Chapter 74: Northern Continent

Chapter 74: Northern Continent

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The sun shone brightly in the clear blue sky, casting a warm and comforting glow over the horizon below.

A Mythical Beast flew through the sky, its vibrant wings shimmering in the sunlight as it danced gracefully among the fluffy white clouds.

The sight was mesmerizing, and occasionally a few people in the group noticed the flaming beast in the sky. However, none of them knew what was happening on the back of the Phoenix.

It was late in the afternoon when Eren opened his eyes, finding Xiu Ying still in his arms.

The woman often woke up earlier than him, despite sleeping later. But this time, she was still peacefully sleeping.

"How long are you going to act like you are sleeping?" Eren asked as his finger gently brushed against her skin, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"How did you find out?" Xiu Ying opened her eyes, looking even more mesmerizing. She had a beautiful smile on her face, every time he looked back to last night.

She had woken up a long time ago, but she did not want to leave Eren's embrace.

"I did not know. I just tossed that question just to be sure." Eren burst into laughter. He really did not expect her to actually be pretending.

Xiu Ying pouted. "So you fooled me."

"How can I fool my beautiful lady?" Eren shrugged. "Anyway, are you hungry?"

Eren wanted to sit up and have something to eat. However, Xiu Ying was still resting her head on his arm. He did not want to push her away.

Xiu Ying understood what Eren was implying. He just did not want to be rude.

She sat up, freeing his arm.

For quite some time, Eren did not even feel his arm. Fortunately, the feeling returned after some time.

He also sat up and brought some delicacies out of his inventory.

"Did you say something?" Eren asked, not hearing her barely audible words.

"Nothing. I just said that we will soon be entering the Southern Continent."

"That is true. It would be hard to travel through the Southern Continent on a Phoenix."

In the Eastern Continent, it did not matter even if he traveled on a Mythical Beast. At most, it could give away his identity when someone saw it.

It was different in the Southern Continent.

In that continent, there were many Heroes who had an ability to fly. There were also a lot of Heroes with other abilities that could catch him.

Flying on the Phoenix was like flying with a big banner above his head that said he was from the Eastern Continent.

It was fine if other people did not care about it, but he knew it wasn't the case for the Southern Continent. It was the enemy of the Eastern Continent.

"You might have to leave the Phoenix behind," Xiu Ying reminded him.

Eren nodded. He already knew that he could not take the Phoenix with him. That's why he brought Xiu Ying together for his safety.

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After a few days, the Phoenix finally reached the threshold of the Northern Continent.

It flew above the great river that separated the two continents before landing on the Northern Continent.

From here on, it was a journey that Eren had to take alone.

"I will see you later, little one." Eren kept the Phoenix in his inventory.

At first, he did not even know that he could keep his Pheonix there. However, when testing, he came to realize that he could keep beasts there. He just couldn't keep humans there.

"Shall we get going?" Eren asked Xiu Ying, looking at the new horizon before him.