Chapter 2326 Surrounded by Enemies?

Chapter 2326 Surrounded by Enemies?

In the blink of an eye, two years have passed since Minos and his party left the Armhands' headquarters!

During these first two years of their journey, the group encountered some problems on their way north, but they also encountered some opportunities.

Since they already knew the continent very well, especially the area closest to Armhands, they managed to overcome their problems without any losses, although it wasn't easy.

On the positive side, the growth opportunities during this period allowed two of the level 101 Sovereigns to advance to level 102, as well as the opportunities to gather special resources.

It wasn't the group's goal to collect things to cultivate or trade for more interesting items for the time being. However, they all wanted to return to Zocarro in the future and become even stronger. Therefore, they naturally collected things with an eye to the future when they could return to this glorious world.

In addition to these opportunities, the group managed to cover 40% of the distance between Examire and the north coast, which is very good progress but very much related to the fact that they were still close to home.

The farther north they went, the farther away they would be from Armhands, meaning the less influence that great organization would have and the greater the chance that native or alien beings would cause them problems.

Thus, this first part of the journey had been the smoothest. From now on, the group expected to encounter more problems and, consequently, not to progress as well as they had up to that point.

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After reaching the Dreaded Expanse, a region of lakes in the center-north of Oqia, Minos' group paused to re-evaluate their plans in light of everything they had seen on their journey so far.

The information they received in Armhands was very good and helped them avoid and solve problems over the past two years.

However, the further away they were from that guild, and the older their information became, the more variables might arise that would make certain plans difficult to follow.

The group had stopped in this region two days ago to re-evaluate their plans and set a new route to the far north of the continent.

"Armhands? I've never heard of them. Are they an alien group?" The level 108 individual asked.

Not everyone in this great world knew of the existence of organizations as powerful as the Armhands. Although Minos' guild even had supreme beings, which was a very good thing even for Zocarro, this world was so big that it would be difficult for individuals so far from Examire to recognize that guild.

"Yes, it's a force that mainly consists of aliens. Anyway, my group and I aren't on a mission. We're traveling with the goal of reaching the Ganaway Sanctuary. From there, we intend to go to the artificial moon." Minos gave some more information, trying to avoid a fight.

"Ganaway Refuge? Do you intend to risk leaving Zocarro?" Asked the group leader, who couldn't help but find this strange.

Although some aliens traveled outside of Zocarro, the vast majority of them came to this world for the opportunities it offered. They would hardly give up this place to return to their old homes.

Most of those who used the Ganaway Refuge to reach the artificial moon were natives of Zocarro, curious to learn more about the galaxy and even a part of the universe.

The journey there, however, passed through a small stretch of sea, one of Zocarro's notoriously dangerous places.

"Yes, we came to this world by accident, Senior. Now, we'll settle our affairs in our old home. Therefore, I ask your group to let us pass. We have no intention of interfering with the problems in this area." Minos said politely.

Then he threw the Zocarro native a spatial ring, an item with some resources that could be valuable even for mid-level sovereigns like this creature.

The Zocarro native understood Minos' gesture and smiled between his shadows. "It looks like this is just a group of travelers."

As much as they had to protect this area, it was stupid to fight beings that had no intention of fighting or causing trouble.

They wouldn't just trust Minos; for now, they would let this group pass and watch them from a distance. If they left this area without causing trouble, everything would be fine. If not, they could fight later!

Minos thanked them for their understanding and then moved on with his group, aware that in a place like this, where there had probably been a big battle recently, there might be enemies who were tense and afraid of fighting again.

In a place like this, unless you acted suspiciously or had a lot of power, you would avoid trouble and not make life easier for possible enemies in the area.

With that, he and his companions quickened their pace and soon left this area, heading north.