"Hey~ me! What the hell is this? Is this still Khorvaire?"

On the boundless sea, Carl and Hope floated on the water, rising and falling with the waves.

In the sky, four moons hung high in the sky, and a golden crystal ring ran across the center of the sky.

Those are four of the twelve moons surrounding Eberron, and a golden crystal ring formed from the remains of the sky dragon Siberys.

Judging from the position of the golden crystal ring in the sky, this sea is probably located near the equator of the planet Eberron.

In other words, although Carl and Hope returned to Eberron, they were not near the continent of Khorvaire.

Manipulating the dragon crystal on his chest, Carl reduced the output of the fire element to a very safe power in order to keep the power armor floating stably in the sea.

Hope stood on the top of the power armor and looked into the distance, but did not find any ships or islands.

It was afternoon, and the scorching sun was burning everything.

There was no other choice but for Carl to take out the parts of the sailboat that he had sailed once in the river in the dungeon from his backpack and assemble it on the spot.

"Damn it! First I was captured by the Mind Flayer and forced to survive in the wilderness. Now I finally return to Eberron and it's a deserted island again... Oh no! I'm surviving on the sea. Is Mercury retrograde this year?"

After barely assembling a hull, Carl let Hope get on board first, and then he continued to drive the power armor to perfect the hull.

"It's great to be able to come back. As long as we can find a place with people, with your status as an Akanix student, you can definitely get a ticket on the airship back to Khorvaire!"

Lying on the deck of the sailboat, Hope jokingly handed materials to Carl.

But students of Arcanix do not have such a great honor unless their instructor is a world-famous wizard or legend.

In his previous life, Karl was just an ordinary person who was lucky enough to be admitted to a C9 League university thanks to regional policies.

How could he have such connections?

After taking off his helmet, Carl looked at Hope speechlessly.

"I would like to, too! But airships are the property of the royal families of various countries and the families with common dragon patterns. Unless the guard wizard on the airship is my schoolmate, otherwise, we can only save money ourselves and go back."

Although this was a bit demoralizing, Carl was still quite confident in his ability to make money.

After all, he was the one who used his own ingenuity to pay off his student loan with the money earned from selling magic props in his first year of school.

Although this is not unique among Akanis, it is something that only very few people can do.

However, with what they had gained in the dungeon, they only needed to sell a few pieces of Khyber Dragon Crystal to have enough money for their boat tickets.

Soon, Carl installed the parts of the sailboat.

After taking off the power armor and putting it into the backpack, Carl manipulated the sail, trying to let the sea breeze carry the two to the nearby land.

The waves on the sea were much greater than Carl had imagined. Coupled with the tidal forces brought by the 12 moons, the sea of ​​Eberron was more dangerous than the Earth.

The sailboat drifted on the sea for two hours and capsized more than ten times.

This made Carl and Hope very worried.

"This is not a solution!"

After wiping the sea water off his face, Carl opened his mouth and shouted at Hope beside him.

The sound of the waves mostly covered up his words. If Hope's perception attribute wasn't also very high, he might not have been able to hear what Carl was saying.

"What should we do then?"

Holding on to the side of the boat tightly, Hope tried his best to keep his balance.

Opening his backpack, Carl summoned the power armor and put it on himself. He waved to Hope and activated the Khyber Dragon Crystal.

"Come up! I'll take you to heaven!"

Since we can't see the land from down below, let's go up to the sky! If Carl's power armor is running at full power, it can at least take the two of them to an altitude of 200 meters.

"good!"

“Huh~”

Flames spurted out from under the feet of the power armor, and Carl and Hope flew into the sky in the white mist as the sea water was evaporated by the flames.

“There are no islands to the east!”

As the power armor gradually distanced itself from the sea level, Hope and Carl's field of vision also expanded rapidly.

However, when the flames emitted by the power armor gradually weakened, Hope did not see any land in the direction he observed.

The terrible reality made Hope hug Carl tightly, but the hard power armor hurt her.

"To the west, hiss~ there doesn't seem to be any islands to the west, but..."

After saying "but" for a long time, Carl still couldn't explain it clearly.

Hope, who was impatient, immediately released his hands that were around Carl's neck, then did a bridge pose and leaned his body backwards.

In the distant sky, an object shining with golden light was falling rapidly towards the sea.

That is Siberys Dragoncrystal, a special kind of Dragoncrystal that has an amplifying effect on the bearer of the dragonmark.

The golden crystal ring of Siberys surrounding Eberron will drop some dragon crystals from time to time, but due to the geographical location, most of these Siberys dragon crystals fall in the giants' homeland in the equatorial region and the territory of the dragon clan.

Naturally, not many people dare to go to the dragon's territory, and the giant's hometown Xen'drik is a dangerous environment because it is cursed by the gods of destiny and the six dark gods.

Because of this, there are more "adventurers" chasing the falling dragon crystals in the sea in the equatorial region.

Of course, these adventurers also work as pirates on a part-time basis.

After all, the falling of dragon crystals is irregular, and they also need to eat.

In just a moment, Hope understood what Carl was thinking.

"Do you want to swim over first, and then when other ships come over, use dragon crystals as a reward to have them take us to land?"

"No! There aren't many good people who can survive in this sea. You must be prepared to kill them all."

Reaching out to pick up Hope, Carl turned the jet nozzle and rushed towards the direction where the dragon crystal fell.

“Plop!”

As the power armor completed a hard landing on the sea, huge waves engulfed Carl and Hope.

The two reactivated their underwater breathing helmets and swam towards the direction of the dragon crystal.

Although I don’t know if any ship has seen the dragon crystal, this is the safest solution at the moment.

…

"Captain! Dragon crystal has been found falling in the west! No other ships have been found!"

On a not very big pirate ship, the pirate on guard put down his telescope and shouted loudly towards the deck.

Upon hearing this, the sailors and the captain who were dealing with the bodies did not even bother to search the victims for their treasures and immediately returned to their respective posts.

"Lefty Manrudder! Guys! Take the dragon crystal! I'll take you to Sharn to live happily ever after!"

Waving the scimitar in his hand, the pirate captain showed his yellow and rotten teeth and encouraged his subordinates.

Sharn is the most prosperous city in the Kingdom of Breland, known as the City of a Thousand Towers. It is the most famous city on the continent of Khorvaire. As long as you have money, you can enjoy countless services there.

Of course, it is also a crime capital, and the "tower" is naturally divided into upper and lower levels.

As many beautiful views as there are from the top of the tower, as many corpses are buried beneath it.

The confrontation between the Upper Town and the Lower Town is quite serious, no less severe than that between Piltover and Zaun in League of Legends.

(End of this chapter)