"May the Main God bless us! Teacher Chimer, if this journey goes smoothly, I'll be able to return to the Divine Revelation Island Chain in four months, by late autumn this year, or even return to Divine Whale Port. But if there are delays, then it'll be next spring or summer before I can come back!..."
"Losanda, sail steadily. Don't be impatient. There are supply points at the island-chain ports along the way, and the fog isn't heavy right now, so I'm not too worried... But when the winds and waves rise, the fleet must put in to shore and anchor in time!"
"Yes! Teacher Chimer! Don't worry! These two Wind God Ships are both fine ships that can withstand wind and waves! Especially the newly built one. It used thick Redwood timber, and it's extremely sturdy!... I'll do my best to avoid the summer, when the fog is thickest, transport the two thousand jin of gold to the Western Sea ports, and bring back intact the Western Sea Artisans Chief Priest Zuwaro has gathered!"
"Good! May the Main God bless the kingdom, and bless you and the fleet!"
"Yes! Praise the Main God!"
At the port of Great Whale Island, Chimer wore the Chief Priest's sacrificial robes and feather crown, draped in a deerskin cloak, and waved farewell to the two Zheyang Ships. High Priest Losanda stood at the prow of a Zheyang Ship, his fist pressed to his chest, and bowed deeply toward Chimer on shore. Then he turned to the boundless Western Sea and shouted in a bold, ringing voice.
"The Main God watches over us! Westward, and farther west! To the Divine Revelation Island Chain, to the Ice and Snow Peninsula!..."
"May the Main God bless us!..."
The Kingdom Warriors and tribal Sailors aboard the ships