In the silent and silver-white world, as far as the eye can see, everything is blanketed by snow and ice.
Occasionally, the ice would crack, producing a light explosion and breaking the stillness of death.
The Icebound Continent, also known as the God-Forsaken Continent or Dark Continent, is a place forsaken by the gods, where the light of faith cannot reach, hence it is enveloped in darkness, a land without the glow of life.
This is the correct interpretation of the God-Forsaken Continent and the Dark Continent.
By chance, it is July, coinciding with the eternal night of the Icebound Continent, when a deep and mysterious canvas covers the sky, unfolding endless darkness, as if one has arrived at the edge of the universe.
The sun disappears below the horizon, leaving only faint, hazy light and sky full of stars amidst the endless cold.
The Milky Way is clearly visible, the world of eternal night resembles a vast black velvet cloth sprinkled with twinkling stars, offering a slight reprieve from the dark, bringing a hint of warmth and light to this perpetually frozen soil.
The Green Dragon pierced the strong winds, reaching the rim of the Icebound Continent, and as its massive figure descended from the sky, it transformed into a blond beauty.
Amid the snowy landscape, her graceful figure was pure and flawless, like a blooming Ice Crystal Flower, elegant and noble, a symbol of absolute purity, not to be defiled.
My goodness, she didn’t even try to block! x2
Hefei hastily took out a robe to cover her teacher’s perfect body, while Veronica shielded her fiancé’s eyes, admonishing him not to look around.
There’s nothing to see, I’ve seen it plenty of times already.
Wayne, like a gentleman, looked away, where black met white in the land and sky, intertwining into the Icebound Continent’s likeness of a blue ocean, with a splendid beauty of magnificent waves.
If we’re lucky, we might even see the aurora on our journey.
Saina refused the robe offered by Hefei, opened her personal storage space, and leisurely dressed in a petite size, perhaps intentionally, even donning silk stockings.
Given Saina’s essence of life, she did not fear the chill of the Icebound Continent, able to jump about lively even in a hundred degrees below zero.
Not just her, both Hefei and Veronica also were unfazed by the severe cold, wearing combat suits woven from Drake Scales underneath, and light autumnal long coats on top.
Out of respect for the Icebound Continent, they deliberately added a thick coat to their attire.
Wayne didn’t particularly like the Icebound Continent; there was too little of the Fire Element, replaced instead by an abundance of Wind and Water Elements, which, lacking a Fire Element leader, dodged and evaded Wayne’s capture with ease.
Sensing her surroundings with closed eyes, Saina soon took a compass-like Magic Tool from her bosom, pinpointed a direction, and led the way.
"Icebound Continent is vast, many Legendary Mages have reached this place, with different purposes; many of them chose to leave their legacy deep within the ice..." Saina spoke slowly.
"The Dark Church has the most Legendary Mages here, they favor the darkness or are active to the far north or south."
While enlightening the others, Saina inadvertently revealed the location of the Dark Church headquarters, not within the snowy lands of the far north where they currently were on the Icebound Continent.
Wayne lacked interest in these matters, but Veronica listened intently, curiously eyeing the compass in Saina’s hands.
Saina glanced at Veronica, her brow raised slightly in challenge.
Wayne sent a telepathic transmission, urging her to watch her words.
Saina begrudgingly conceded, then continued, "The depths of Icebound Continent are not easily penetrated; numerous Teleportation Arrays, like a giant net, enshroud the entire land; they are the doing of the Dark Church, and we can use the arrays to quickly reach the outskirts of the South Pole."
"Does the Dark Knight know about this?" Hefei inquired.
"I’ve informed Wayne; he must have told the Dark Knight already," Saina replied.
I did tell him; when did this happen, you two haven’t been alone these past few days! x2
With a heavy heart, Hefei worried her son might be like his teacher, while Veronica, equally somber, clutched her fiancé’s arm, glaring fiercely.
When did they meet, and she didn’t know?
Exasperated, Wayne sent a telepathic message for Saina to tone it down, or else he’d enforce the constraints again, which would only make Saina miserable.
"Saina, you wouldn’t want to dissolve into foam before your students, tarnishing your stern teacher’s image, right?"
Saina replied with a faint smile, acceptance in her tone, her body and mind beyond salvaging, her tainted will drawing her ever closer to faith, seeing nothing wrong with following such a will.
Wayne sighed heavily, suspecting Saina’s struggle and resistance had failed, and in her helplessness, she had given up completely, succumbing to self-abandonment.
Wayne urgently transmitted, "Calm down; your faith dislikes freebies. It prefers your once unruly nature. If you truly wish to accommodate your faith, you need to maintain your dignity."
Wayne telepathically communicated, hearing her internal voice and taking a brief look, he found it full of desires, and quickly said, "I’ve been working on a research lately, with significant progress, assuring you can reclaim your self, not becoming a slave to faith."
Saina paused slightly, seeing the transmitted compressed file from Wayne with a flicker of hope, clicking it open, and a flood of data poured into her mind, indeed he hadn’t lied to her.