After meeting his crew, Minos didn't waste much time. Over the next few weeks, they would have plenty of opportunities to socialize and talk.
With that in mind, he led his people toward the Naval City area to the west of his territory.
Theoretically, their group's journey would be shorter if they used the wormhole ports to go to the End area and then set out from the northernmost point of the Central Continent to the North Sea.
However, Minos wanted to use this trip to find out how far his sea empire, further northeast of the Ancestral Sea, could go in a northeasterly direction. Thus, he would begin his voyage from Naval City, the closest coastal city to Stone Island.
From there, he and his crew would travel for a few weeks, passing through the underwater territory of the empire until they reached the border between the Ancestral Sea and the North Sea.
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