At the Tarot Club.
Odys, the Hermit, continued, "The Black Throne carried those records because, during the War of the Four Emperors, Solomon, the Black Emperor, realized he needed a way out. That was why he built this enormous Ghost Ship.
"Its destination was supposedly the Western Continent. As we discussed earlier, the Solomon Empire was the common enemy of the Tudor Empire and the Trunsoest Empire. It had little hope of winning the struggle on the Northern Continent.
"But the ship brought the empire neither hope nor a future, because they never found the Western Continent."
Even Cattleya grew curious. "Does the Western Continent really exist?"
Odys smiled. "I believe it does."
Cattleya, the High Priestess, pressed him. "Do you have any evidence or clues?"
"No." Odys spread his hands. "Just a feeling... Or rather, many powerful figures believe the Western Continent exists. There must be a reason for that."
Cattleya paused, then nodded slowly. She did not seem satisfied with that "evidence."
Derrick, the Sun, asked curiously, "Mr. Hermit, before the Cataclysm, did the Southern and Northern Continents you mentioned often have contact with the Eastern Continent, the Forsaken Land of the Gods, by sea?"
"Not just by sea," Odys said. "I've heard that, in ancient times, people also traveled between continents using Teleportation Arrays.
"It was faster and more convenient."
Behind the Gray Fog, Klein, the Fool, reflected, It feels as though every epoch is a step backward. By the Fifth Epoch, most Beyonders haven't even heard of Teleportation Arrays. Sailing from the Northern Continent to the Southern Continent takes half a month, and reaching the south of the Southern Continent takes one or two months. An airship would be a little faster.
Fors, the Magician, let her imagination wander. *If most people traveled by Teleportation Array,