Ethan’s Fantasy Drift

The Dawn Goddess moved slowly around the island. Out of prudence, Ethan controlled the distance between the ship and the island to a level that allowed him to observe the general situation of the island through the telescope.

"The speed of the ship dropped a little more."

The galleon, which was full of female adventurers, was doing something similar. Before, the big ship was in front and Ethan was behind, and the two ships sailed around the island maintaining a fixed distance.

I didn't choose another direction, because it would make the two groups of people collide directly, to avoid a sudden conflict, and it would be better to maintain a safe distance.

But this time, Ethan didn't reduce his speed to the same level, but shifted the course slightly inward.

"A little bit closer to the island."

He wants to control the Goddess of Dawn to circle clockwise around the island, getting a little closer every time, testing this weird island a little bit.

This will be a waste of time. The advantage is that if an abnormality is found, with the speed and sensitivity of the Dawn Goddess, plus the direction of the ship, you can directly lift the speed without much adjustment, and then directly escape the dangerous range.

Caution is better than nothing when it comes to the unknown.

The Goddess of Dawn, just like this, caught up with the big ship little by little, and then slowly overtook, from the party that had been hanging far behind, to the front runner.

Ethan was even able to see everything on the deck of the ship without the aid of foreign objects, including the vigilant eyes of those female adventurers.

"They know who we are."

The Dawn Goddess passed by the big ship like this. After slowly opening a distance, Ethan noticed that the ship increased its speed a little bit, and maintained a fixed distance from the Dawn Goddess. Approaching the island, it was obvious that he had the same idea as Ethan.

They are very smart to let Ethan be the pathfinder, and they have more reaction time behind them - excluding personal emotional factors, this choice is very correct. A large sailing warship close to a Galen-type sailboat cannot make such agile maneuvers at all. No matter how fast the reaction occurs, it is more troublesome and slower than the Dawn Goddess to make moves such as disengagement, steering and acceleration. .

In the same dangerous situation, the Dawn Goddess may be able to escape smoothly, but the big ship may not.

In addition, Ethan found that the group of female crew members were very vigilant about themselves. Even when the ship's displacement and firepower were fully dominant, and the number of people was also the absolute upper hand, they were so cautious that it could only prove that they knew their identities. , know who you are, and have a sufficient understanding of your own strength.

"Yes, but they deliberately gave us the position of the leader. Do they know something about this strange island?"

"Maybe."

Ethan’s time at sea was still too short. Although he borrowed the library of the Adventurer’s Guild to make up for it, there are still many things in this sea area that will not be recorded in the book, and can only be passed between adventurers. Oral or personal experience to know and understand.

The strength of that ship, which is all women, can obtain such a large ship in this sea area is unquestionable, which indirectly proves that they have been roaming this sea for a considerable time, and they must have an interest in the calm sea. enough to know.

Like this kind of weird island, even if they haven't encountered it in person, they may have heard of it from other adventurers.

Even if it's just a rumor, it's much stronger than Ethan who doesn't know anything.

Continuing to sail slowly, they have circled the island three times. As the distance approaches, the strange fluctuations become more and more obvious, which makes Ethan, a magician who is sensitive to energy, perceive more things. .

"This energy is full of the smell of death and corruption."

With the help of the telescope, Ethan can see more clearly that there is really no life on this island, but it is not the kind of situation that just emerged from the sea.

The island is full of mud and stones, but all of the mud and the reality are black, which is completely opposite to the life-filled mud on other islands.

"Is there still such an island in the calm sea?"

The world is really amazing, Arthur now understands the meaning of this sentence personally, such an island seems to be a place where evil and bad guys can be nurtured in legends.

Ethan didn't answer, but turned his head to look in another direction.

Before, he noticed a ship emerging from the sea level in the distance. At first, the distance was too far. He didn't pay attention. When he found that the ship was coming straight towards the island, he suddenly wanted to see this new arrival. What will be the reaction.

"Could it be the one that left before?" Arthur suspected that it was the group of people who left before. Maybe he didn't want to just give up an island like this. He wanted to avoid the big ship and sneak on the island to replenish some supplies.

It is not easy to find an island in the calm sea, and it is naturally difficult to replenish the missing supplies, and the possibility of them doing so cannot be ruled out.

"No, the sails are laid out differently."

Arthur didn't use a telescope, so he could only barely see that it was a clipper of the same style as the Dawn Goddess, but Ethan could see it more clearly. Although the spinnakers were the main ones, the arrangement of the auxiliary sails was somewhat different. The difference is that while pursuing speed, it also emphasizes stability, which is different from the previous one that completely emphasized speed.

Comparatively speaking, the new ship's canvas board is closer to that of the Dawn Goddess, both of which are based on speed and at the same time ensure a certain degree of stability.

It's just that Ethan did this because his driving level is not high enough. If he pursues extreme speed too much, he is likely to overturn the boat...

"Huh? The ship didn't slow down."

As the distance gradually narrowed, Ethan originally thought that the group of people who came this time would, like the big ship behind and himself, slow down first, and then carefully observe the situation around the island.

Unexpectedly, the ship rushed straight to the island, and then rushed across the front of Ethan's Dawn Goddess, and then slowed down because of the docking, and finally moored beside the island - around the island There are several deep-water harbors that are suitable for docking. Ethan has seen several before. If he finally wants to land on the island, not only can his own ship be parked directly on the side of the island, even the big ship behind has a suitable berth.

This kind of situation is very rare, as if it was specially designed to stop the ship for adventurers. This strange feeling made Ethan feel a chill all over his body, and the fear of this island increased a bit.

"Someone has found the way for us."

Ethan and Arthur stopped the boat together, then dropped the anchor and stopped at a short distance. Ethan stood on the poop, holding the binoculars and watching the boat stopped steadily. On the side of the island, several people got off the boat with weapons and some tools and went deep into the island.

Because there were no plants on the island, and there were no huge rocks or the like to block his sight, Ethan could clearly see the actions of this group of people.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, but the group of people didn't stay on the shore, they continued to head towards the depths of the island, and after a while, they gradually disappeared from sight.

"They seem to be carrying some mining tools?"

Arthur saw that someone brought a pickaxe. Among the resources collected on the island, only the ore needed to use this thing.

"Well, maybe this island without any plants is an island rich in minerals?"

This also makes sense. Many ores themselves are toxic to a certain extent, which is not conducive to the growth of plants. If the entire island contains abundant ores, it makes sense to have no plants.

"Magic stone?"

Coincidentally, both Ethan and Arthur thought of the most characteristic items in this world.

"It's just this kind of deadly fluctuation... Could it be that there are magic stones containing the power of the undead hidden on this island?"

Guessing is always guessing. If you want to confirm it, you still need to go to the island to check it out. Ethan and Arthur observed it for a while. It didn't show up either.

"Wait...how do I think that the ship looks a little wrong? Is it my illusion?"

I thought that this island might be a little weird, but there is no danger. When Ethan was struggling to decide whether to land or not, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. After looking for a long time, he finally realized that it was the ship docked on the shore. What a subtle change.

Ethan looked at it with the telescope again, but after looking for a long time, he couldn't find any changes, including Arthur on the side, who also held the telescope and played 'Find the Difference' with Ethan.

The two of them stared for a long time, and finally found the abnormality.

"It seems... that ship has become a little old?" Arthur looked at it for a long time and was still not sure. A ship sailing at sea will definitely have various damages. Maybe what he saw was an illusion?

It was Ethan who finally made a positive judgment: "No, it is indeed getting old, pay attention to the sails, there are some signs of dilapidation, I have deliberately observed their sails before, although they were a little old and There was no breakage or damage."

Arthur took a closer look again and affirmed Ethan's words.

"How is this going?"

"It should be that weird wave... that wave is undoubtedly a powerful negative energy, and it is this energy that has caused the strange situation of this island, and will also affect everyone who is close to them or things."

This is not an incomprehensible existence. Ethan knows that many negative energies have similar effects, such as the famous fel energy.

Ethan began to think about whether to leave, and rushing to the island seemed too risky.

At this time, he noticed the large boat behind him that was also parked on the sea to observe the situation, put down a small boat and rowed towards Ethan and the others.