At that moment, Zector stepped forward boldly and declared, "Mr. Adrian, how could you ever think that I’d let you go without me?"

Adrian, surprised, frowned slightly. "Zector?"

Zector grinned and approached Adrian. "I’d be worried sick. You're heading so far away, how can your buddy not be concerned?"

Adrian was accustomed to solitude and initially hesitated to accept company. But Quintin and the others saw merit in Zector's offer and convinced Adrian otherwise.

"Adrian, we wouldn't feel at ease if you went alone. It's safer for two to travel together. You can watch each other's backs," Quintin reasoned.

Adrian considered their advice and eventually nodded in agreement. "Very well, as you wish. Zector, let's go together."

After bidding farewell to the others, Adrian and Zector embarked on their journey.

*

The Far North Sea stretched endlessly before them, its climate growing colder the further north they ventured. As Adrian and Zector entered the Far North region, they encount