Anton and the group of young men ate until they were full and when he saw that every one of them was satisfied, the interview began.

The young men shared a lot of information with him that the youths had gathered since they were young living in the port city of Whaling.

The first continent they talked about was the one farther east which was six months by ship away from the continent of Rendindura. Supposedly, that continent was called Huoxi.

The first kingdom that one was supposed to be able to see once they arrived in the continent of Huoxi which sounded too much like Chinese to Anton was called the Turtle Kingdom. When Anton asked what the costumes of the people who lived in that kingdom were, the young men described the costumes of the Chinese-looking people he encountered in the streets.

The youths said they befriended some of the people from there and they were told that the continent of Huoxi was extremely large and there were thousands of kingdoms and countries there. Their friends also bragged that there were countless powerful beings on that continent.

Again, the main problem that Anton and his family would encounter if they did go there was the language barrier.

Another continent that the youths knew about was about eight months away from Rendindura by ship to the West. They mentioned that that continent was a bit mysterious since it was a large continent as well but not as populated as Huoxi. They said that the foreigners from that continent called it the Gale Continent and the first country that one was supposed to arrive in was called New Drennor.

The young men told Anton that the cowboy-looking men Anton saw on the streets were from there.

They discussed those two continents and the kingdoms and countries that were supposed to be found there for a couple of hours until the manager from the restaurant entered their private room to inquire if they had further orders.

Anton asked the young men to order some desserts and to pacify the manager of the restaurant, he paid the man the cost of what they ordered so far which made the manager wear a huge smile on his face.

When their dessert arrived, they spent several minutes eating, and then after that they continued talking.

The next continent that they talked about was a year away to the Northeast of Whaling by ship which was supposed to be called Ordura but one they were not truly sure. They didn’t have much information about that place but they said that the foreigners from there were dark-skinned people who brought colorful fabrics and different spices form their kingdom which was called Indirio.

The young men shared all the information they knew about the three continents with Anton and they prioritized those places since there were still ships in the docks bound for those continents.

They talked for a couple more hours until Anton noticed that it was already evening. So he decided to stop and thanked the young men who told him that they would receive severe punishment from their masters once they returned but assured him that the food from one of the best restaurants in the city was worth it.

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After paying for the desserts, they parted ways and Anton returned to the inn where they were staying.

When he arrived there, his family was still in the common room eating. Anton joined them but didn’t eat since he just arrived from a restaurant and he was still full. During dinner, Anders informed him that they managed to sell a tenth of their inventory and collected a lot of gold coins.

Anton was impressed at how fast his father and Nemina were able to sell their products so fast. He then shared what he learned from the merchants of Okan and the young apprentices and his family and friends were impressed at how much information he managed to gather.

Embarrassingly, Devon, Frederick, and Colin were only able to gather information on one of the continents which was the continent of Gale, and the kingdom of New Drennor which was mostly the same as the information that Anton managed to get.

Of course, their information-gathering mission was just starting and they would need to collect more before they decided where to go. Everyone agreed with him though of selecting a continent that was far from Rendindura.

“Are we not going to watch anything?” Anna asked.

“No, since everyone would still be busy during the next few days. You don’t need to worry about that Anna since based on the information that we have so far, we will need to spend a very long time on a ship once we start our ocean journey and that means that we have plenty of time to watch movies and shows,” Anders told his daughter.

Anton then overheard Anna mumbling that it was a pity for her new friends since that meant that they would not be able to have the chance to watch the shows anymore.

After dinner, everyone went to their rooms to rest since they were all exhausted. It had been a very busy week for everyone so they truly needed some rest.

In the room that Anton was sharing with his father, Anton took a bath and slept immediately. At first, he planned to spend a little time leveling up but the moment his head touched his pillow, he fell asleep.

The next day, Anton woke up late since when he checked the time, it was already nine in the morning. As expected, his father wasn’t in the room anymore. He did find a note that informed him that everyone was out doing the same business as yesterday and that he was free to do whatever he wanted to do that day.

Anton’s plan was different that day. He wanted to earn gold coins since he knew that they would need a lot of funds wherever they ended up. He was just glad that gold coins were a universal currency that was accepted everywhere in the world. Their value might be different in each of the continents but the most important thing is that they have value.

What he was worried about at first was what if they collected a ton of gold and then arrived somewhere where the currency was something like mana stones or something like that. That would have been devastating but the merchants and the young people from yesterday that the foreigners still used gold coins as their primary currency.

He planned to spend a few hours that day earning coins by doing the same thing that he did in the previous cities, which was purchasing damaged and broken things that would be valuable if they were new or working properly. Together with the remaining coins that he had which were about three thousand gold coins, he would then gather a lot of items that they could use in his inventory and private stash since the space that he still had was huge.

The items that he planned to store were cooked food, water, clothing, spices, soap, and anything else that he could think of that they might need and since he did have the coins, he would only choose the best of the best.

At least with those items, even if the place they stumbled into didn’t accept gold, they would still have items that would allow them to survive without any issues.