"Praise the Main God, praise His Majesty! With twenty Kingdom Longships relaying us onward, with the support of more than a thousand elite warriors and sailors, with hundreds of thousands of jin of supplies behind us, this great Kingdom longship has finally been delivered to the brand-new continent of prophecy!... And we sailed for a full two years, traveled more than twenty thousand li through hardship, all for this arrival today!..."
On the Kamchatka Peninsula in November, traces of cold white lay everywhere. Over the cold-current sea on the peninsula's eastern side, the white gleam of death was flickering. The long, harsh winter had already come with the frigid north wind, making the rolling mountains fall silent and the endless tundra turn bleak and murderous. Along the whole vast, misty coast, no clear signs of human habitation or villages could be seen, and even wandering herds of deer were rare. Only two towering active volcanoes stood strikingly among the mountains to the north. And the faint white smoke that drifted up from time to time foretold the warmth and vitality buried deep beneath the earth!
When they first approached the coast, the Great Snow Wolf saw only the active volcano to the east, Avachinskiy Volcano. The longship rowed along the desolate shore for half a day and entered a recessed natural harbor; only then did another, higher smoking volcano, Koryaksky Volcano, suddenly appear among the northern mountains, shining with the flowing gleam of ice and snow.
"Main God! Two gifts from the Main God, warm active volcanoes! They are the sons of the Main God, towering high as they breathe out life, just as if they were breathing Divine Smoke... Then this natural port shall be called Divine Twins... no, Divine Twin Smoke Port!..."
Exploration Captain Zuwaro gazed north at