After landing on the mountains, I headed northeast towards the Unknown Lands. I heard from Alliuna's accounts that the Traveling Fortress was somewhere at the southern part of the Unknown Lands. To avoid the dangers on the ground, I leaped into the sky and used my secret skill Roaming the Skies. A projection of an oriental snake like Dragon appeared and enveloped me. The Dragon Essence in the projection helped lift me into the air and push me where ever I want to go...in other words, I'm FLYING!! Anyways, I flew straight to the Unknown Lands. With my level of mastery, it only took an hour to accomplish. Looking at the most updated map the guild could provide, I was able to pinpoint the location of where the Traveling Fortress used to be. Now according to the information provided by Alliuna, the Traveling Fortress moves at a kilometer per hour among the mountains. So, I decided to scour the lands slowly. Soon, after a few hours, I was able to see the Traveling Fortress sitting a moving mountain in the distance.

Arriving at the entrance of the Traveling Fortress, I was greeted by a humanoid guard. The guard seems to be a high-level stone golem. It proceeded to lead me into the fortress. Suspecting that it could be a trap, I raised my guard before venturing in. The stone guard led me to a room. In the room stood a male human.

The human male greeted me and introduced himself, "Good day to you. I'm known as Guo ZiLang (Guo is last name, ZiLang means purple wolf). Who are you and what is your business here?"

Judging from his name and his appearance, I assumed he must have been of Eastern descent. I greeted in response, "My name is Khaos - an adventurer. I'm here for diplomatic purposes. I represent the Adventurer City in the far west. I would like to know what the purpose of the Traveling Fortress is and whether or not if you want to form a trading business with us."

"Hmm, sure we can form a trade. Being unable to stay at a fixed location, we sometimes find ourselves in lack of certain resources. Trading for these needed resources could be beneficial. As for what kinds of resources...well, we would like to trade ores, crystals, raw metals, lumber, monster cores, and monster parts for medicine, weapons, armor, potions, and foodstuffs."

"Hmm, that seems good. Let's sign the contract and affirm this business deal." I said as I pulled out a contract and pen. ZiLang signed the contract and I retrieved it.

"As for our purpose as a moving fortress, well...its a curse - an unbreakable curse."

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"A curse eh? Tell me more about it." I said as interest flashed in my eyes.

"Well, I guess I should start from the beginning." ZiLang began, "We were once natives of the East Barrier Mountains. We lived happily while governing the surrounding villages at the foot of the mountains. However, one day everything changed. All of a sudden many of the neighboring mountains as well as the mountain our fortress was on began to move. At first we thought it was an earthquake but when we saw the mountains gradually move away from the rest of the East Barrier Mountains and into the Unknown Lands, we began to worry. All the villages at the foot of the mountains were destroyed and many lives were lost in the process. Though the shaking from the movements is noticeable, luckily we had procured a magic item that keep the fortress from collapsing. Anyways, we didn't know why the mountains were moving and we tried with all our abilities to figure out why. That...was 1000 years ago. It has been a thousand years and we haven't died yet. We can still reproduce but people stopped aging at 40 years. We can be killed as we soon found out when we first encountered a nest of wild beasts. That's why we call this a curse."

"I see."

"We have been moving around the Unknown Lands many times now. I did notice however that we have been inching closer and closer to the center of the Unknown Lands...could there be something there? If possible, we would like to request your Adventurer City to help find the cause of the movements and if possible stop the mountains from moving. Also, can you guys help us scout what's going on in the heart of the Unknown Lands and why these moving mountains are circling towards it?"

"Ok, I'll see what my guild can do. Oh by the way, what are those treants doing? Are they part of the curse too?"

"Those? Oh, they're not treants...they're wood-like monsters called Woodskins. We saved a few of them during our monster encounters and they swore loyalty to us. Now, they travel where we travel and provides us with lumber that they grow themselves."

"Ok, it's late and I should get going. Can I set up a few beacons to let my guild know of your exact location at all time?"

"Sure, if it helps."

With the conversation ended, I flew out of the fortress and placed a beacon on the fortress's highest tower, one beacon on the back side of the moving mountain, and the last beacon on the front side of the moving mountain. After I finished, I used Roaming the Skies and flew back to the guild to report my findings.