The mineral instantly appeared in the air, and Oscar caught it and refined it.

"The 'treasure vault' you and I built together is now fully operational. We won't have to worry about running out of water and food for at least a few months."

——Artifact Treasure House

This ring was created by Oscar with the help of Niez by adding space magic to a special gem, creating a "space within the gem" to store a large number of items.

Natsu also felt that this was true, and his expression relaxed a little, but then he heard a sentence.

"The next question is whether Xiao Mi's romantic period is over."

“…”

There was nothing they could do about it. Oscar and Nizu looked at Meredith, who was gazing into the distance, with indescribable expressions.

“A-Anyway! We have three users of Age of Gods magic! No problem!”

"Yeah, we can do it!"

Oscar and Nez pretended to be cheerful, and Meredith also calmed down.

"Y-yes! That's right! It will be fine!"

She replied with a subtle smile.

So that day the three of them asked Cream to deliver the letter, and after completing all the preparations, they finally set out to sea in high spirits.

Ten days later.

Three men and women were washed ashore by the waves. Of course, they were Meredith and his group.

They lay side by side, neatly arranged, on the ground, motionless like corpses.

The sea water surged and receded, shaking the three people's bodies as if mocking them.

After a while, a faint groan was heard on the beach.

"Wuwu... I, I'm still alive?"

Meredith was the first to wake up. She pressed her head with one hand and managed to prop up her tired body, sitting up in a bird-like position.

Meredith was stunned for a moment, but she soon came to her senses.

"Oh, that's right! Nai-chan!"

I suddenly looked around and immediately found that an important companion had fallen beside me.

"Oh! Naruto! Are you guys okay? Cheer up!"

Meredith crawled over to the two men, rocked their bodies, and then rested her hands on their chests, listening to their heartbeats.

"...Luckily, they're both still alive."

Meredith breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in her bird-like position. It was then that she noticed the chains wrapped around her body.

"Ahahaha... So before he lost consciousness, Aou yelled out my and Naruto's names. He was the one who threw the chains over, wasn't he?"

Their last memory before losing consciousness was being swallowed by an inescapable wave.

If Oscar hadn't tied them together, they might have been separated by now.

Seeing that Oscar was still holding the chain tightly even though he had lost consciousness, Meredith showed a gentle and steady smile that was rare on her face.

Then she gently placed her hand on Oscar's.

"Thank you, Ao."

This thank you seemed to be not just for the fact that he had chained her, but carried a deeper emotion.

"Ah, now we have to give them the recovery potion. Besides, I'm out of mana."

The unusual weariness was evidence that her magic power was almost exhausted, so Meredi was unable to cast recovery magic.

She whipped her dizzy mind and injected a little magic power into the treasure house.

This alone nearly made Meredith faint, but she managed to activate the treasure vault. She mentally conjured up the mana recovery potion, and a test tube-shaped container appeared in the air, shimmering with light.

"Great, there's still some left... but there are only three bottles in total, which is barely enough."

In any case, this will help them get through it. Mireidi immediately took one bottle and poured the remaining two bottles into Oscar and Naz's mouths.

Although the two of them choked a little, they soon groaned and woke up.

"Umm... Is this... Meredith?"

"It's me, the cute little Mi who just woke up~ Good morning, Ao."

For some reason, Oscar didn't stand up, but stared at Meredith blankly.

Although Meredith was puzzled, she smiled happily and said:

"What's the matter, Aou? The first person you saw when you woke up was Xiao Mi. Did you fall in love with her? Ah, or do you want me to feed you the healing potion mouth to mouth like in the story? Aou is so lustful! Xiao Mi is not such a frivolous woman!"

Meredith poked Oscar's cheek with her index finger and said with a smile. Oscar looked at Meredith with a very gentle expression.

"Ah, thank goodness, it really is Meredith. In my half-asleep state, I seemed to see you smiling so gently, like an angel, that I almost thought you were a demon or some other evil being in disguise as Meredith. It's truly terrifying. You're supposed to be annoying, Meredith. You really are an annoyingly good girl."

"Do you want me to throw you into the sea to feed the fish?"

Meredy entered Lesin mode, her expressionless face a characteristic of the executioner clan.

"Please don't play around in front of me as soon as you wake up, okay?"

Natsu seemed to have woken up a little while ago, and judging by his expression, he seemed to be having a headache.

Was it because of the exhaustion of magic power, or was it because Oscar and Meredith were still as playful as ever despite having survived a near-death experience?

"Natsu, are you okay?"

"Are you okay, Naruto? And Ao is really going too far."

Natsu ignored Meredith's accusations and briefly checked his body. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with him except the lack of magic power.

The three of them suddenly fell silent. They all paused, then looked at each other's faces. After a pause, they spoke in unison, expressing their true feelings:

“I thought I was going to die…”

What happened after they set sail?

Simply put, Mireidi's romantic period is not over yet.

Powerful sea monsters attacked one after another, and after sailing quite far out to sea, they encountered a sudden localized storm.

Meredi didn't know how many times she had been eaten, and the tentacles made her wet and sticky, floating up and down in the sea.

The peach blossom period seems to have also been passed on to Oscar and Nizu, and the two of them also fought a desperate battle with the monsters.

Worst of all, a "sea monster" also appeared. It was a gigantic, translucent, jelly-like monster. Unlike the other monsters, it didn't even possess a magic stone. It could manipulate the seawater, causing it to gush endlessly, and possessed the special ability to melt anything it touched. So, it stripped Meredith naked.

After encountering various monsters and storms continuously, on the ninth day, Meredith couldn't help but lament, "The sea really hates me!"

Finally, the three of them lost their boat and were forced to drift on a hastily built bamboo raft. Having exhausted their recovery potions, physical strength, and mental energy, they decided to return to the mainland for the time being, but...

At the last moment, the "sea monster" finally arrived.

In addition, the West Sea was also filled with murderous intent, and a storm broke out as if to add insult to injury.

As a result, the three were engulfed by the huge waves caused by the strong wind. Because they were exhausted, they were washed away by the waves without any resistance.

"The sea is terrible, the sea is terrible, the sea is terrible."

"Oscar, Meredith is having a terrible memory and is on the verge of collapse."

"I feel the same way."

Meredith held her head in her hands and buried her face in her knees. The sea seemed to have completely become a trauma to her soul.

"Okay, so... where exactly is this place?"

Oscar stood up and looked around, then saw a figure in the distance. He said, "I'll go ask," and then walked towards the figure.

Meanwhile, Meredith and Nez changed their clothes and tidied their appearance. Oscar returned soon after, the risk he had taken finally paying off. Oscar smiled happily and said:

"Miledi, Nizu, this is Andika."

——The maritime city of Antika.

It is a huge floating island with an irregular heptagonal shape, divided into an outer circle area, a middle circle area, and a central area. As the name suggests, it is divided into concentric circles.

The closer to the center, the richer it is. The outer circle is the slum with the worst security.

The Outer Circle is divided into seven regions. Clockwise from north, they are: Avid, Guraid, Akaitia, Nayit, Godolf, Erogon, and Luslia, each with its own unique character. The region where Mireidi and the others drifted was the Guraid, located on the easternmost side, closer to the mainland. It boasts large shallows and numerous bars and restaurants.

The [Avid Region], which is adjacent to the north of the [Gulard Region], is a major port, so ships often come in and out of here.

While collecting intelligence, Miledi and his companions are currently walking on the road of the [Gulard Area] towards the Central Circle Area, and their ultimate goal is the Central Area.

"Wow, it's even messier than I heard!"

Perhaps because there are so many bars in this area, drunks can be seen everywhere. People are everywhere drinking from bottles of wine, and they walk unsteadily, like sleepwalkers.

Because some people were fighting with bottles, there were also people fanning the flames, mocking and teasing each other, and some people who had nothing to do with the fight still took advantage of the chaos to join the fight.

No one panicked or screamed, which showed that fighting was a common occurrence for them.

Most of the shops along the way have some damage, and I haven't seen any shop with intact windows yet. Now an uncle is breaking through the window and rolling out.

The old man burst into laughter and ran off as if nothing had happened. The owner chased him out of the store, yelling, "Pay me what I owe you!" while frantically firing his fire-attribute intermediate magic, "Scarlet Spear." The old man escaped, but the fire spear, which had missed, hit another store, starting a fire.

Then, water poured down from nowhere, instantly putting out the fire. However, the people in the shop where the fire broke out were furious, and in revenge for the owner who fired the "Scarlet Gun", they used the "Ten-shot Flame Bullet" attack.

The magical attack and defense on both sides were very fierce. When a war was about to break out, a strong-looking aunt walked out of each store and solved the problem with a frying pan.

They were probably the wives of the two bosses. After knocking their husbands unconscious, they grabbed their husbands by the back of their collars and dragged them back to the store.

Even so, no one paid them any attention, as if this was nothing new to them. The shops and vendors ignored the recent dispute, doing everything they could to attract customers, either berating other businesses or hawking highly questionable merchandise as hidden treasures or rare delicacies.

The impression given here is one of chaos and confusion to the extreme.

Oscar's expression stiffened slightly as he looked at the scene before him. He expressed his thoughts:

"But how should I put it...it doesn't make me feel gloomy at all."

"Yes, it's a place where you can't be careless, but I don't dislike the atmosphere here."

Hearing Natsu's response, Meredith smiled with a certain smugness. Perhaps she was delighted to have confirmed that Andika was indeed as Davy had described her companions.

"Regardless of whether it's good or bad, it feels like it's the law of the jungle, right?"

The residents' actions and the impression they give are indeed lawless. However, if this place is the hell as rumored... the residents are full of energy, making it difficult to say so.

Just then, they heard a group of drunk people drinking and singing happily.

Live freely.

This is an isolated island in the ocean, the free city of Andica.

Got cheated? Failed? Suffered a misfortune?

That's because you are too weak. People who are careless are fools.

No matter what happens, you have to clean up your own mess.

Whether you win or lose, success or failure, that is the result of your choice, right?

But there is one thing you have to remember.

This is Andica! The city abandoned by God!

There is no better life than this!

Although the melody of the song is very lively, if it were in mainland China, the lyrics would immediately be regarded as heresy and reported.

Meredith looked at the drunk people with a serious expression and said:

"As expected, there are many people who can't survive on the mainland. Some of them have simply fled here due to crimes, but... this place can be said to be the last resort for heretics."

The group of people before me do not share the same faith, and it is difficult to meet such people in the mainland.

A closer look revealed that the drunken crowd wasn't just human; there were also beastmen and demons. A couple, seemingly in love, had just left a nearby restaurant. They were a human man and a fox woman. There were also people of many other races, living here regardless of race.

Yes, it is indeed as David Constance said - free will survives here.

Three children ran past, a demon girl and a forest-human boy. They were probably heading home for dinner, and they chatted about lunch, their faces beaming with joy.

"... 'What's the point of a world without children smiling?' Hehe, that's true."

"Miledy."

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