After spending another two months in Bilgewater, Sarah finally helped them connect with a ship bound for Ionia.

For the past two months, Karn has been under Jax's guidance from time to time in addition to his daily meditation.

It is said to be a guide, but in fact it is no different from being beaten.

The recent slaughter fleet was also quite powerful, catching a lot of sea beasts, and the flesh and blood of these sea beasts were bought by Sarah and devoured by Karn and the others.

On the crowded dock, the three of them said their final goodbyes.

"I didn't expect this day to come so quickly." Sarah crossed her arms and looked at the ship as it was about to return to Ionia, frowning.

The worst enemy has been swept away, but she's locked here. Billgewater is still a mess after all, and she needs to be careful with it.

"There will be a bigger opportunity in a different place, and Bilgewater is still too small." Kahn said.

"yes, if I don't feel at ease, I want to go to the other side of the sea." Sarah knew that this was unrealistic, and sighed, "I hope I will have a chance in the future." ”

"There will be opportunities, a lot can happen in a few years." Kai'Sa comforted Sarah, who hugged her and Karn as well.

"I hope you're having a good time over there."

"Lend you good words." "So are you."

After saying goodbye to Sarah, the two stepped onto the deck and looked back at the docks, where Sarah's lonely figure beckoned to them.

Karn watched her silently, and Kai'Sa, who was not very expressive, waved vigorously in response.

The ships set sail, and the silhouette of the pier became smaller and smaller, until it finally disappeared.

"It's as uncomfortable as the sand in my eyes." Kai'Sa turned to Karn.

"I'll rub it for you." He held out a finger to brush away the hair that had been blown into his eyes by the wind, and then began to rub her eyelids: "If you want to cry, cry out." ”

"No, it's just stuffy." Kai'Sa wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in her arms.

As long as people are emotionally invested, they will feel more or less sad when they are separated. But it is already a blessing to be able to separate without regrets.

……

The sadness of separation is quickly diluted by time, and the thought of a new journey awaiting them, and the thought of what it will be like when they meet next time, fills Kaisha's heart with anticipation.

The boat Sarah had found for them was a merchant ship between the two places, with an Ionian captain who made a fortune exporting natural pigments and exotic plants.

If they come on this boat, they can smell the flowers on the boat, which is a rare experience.

Since he didn't bring much cargo on the return trip, the captain agreed to Sarah's request and brought a few more people with him.

As they walked around the ship, Kai'Sa and the others met the captain, and as he passed by, Kai'Sa said to Karn, "This captain is so indifferent. ”

"Hmm." Karn thought so too, there was no one when he got on the boat in front, and he didn't say hello when he met him at this time, and the person Sarah specially confessed to was so undeniable.

"Why doesn't this captain have feathers?"

"Not all Ionians are vastayas, and not all vastayas have bird feathers."

"I know that there are many kinds of Vastaya, and the people we saw before were Vastaya. I mean, are there any more striking features of the Ionians? ”

Karn shook his head and thought for a moment, "I don't know how to describe the so-called Oriental face, but it's easier to recognize from the clothes. ”

"Then I'll see for myself." Every time Kai'Sa arrives in a new place, she thinks about how to quickly integrate into the local area.

In terms of clothing, it is convenient to observe the characteristics of the clothing of the locals.

"Speaking of which, it's really not easy for us to get on this ship."

"Huh?"

It was not easy to get in touch with the ship, there were not many ships traveling between the two places, and the port recorded the movements of ships from all over the world, but there were only a few ships from Ionia all year round.

There's a reason for that.

It's not that the voyage between the two places is too treacherous, but that it has to do with the Ionian way of life.

Before the war, Ionia lived in harmony with nature and lived a self-sufficient pastoral life, even living in a tree house that was born from the seeds of a weaver.

Ionia was rich in land, people did not have to go to sea in search of scarce supplies, and special customs meant that they did not cut down trees to make large sailing ships that could cross the oceans.

However, the war changed all this, and under the invasion of Noxus, some people were forced to leave Ionia, either to escape the war or to find another way, and these closed Ionians saw a business opportunity, and then the ships between the two places gradually increased.

"It's been too long to go to Ionia and you have to take a boat in Bilgewater?" Kai'Sa asked.

"Of course it's more than that, but it's not quite the right way to do it any other way."

There is not only one way to get to Ionia.

Karn and the others could also go to Noxus to find an officer to show off their talents, and then go with the army on a warship to the island of Philo in Ionia.

But then they would be going to Ionia as invaders, and they would be ostracized by the Ionian spirits. And they certainly didn't want to fight for Noxus, and ended up leaving the formation as deserters, and in the end they didn't please either side.

There is the last option, which is taken by the yodelers directly to Ionia through a portal, but this is basically unheard of, and it is only theoretically possible.

"Forget it, I don't really like Noxians or yodelers."

When the two of them reached the deck, they saw Jax facing the sea with a lamppost in full armor, like a night watchman.

The Eternal Flame was still burning steadily, and Karn had never seen the warrior show any weakness, nor had he seen him look like when he took off his mask.

Even eating is just lifting the corner of the mask, stuffing the food into the mouth, and not showing his face at all.

"Why is he hiding himself so tightly? I obviously didn't feel any trace of emptiness from him. Kai'Sa had always wondered what kind of face was under the mask.

Jax has always felt like a monster, and the only hands he shows are three thick fingers.

But it's not a disability, it's born like that, even the skin color is different from ordinary people, and it doesn't look like a human being.

"I don't know, but people hide themselves, they just don't want others to ask, don't snoop on other people's privacy." Karn was still trying to gain Jax's favor, so he naturally tried to avoid doing things that were objectionable.

……

After nearly a month of sailing north from Bilgewater on the open sea, a coastline emerges in the sky.

They are about to arrive in Ionia.

But a storm also came with land.