"We're heading to Mount Marryeong?"

"Yes."

Before setting off toward the next Divine Tree, I had a conversation with the turtle at the entrance leading to it.@@novelbin@@

Just like before, the turtle extended its staff to communicate with me.

"…So your master told you to go to Mount Marryeong?"

"That's right."

"Hmm…"

"Why? We have to find all the Divine Trees anyway, don't we?"

Since we had to locate them all, heading to the next one seemed like the logical course of action.

"It's a matter of distance."

"Distance?"

"Yes. In terms of distance, Black Phoenix Palace is actually much closer than Mount Marryeong… so why go there first?"

'Black Phoenix Palace?'

Black Phoenix Palace.

The name was quite unusual.

"Is there a significant difference in distance?"

"At least twice as much. If you were to head toward Yahwol, it would take you half a day. But reaching Black Phoenix Palace would take two months, and Mount Marryeong… at least twice that."

"Damn…"

Hearing it put that way, the distance really was massive.

If that was the timeframe for ordinary travelers—

'Based on my speed…'

It would probably take me around seven days and nights.

'And considering how external energy barely depletes due to the rifts, I might be even faster.'

That was simply a matter of speed, but looking at it from a distance perspective, the turtle had a point—it was definitely strange.

'…Did Mother have a reason for choosing Mount Marryeong first?'

It was likely another one of her intentions, but what exactly did she mean by it?

'If I hadn’t spoken to Mother's apparition…'

I would have naturally chosen to head to Black Phoenix Palace first, based on the distance alone.

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