"This is hot."


    "Why is it so hot?"


    "I''m going to get sunburn."


    "I need help."


    "I feel so sick."


    The students were having a hard time settling on the ship.


    Some of them were puking because of the salty sea breeze and the swaying motion of the ship.


    They were alsoining about the intense heat since this ce was greatly different from other ces they had gone. In fact, this might be the farthest ce they ever visited.


    Whether they were nobles ormoners, all of them were experiencing the same thing.


    Selena had expected something like this because Nathan had ''read'' a book about it. She was even enjoying the sea on the deck with Nathan.


    Of course, Nathan wouldn''t reject her invitation. This was also the first time he rode a boat. It was probably because there was no engine that the boat crossed the ocean at a much slower speed than he expected. Nevertheless, he was in much better shapepared to the rest.


    "Are we ever going to a fight on this kind of battlefield? If you fall to the sea, won''t it be dangerous?" Selena asked.


    "Probably. Maybe it will be better to summon a familiar that can handle the water in the future." Nathan nodded in agreement.


    "That''s true. I wonder if there is a vampire who lives underwater."


    "En." Nathan gave little thought. He couldn''te up with a single name for vampire living underwater. In fact, if she wanted someone from underwater, it would be better to get someone else.


    Nathan thought, ''Poseidon is not a merman, right? Since he looks exactly like a human, it means we can''t summon him. How about his wife? She is known as one of the fifty nereids, if I recall correctly. She is also known as the Goddess of the Sea.


    ''And there''s Triton, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, who should be a merman. I won''t be able to summon them, but Selena might be able to do it. Or is Selena nning to collect vampire-like familiars? But Sasha is not necessarily a vampire…''


    Nathan carefully considered his option. For the time being, there was no way they could summon their next familiar. Hence, it would be better to suggest something when it was necessary. He might be able toe up with a different name at that time.


    Selena looked at the front and pointed forward. "Is that…"


    Nathan raised his head, finding the shadow on the horizon. It was a tall shadow that looked like a mountain.


    "It might be the ind." Nathan nodded.


    "To think that there is and across the sea." She gasped. "I wonder if there is someone who has crossed the sea and returned to the same spot again. ording to the legend, our world is actually a sphere."


    Nathan smiled wryly. It wasmon knowledge back on Earth.


    "Is that so? There might be. Or maybe you can do that in the future. Who knows? We might find a vastnd like ours filled with people that are different from us." Nathan shrugged, sneakily inserting the idea of the continent.


    There were a few continents on Earth, so when he saw the world map, there was a chance his words were true.


    If that was the case, the aliens might be fighting on two or more fronts. If that was the case, he could think of a different approach against the aliens.


    Nevertheless, now that they were about to reach the ind, Jason immediately gathered them with the rest of the students.


    Jason shouted, "Listen up. The event will start soon. You will be teleported to the ind.


    "As I''ve exined previously, the ind is dangerous. If you are in trouble and choose to give up, you are free to break the badge, which will give us the signal about your location and intention.


    "We''ll also monitor your movements all the time, ensuring that you are safe. Make sure that you do this event seriously because it''ll impact your time in the academy.


    "Once you are teleported to the ind, there is only one instruction. It''s to summon your familiars immediately. Because of the number of aliens on the ind, there''s a high chance that you will encounter an alien upon your arrival. Understood?"


    "Yes, sir!" the students replied in unison.


    Nathan couldn''t help but take a sneaky nce at the ind.


    The tropical ind was quite huge. ording to the information, it was 8 kilometers (5 miles) in diameter.


    It was no wonder why Jason said it was unlikely for them to find each other. And ten thousand aliens were a justifiable number for an ind of this size.


    Jason turned to the students. "The teachers here will be assisting me, so do your best at this event. Before we begin, you may ask any questions rted to the event."


    "Teacher. I have a question." Rudeus was the first one to raise his hand.


    "Go ahead."


    "Are we allowed to do anything on this ind?"


    "You are not allowed to kill fellow ssmates or inflict longsting injuries. Aside from that, you are allowed to do anything."


    "What if they end up getting injured… for example, from falling rocks? In a mountain, it won''t be weird to see a cliff falling or something along the lines."


    "In that case, you are just using the terrain. As I mentioned earlier, the teachers will be watching over the students. If that happens, we''ll usually take over."


    "Understood." Rudeus smiled. He was satisfied with the answer.


    "Any other question?" Jason asked.


    This time, it was Nathan who raised his hand, which immediately piqued everyone''s interest.


    As expected, they were aiming for him.


    Nathan asked a rather simr question to Rudeus. "Are we really allowed to do anything, including using the terrain?"


    "Yes. You''re allowed to do that." Jason frowned, thinking Nathan should have asked a better question.


    "We won''t get any repercussions no matter what we do to the ind?" Nathan reworded it.


    Jason nodded. "Yes. You can do that. If you are going to ask a simr question, then yes. You''re allowed."


    "Alright." Nathan nodded.


    Little did Jason know, he just gave Nathan permission to do the craziest thing beyond his imagination.