"Toot toot toot toot!"

The whistle signaling the train's imminent departure sounded.

The station staff beside the tracks waved their hands and then retreated outward.

The actions of these station employees seemed somewhat awkward and inexperienced, but they managed to complete their tasks quite well.

After all, they've only been on the job for just over a month.

The Beiten Kingdom was just conquered by the Lantern Territory a mere three months ago.

The train engine's surrounding magic patterns began to glow with blue light.

From a distance, it looked like decorative engravings around the engine, clearly visible even at night.

The energy source under the train began to burst with intense energy, generating an extremely high temperature.

The snow atop and around the engine instantly melted, transforming into steam and drifting upward into the sky.

Under the powerful drive of the engine, the 20-car train began to be drawn forward, slowly moving along the tracks.

It's hard to imagine if there were still people inside driving with such high temperatures.

Does the engine's cabin have heat-resistant protection?

In reality, the train is not controlled by human drivers but by a spherical intelligent core.

These intelligent cores controlling the train were all personally crafted by Kane, boasting a high degree of intelligence and precision.

Soon after, the entire train left the station.

"Sorry, I'm late." A young man hurriedly wearing a work uniform entered the duty room at the station's exit.

There was already someone on duty inside the room.

"You made it, don't worry, you're only a few minutes late, it's nothing serious."

"Thanks."

The young man sat down at his position and saw the departing train.

He suddenly looked puzzled and said, "Isn't this the transport run delivering resources to the Feiten Territory? Why is there one extra car?"

Because this train unusually had 21 cars instead of the usual 20.

Having one extra was something he had never encountered before, making him think he was mistaken.

Hearing his words, the colleague next to him, sharing the duty with him, laughed gleefully.

"You picked the wrong day to be late today; that car suddenly appeared, and His Majesty is inside."

"Huh?!"

...

The additional carriage at the tail of the train had a comfortable environment, much like a large lounge car.

Sofas, leisure, entertainment, and dining were all available.

Kane and the guild's Explorer members were resting inside.

They had boarded this train to head to the Feiten Territory.

They originally had faster modes of transport, but many guild members had never taken a train before and wanted to experience it.

In the Mist World, most Explorers use teleportation arrays for their journeys.

Trains and other large transportation mainly serve for heavy goods transport.

After a few days of preparation,

they had already planned their route to reach the location of Facundo's body.

Facundo's map gifted to Kane indicated that traveling via sea would be the fastest.

Setting off from the port near the Feiten camp, sailing northeast through the strait would reach the largest surrounding sea.

Then, heading north would directly land at a large bay on the northern edge of Zone 2.

This equates to traversing the entire Zone 2 by sea.

Afterward, just a bit of land travel would reach Zone 3, where Facundo's body is located.

The map provided by Facundo included a rough landscape for Zones 1 through 4.

The map roughly marked the locations of mountains, snow, plains, and sea.

As for specific terrains and factions, they weren't marked.

It's unclear whether marking was prohibited or no detailed exploration was carried out.

The map also showed Zone 2's back area being entirely separated by the sea, meaning any land journey must detour through Zone 3.

"This is my first time on a train; there's nothing particularly special about it, is there?"

Finaris sat on the sofa, watching the scenery swiftly pass by outside the window.

"Is that so? It's just an ordinary vehicle. What special experience could there be?" Funa fiddled with a mechanical object on her small table, speaking indifferently.

Everyone in the car continued with their activities, chatting and laughing.

After about five or six hours, the train gradually slowed down.

Kane, who was resting nearby, opened his eyes.

Once the train had completely stopped, Kane led everyone outside, disbanding the entire carriage once they were out.

The carriage was actually

created by Kane using his Origin Skills, attached to the last car.

The train's 20 other cars then opened their side gates one by one.

Workers beside the tracks began unloading materials, organizing them into external warehouses.

The entire railway crossed what was once the Feiten Kingdom, extending all the way to the port city.

The entire port city was bustling with rejuvenation, its population now greater than the former kingdom's capital.

The place urgently needed labor for the city's recovery, port repairs, and shipyard construction and operation.

Everyone surveyed their surroundings.

Kane clapped his hands, drew everyone's attention, and said, "Alright, everyone, let's head directly to the port. There's still a long sea journey ahead."

Hearing Kane's words, everyone nodded and followed him to the port.

Though the port hadn't been fully expanded and renovated, it could still be used as the former port of the port city.

After crossing the city, they arrived at the port.

A strikingly noticeable team could be seen along the coast.

A total of a hundred members from the Lantern Knight Order, including Abi Mark, were there.

They had arrived here a day before Kane and the others.

Beside them was the Kingdom Sword Saint Isra, who had joined only recently.

The reason for bringing Isra was that he didn't have any significant official position yet.

Almost all of Kane's golden-ranked individuals had their own responsibilities.

They were either leaders of certain legions or in charge of specific projects.

Like the Minotaur family, who needed to stay and guard the Tideng Territory, while also fulfilling important duties of their own.

Some were guarding the border areas, others were involved in land development and plant research.

Isra also had considerable strength, possibly only slightly weaker than Bonona apart from the Explorers within the territory.

New golden members like Funa and the Shire siblings might not be as strong as him.

Seeing Kane's arrival, Mark and the others immediately came forward to greet him.

"Your Majesty, you are here."

Kane nodded and said, "Are you ready?"

Mark nodded, then shook the lance in his hand and the sword blade at his waist.

Both of which were engraved with magic patterns emitting a faint golden glow.

The weapons and equipment of the Lantern Knight Order had undergone simple enchantments for steel armor in recent days.

All the equipment on their bodies had attributes of Holy Light.

This would enable them to inflict more damage on the undead in the upcoming battle, as well as defend against damage caused by the undead.

It was a special enhancement against the undead, which was the best improvement possible in a short time.

Not just them, but many Explorer Guild members were also making similar preparations.

Seeing their readiness, Kane nodded and then went to the edge of the harbor.

Magic power surged from his hands.

A steel object emerged on the seawater at the port, then quickly expanded and extended upwards within a short time.

A gigantic steel ship appeared before everyone in just a few seconds.

Its appearance hadn't changed much from the one Kane and the others had taken when they first entered the World Ring.

It had just undergone expansion and heightening to accommodate more members.

After all, 100 members of the enhanced Knight Order were also to be brought along this time.

The deck of the steel ship was level with the harbor.

"Alright, everyone, come aboard."

After speaking, Kane was the first to step onto the deck.

The others followed closely behind.

The Lantern Knights led their warhorses to the ship's deck.

Youyou came up to Abi and said, "Abi, let the Knight Order members bring your warhorses over here. There's a special area prepared for feeding the warhorses."

Hearing Youyou's words, Abi hurriedly nodded and finally signaled his subordinates to follow along.

The warhorses beside them shared the same strength as their owners.

Their strengths were mostly reflected in speed and physical constitution's toughness.

Even though Abi's golden-ranked warhorse followed him to reach the golden rank, it still did not possess much destructive power.

They were more akin to magic beast creatures like the Sea Beasts that Kane and the others had encountered before.

These warhorses were not ordinary species; even the swaying on board the ship did not alarm them.

They followed their masters calmly and steadily.

Afterwards, they came to an entrance leading downward on the deck.

Inside was a stable area specifically prepared for these 100 warhorses to rest.

As soon as Kane and the others reached the deck, Kreya transitioned into Soul Form.

Various colored metal lanterns floated out from her body, transforming into ghost maids one by one.

They began familiarizing themselves with the environment on the ship.

These ghost maids used to reside within Kane's body, but now, naturally, they resided within Kreya's body as a temporary shelter.

Having rules related to death, Kreya served as an easy vessel for the ghost maids.

On the back of Kane's hands were densely packed black insignias.

A total of 20 insignias represented the 20 Dark Servants currently residing in Kane's body.

Kreya had no solution for the Dark Servants.

After all, they obeyed only Kane, and any other person's orders were like the wind passing by, outside their consideration.

Given the nature and uniqueness of the Dark Servants, Kreya didn't interfere much either.

They rarely showed themselves in public view, hence during the journey they remained in Kane's body until being released for reconnaissance work upon reaching the destination.

After a while, Kane saw Youyou returning after arranging the Lantern Knights.

"Youyou, it's time to set sail."

"Yes, Master."

Youyou nodded and flew towards the captain's cabin on the deck.

Soon, Youyou's voice came through the ship's broadcast system.

"The Lantern Ship is about to set sail. Please hold onto the surrounding objects and steady yourselves."

Then came the sound of a horn.

The ship began to sail slowly over the sea.

Gradually disappearing from the view of the port.

A silver figure streaked across the sky.