The volcanic archipelago was only a few hundred kilometers from the coast of the Southern Continent. With just a short pair of Vortex Transmissions, Byron brought The Golden Deer to the coastal waters of the continent.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH...
The torrential rain from the skies continued to pour relentlessly. At the junction of sky and sea, only a vast expanse of white rain curtain was visible, with waves surging one after another below the ship.
The hydrological environment near the coastal seabed was extremely complex. Navigating carelessly could result in a ship hitting a reef, a shallow bank, or a sandbar temporarily submerged by the rising tide. Invisible assassins of navigation were everywhere.
This was precisely the purpose of the Nautical Charts drawn by generations of Navigators; the safety of sailboats could only be guaranteed when they navigated within fixed routes.
As a vanguard arriving in unfamiliar waters, they could only rely on themselves.
