After two weeks of traveling through the terrestrial part of the Marine Empire, Minos, and his group had made it most of the way to the terrestrial capital of the state.
Due to its division into land and underwater areas, the Marine Empire had two capitals, one in each of these two areas.
However, unlike what one could see in many states around the Spiritual World, the land capital of this state was not located on the coast but inland.
Therefore, Minos and his group had to move from the northeast coast of the territory to the southwest, where the capital and the main cities of the territory were located in the center of the state.
Due to the volcanic nature of the land part of the Marine Empire, there weren't many forests in this state. Most of them were located in a 10,000 square kilometer area in the center of this gigantic island.