Things worked very, very well for over half of the path as an entire month went by. With Sharky at the front, the other aquatic demon beasts didn't try anything against the twins' group. As for those at the Transition Realm, only two other ones appeared, but Sharky easily convinced them that everything was under control.
Of course, the reason they found so few demon beasts at the Transition Realm or above was because of the route Carion's father gave them. That truly helped a lot.
However, the closer they got to the division between the continents in the Under Desert Sea, the more nervous Carion and Briget seemed to become. Rean and Sharky thought that it was because that was supposed to be the place with the highest concentration of aquatic demon beasts. On the other hand, Roan didn't believe that was the reason. 'Rean, are you able to tell which cardinal direction we're moving in at the moment?'