Though both places were near the sea, the sea breeze at the Xinfei Merchant Guild's Main Base felt completely different from the one here on the eastern coast of the Demoncloud Continent.
Feeling the chill of the sea breeze seep through her clothes, Akali tightened her collar, looked back at the boundless Endless Sea behind her, and gently exhaled.
Before she knew it, she had already spent more than a year on this continent.
At first, she had come to this unknown continent despite the objections of Xu Yi, Avita, and the others simply because she wanted to learn about the properties of Dragon-Speech Magic from the Dragon Race as quickly as possible, hoping it would help her make a breakthrough in her research into mana signal transmission.
Now, more than a year had passed in the blink of an eye, and she had actually begun to settle into life here.
Although the currently known parts of this continent were far less developed than the Sains Continent, and life here was nowhere near as comfortable as at the guild's Main Base, her close relationship with the Dragon Race had gradually deepened her understanding of their magic's properties and brought steady progress in her research.
More importantly, this continent's lack of development gave her the thrill of pioneering a whole new world. She enjoyed the process of gradually establishing a camp here, turning it into a base, and then improving it step by step.
Three days earlier, the guild's Transport Fleet had arrived again, bringing large quantities of supplies of every kind, along with a great many personnel, including representatives sent by other countries and merchant guilds on the Sains Continent to discuss cooperation.
That told Akali the President had finally decided to roll up his sleeves and get serious about