Vicente's group left Light Cay in the early evening, sailing through the island's territorial sea amidst the almost frightening darkness of this marine area.
Light Cay was a very technologically advanced domain, and from afar, the group could still see the glow of the cities that lined the island's shores. This glow made everything that wasn't glowing even darker, hiding some of the brilliance of the stars in the sky. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Meanwhile, their boat rocked with the waves, an icy cold wind coming off the sea towards the island of Light Cay.
But all the crew members protected themselves inside the ship's closed compartments, taking advantage of the fact that this was an automatic vehicle with several layers of defense that allowed the crew to travel without so much tension.
Even so, Vicente was in the ship's cockpit at the moment, accompanying the group of experienced sailors from Nan's tribe who had stayed with the ship during her trip around the island of Light Cay.
Nan and Larissa were beside him, with the little fairy flapping her bright wings to observe the same thing Vicente was watching.
Big, nervous waves and a gray sky were waiting for them in the distance.
Nan said to him, "The Violent Sea has three types of dangers that almost every traveler has to face on their journeys. These three types of dangers are responsible for over 85% of the losses in groups like ours, so sailors need to be aware of them."
Aware that Vicente intended to make other trips like this in the future, Nan took the opportunity to teach him a little of what she knew.
"The first of these dangers is the existence of underwater natives beyond the territorial seas of the islands of Anicane.
The territorial sea of each island has its common populations of aquatic beings. But these are usually creatures that conform to what we find in the island's forests. In a way, the territorial sea is like the great underwater forest of these islands. They are the aquatic extensions of these domains.
"There's no pirate or competitor action traveling through the Sea of Stars?" Larissa asked, seeing in front of her several bright spots in the sea, ships passing through the area.
Nan shook her head negatively. "It's not that there aren't dangerous ones, but they represent a fraction of what happens in the Sea of Stars. Given the vastness of this sea and the large number of islands in Anicane, it's possible to make entire journeys without once encountering beings traveling between islands.
But there are certainly magicians and magical creatures who will take advantage of any opportunity they get. So an encounter with a strange group in the middle of a sea voyage could be dangerous too, despite the low probability of such an event happening."
"Are there any islands smaller than Light Cay on the way? I mean, stopping points or even underwater areas that we'll go deep into?" Vicente asked.
Nan shook her head in denial. "There are indeed places smaller than the natural islands of Anicane, archipelagos, and large volcanoes with small land areas available along the sea. But these places are extremely dangerous and are usually already occupied by the natives of the areas beyond the territorial seas.
Unless something terrible throws us into these areas, we'll avoid them. This includes the underwater world.
The natives of the sea already attack us for merely crossing their territory. What would happen if we actually tried to explore these areas?"
Vicente understood, but wanted more information. "Are there no records of explorers in these places? In a world as vast as this, some answers about Hell and Argardus might lie at the bottom of the sea."
"There certainly are. Not that I've accessed them, though. But there is a group on my island that might be interesting for you to approach. They are individuals who go to the border points between the territorial seas and the outer sea." She indicated by summoning something from her storage item.
Vicente held up her slight note with a name and address written on it.
"When we get to Amae, I can show you the way to this group. But I warn you, joining any tribe on the island means you'll have to give up some of your freedom in complicated matters."
"I'll keep that in mind." He put the note away, leaving that matter for the future. "What worries me at the moment is when we'll start suffering from those dangers you mentioned."
Nan looked to the sea again, sighing. "It won't be long, unfortunately. In three weeks, we'll be out of Light Cay's territorial sea. After that, we'll be susceptible to the dark Sea of Stars for months."
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