Inlander

'Pitch-black clouds' Ocean

Their boat entered the 'pitch-black clouds' Ocean. Jim, Aya, they're scared. Because the weather and the atmosphere around it are so tense. The surroundings were very dark. Over time, the waves were getting higher and fiercer. Not only that, light rain slowly fell from above.

"Uncle Merton, does this happen every day here?" Asked Jim who was curious about this area.

"Yes, you're right Jim". Uncle Merton answered curtly.

Unnoticed, the rain that was originally light has now become a storm.

"You guys, help lower the sails." Uncle Merton told Jim and Aya to help him lower the Sails. Uncle knows that the storm will come soon. Although this storm had nothing to do with this 'pitch-black clouds' Ocean.

Until the three of them were overwhelmed by the storm. And slowly the storm finally disappeared and the weather returned to calm. However, the sky was still dark, pitch-black clouds still covered the sky. And when Jim looked out over the sea, he realized that it wasn't just the clouds that were black. But the sea is also very black like oil.

Because the storm was gone, Jim, who was always curious, asked "uncle, why is the sky still dark? Even I saw that the sea was very black too".

"Hahaha, you are very observant, young man" Uncle Merton praised Jim. Then he continued his conversation "you know, the storm had nothing to do with the clouds that kept black or the sea that kept black in this area".

Jim and Aya were surprised because they didn't expect it. As if she still didn't believe Merton's uncle's explanation, now it was Aya who asked. "Um uncle, then what caused all this?"

As if Aya's question also represented Jim's curiosity.

Uncle Merton began to explain the cause of all this.

"Black mana, that's what caused all this". Said Uncle Merton.

Then because he felt that the answer was not satisfactory, Jim again asked "how could Black mana cause all this?".

"Maybe if only a small amount of black mana would not affect anything, but right under this sea, there is a source of black mana which is very abundant and untouched, because it is so abundant that it overflows that it causes the clouds to turn black," replied Uncle Merton in great detail.

Indeed, the consequence of which black sources are many and very abundant causes a strange phenomenon around the area, in which, the sea turns dark black, even causing the surrounding clouds to turn pitch black. So that many people call the area a sea of ​​'pitch-black clouds'.

Jim was also idly trying to slip his hand into the sea. However, what happened was, Jim's hand seemed to be under intense pressure from the sea. As if there was energy hitting Jim's hand upward.

“Ouch, it hurts.” Jim pulled his hand back into the boat, he was in pain from the pressure. Because the pressure is so strong.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to tell you, next time your bodies don't get out of this boat." Uncle Merton warned Jim

Jim was curious again because this was the first time he was sailing such a ferocious sea. He also asked, "Uncle, the pressure from the sea was so strong, then why is our boat okay?".

"Hahaha, you can feel the flow of mana right, try to feel the flow of mana under this boat". Uncle Merton said.

Jim began to close his mana and felt the flow of mana around him. And sure enough. He was surprised. He saw all the pressure of the mana flow pressing on from the inside as if it stopped and disappeared when he touched the boat he was in.

Jim was so shocked, then asked. "Uncle, why does the pressure-flow seem to stop after touching this boat?"

"You know Whitestone, right? All the fishermen from Meridion Island must have coated the hulls of their boats with Whitestone powder to pass through this ocean safely". Uncle Merton explained in great detail.

Jim is starting to understand now, how this boat works until it can withstand which flow is that strong. It turned out that whichever stream had managed to touch the boat, was absorbed by the whitestone coating the bottom of this boat.

Jim is now starting to realize, maybe what made him faint when he first boarded this boat was because he touched the lower hull of the ship which was coated with Whitestone powder. All that is now starting to clear and answer why Jim at that time fainted. Maybe because it ran out of mana due to being absorbed by the white stone.

"Then uncle, shouldn't ours be absorbed by the whitestone?" Jim asked again as if he had a thirst for knowledge.

"Good question, the boat was coated with Whitestone powder on the outside and bluestone powder on the inside." Replied uncle.

Jim began to understand completely now. So, before sailing, Uncle Merton drained mana into the bluestone on the inside of the boat, so that, when Whitestone absorbed the mana, it absorbed the mana in the bluestone. So that the mana he has is not absorbed by the whitestone, because, first, Whitestone absorbs the mana stored in the bluestone.

"I understand now uncle, however, isn't that material very expensive and rare? Especially Whitestone, then I also just found out that the stone can be turned into powder". Asked Jim who was curious.

"Hahaha, take it easy, anything related to magic, you can find everything on the island of Meridion." Uncle Merton laughed as if he were proud of his homeland.

"Why is that, uncle?" Aya joined in and asked questions in the conversation between Jim and Uncle Merton.

"Because Meridion Island is the island of witches," said Uncle Merton in a serious tone.

It cannot be denied that the island of Meridion is famous for the island of witches. Because powerful magicians were there. Even a magic academy was established there. Ancient artefacts, ancient magic and ancient books that exist in this world are all found and stored on the island of Meridion. So it is not imagined that even rare items can be found easily there.

Because of the fun chatting, they finally slowly left the pitch-black cloud region. Sunlight slowly penetrated between the clouds. finally, they returned to feel the bright sunshine. And this indicates that they will soon be successful in landing on the island of Meridion. And apparently, they had seen a large island from a distance, it was the island of Meridion.

Jim smiled when he saw that because their journey was finally over. Their journey of survival from the cruel Neiter is now even creeping up and threatening the entire territory of Regia. Maybe this was the right decision to cross to the island of Meridion because it seems that the Neiter troops have not yet set foot in the Meridion island's territory.