The Aurora made its way slowly around the island, and out of caution, Ethan controlled the distance between the ship and the island to a level that allowed him to see the island through his telescope.

"The speed of the ship has dropped a little bit. ”

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

I didn't choose the other direction because it would allow the two gangs to collide directly, avoid a sudden conflict, and maintain a safe distance.

This time, though, Ethan didn't let his side slow down to the same level, but shifted the course slightly further in.

"A little bit close to the island. ”

He had to control the Dawning Goddess to circle the island clockwise, getting a little closer each time, testing the strange island a little bit.

This will be a waste of time, and the advantage is that if something is wrong, with the speed and agility of the Aurora, plus the direction of the ship, it can be lifted directly without much adjustment, and then directly out of the danger range.

For unknown situations, it is better to be cautious than anything else.

The Goddess of Dawn approached the big ship little by little, and then slowly overtook the car, turning from the side that had been hanging far behind to the frontrunner.

Ethan was able to see everything on the deck of the ship without the help of any outside objects, including the wary gazes of the female adventurers.

"They know who we are. ”

The Aurora passed by the ship, and after slowly closing a distance, Ethan noticed that the ship had increased its speed a little, maintaining a fixed distance from the Aurora, and began to move closer to the island, apparently with the same idea as Ethan.

They were very clever enough to have Ethan as a pathfinder, and they had more time to react when they followed them - and they made the right choice, regardless of personal emotions. The large sail warships that are close to the galleons of the Galen type are not able to maneuver so agile at all, and even if they react quickly when something happens, it is much more troublesome and slower than the Dawning Goddess to make maneuvers such as disengagement and acceleration.

In the same dangerous situation, the Aurora 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 wary of themselves, and when the ship's displacement and firepower were all superior, and they were also in absolute superiority in numbers, they were also so cautious, which only proved that they knew who they were, who they were, and had enough knowledge of their own strength.

"Yes, but they deliberately gave us the position of the leader, do they know anything about this strange island?"

"Maybe. ”

Ethan's time at sea is still too short, and 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 books, and can only be known through oral or personal experience among adventurers.

The strength of the boat group, which is full of women, to be able to obtain such a large ship in this sea area, is beyond doubt, so it also indirectly proves that they have been on this sea for a considerable time, and they must have enough understanding of the calm sea.

Even if they hadn't seen it in person, they might have heard of it from other adventurers.

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

Continuing their slow voyage, they had already circled the island three times, and as they got closer, the strange fluctuations became more and more apparent, allowing Ethan, a magician who was more sensitive to energy, to perceive more things.

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

Ethan could see more clearly through the telescope that there really wasn't a little life on this island, but it wasn't the kind that had just emerged from the sea.

The islands are full of dirt and rocks, but all of them are black, the exact opposite of the vibrant dirt on the other islands.

"Will there be such islands in the calm sea?"

The world is so big that Arthur now understands the meaning of this sentence, such an island seems to be a place that can breed evil villains in legends.

Ethan didn't answer, instead turned his head to look in the other direction.

He had noticed a ship in the distance above the sea, but at first it was too far away for him to pay attention to, and when he realized that the ship was coming straight for the island, he suddenly wanted to see how the newcomer would react.

"Could it be the one that left before?" Arthur suspected that it was the same group that left before, and might not be willing to abandon an island just like that, wanting to avoid the big ship and sneak down on the island to replenish some supplies.

It is not easy to find an island in the calm sea, and naturally it is 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, he could only barely see that it was a clipper of the same style as the Aurora, but Ethan could see it more clearly, although it was also dominated by spinnakers, but the arrangement of the auxiliary sails was different, and stability was emphasized while pursuing speed, which was still different from the previous one, which completely emphasized speed.

In contrast, the sail layout of the new ship is closer to that of the Aurora, both focusing on speed while ensuring a certain degree of stability.

It's just that Ethan did this because his driving level was not high enough, and if he pursued extreme speed too much, he was likely to overturn the boat......

"Huh, the ship didn't slow down. ”

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

Unexpectedly, the ship went straight to the island, and then rushed sideways from the front of Ethan's Goddess of Dawn, and then slowed down because it was going to dock, and finally docked next to the island - there are several deep-water harbors around this island that are suitable for docking, and Ethan has seen several of them before, if he finally wants to land on the island, not only can his ship be directly parked on the island, even if the big ship behind has a suitable berthing position.

This kind of situation is very rare, as if it was specially designed to park the boat for adventurers, this strange feeling makes Ethan can't help but shiver, and the fear of this island is a little more serious.

"Someone has found the way for us. ”

Ethan and Arthur stopped the ship together, and then dropped anchor and stopped at a short distance, Ethan stood on the stern of the ship, holding a telescope and watching the ship stop steadily on the edge of the island, and then several people got off the ship with weapons and some tools, and headed deeper into the island.

Because there were no plants on the island, and there were no huge rocks or anything like that on the periphery to obscure the view, Ethan could clearly see the movement of the group.

I don't know if it's intentional or not, but the gang didn't stop at the shore and continued to march towards the depths of the island, and then gradually disappeared from sight after turning around for a while.

"They seem to be carrying some mining tools?"

Arthur saw someone with a pickaxe, and the only ore on the island needed to use it in the resources he collected.

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

This also explains that many ores themselves have a certain toxicity, which is not conducive to the growth of plants, and if the whole island is rich in ores, it makes sense that there are no plants.

"Magic stones?"

Coincidentally, Ethan and Arthur both thought of the most distinctive objects in the world.

"It's just this dead fluctuation...... Could it be that this island hides a magic stone that contains the power of necromancy?"

Speculation is always speculation, if you want to confirm it, you still need to go to the island to investigate it yourself to know, Ethan and Arthur observed for a while, the island is still the same, but as time passes, the group of people who entered the interior of the island never appeared again.

"Wait...... Why do I think there's something wrong with the ship? Is it my delusion?"

Originally, I thought that this island might just be a little weird, but there was no danger, Ethan was struggling with whether to land, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, and 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 slight changes.

Ethan used the telescope to look again, but he couldn't find out where the change had changed for a long time, including Arthur on the side, who also held the telescope and played 'finding faults' with Ethan.

The two of them stared at it for a long time, and finally discovered the anomaly.

"It seems...... That ship is getting a little old?" Arthur looked at it for a long time and was still not sure, a ship sailing on the sea, there would definitely be all kinds of damage, maybe what he saw was an illusion?

It was Ethan who finally made a positive judgment: "No, it is indeed old, pay attention to the sails, there are a little traces of breakage, I have specially observed their sails before, although there are some old ones, there is no damage to them." ”

Arthur looked at it again and affirmed Ethan's words.

"What's going on?"

"It's supposed to be that weird fluctuation...... That fluctuation was undoubtedly a powerful negative energy, and it was this energy that caused the strange state of the island, as well as affecting anyone or anything that came close to them. ”

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

Ethan began to consider whether to leave, and it seemed too risky to rush to the island.

At this time, he noticed the large ship behind him, which was also parked on the surface of the sea to observe the situation, lowered a small boat and rowed towards Ethan.