Start with Island Lord

One morning a week later.

The wind is calm and the sun is beautiful, with no clouds in the sky.

In a piece of blue sea, a large sea turtle with a diameter of more than five meters was swimming quickly and steadily on the sea surface.

What's strange is that on the spacious and flat turtle's back, there are two ordinary-looking young people sitting cross-legged.

One of these two people is Rosen, and the other is Rosen's No. 1 puppet Levin Sage.

Of course, both of them used the transformation technique to make elaborate disguises, and the big turtle was accidentally encountered while flying in the sky, so it became a temporary mount.

The alien giant turtle can swim much faster than the turtles on Earth. It can cruise at a speed of one hour and 50 kilometers with two people on board.

Although the speed is only one-fourth of that of flying, it is labor-saving and safe. It is a biological ocean-going ship with natural power.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the giant turtle took the two of them to a shallow sea covered with reefs and small islands. It was the middle sea between the three islands of Paddlefish, St. Ann, and Hank.

"Stop~~"

Rosen used a mental suggestion to the giant turtle under him: "Feel free to forage around here, but don't go too far."

‘Hash~’

The turtle snorted, dived into the water and disappeared.

Rosen and the puppet Levin flew onto a black island that was exposed out of the sea.

Rosen found a flat place to sit on the reef, stretched out his hand to Levin in front of him, filled the Philosopher's Stone in his body with mana, and then said silently in his heart.

‘Laifu, connect the control core of No. 1. ’

‘Connected. ’

Rosen felt his eyes light up slightly, and suddenly there was a window of vision, which was the world in the eyes of the sage Levin.

With a slight movement of thought, this additional field of vision became Rosen's main field of vision, while Rosen's own field of vision retreated to the background and displayed the words 'on alert'.

Rosen thought slightly and thought about standing up.

His body did not move, but Sage Levin's body stood up according to his will, completely becoming Rosen's substitute.

This feels very similar to playing a VR game on Earth, but the difference is that Levin's perspective is 360 degrees with no blind spots.

The reason is that Rosen also installed a pair of insightful eyes on the back of Levin's head.

After controlling the puppet, Rosen first used a 3-ring air-based flying technique "Eagle's Wings".

In a burst of faint cyan light, a strong air current pushed Sage Levin into the sky.

The so-called air system refers to a series of spells that efficiently control airflow.

The disadvantage of this spell is that it produces green light and makes a lot of noise when used.

The advantage is that the threshold for obtaining spells is low, casting is simple, it saves mana when flying, and the speed is acceptable.

In short, this is far from the best flying technique, but Rosen has to use it.

Because he has mastered three flying techniques in total, and this flying technique is the most suitable for the current situation.

Pushed by the air current, Sage Levin quickly rushed to high altitude, overlooking the sea below from an altitude of nearly a thousand meters.

The color of the sea water is blue-green, and even yellow-green in many places, indicating that the sea water is very shallow and there are very abundant phytoplankton in the sea, making it a natural fishing ground.

At a high altitude, he used the arcane spell "Levitation" to maintain the height, and he used the light spell "Eagle Eye" to observe the details of the sea surface.

You can vaguely see a lot of seaweed, cold-water corals, swimming fish schools in the seawater, as well as strange algae balls floating on the sea in the east and west.

These algae balls are generally round in shape, with an average size between 30 and 100 meters, and one can be seen every few kilometers in the sea.

On the algae dumplings, you can see many strange creatures that resemble humanoid toads.

"World Natural History" says: "The skin is tough and slippery, the belly is white and the back is black, the hands and feet are webbed, and it breathes with its lungs, but its ribs have auxiliary gills, which can hold its breath for a short time in the sea. It looks like a giant frog, and is a fish man." ’

Rosen had only seen rudimentary illustrations in books before, but now he saw the real thing for the first time.

There are both surprises that people on earth have never seen the world, and also the worries of being a lord.

"This shallow sea has a radius of more than 200 kilometers. It should be an extension of the continental shelf of Weiland Island. Judging from the color, it is indeed quite rich, but it has its own owner."

"World Natural History" also said: "The fish people have low intelligence, cruel temperament, and strong sense of territory. They especially like to attack ships passing by and are the number one hazard to navigation." ’

During his lifetime, his father often wrote to him to introduce the situation of Paddlefish Island.

The letter also stated that it is basically impossible to fish in the sea around Paddlefish Island, and the coastal areas are often harassed by fishermen. Therefore, although it is an island, it is basically insulated from seafood. Only freshwater fish caught inland on the island are on the table.

"Judging from the condition and distribution density of the algae nests, it is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of marine fish people living in this sea area."

"Well~ I'm quite busy now."

After controlling the sage Levin to look around the area, Rosen directly used the flying technique to explore the two islands where the princess was dowed.

The flying technique can fly very high, and the eagle eye technique can also see very far. The combination of the two can greatly reduce the flying distance, which naturally saves mana.

Otherwise, given the vastness of this sea area, Rosen would run out of mana and fall before he could reach the ground.

After a while, Rosen also had a general understanding of the two uninhabited islands, St. Ann's Island and Hank's Island.

St. Ann's Island is located in the northernmost part of the triangular sea area. It is irregular in shape and has a radius of about 10 kilometers. It is the third largest island in this sea area.

This is a volcanic island. The island is pitch black, barren of grass, and black smoke is billowing from several places.

‘Come and explore the mines when you have time, you might find something to gain. ’

Hank Island is located in the southeast of the Triangle Sea, and its shape looks like a curled-up caterpillar.

Its diameter is about 20 kilometers, and the island is flat, all plains, and has a fairly deep sheltered bay.

The good news is that Hank Island is full of vitality and covered by a dense forest.

About a thousand kilometers southeast of Hank Island should be the Kingdom of Levender in the Witt Continent.

If it can be developed, it can be used as a midway supply island for the trade route from the White Sturgeon Island to the Kingdom of Levender.

The bad news is that the sheltered bay, which is obviously an excellent seaport, is the nest of the sea fish people, and the fish people in it are even denser than sardines.

"It seems that I am fighting with the sea fish people."

Full of emotion, he rode on the turtle's back again, and asked Lai Fu to meditate to restore the consumed mana, while rushing to the White Sturgeon Island, the largest of the three islands in the territory and closest to the giant island of Weilan.

After arriving near the White Sturgeon Island, Rosen used the same trick again, hiding himself in a safe place, and controlling the sage Levin to fly high in the sky to investigate the situation on the island.

The White Sturgeon Island is very large, and there may be unknown strong men lurking on the island.

In order to avoid accidents, Rosen asked Levin to fly to an altitude of 5,000 meters, and the speed was as slow as possible, trying to reduce the noise of the flight.

His father had shown him the map of the White Sturgeon Island, which was recorded in Lai Fu's database.

So, while Rosen was flying in the sky, he verified it with the map in his mind one by one.

First of all, the White Sturgeon Island is indeed quite large.

It is generally elliptical from north to south, more than 80 kilometers long from north to south and more than 50 kilometers from east to west. It is a continental island formed by the mountains that extend from the continental shelf and rise above the sea.

Because of this, the main body of the White Sturgeon Island is a north-south mountain range called the Crescent Mountains.

The highest peak in the mountain range is called Longmian Snow Peak, and a row of white snow can be seen on the top of the mountain.

Rosen estimated that the mountain is about 3,000 meters high, and there are only snow and rocks on the top of the mountain, and there is no sign of life.

After thinking about it, he landed at a place with a wide view on the top of the mountain, which not only saved mana but also allowed him to overlook the entire island.

Everything was normal, but the moment Sage Levin's body touched the ground, Rosen felt something strange under his feet.

"Hey~ This stone is weird!"

At first glance, it was just an ordinary weathered sandstone, but the texture was very hard to touch, and there was a faint metallic feel.

Rosen immediately became very interested and immediately pressed his hands on the ground, using the Transfiguration Alchemy to analyze it carefully.

"Stone. No, it should be that this entire piece of land contains a strange magic energy."

"This magic energy has a very strange effect. It can metalize objects. It may be emitted by some metal magic weapon, but where is this magic weapon hidden?"

The energy is too thin and the mountain is too wide. It is impossible to figure it out for a while.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that the Crescent Mountains, especially the Dragon Sleeping Snow Peak, should hide some secrets.

"Hmm~ I'll search for it after I take over the White Sturgeon Island."

"No, that's not right. Since it hides unknown secrets, I have to be more cautious."

As for now, of course, we will continue to explore the situation of the White Sturgeon Island.

Standing on the highest peak of the island, with the help of Eagle Eye Technique, we can see that the entire mountain range is like a scimitar, splitting the entire island into two parts, east and west.

The good news is that the crescent of the Crescent Mountains arches eastward, so there are many mountains in the east, while the terrain in the west is obviously much flatter and more spacious.

The bad news is that the island is still dominated by mountains, accounting for two-thirds of the island's area.

Although there are plains, they are cut into pieces by the mountains, and communication between them is very difficult.

There are six largest plains, the largest of which is called the Crescent Valley, which is the main body of the Saxon Barony.

After looking around, Rosen sighed softly.

"No wonder my father gave five knights to such a small place. It turns out that he had to give them knights."

The mountains between one plain and another are very difficult to walk, and they are natural fortresses.

On the way, they have to face the threat of forest spirits in the mountains. Using traditional means of rule, each plain can only be divided and governed.

In other words, although the entire Sturgeon Island belongs to the Saxon family in name, the actual territory controlled by the Saxon family is only the Crescent River Valley, which is less than one-tenth of the area of ​​the entire island.

After looking down at the entire island and roughly understanding the terrain distribution, Rosen took off again and headed straight for the Crescent River Valley.

As the largest plain area on the island, it has the largest population, and farmland and houses can be seen everywhere on the ground.

As he watched, Rosen found something wrong again: "Huh~ Why are they fighting again?"

There were two groups of ragged guys fighting in the fields. Most of the participants were farmers, and a few were warriors wearing leather armor and riding skinny horses.

The fight was quite intense, and the winter wheat planted in the field was trampled into pieces.

Rosen immediately used an invisibility spell and went down to observe.

About half an hour later, he understood the general situation and couldn't help sighing again.

"Hey~~ These knights are actually causing civil strife."

Why civil strife?

The five knights on the island were divided into two factions, fighting for the position of the supreme lord of the Sturgeon Island.

Rosen felt that two skinny wild dogs were fighting for a piece of meatless bone.

As soon as this metaphor came out, he immediately felt something was wrong, and hurriedly slapped his mouth lightly.

"Slap your mouth, slap your mouth, how can I call myself a wild dog?"

Since there was a war on the island, Rosen was more cautious.

Give up flying and use the ground acceleration force spell "Wild Wolf Rush", which takes care of both speed and stealth, but the disadvantage is that it consumes energy.

He went straight to the only city on the White Sturgeon Island, Crescent City.

Although it is called a city, it is actually not as big as a small town in the Dawn Territory. It looks like a slum from a distance.

The baron said in the letter that there are no formal wizards on the White Sturgeon Island, only some wandering wizards who are not up to the standard. The highest magic power is only intermediate, and the spells are even more messed up.

So, after Rosen used the invisibility spell, he swaggered into the city.

First, he asked someone in the city about the latest situation on the island. After getting a general idea, he sneaked into the Baron's Crescent Castle and looked at the relatives of this body.

There are two relatives left in this body, one is the mother and the other is the 12-year-old sister.

Rosen has no personal feelings for these two people, but since he occupies the body of his son, he naturally has the responsibility to take care of them.

After a quiet observation, he found that the castle had been occupied by a group of rebels, and the leader of the rebels was Rosen's uncle.

The two women were driven to the prayer house in the backyard.

'Well, my mother didn't mention this in her letter. This should have happened after she wrote the letter. '

After a closer look, he found that they had no worries about food and drink, and there were old housekeepers and several servants to take care of their daily lives, so there was no danger.

Come to think of it, after all, no one would care about two helpless mothers and widows, especially since these two women also had a son who was studying magic in Dawn City.

It was not convenient for him to take the two women away now. In order to avoid accidents, he used Levin as a spell relay and cast a spell himself, quietly releasing a super high-ring lucky blessing to the two women.

This is a wonderful, very secretive, but extremely powerful mysterious fate spell.

The blessing effect is similar to "cause and effect", or "words come true".

The spell is 'My mother (my sister), I wish you can avoid all misfortunes and wait for my return intact. '

It seems like an ordinary sentence, but each sentence consumes 20% of Rosen's mana.

But this alone is not enough to be completely safe, because the essence of all spells is power, and magic skills can have the effect of amplifying power, but this amplification is not infinite.

This blessing can only interfere with the present world 30 times, and it will be useless if it takes effect more times.

The leader of the rebels is the uncle of the flesh, and as long as he is cautious, the consumption of blessing power can be greatly reduced.

So Levin left the castle and came to the Crescent City District, quietly spreading the news that the eldest son of the baron is about to return strongly.

Considering that he will stay outside for a maximum of two weeks, this powerful blessing plus the deterrence of this news should be absolutely safe.

After doing all this, the investigation of the territory is almost over.

Rosen did not leave directly because he ran out of mana.

He first found a safe place to meditate for more than two hours, and after recovering about 60% of his mana, he set off again and flew back to the Shire County on the other side of the sea.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, he returned to the fields in the south of Shire County. After all this tossing, he still had about half of his mana, but Levin simply exhausted his strength.

Rosen sighed secretly: "Flying is really energy-consuming."

In addition, the 40-kilometer remote control distance of the sage Levin was barely enough in Dawn City, but it was shorter in the new territory, so he had to find a way to improve it.

He found a secluded place in the woods beside the road and sat down, while letting Lai Fu practice to recover his mana in the background while waiting.

About an hour later, he gave all the recovered mana to Levin, leaving only 10% for himself in case of emergency.

At this time, a high-end travel carriage drove over from a distance.

There was a rider outside the car, who was the mercenary Kruber.

In the front of the car sat two trusted attendants, Alia and Stonard, who were also responsible for driving the carriage.

Alonso and Vigo, two mages, sat in the outer seats of the attendants at the back of the car.

In the car, Rosen's puppet No. 2 was curled up in a corner pretending to sleep, while Selena was carefully flipping through a spell book.

Rosen followed quietly, found an opportunity to stop and rest, exchanged positions with puppet No. 2, pretended to sleep for a while, and then "woke up".

"Shitou, are we almost at Xialin?"

Xialin is the capital of Xiaer County.

"Master, I heard from the farmer on the roadside that it will take at most an hour to arrive."

"Oh~~That's great, then let's rest in Xialin City tonight."