Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!-Chapter 1465 - 1018: Arrival, New Continent!

"Chief Divine’s guidance! Zuwaro, Grandmother Island is in the northwest from here. For the Unanga’s small boats, it would take at least seven days to row, which is about over seven hundred li in distance!... "

"Chief Divine’s protection! Seven hundred li... If the longship rows at full speed, maybe it will only take four days!... "

"But... distance isn’t the biggest problem! The biggest problem is that on the route to Grandmother Island, there are no intermediary islands, nor any navigational markers... The longship could easily get lost and lose its bearings!... "

"Miki, no matter what, I want to try! We’ve heard clear rumors of the New Continent, and we have the sea charts from Your Majesty’s divine revelation! Before the freeze sets in, within this last half-month window, I must make a determined effort to sail west!... "

"... Alright! Zuwaro, I’ll evenly distribute all the food and firestones from the two ships to give you as much as possible... Chief Divine protect you! May you reach the new continent in the west and return safely!... "

"Chief Divine protect! I will surely reach it! But if by any chance, if I can’t return... Miki, the rest of the nautical exploration will be all up to you! This Divine Snow Mother Island is at North latitude 53 degrees, which nearly aligns with the Divine High Mountain Island at North latitude 52 degrees. The distance between these two large islands is over a thousand li, it’s quite suitable to establish another port. Actually, on this chain of islands, each large island with tribes should have a supply point established, to be safer!"

October reached its final end, and the cold winds blowing from the northeast already carried scents of ice and storms. Scholar Mikki stood atop the snow-covered White Mountain, watching the resolute Exploration Captain Zuwaro, remaining silent for a long time.

"Miki! After I leave, take your time, slowly manage this chain of islands, and await the follow-up third batch of support fleets, then go establish a stronghold on Grandmother Island. Make sure the maritime logs you’re recording are copied multiple times by the priests and send a dedicated longship back to report! Be flexible, act decisively, rely on the Kingdom’s advantage in force and resources, intermarry continually with these Northern Tribes, assimilating and converting them! Divine West Mountain Port is a good shipbuilding port, it’s best to establish a Bronze Workshop as well. The Northern Land is so vast; send more people to look around, gather the tribes’ rumors, and surely you’ll find copper mines, tin ore, and iron ore... As for the large gold mine on Divine Jinxi Island, it should draw attention from the Kingdom, attracting a batch of migrating population to settle there!"

The sunset cast its late light, and the snowy mountains shimmered with a red glow. Exploration Captain Zuwaro rambled on, meticulously advising on many beneficial maritime details and many suggestions for constructing sea routes, as if he wanted to explain everything he thought of clearly. It wasn’t until the red skies completely vanished from the sea, and nighttime ascended from the East, that he finally looked at Scholar Mikki with a face full of sorrow and heaviness, patted him forcefully on the shoulder, and smiled boldly.

"Haha! Miki, cheer up, don’t have that face like you’re staring at a dead person! I’m going to explore the western continent, to fulfill the Chief Divine’s revelation, not to die! Haha! I shall become the first Divine Revelation Priest to arrive at the New Continent, to be eternally recorded in the Kingdom’s epic!"

"Yes! Zuwaro, go peacefully! I will remember you... The Kingdom and Your Majesty will remember you, too..."

Hearing Zuwaro’s words, Scholar Mikki lowered his gaze, giving the other a firm embrace. His heart full of reluctance, he clenched his teeth, looking up at the shining stars in the sky, and vowed softly.

"Chief Divine bear witness! Whether you return or not... among the stars shining up there, in the epic of this Kingdom... there will surely be one bright star corresponding to you!"

"Haha! Good! As long as I fulfill the Chief Divine’s revelation, I will also be recorded in the Chief Divine’s scripture, obtaining exalted divinity, turning into a shining star!"

Exploration Captain Zuwaro laughed heartily, nodding, and also looked up at the galaxies. The starry river in the far north was so resplendent, as if a belt full of stars were draped across the night sky, also resembling reflections of the islands and the sea above!

"Chief Divine’s protection! Miki, with your maritime logs, the hymnal scriptures... you too will attain divinity, transforming into a star in the sky!"

The island night was filled with cold solitude, seemingly the quietest end in the world. The two Divine Revelation Priests for exploration lifted their heads, regarding the endless starry sky, so much like the boundless sea. Zuwaro gazed into the distance for a while, smiled, and left a final exhortation.

"Oh Chief Divine, tonight’s starry river is truly beautiful!... Miki, you must make sure in the maritime logs, to write my image as grander, more devout, and more perfect! Understood?"

"Yes! I will... definitely!"

The exploration fleet’s two longships only stayed two days on Divine Snow Woman Island. Exploration Captain Zuwaro, after much thought, left ten people on Divine Snow Woman Island to intermarry with the local tribes, also preparing for the subsequent establishment of a port. He also left half of his five hundred jin of gold, buried near Old Crow’s tribal cave, freeing up some load, making additional preparations as well.

Scholar Mikki did his utmost, preparing two months’ worth of food for ninety people for Zuwaro’s Great Snow Wolf, along with ample fuel. Meanwhile, his own supply ship was left with only sixty people and twenty days’ worth of food, needing to quickly return to Divine Peak Mountain Port for the winter.

On the third morning, the two longships parted, one east, one west. Scholar Mikki stood at the bow, accompanied by White Bear Hova and the guide Old Crow, watching the massive Great Snow Wolf sail towards the northwest’s horizon. In the cold northeast wind, he observed in silence until the west-bound longship gradually shrank, then disappeared from sight, at which point he exhaled deeply, despondently giving the order.