The Goddess of Dawn moved slowly around the island. Out of caution, Ethan controlled the distance between the ship and the island, maintaining the level that he could observe the general situation of the island through a telescope.

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

The sailing ship, which was all female adventurers, was also doing similar actions. Before, the ship was in front and Ethan was behind, and the two ships were sailing around the island at a fixed distance.

The reason why we did not choose the other direction was that this would cause the two gangs to directly collide, avoid sudden conflicts and maintain a safe distance.

However, this time, Ethan did not reduce his speed to the same level as his side, but instead shifted the route a little inward.

"A little bit closer to the island."

He had to control the Goddess of Dawn to surround the island clockwise, and each time he would get a little closer to test this strange island bit by bit.

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

Being cautious about unknown situations is better than anything else.

The Goddess of Dawn caught up with the big ship little by little, then slowly overtook, and turned from the side that had been hanging far behind to the front.

Ethan was able to see everything on the deck of the ship without using external objects, including the vigilant gazes of female adventurers.

"They know who we are."

The Goddess of Dawn passed by the big ship. After slowly setting a distance, Ethan noticed that the ship had slightly increased its speed, maintaining a fixed distance from the Goddess of Dawn, and began to approach the island, obviously having the same idea as Ethan.

They were very smart to let Ethan be the Pathfinder, and they had more reaction time following them - excluding personal emotional factors, this choice was very correct. Large sail warships close to Garen-type sailing ships could not make such sensitive maneuvering actions. No matter how fast the reaction happened, even if they wanted to make moves away from steering and acceleration, it would be much more troublesome and slower than the Goddess of Dawn.

With the same dangerous situation, the Goddess of Dawn may be able to escape smoothly, but that big ship may not be necessary.

In addition, Ethan found that the group of female crew members were very alert to him. When the ship had an overall advantage in displacement and firepower, and the number of people was also at an absolute advantage, they were so cautious that they could only prove that they knew their identity, who they were, and had enough understanding of their strength.

"Yes, but they deliberately gave up the lead to us. Do they have any understanding of this weird island?"

"Maybe."

Ethan's time at sea was still too short. Although he borrowed the library of the Adventurers Guild to make up for it, there are still many things in this sea that cannot be recorded in the book. They can only be known through oral descriptions between Adventurers or personal experiences.

The group of all women is a group of ships. It is unquestionable to obtain such a large ship in this sea area. It also indirectly proves that they have been exploring this sea for a considerable period of time and must have enough understanding of the sea of ​​peace.

Even if they have never encountered such strange islands in person, they may have heard of some from other adventurers.

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

Continuing to sail slowly, they had already circled the island three times. As the distance approached, the strange fluctuations became more and more obvious, allowing Ethan, a magician who was more sensitive to energy, to notice more things.

"This energy is filled with the aura of death and corruption."

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

The islands are full of soil and stones, but all of these soils and reality appear a kind of black, which is completely opposite to the vitality of the soil on other islands.

"Will there be such islands on the sea of ​​peace?"

The world is so great that Arthur has now understood the meaning of this sentence personally. Such an island seems to be the place in the legendary story where evil villains can be nurtured.

Ethan did not answer, but turned his head and looked in another direction.

Before, he noticed a ship emerging from the sea level in the distance. At first, the distance was too far, so he didn't pay attention. When he found that the ship was coming straight towards the island, he suddenly wanted to see what the newcomer would react.

"Is it the one I left before?" Arthur suspected that it was the group of people who had left before, and perhaps he was unwilling to give up an island just like that, wanting to avoid the big ship and secretly land on the island to replenish some supplies.

It is not easy to find an island on the calm sea, and it is naturally difficult to replenish the lack of supplies, and it is impossible to rule out the possibility of them doing so.

“No, the sails are arranged differently.”

Arthur did not use a telescope, and could only barely see that it was a Clipper of the same style as the Goddess of Dawn. But Ethan saw it more clearly. Although it was mainly a spinnade, the layout of the secondary sail was different. While pursuing speed, it also emphasized stability, which was different from the previous one that emphasized speed completely.

In comparison, the canvas layout of the new ship is closer to the Goddess of Dawn, both of which are mainly speed and ensure a certain stability.

It’s just that Ethan did this because his driving level was not high enough. If he pursued the ultimate speed too much, he would likely overturn the ship...

"Huh? This ship did not slow down."

As the distance gradually got closer, Ethan thought that the people who came this time would slow down first, just like the big ship behind and himself, and then carefully circled around the island to observe the situation.

Unexpectedly, the ship rushed straight towards the island, and then rushed across from the front of Ethan's Goddess of Dawn. Then, it slowed down because it was about to dock and finally parked next to the island. There were several deep-water harbors suitable for docking around the island. Ethan had seen several of them before. If he finally wanted to land on the island, not only would his ship be able to park directly on the island, but even the big ship behind had a suitable parking position.

This situation is very rare, as if it was specially designed to stop the adventurers' boats. This strange feeling made Ethan's whole body feel cold, and his fear of the island has a little aggravated.

"Someone has explored the way for us."

Ethan and Arthur stopped the boat together, then got off the anchor and stopped at a distance of not far or near. Ethan stood on the stern, holding a telescope and watching the boat parked steadily on the edge of the island. Then several people got off the boat with weapons and some tools and advanced to the depths of the island.

Because there were no plants on the island and there were no huge stones or other things on the periphery to block the view, Ethan could clearly see the actions of the group of people.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but the group of people did not stop on the shore and continued to move towards the depths of the island. Then, after a while, they gradually disappeared from sight.

"What they brought seemed to be some mining tools?"

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

"Well, maybe this island with no plants is an island rich in ore?"

This also makes sense. Many ores themselves are toxic and are not conducive to the growth of plants. If the entire island is rich in ore, it makes sense if there is no plant.

"Magic Stone?"

At the same time, Ethan and Arthur both thought of the most distinctive items in this world.

"It's just this deadly fluctuation... Is there a magic stone containing the power of the dead spirit hidden on this island?"

The guess is always a guess. If you want to confirm it, you still need to go to the island to check it yourself. Ethan and Arthur observed for a while and the island was still the same, but as time passed, the group of people entering the island never appeared again.

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

Originally, I thought the island might be a little weird, but there was no danger. When Ethan was struggling to land, he suddenly felt something was wrong. After looking at it for a long time, he finally realized that it was the ship docked on the shore, and there seemed to be some subtle changes.

Ethan looked at it with a telescope again, but after looking for a long time, he still couldn't find where the change had happened. Arthur, who was standing by, also held the telescope and played with Ethan's "finding faults".

The two of them stared for a long time and finally found an 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 on the sea would definitely cause various damage. Maybe he was seeing an illusion?

It was Ethan who finally made a positive judgment: "No, it has indeed become old. Pay attention to the sails, and there were some traces of dilapidation. I had observed their sails before. Although they were a little old, they did not have dilapidation or damage."

Arthur looked carefully again and affirmed Ethan's words.

"What's going on?"

"It should be that strange fluctuation... The fluctuation is undoubtedly a powerful negative energy. It is this energy that causes the strange situation of this island, and it will also affect all people or things close to them."

This is not an incomprehensible existence. Ethan knew that many negative energy had similar effects, such as the famous evil energy.

Ethan began to consider whether to leave, and it seemed that there was too much risk to climb onto the island.
Chapter completed!