Shootuol was inside a kingdom rather than an empire. Expectedly, the one who managed the country wasn’t an emperor but a king. There were other legends that mentioned the head of the country, but all the stories named the major figurehead as the king; this was the only story where the title of emperor was mentioned. It was noteworthy, but of course, they couldn’t be sure of this. This legend was orally passed down through mouths, and there was no way to assure its accuracy. Thus, they had to make sure.

“I suppose we have to go?”

“Yes, we have to,” Lyla and Zich said to one another.

“You said if we continue south along the cliffs, it will be there, right?”

“Since it's filled with water from the ocean, we can’t walk there. We have to get a boat. It probably won’t be hard to rent one right now.”

Many sailors died because of the monsters; there were probably plenty of ownerless boats in the harbor. Other times, people would’ve lined up to buy these boats, but many were fearful of even venturing into the waters after the monsters’ attacks. There were probably many more people who wanted to sell rather than buy.

“If that cave is really the place we are looking for, what do you...