“What could possibly lie beyond the Eastern Continent?”

Lambus muttered to himself, staring at the sprawling map of the continents laid out on his desk.

Having recently read The Great Treasure in Manafia, he was deeply inspired. Growing up in the East, the sea was a familiar presence for Lambus. His father, a fisherman, often took him along on fishing trips. Each time, Lambus would gaze at the endless horizon, wondering what lay beyond.

"Stop thinking about nonsense. You’re not a merchant; there’s no reason for you to venture out there," his father would admonish him whenever Lambus expressed his …