"First of all, as the second strongest region with thirty-five S-ranks, the East was feared by the other regions. Well, the fact is, the East only had three great countries and the name of their alliance is the 'Eastern Great War Faction'...
What does this mean? It means that the three great countries had a large number of S ranks!
In the East, there are three major forces and four minor ones. Revenant, Hilfiger, and Balberd. These are the great countries that rule the East with powerful military might.
Then there are the four countries that follow the order of the three major forces. Sevenant, Dounant, Hepis, and Sovuria."
Muketsu smiled a little. "Next, let's talk about how many S rank degu users each country had. Let's begin with the strongest country 'Balberd'. The Balberd has the strongest military power in terms of low-end and high-end power. They have abundant B rank degu users in their ranks, which strengthened their overall strength. Then, they have the highest number of S ranks. They have eleven of them and all of them were listed in the S rank official rank.
The country of Balberd was slightly stronger than Hose economically and militarily, but their political system has some problems.
After Balberd, it was followed by Revenant and Hilfiger. These two are also great countries and equal in power. Because both of them had nine S-rank degu users. Though the two countries have a glaring weakness. Their internal conflict caused their country a lot of trouble. The princes assassinate each other daily to be the ones to ascend to the throne.
Then there are the four countries. Sevenant has a deep connection with the Great Country, Revenant. The president of Sevenant is the Revenant's leader's younger sister.
Even though Sevenant is the weakest country along with the Sovuria. They are known as the country of scholars. They produced capable professionals that supply the alliance of the East.
Professionals such as teachers, architects, imperial scholars, and scientists come from them. That's why they were regarded highly even by the Great Countries.
Lastly, Dounant and Hepis. Both have two S rank degu users that serves as the general in their military."
Mugetsu looked at Fein after he finished speaking.
"That's it??" Fein raised his brows. "What about Miyugami?"
"Well, I don't know what country is that. There's no Miyugami in the East. But there's a rumor that says that there's a hidden country in the East that was not in the control of the Eastern Great War Faction. It was said that this country was located underground and ruled by the witches." Mugetsu had a sarcastic expression. "But how stupid is that? The Eastern Great War Faction had already investigated underground, and they didn't find anything. So the rumor died."
"Where did the rumor come from?" Fein already feels that he would encounter difficulty in finding the country.
Fortunately, he has the black scroll with him which provided an estimate and clues about the country's location.
"It came from the mouths of the townspeople living in the kingdom of Sovuria. There are sightings of what they said were beautiful and enchanting women dressed in black dress and violet dresses at night. Those women entice adventurers and mercenaries to come to them, and just like that, a lot of missing people had been reported."
"That's it. Thank you for the information." Fein took out a mobile phone from his pocket. "Take this. There's an instruction manual in one of its apps. I like to maintain contact with smart people like you."
Mugetsu stared at the phone with a hesitant expression. In the end, he still took it. After all, he doesn't have to pay anything.
'What's the use of this?' Mugetsu stored the phone on his ring. After all, it was the first time he saw a phone.
"Well, we'll gonna take off now. It would probably take us hours to reach our destination." Fein sighed as he thought about the hundred miles that they have to traverse.
"Is there any shortcut?" Sofia doesn't want to tire out Aoi too much. After all, Aoi doesn't have unlimited stamina.
"No... You just need to go in a straight line. No shortcuts or anything."
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Once again, Fein and his group made their way to the sky. They pass through the clouds in a straight line.
The group saw weird and new types of animals that they hadn't seen in the South. Of course, Fein grabbed all the animals he wasn't familiar with and took their DNA samples, and recorded them in his gene bank. There was even a wild boar that was exuding smoke all over its body. Then there's an ostrich that could fly and stretch its neck up to eight meters.
It was truly an endless plain, even when looking at it with the point of view from the sky. One would really wonder in their head. Why is the sand yellow? Why do different animals congregate like a group?
Fein saw three forests along the way that houses A-rank beasts and there's even one S-rank!
Of course, it was killed by him with the swipe of his sword. S-rank beasts are really hard to get by and pretty rare. That's why Fein had been stuck in his realm for a while now.
Four hours passed with their constant travel. Aoi saw a waterfall, a source of water, and a good place to stop by.
The waterfall was located near a mountain that was surrounded by trees. When they descended near the waterfall, they encountered a family of brown bear bathing in the waterfall happily.
Near the waterfall was a green river that housed alligators waiting to prey upon birds that hunt fish.
"Voli, your same species are here. Won't you greet them?" Sofia patted Voli on the shoulders.
"Same species as me?" Voli observed the bears that has a different fur color than him. It was as if he saw his own reflection in the mirror.
There's a male bear and a female big bear that appeared to be the parents of four adolescent brown bears.
"I feel that they are my kin, but not at the same time." Voli jumped down from Aoi's back unknowingly and walked towards the waterfall.
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