Magic Ship (Part 2)

"Yes it is, and it’s the farthest island. Without the ocean, Alchemy City would not have been able to amass so much wealth," Sumano lamented. Since he was only a disciple, these things were too far out of his reach. He could only console himself by saying that he was also a member of Alchemy City, so all the glory and honor associated with the city would be related to him.

Saleen was very tempted. Hogina seemed to know everything about Alchemy City like the back of her hand, but she simply did not know anything about Saleen’s teacher. The only plausible reason was that Saleen’s teacher was one of the people who had come from those three islands.

To the people of Alchemy City, the three islands were shrouded in mystery. Aside from occasionally leading missions to those islands to supply Alchemy City with large amounts of materials, not much information was known about them.

"Such missions won’t be without risk, right?"