanying him, he had no choice but to take an airship.
The airship did not belong to Zhang Tie. The two custom-made airships Golden Power Way had promised him would probably take some time to reach Torch Dragon Territory. This one belonged to Golden Roc Bank, and Zhang Tie had borrowed it for the time being.
As the Sacred Ice Island Kingdom's geographical position had become increasingly important and unique, serving as one of the transit hubs for trade and travel between the Eastern and Western Continents, Golden Roc Bank's investment in the Sacred Ice Island Kingdom had grown larger over the years. Especially after Golden Roc Bank established a cross-continental secondary bank settlement center in Saint Petersburg, airships—which had once been virtually unheard of in the Ice and Snow Wilderness and the Ewindara Archipelago—had become a symbol of Golden Roc Bank's presence in the Sacred Ice Island Kingdom, as well as an important means of transport it could provide at certain times for major clients traveling between the Eastern and Western Continents.
The airship Old Wild Bear Dali and Elder Gulas had taken to Great Xia last time had also been provided by Golden Roc Bank.
Accompanying Zhang Tie aboard the airship were Lady Olina, Bishop Maxim, Haggs, chief of the Sea Bear Tribe, and Alexander—the child Lady Olina had borne