Bang!
"Ah! Boss! I'm exhausted!"
Before the teleportation gate at the Outpost Base, Scorchflame, having unloaded the Demon-Sealing Box, collapsed onto the ground like a dead snake.
Charles wiped the sweat from his body as well, grabbed the shrunken Scorchflame, and tossed him onto his shoulder.
The wizards before the teleportation gate had long since grown used to such scenes.
Nearly every wizard or knight teleporting back—or teleporting into this plane—looked like this right after the journey.
Even now, this planar teleportation gate had not been upgraded, and every teleportation still cost thirty thousand Magic Stones.
That money absolutely could not be wasted. When teleporting, even bringing along one extra piece of Magic Stone material was worthwhile!
By now, Aiden was no longer stationed at the Outpost Base. Only a few second-ring wizards remained on guard there.
After asking where Ship Island was, Charles boarded a speedboat and headed in its direction.
It was a single-masted speedboat. Compared to the vessels once used by the Undertow Pirate Crew, it was far faster.
Charles strolled around the deck and inspected it, soon reaching a conclusion.
This ship had been built by combining Demonbone Ship techniques with sorcery runes.
Though the overall structure was still wooden, magical beast bones and other mana-infused materials had been used in several critical areas.
Its speed was at least fifty knots. Across these seas, virtually no ship could catch this single-masted vessel.
Of course, it had been specially built as a transport boat between the Outpost Base and Ship Island, which was why it was so fast.
Before long, Charles arrived at Ship Island once more.
The flag flying from the ship and its distinctive hull design meant that, after reaching Ship Island, the vessel encountered virtually no obstruction and sailed straight into the harbor.
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