Chapter 18: Discovering the Island

It's back, familiar boats, familiar sea levels, and familiar sunshine.

After only a month of staying, Ethan had almost forgotten what it was like to be covered in warm sunlight.

"Although I gained a lot and made a few good friends...... However, I really don't want to go to that cold and dark world anymore. ”

Of course, if Ethan is strong enough in the future, he will be happy to go back and help these people who have helped him.

"Perhaps, their world should be saved from the gap between heaven and hell. ”

After living for a month, some knowledge has already been popularized by Akara and Zur.

Strictly speaking, there are three dimensions in the dark world, the hell where the demons live and the heaven where the gods live, and the human world sandwiched between heaven and hell, which is the place where he goes.

Rasmaism realized early on that the most important thing in this world is the balance between heaven and hell, and that the strength of either side will destroy all human beings, which is also the core doctrine of Rasma. It can be said that the existence of Rasmaism is to maintain the survival of the world and mankind.

"It's a miserable world. ”

It was only at this time that Ethan understood why the demons could not be killed cleanly - because the heroes did not dare to completely destroy the demons, because when the power of the angels was overwhelming, human beings would be completely reduced to slaves of the gods, and the end would not necessarily be better than being ruled by demons.

Heaven and hell in that world are essentially countries ruled by two high-end creatures, and human beings just happen to live in a neutral zone between the two countries, so they have naturally become the target of the two races - human beings rely on the two races to balance each other in order to survive under the attack of two high-end creatures.

"Alas~"

Thinking of the journey to deal with Diablo, Issandra and Zur told him that the end of the two would not be very good. Just like several heroes in Diablo 1, it's hard to have a good end.

I looked at the bracers on my wrists, the rings on my fingers, the light armor on my body, and the long sword and iron rod...... Almost all of the equipment was taken from the Dark World.

"I owe a lot of favors. ”

Secretly made a decision in his heart, Ethan packed up his mood and began to sort out the harvest this time.

There are several books, including basic magic potions, basic knowledge of magic arrays, an introduction to basic elemental magic, and a basic sword practice codex.

There are several pieces of equipment, such as bracers, rings, light armor, iron rods, and swords, all of which are magical equipment with a variety of effects.

Not counting the knowledge that still needs a certain amount of time to digest, just with the advantage of equipment, he can easily beat himself a month ago.

"And this month has also accumulated a lot of melee knowledge and combat experience. ”

It was only at this time that he got rid of the identity of an ordinary fisherman's son and became a reliable adventurer.

"Unfortunately, no space equipment was found. ”

Looking at the pile of large and small bags, Ethan had a headache while tidying up.

He didn't know what kind of world he would go to in the future, but if he continued to collect all kinds of materials like this, then it would be possible for the book alone to fill the space on the ship, let alone find all kinds of resources on the floating and sinking islands, and even there would be no place to store food and water.

"It's easy to say anything else, mainly because paper books take up too much space...... And in this world full of oceans, paper books are particularly troublesome to maintain. ”

Moist air full of salt can cause great damage to paper books, and if you can't take them out to dry them often, it won't take long for them to become moldy and damaged.

"I don't know what means the world has for preserving materials......"

I suddenly remembered the magic stone that the clerk used to fill in his information when I applied for membership before. Ethan looked down at the bracelet that was hidden under the bracer, he remembered that this thing contained his own information, and the Adventurer's Guild also had the means to read it, wasn't this what he wanted?

"The clerk used to write on paper before storing it in the magic stone, indicating that this thing could read information directly from the paper. ”

I secretly regret why I didn't think about this before, and I can take advantage of the extra resources in my hand to ask the other party for a similar tool to store my own books and materials.

"Now that we don't have any extra resources in our hands, if you want to get something like this, you'll have to go find the Floating and Sinking Island. ”

Ethan has always been interested in the magical island of this world. He really wanted to see a calm sea where there was nothing, suddenly floating on an island, and then in just a few days, from a bare reef or coral island to an island rich in natural resources.

"Spectacular for sure. ”

Before I went to the dark world, the island pointer locked on an island, and the only thing I wasn't sure was that I stayed in the dark world for thirty days, how long had this world passed, and whether that island was still there.

Glancing at the pointer, he still pointed firmly in one direction, although he didn't know if it was the previous one, but it proved that there was an island nearby and could be locked by the pointer.

"According to Uncle Wood's words, the island does not exist for a fixed time, but it will shake frequently before sinking away, and the shorter the interval between vibrations, the closer it is to the sinking time. ”

This was all told to him by Wood before, and later he also asked the staff in the guild to know more specific information.

After floating on the sinking island, all kinds of life began to be born at an astonishing speed, the fastest three days and the slowest may be, maybe in the second before sinking, new life will be born on the island.

These creatures are predominantly plant-based, with relatively few animals – if animals are present on the island, it is believed that the island will exist for at least a year.

According to the guild's records, there is no record of floating and sinking islands where animals exist from the beginning of their appearance, and they have sunk in less than a year.

"I can still imagine plants...... This animal...... How did it come out of nowhere......"

Ethan couldn't figure it out, feeling that many of the rules of this world were beyond his imagination.

Sitting on the bow of the Goddess of Dawn, Ethan was splashed in his face by the waves split by the bow, and while thinking nonsense, he regained the mental power he had just consumed.

Returning to the Sea of Peace, he began to practice every day again, but compared to the boring cultivation of spiritual power and water creation before, he still has a few more lessons.

He already has a lot of experience in hand-to-hand combat, but his foundation is too weak, and the time of practice is too short, and he has no qualifications for complacency.

At the same time, he began to practice the swordsmanship basics that Kasha gave himβ€”all basic movements, and the Codex was full of various precautions, including almost all the mistakes and questions that a novice might have.

Practice is very boring, fortunately Ethan can't do anything on this small boat, and he is alone, and he can't talk to someone, all he can do every day is practice and practice.

Maybe the speed at which his mental power improved so quickly before was also related to this environment - apart from practicing hard and reading books, he couldn't find anything else to pass the time.

Until now, he can only fill his 'schedule' with practice.

The boring and regular days seem to pass very slowly, although he can feel the improvement of his strength every day, so he is not resistant to this kind of exercise and even enjoys it. But once in a while, Ethan would like something to change, even if a gust of wind makes the waves a little bigger, and creates a little trouble for his voyage.

"Sure enough, so many people died in their previous lives, but they were all idle!"

Mindfulness chattered, a small black dot seemed to appear on the sea surface at the far end, Ethan stared at it for a long time, and after making sure that it was not his own dazzle, he immediately picked up the telescope to see more clearly.

"It's an island!"

Ethan stood at the bow of the ship for more than ten minutes, for fear that this was his own idle hallucination. It wasn't until he was sure it was the real island that he lowered the telescope.

Comparing the direction pointed by the pointer, it was indeed the island that appeared in front of it. The more than ten days of sailing seemed to be coming to an end, and Ethan seemed particularly happy.

"As long as it's no longer the same sea, it's something to be happy about!"

There is an island, it also means that there is food, Ethan brought a lot of food on this voyage, and also replenished a little ration in the dark world, and occasionally relied on fishing or even fishing nets to catch some seafood to supplement food, but the continuous voyage still consumed most of the inventory, if he couldn't find the island, he had to consider adjusting the direction and looking for the next space-time energy existence point.

"If the clerk hadn't lied to me, then I have a good chance of finding the magic stone, which should be able to be exchanged for what I want. ”

Not extravagant to be high-quality magic stones, as long as the average quality, can be exchanged for enough food and water, Ethan can appropriately reduce the amount of these materials, and exchange them for an item that can be used to record information.

Thinking in my heart, the appearance of the island gradually became clear, this is an island that has been formed, the vegetation on it is very lush, standing on the boat and looking over, the eyes are green. Because the view is obscured by lush vegetation, it is uncertain if there are animals on the island.

Ethan controlled the speed of the ship and adjusted his direction slightly, so that his ship no longer rushed straight towards the island, but could stagger a little and sail around the island. This also made it easier for him to observe the waters near the island and find a suitable anchor location.

With little effort, Ethan found a nice spot.

It was a small natural harbor, the entrance was not very wide, and there were a few rocks towering, but the widest point was just enough for Ethan's boat to enter, the water in the cove was of the right depth, the water surface was gentle, and it was clearly visible through the clear water, there was no reef underneath and it was all fine sand, even if the tide was low, it would not cause damage to the ship.

"What a place!"

Not only did Ethan find a place to park his boats, but the coast could even be used as his temporary camp on the island.