On Tuesday morning.
Sifa left Cookawa City with Katarina, traveling south as a wanderer.
Deeper into the Southern Continent.
Toward the Star Highlands.
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Abidos lay deep within the Star Highlands.
Sifa had once obtained intelligence about the city through the Black Sails, but he still felt he needed to visit it himself.
Only then could he gather the relevant intelligence and information before launching a war.
He used the Thousand-Faced Traveler to change his appearance, turning himself into an utterly unremarkable native of the Southern Continent.
Katarina, meanwhile, looked the same as ever.
To keep her beauty from attracting too much attention, Sifa had her cover her face with a white cloth, leaving only her eyes exposed.
Even then, she still had to wear a hood much of the time.
Otherwise, Katarina could leave men utterly spellbound with nothing more than her eyes.
As Sifa traveled south.
He discovered that he was not alone.
On Kingdom Avenue, built by the former Balam Empire, there were quite a few travelers heading south just like him.
Through conversations and observations along the way.
Sifa learned that these people were natives of the colonies, forced by the war to leave cities that had become part of the front line.
Most of them were heading to a town called Orphalse.
The town stood on the edge of the Star Highlands. It was fairly large and reasonably prosperous.
It had abundant local products such as timber, minerals, and animal hides, which were frequently shipped to Cookawa City or Valterik City.
Sifa knew more than that, however.
According to the Black Sails' intelligence.
Orfa Town was Abidos City's "outpost," an important link to the other cities of the Southern Continent.
If he attacked Abidos City in the future.
Orfa Town would be